Thunder Breaker

Class Properties

Class GroupCygnus Knights
Job GroupPirate
Primary StatSTR
Secondary StatDEX
Legion Bonus
Grants flat STR
(+10/20/40/80/100)
Primary Weapon
Knuckle
Secondary Weapon
Jewel
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Link Skill

All Actives

Active Buffs:
Speed Infusion (4th Job)[300s]
Toggles:Lightning Elemental (1st Job) Arc Charger (4th Job)
Summons & Placables:
Sea Wave (2nd Job)[24 Attacks or 2700 Distance](12s cd)
Phalanx Charge (5th Job)[70 Attacks](30s cd)
Buffs with Cooldowns:
Typhoon (4th Job)[90s](12s cd)
Primal Bolt (Hyper Skill)[30s](120s cd)
Glory of the Guardians (Hyper Skill)[60s](120s cd)
Lightning Cascade (5th Job)[52s](120s cd)
Empress Cygnus's Blessing (5th Job)[45s](120s cd)
Overdrive (5th Job)[28s](60s cd)
Loaded Dice (5th Job)[10s cd](180s cd Roll of the Dice (5th Job))
Hero's Echo (Beginner Skill)[2400s](300s cd)
Binds:
Thunder Wall Sea Wave (6th Job)[10s](360s cd)
iFrames:
Deep Rising (Hyper Skill)[45s](360s cd)
Thunder Wall Sea Wave (6th Job)[360s](360s cd)
Damage Reduction (%Max HP):
Transcendent Cygnus's Blessing (5th Job)[45s](-5% | 120s cd)

Base Stats (From Skills)

Base Stats are calculated by values that are close to always available. Base Stats inside brackets () are the sum of stats provided from all skills of the current row of the table

  • PERM
Stats that are always up or close to always up
  • TOGGLE
Stats that are gained while skill is toggled on
  • DEBUFF
Stats that are gained from debuffing the enemy
  • TEMP
Stats that have a condition or cooldown to activate
  • UNLOCK
Stats that can be unlocked. These skills may also have a cooldown
Weapon Multiplier1.7x
Attack Speed8
Stage 5
Agile Knuckles (2nd Job)
+2
Speed Infusion (4th Job)
+2, does not break soft cap
Weapon Mastery90%
Base +20%
Knuckle Expert (4th Job)
+70%
STR+60 +1 per 2 levels & +15% to assigned APGains (2nd Job)
+60
Elemental Harmony (Beginner Skill)
+1 per 2 levels
Call of Cygnus (4th Job)
+15% to assigned AP
Attack+14% +105(145)Hero's Echo (Beginner Skill)
+4%
Elemental Expert (Beginner Skill)
+10%
Cygnus Blessing (Link Skill)
+25
Lightning Boost (2nd Job)
+20
Lightning Lord (3rd Job)
+30
Knuckle Expert (4th Job)
+30
Loaded Dice (5th Job)
+40
Overdrive (5th Job)
+80% of base weapon attack power
-15% of base weapon power while on cooldown
Crit Rate+40%
Base +5%
Gains (2nd Job)
+15%
Ironclad (3rd Job)
+10%
Thunder God (4th Job)
+10%
Crit Damage+30%Gains (2nd Job)
+5%
Lightning Lord (3rd Job)
+10%
Knuckle Expert (4th Job)
+15%
Thunder God (4th Job)
+15%
Damage+35%(170%)Ironclad (3rd Job)
+5%
Typhoon (4th Job)
+3% per Lightning Charge used
(Max. +15%)
Lightning Lord (3rd Job)
+3% per stack
(Max. +15%)
Primal Bolt (Hyper Skill) (when used, up to 20% instead)
Glory of the Guardians (Hyper Skill)
+10%
Transcendent Cygnus's Blessing (5th Job)
up to +120%
Boss Damage+0%
Final Damage+42.49%(80.96%)Knuckle Mastery (2nd Job)
+5%
× Knuckle Expert (4th Job)
+15%
× Link Mastery (3rd Job)
+6% per successful linked attack
(Max. +18%)
× Lightning Cascade (5th Job)
+27%
Ignore DEF+45%(50%)Thunder God (4th Job)
+9% per stack
(Max. +45%)
Primal Bolt (Hyper Skill) (when used, up to 50% instead)

Example Skill Build Path

1st Job:Lightning Elemental -> Electrified -> Lightning Punch -> Flash
2nd Job:Knuckle Mastery -> Agile Knuckles -> Lightning Boost -> Gains -> Tidal Crash -> Shark Sweep
3rd Job:Ironclad -> Link Mastery -> Lightning Lord -> Seawall -> Gale -> Ascension -> Thunder
4th Job:Electrify -> Knuckle Expert -> Thunder God -> Arc Charger -> Thunderbolt -> Call of Cygnus -> Speed Infusion -> Typhoon -> Annihilate
  • All 1st to 4th Job skills can be maxed
  • Put one SP into each skill first and then max each skill in this order
  • For any skills that have prerequisites, follow them first before following build path
Hyper Skill Passive Build
  • Gale - Extra Strike Gale - Extra Strike
  • Thunderbolt - Reinforce Thunderbolt - Extra Strike Thunderbolt - Reinforce and Extra Strike
  • Annihilate - Reinforce Annihilate - Boss Rush Annihilate - Reinforce and Boss Rush
Recommended Skills for Boost Nodes
Primary Trio
Thunderbolt (4th Job) Annihilate (4th Job) Gale and Typhoon (3rd Job / 4th Job)
Secondary Trio
Ascension (3rd Job) Deep Rising (Hyper Skill) Tidal Crash and Sea Wave (2nd Job)
  • Any combination of these skills are good but preferred from same category as you want to max primary first
  • 4 Boost Nodes total are needed to reach Master Level 60 for these skills (with Matrix Points used)
    • Nodes with the same Main Skill (skill at the top) cannot be equipped at the same time
All Possible Skills Obtainable for Boost Nodes
Lightning Punch (1st Job) Flash (1st Job) Shark Sweep (2nd Job) Tidal Crash and Sea Wave (2nd Job) Ascension (3rd Job) Thunder (3rd Job) Gale and Typhoon (3rd Job / 4th Job) Annihilate (4th Job) Thunderbolt (4th Job) Deep Rising (Hyper Skill)
Recommended Inner Ability
  • Boss Damage +20%
  • Buff Duration +38%
  • Damage to Abnormal Status +8%

How to create a Thunder Breaker

To create one, choose the 'Cygnus Knights' option in the Character Creation screen and then continue through the story until you reach Lv. 10 and Ereve. You will see 5 NPCs on the left after talking to Neinheart. Talk to Hawkeye to become a Thunder Breaker

Linking & Link Mastery Skills

Skill Linking skills

Thunder Breaker's attacks can link with one another to decrease the cast action delays between each skill. Successfully linking skills will also provide buffs such as Skill Lightning Elemental Lightning Elemental (1st Job) that provide provings a stacking %Ignore DEF and %Damage buff. In 3rd Job, Skill Link Mastery Link Mastery is unlocked that provides a stacking %Final Damage buff upon linking skills

Additionally, certain skills are labelled as 'Link Mastery' skills which are attacks that have cooldowns. Several of these skills consume stacks of Skill Lightning Elemental Lightning Elemental. Primarily, these skills are affected by the buff Skill Primal Bolt Primal Bolt (Hyper Skill) which allows Link Mastery skills to not consume any Skill Lightning Elemental Lightning Elemental stacks and linking skills will reduce the cooldown of these skills. Below is a list of all Link Mastery skills:

  • Skill Sea Wave Sea Wave - 2nd Job
  • Skill Gale Gale - 3rd Job
  • Skill Shark Torpedo Shark Torpedo - 5th Job
  • Skill Lightning God Spear Strike Lightning God Spear Strike - 5th Job

Credits

Skill Icons + Animations: Ikasuu
Boost Nodes Build + Inner Ability: Maple Central
5th Job Skills Animations: KyoWantsCute
Gale Animation: Owltakuu