Global Lab Update - October 29, 2021

NINJA, KUNOICHI

● Death's Descent - Improved the speed of the motion continued on Grapple.
● Ninjutsu: Block Jump - Made the following improvements:
- Changed to summon forth a total of three wooden blocks in the shape of an equilateral triangle.
- Removed the Throwing Kick and Wind Slash combo attacks activated when continuing ←/→ and added a function where you move to each of the blocks of wood when pressing the ←/→ directional keys.
- You cannot move behind the enemy again when you move to one of the blocks of wood by pressing the ←/→ directional keys, but you can combo into other normal skills.
● Floor Sweeping, Throwing Kick - Changed to be available for Quick Slot.
● Shadow Clone - Removed the Shadow Clone buff maintained when using Shadow Stomp and added/changed the command keys for and requirement to activate the skill like the following.

● Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone (I to III), Absolute: Shadow Clone - Changed the cooldown from 18/16/14/13 sec to 15/13/12/10 sec.
- Shadow Clone - Changed the skill's attack motions to be more natural and improved to combo more quickly with another skill.
- Shadow Clone - Changed the attack range from applying forward attacks to the area surrounding your character in a circle due to the changes made to the attack motions.
- Shadow Clone - Improved to combo more quickly with Shadow Stomp.
- Shadow Clone - Changed to apply the Critical Hit Rate increase effect in PvE as well.
● Shadow Stomp - Changed to activate Smokescreen when pressing SPACE.
- Improved Smokescreen that activates instantly when pressing SPACE after using certain skills to combo more quickly.
- Changed the point when Smokescreen's hits are applied to match the actual attack motions and improved to combo more quickly into other skills.
● Ghost Greeting - Fixed the issue where the skill would be activated first instead of Ankle Cutter when pressing SHIFT + LMB while Sprinting.
● Ghost Greeting - Fixed the issue where it wouldn't be activated when pressing LMB while Sprinting in certain situations.
● Shadow Stomp - Improved to combo more quickly with Fatal Blow, Flow: Fatal Blow Combo, Kunai Stab, Heart Aiming.
● Fatal Blow, Flow: Fatal Blow Combo, Kunai Stab, Heart Aiming - Fixed the issue where you couldn't recover Stamina while using the skills.
● Absolute: Heart Aiming - Changed the cooldown from 27 sec to 20 sec.
● Heart Aiming - Changed so that you can use the skill on cooldown.
● Shadow Slash - Changed the command keys for comboing into Heart Aiming or Smokescreen as shown below.

● Heart Aiming - Fixed the issue where the skill would automatically be activated when holding SPACE when going into NInjutsu: Concealment state after using Smokescreen by pressing SPACE after using certain skills.
- Changed to activate Heart Aiming by pressing SPACE again when going into Concealment state with the aforementioned command keys.
● Ghost Step - Changed so that you can combo into Smokescreen (I to V) by pressing SPACE.
● Brace - Changed to only be available for Quick Slot.
● Ghost Step - Improved to maintain Sprint just by holding directional keys or Shift while Target Chase's buffs are applied.
● Ghost Step - Improved to continue the Sprint motion more naturally when holding directional keys or Shift.
● Floor Sweeping - Improved to continue the motion more naturally when continuing the skill.
● Kunai Throw, Shuriken Throw - Changed to increase the attack range when using the skill mid-air. However, for Succession Kunoichi, the attack range where the Stiffness effect is applied remains the same.
● Kunai Throw, Shuriken Throw - Added a Toggle function.
● Ninja Evasion (I to III) - Increased the leap distance.

KUNOICHI

For the Class Reboot for Succession and Awakening Kunoichi, we focused on improving "utility" and "function." We added extra command keys to Ninjutsu: Block Jump, Tendon Cutter, Lunar Dash, and more which can be called the main skills in Succession and Awakening so that you can use each of the major skills in a greater variety of ways. However, some of the content for the skills revamped today might still undergo changes when adjusting the balance before it is updated in the Black Desert live server.
For Succession, we focused on making improvements by alleviating the overall difficulty level of class. A representative example of this would be improving the Ninjutsu buff to be activated for more Succession skills than before so you can use the Ghost, Soul, and Spirit Ninjutsu buffs, which are passive in Succession, without feeling the need to use certain skills. Also, we improved the utility of Prime: Tendon Cutter, Prime: Flash Slash and improved the skill motions of Shadow Clone so that you can use them in a wider variety of ways.
For Awakening, we increased the damage of skills including Half Moon Slash and Lethal Spin Spree and added buffs to Half Moon Slash to be more powerful than ever even in PvE. Also, we improved the utility of Sah Spree of Sonan and Lunar Dash. In addition to these, we improved the main combo skills used in Awakening including Flow: Chakram Rise and Moon Storm to be comboed more naturally with other skills in a wider variety of situations.

- Improved to be activated more quickly when comboing by pressing↑ + Q with certain skills.
- Changed to activate slash hit forward when pressing ↑.
- Improved the skill's speed slightly and changed to maintain the same sense of speed on hits for targets.
● Tendon Cutter - Changed the skill description to match the actual damage.

● Ninjutsu: Shadow Explosion (I to V), Absolute: Shadow Explosion - Changed the cooldown as shown below.

● Flash Slash - Improved so that you can use directional keys to move in a single direction up to once in the direction you selected.
● Flash Slash - Improved the speed of the attack motions.
● Kunai Throw - Increased the motion speed and attack range when using in mid-air.
● Kunai Stab - Improved to combo into other skills more quickly.

Succession

● Changed to maintain the Ninjutsu buffs when activating [Release: Spirit + Ghost], [Release: Ghost + Soul], [Release: Soul + Spirit].
● Changed so that [Release: Spirit + Ghost], [Release: Ghost + Soul], [Release: Soul + Spirit] effects can be activated even when all the Ninjutsu buffs are applied.
● Changed the requirements for activating the [Release: Spirit + Ghost], [Release: Ghost + Soul], [Release: Soul + Spirit] effects as shown below.

● Changed the requirements for activating [Ninjutsu: Ghost], [Ninjutsu: Soul], [Ninjutsu: Spirit].

● Prime: Fox Claw - Changed to apply [Ninjutsu: Soul] buffs.
● Prime: Tendon Cutter - Changed to apply [Ninjutsu: Spirit] buffs.
● Prime: Fatal Blow - Fixed the issue where Stamina wouldn't be recovered.
● Prime: Crescent Slash - Fixed the issue where the character would temporarily stop moving when you don't have enough Stamina.
● Prime: Shadow Explosion - Changed the cooldown from 16 sec to 12 sec.
● Prime: Shadow Clone - Applied the following changes.
- Changed the command keys and cooldown like the following.

- Improved to combo into Shadow Stomp more quickly.
- Changed to apply the Critical Hit Rate increase effect in PvE as well.
- Changed the attack motions and improved to combo into other skills more quickly.
* Changed the attack range to be applied to the area around your character in a circle instead of applying the forward attack due to the changes made to the attack motions.
● Prime: Shadow Stomp - Changed to activate Smokescreen when continuing by pressing SPACE.
● Prime: Shadow Stomp, Prime: Shadow Clone - Improved to combo into Smokescreen more quickly.
● Prime: Shadow Explosion - Fixed the issue where the character's movements would appear abnormal in mid-air after a double jump on cooldown.
● Prime: Tendon Cutter - Applied the following changes.
- Improved to be activated more quickly when continuing the skill by pressing ↑ + Q after using certain skills.
- Changed to activate slash hit forward when pressing ↑.
- Improved the speed and changed to maintain the same speed on hits for targets.
- Changed the last hit to be applied in the actual direction the character is facing and changed to activate one of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd hits.
● Prime: Flash Slash - Improved so that you attack after moving in the direction of the directional keys you use after the 1st hit motion.
● Prime: Flash Slash - Increased the speed of the attack motion.
● Ninjutsu Release - Changed the description to match the actual damage for certain skills for which extra hit is applied.

● Prime: Crescent Slash - Fixed the issue where the Stamina consumed was not mentioned in the description.

Awakening

● Changed Crimson Eclipse to only be available for Quick Slot and changed Death's Descent to be activated by pressing E even when using your sah chakram.
● Lunar Dash - Improved so that you can move without character collision when pressing ↑ + E.
● Lunar Veil - Applied the following changes.
- Improved to combo into other skills more quickly.
- Changed to maintain Guard when using Ghost Step by pressing command keys.
- Fixed the issue where you could not smoothly remove Guard by pressing Q again.
- Improved to combo more quickly into other skills under the following situations.
* After Lunar Dash's hit
* After Flow: Indignation
* After Wheel of Wrath's last hit
● Wheel of Wrath - Changed to be activated after hit is applied when comboing into certain skills after last hit.
● Moon Storm - Improved the speed of the motion and improved to combo more quickly into other skills.
● Lunar Dash (I to III), Core: Lunar Dash - Made the following changes to certain effects:

● Sah Spree of Sonan (I to IV) - Applied the following changes.
- Changed the motions between hits to be more natural.
- Changed the number of hits to the following and increased the attack range of the last hit.

- Changed the 1st and last hit motions to be forward movement attacks and changed to consume the following.

- Added the "Critical Hit Rate +50% (PvE Only)" effect.
- Sah Spree of Sonan, Core: Sah Spree of Sonan - Made the following changes to the effects:

- Improved to combo more quickly into other skills after the 1st and last hits.
● Flow: Chakram Rise - Changed to be available for Quick Slot while using your shortsword.
● Half Moon Slash - Applied the following changes.
- Changed the damage and number of hits as shown below.

- Added the "Attack Speed +10% for 10 sec" effect.
- Improved to combo into other skills.
● Danse Macabre - Increased the distance you throw your sah chakram and max movement distance.
● Flow: Indignation - Increased the speed for the motion before attack.
● Flow: Indignation - Improved to combo more quickly with Danse Macabre and Wheel of Wrath.
● Flow: Wrath - Improved to combo more quickly into other skills.
● Increased the attack range of Lethal Spin Spree and changed the damage of Lethal Spin Spree IV to the following.

● Improved Awakening skills to activate more quickly after the motion of switching into Awakening state.

Global Lab Update - November 5, 2021

NINJA, KUNOICHI

Main Weapon

● Kunai Block - Made the following changes:
- Changed to stay in the defensive stance without needing to hold the Q key. You will need to press Q again to release the defensive stance.
- Changed to be able to combo more smoothly into other skills during the kunai defense stance.
● Flow: Sky Stepping - Made the following changes:
- Improved the combo speed when using the skill consecutively.
- Fixed the issue where the character motion appeared abnormal when the skill was comboed after certain skills.
● Ghost Greeting - Changed the commands for the skill so pressing LMB while sprinting will activate Wind Slash instead.
- Therefore, the skill description of Ghost Greeting was changed to the following:

● Ghost Step - Changed so that during the Target Chase buff you can hold a directional key or SHIFT to combo into normal movement.
● Ninjutsu: Concealment - Changed back the activation speed of the skill when used after Smokescreen by pressing SPACE.
● Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone, Prime: Shadow Clone - Reduced the backward movement distance.
● Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone (I to III) - Changed the visual effects of the skill to match the actual area hit by the skill.
● Ninjutsu: Block Jump - Changed the effect of the skill to enter stealth for a moment when pressing ←/→ after using the skill.
● Brace - Changed to activate the skill by pressing SHIFT + SPACE.
● Shadow Explosion, Prime: Shadow Explosion, Fatal Blow - Removed the "Push on hit in PvE" effect.
● Heart Aiming - Fixed the issue where using the skill during its cooldown would reset its cooldown as well.
● Kunai Throw - Fixed the issue where the visual effect of the skill appeared abnormal when using the skill in the air.
● Shadow Clone - Fixed the issue where the skill would not activate when pressing ↓ + RMB after the following skills:
- Ghost Step, Shadow Slash, Ankle Cutter

KUNOICHI

Main Weapon

● Assassin's Trail - Reduced the cooldown from 30 sec to 20 sec.
● Ninjutsu: Ankle Splitter - Reduced the cooldown from 22 sec to 15 sec.

Succession

● Changed the [Release: Ghost] effect to be able to activate when both [Ninjutsu: Ghost, Spirit], [Ninjutsu: Ghost, Soul] buffs are active.
● Prime: Tendon Cutter - Reverted the skill's extra hit to once again automatically move to a target nearby as well as making it possible to only activate the last hit of the skill.
● Prime: Fatal Blow - Removed the "Push on hit in PvE" effect.
● Prime: Fox Claw - Changed the timing of the extra hit to coincide with the motion of the character and improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Prime: Fox Claw - Changed to activate at the same speed when used consecutively during its cooldown.

Awakening

● Moon Storm - Changed to activate the extra hit of the skill when comboed after the following skills:
- Sah Spree of Sonan, Delighted Blast, Lunar Dash
● Lethal Spin Spree - Made the following changes:
- Changed to activate all the hits of the skill without needing to hold SHIFT + LMB. Changed the skill description to the following.
- Changed to be able to combo into other skills during Lethal Spin Spree.

● Lunar Dash - Made the following changes:
- Changed to activate forward Death's Descent even during the cooldown of Lunar Dash.
- Changed the command from RMB to LMB. Changed to be able to combo with the hit motion even while moving.
- Improved the speed of the attack motion.
● Chain Crash: Sah Chakram - Made the following changes:
- Increased the skill's attack speed and the activation speed of other skills that are comboed after Chain Crash: Sah Chakram.
- Changed the skill's cooldown and Stamina consumption to the following:

● Lunatic Discus - Made the following changes:
- Increased the Critical Hit Rate +40% in PvE to 100%.
- Changed to be able to recover Stamina while using the skill.
- Changed all the attack ranges to the widest attack range the skill had and changed the number of hits to the following:

- Changed the skill's defensive effects and debuffs to the following:

● Danse Macabre - Reduced the cooldown from 15 sec to 9 sec and changed to consume Stamina.

● Halo - Changed the number of hits and the resource consumed to the following:

● Halo - Increased the combo speed of other skills after using this skill.
● Lunar Veil - Changed the defensive effect to be maintained when using forward Ghost Step by pressing the commands SHIFT + ↑.