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 | |
| Secondary Weapon |
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All Actives
| Active Buffs: |   |
|---|---|
| Summons & Placables: |  (10s cd)  (25s cd) (Passive) |
| Buffs with Cooldowns: |  (120s cd)  (180s cd) |
| Common V Buffs: |  (90 - 75s cd)  (240s cd)  (1200s cd) |
| Binds: | (120s cd) |
| iFrames: |  (45s cd) (1200s cd blocks 1 death) |
| Damage Reduction (%Max HP): | None |
Link Skill
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Base Stats (From Skills)
Crit Rate: [ +10%] [ +30%] [ +10%] [ up to +20% to debuffed] |
| Crit Damage: [ +5%] [ +18%] [ +10%] [ up to +100% to debuffed] |
Damage: [ up to +6% to lower level enemies & up to +6% to debuffed] |
Final Damage: [ up to +88%] [ +10% to skills after 1st attack] |
| Attack Speed (Weapon): 2 |
Ignore DEF: [ +20%] [ +30% from debuff] |
Knockback Resistance: [ +40%] [ +60%] |
| Abnormal Status Resistance: [ 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
Secondary Trio
Tertiary Trio
*- Any combination of these skills are good but preferred from same category as you want to max primary first and so on
- 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)
All Possible Skills Obtainable for Boost Nodes
Recommended Inner Ability
- Chance to Skip Cooldown +20%
- Boss Damage +10%
- Damage to Debuffed +8%
Muscle Memory
Cadena's skills can summon several different weapons to defeat enemies. After 2nd Job, each time a unique weapon is summoned, you gains a stack of 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
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Credits
Skill Icons + Animations: Ikasuu
Boost Nodes Build + Inner Ability: Maple Central
5th Job Skills Animations: KyoWantsCute