Cadena

Class Properties

Class Group	Nova
Job Group	Thief
Primary Stat	LUK
Secondary Stat	DEX + STR
Legion Bonus	Grants flat LUK (+10/20/40/80/100)
Primary Weapon	Chain
Secondary Weapon	Warp Forge

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All Actives

Active Buffs:	[200s]
Summons & Placables:	[7s](10s cd) [10s](25s cd) [8s]
Buffs with Cooldowns:	[60s](120s cd) [30s](180s cd) [40s](120s cd) [960s](1200s cd) [30s](75s cd) [2400s](300s cd)
Binds:	[10s](120s cd) [10s](360s cd)
iFrames:	[2s](45s cd) [960s Buff](1200s cd blocks 1 death) (360s cd)
Damage Reduction (%Max HP):	[~3 sec](Up to 25% HP \| Barrier)

Special thanks to SgtPickles for their help in making this overview!

Base Stats (From Skills)

Table Legend Info

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 Multiplier	1.3x
Attack Speed	8	Stage 6 +2
Weapon Mastery	90%	Base +20% +70%
LUK	+80 & +15% to assigned AP	+50 +30 +15% to assigned AP
Attack	+4% +60(90)	+4% +10 +50 +30
Crit Rate	+55%(85%)	Base +5% +10% +30% +10% +10% +2% per debuff on enemy (Max. +20%)
Crit Damage	+34%(134%)	+5% +19% +10% +10% per debuff on enemy (Max. +100%)
Damage	+20%(71-77%)	+20% +10% +6% to lower level enemies +6% to debuffed +35%
Boss Damage	+20%	+20%
Final Damage	+80%(288.7%)	+10% per unique weapon used (Max. +80%) (doubled when active) × +10% to skills after 1st attack (extra +5%) × +13% in Stage 1 +30% in Stage 2
Ignore DEF	+44%	+20% × +30%

Example Skill Build Path

1st Job:	-> -> -> -> ->
2nd Job:	-> -> -> -> -> -> ->
3rd Job:	-> -> -> -> -> -> ->
4th Job:	-> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> ->

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

[For Earlygame]

Chain Arts: Thrash - Reinforce
Chain-less Arts - Critical Chance and Boss Rush
Chain Arts: Beatdown - Shockwave Reinforce and Cooldown Cutter

[For Midgame/Endgame]

Chain Arts: Beatdown has limited use midgame/endgame especially in parties such as Lucid or Will. The skill is mainly used to gain max stacks of Muscle Memory

Chain-less Arts - Reinforce and Boss Rush
Chain Arts: Thrash - Reinforce and Linked Attack Reinforce
Chain Arts: Beatdown - Cooldown Cutter

Recommended Skills for Boost Nodes

Primary Trio

Summon Daggers and Summon Shuriken (3rd Job / 2nd Job)

Secondary Trio

Summon Shotgun and Summon Decoy Bomb (3rd Job)

Summon Scimitar and Summon Claw (1st Job / 2nd Job)

Thrash, Muscle Memory, and Reign of Chains (1st Job / 2nd Job / 4th Job)

Tertiary Trio

Crush and Veteran Shadowdealer (Hyper Skill)

Any combination of these skills are good but preferred from same category as you want to max primary first
The last skill from the Tertiary Trio can be any skill as Cadena only has 8 skills to boost
6 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

Recommended Inner Ability

Chance to Skip Cooldown +20%
Boss Damage +10%
Damage to Abnormal Status +8%

Muscle Memory & Dark Sight

Cadena's skills can summon several different weapons to defeat enemies. After 2nd Job, each time a unique weapon is summoned, gain a stack of Skill Muscle Memory Muscle Memory buff. For each stack, you gain increased %Final Damage. Below is a list of skills that trigger Muscle Memory:

Summon Scimitar (1st Job)
Summon Claw (2nd Job)
Summon Shuriken (2nd Job)
Summon Shotgun (3rd Job)
Summon Daggers (3rd Job)
Summon Decoy Bombs (3rd Job)
Summon Brick (4th Job)
Summon Spiked Bat (4th Job)

Chain Arts: Reign of Chains (4th Job) refreshes Muscle Memory but does not add a stack
Chain Arts: Beatdown (4th Job) grants a full stack of Muscle Memory

Dark Sight

Credits to the Night Walker Discord for the list of attacks avoidable with Dark Sight. For an actively maintained version, please check out the Night Walker Discord

In 1st Job, using Skill Chain Arts: Pursuit Chain Arts: Pursuit will grant Skill Dark Sight Dark Sight state. As well, in 4th Job, activating the additional chain attack from Skill Muscle Memory III Muscle Memory III will also grant Dark Sight state. Below is a list of avoidable attacks that have been tested:

Boss	Avoidable Attack
All Enemies	Touch Damage
Hilla	Lightning Bolt, Flame Breath
Cygnus	All minions (including instructors) touch damage + attacks
Ursus	Falling Debris
Princess No	(Miroku/4F - All attacks except Infinite Flame), Butterfly Throw (except Black Butterfly Seduce), Sakura Shower
Magnus	Immobilizing Gas, Falling Debris, Dash
Papulatus	Hand Smash, Floor Rift, Timed Cursed/Seal (both cast + seal), Falling Debris
Gollux	Reverse/99% Bomb
Crimson Queen	Burn DoT (gain stacks but no damage taken)
Pierre	Falling Hats, Fire Spin (Blue Form)
Von Bon	Falling Debris
Vellum	Falling Stun Rocks
Pink Bean (Statuses)	All attacks except Laser, Poison Clouds, Mini Pink Beans
Pink Bean	Blue ground attack, Big Bang, Mini Pink Beans
Lotus	P2 Stun Debris
Damien	Yellow(p1)/Red(p2) Falling Fireballs, Dash(p2), Thorn Bind (Can be done reactively when he disappears w/ Monster Silhouettes enabled in settings)
Will	P1 (Segment Test) Red Meteors, P2 Web, P2 Dash
Guardian Angel Slime	Slime Pool DoT, Slime minion touch damage (not their attacks, i.e. Pink Slime's seduce), Magma Slime touch + landing on head
Verus Hilla	Corpse DoT
Gloom	Falling Debris
Darknell	Debris (Both Vertical + Horizontal), Small Minion touch damage (except sword swing)
Black Mage	P1 Knights' Dash (still applies curse), P1 Red Lightning, Falling Debris (Vertical), Diagonal/Rolling Debris (only while midair), P3 Down FMA
Seren	Dash, Falling Debris (P1, P2 Sunset); still adds sun gauge

Credits

Skill Icons + Animations: Ikasuu

Boost Nodes Build + Inner Ability: Maple Central

5th Job Skills Animations: KyoWantsCute