Nata Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 With the introduction of Army Program, new Awakened skills were introduced into the game for all existing token skills, however, prior to their release there were many balance adjustments to their un-awakened counterparts. This suggestive guide aims to point you in the right direction, and let you know which skills might prove useful in certain scenarios. As an introduction, a brief explanation on what Awakened cubes are and where they can be obtained. There are two types of Awakened cubes, for simplicities sake, we'll refer to them as <Purification> Awakened cube and <Army Program> Awakened cube for the remainder of this post, named after the places from which they can be obtained. Awakened cubes completely change the skill in most cases, and cannot receive the benefits of Advanced, Expert, or Master cubes, which are obtained through leveling the skill. Here you can see the difference between the borders, indicating where they're acquired Left is <Purification> and Right is <Army Program> <Purification> Awakened cubes can be crafted through crafting in Purification Ops Center, in the Puri Ops: Gear tab. <Army Program> Awakened cubes are obtained in the Army Program dungeon, located in Gremory's Dimensional Gate in Planar Gate. At the writing of this post, the only Awakened cubes exclusive to <Army Program> apply to the [Locked Skill] of each character, while <Purification> Awakened cubes vary greatly, but also always include the locked skill as well. Credits: @VioletHime @Kali and @CDawg for giving me much of the insight listed below. I largely handled the formatting, but the insight below is their work, meaning this would not have been possible without them. So make sure to give them a round of applause. Lastly a disclaimer, this guide is largely opinion based. Opinion based on experience, but opinions nonetheless. No matter how the below statements are worded, nothing is said with the intent of telling players what is the "right" or "wrong" way to play. This is merely meant to be helpful for those curious as to which variant of a skill may be most useful to them. At the end of the day, all skills are functional and useable, so use this guide as as its namesake, a suggestion. Thank you. Seha Awakened Cubes - Phase Aura Blade, Point Blank, Focus Fire Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Dust Explosion (Puri) - Has the benefit of a longer I-Frame and has higher overall damage compared to other variants, even with Phase Wave included. Default Point Blank - Higher overall damage after Special Agent / EX Shock Wave Level 10 or above and and has the added benefit of better I-Frames. [Awakened] Meteor Shower (Army) - Higher overall damage and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option [Awakened] Complete Combustion (Puri) - Less overall damage the 'default' variant however, the damage comes out in a single hit, making it ideal for bursting. The I-Frames on this are practically non-existent. Default Point Blank - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Phase Aura Blade [Awakened] - Focused Flame (Puri) Seulbi Awakened Cubes - Electric Storm, Railgun, Psychic Satellite Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Electric Storm - Higher overall damage. Default Railgun - Higher overall damage and the additional input from Level 3 or above deals true damage. [Awakened] Lightning (Army) - Has higher overall damage but trades I-Frames for better mobility. Tech Option Default Physic Satellite - Conversely to the '(Army)' variant, this one trades damage and mobility for I-Frames and can be used to skip intro animations. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Superconductivity (Puri) [Awakened] Fatal Shot (Puri) [Awakened] Psychokinesis (Puri) Yuri Awakened Cubes - Supersonic Slash, Roundhouse Slash, Lightning Fast Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Supersonic Slash - Deals true damage and has a shorter cooldown compared to its '(Puri)' variant. Default Roundhouse Slash - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Eternity (Army) - Better debuff, and higher overall damage. Tech Option Default Lightning Fast - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Enforced Breakthrough (Puri) [Awakened] Splendidly & Smoothly (Puri) [Awakened] Instant (Puri) J Awakened Cubes - Neck Grab, Hit the Deck, Full Body Massage Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Neck Grab - Higher overall damage. Default Hit the Deck - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Dry Sauna (Army) - Higher overall damage and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option Default Full Body Massage - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Neck Patch (Puri) [Awakened] Acupressure Mat (Puri) [Awakened] Full Course Massage (Puri) Mistel Awakened Cubes - Tempest, Magic Lance: Muspelheim, Magic Lance: Fenrir Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Hraesvelgr's Wingbeat (Puri) - Shorter animation when casting and easier to use than the 'default' variant. Default Magic Lance: Muspelheim - Lower cooldown, which enables better spear stacking. [Awakened] Lightning Wolf (Army) - Higher overall damage and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option Magic Lance: Fenrir - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Tempest [Awakened] Einheri Auto (Puri) [Awakened] Unleashed Wolf (Puri) Nata Awakened Cubes - Lasso, Endless Pursuit, Lunatic Explosion Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Flame of Wrath (Puri) - Lower overall damage, but lowers the cooldown of Lunatic Explosion, which paired with any 'Awakened' variant, plays a big part in lowering the cooldown of Hades. [Awakened] Stabby Stabby (Puri) - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Ghost Call (Army) - Higher overall damage and lowers FM4's cooldown on use. Tech Option Default Lasso - HIgher overall damage, but loses the cooldown reduction of Lunatic Explosion from 'Puri' variant. Default Lunatic Explosion - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Endless Pursuit [Awakened] Extreme (Puri) Levia Awakened Cubes - Tail Whip, Designated Sacrifice, Hell's Trap Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Tail Whip - Deals true damage, lower cooldown, is assisted by the Dragon's Will buff. Default Designated Sacrifice - Higher overall damage, lower cooldown, and features a stacking buff. [Awakened] Sphere of Terror (Army) - Better buff and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option [Awakened] Dimensional Melting (Puri) - Good area of effect / crowd control utility. Practical application is really limited to crowd control, potentially in army Default Hell's Trap - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Chain Explosion (Puri) [Awakened] Inexorable Will (Puri) Harpy Awakened Cubes - Draw, Exciting Again!, Four Cards Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Queen of Joker (Puri) - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Hurricane Step (Puri) - Higher overall damage, better debuff, smoother cast sequence. Default Four Cards - Higher overall DPS, lower cooldown compared to 'Awakened' variants. Tech Option [Awakened] Tricky Spread (Army) - Lower overall DPS, but easier to use. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Draw Default Exciting Again! [Awakened] Royal Straight Flush (Puri) [Awakened] Tricky Spread (Army) Tina Awakened Cubes - Dive, Heat Shot, Cool Your Head Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Dive - Lowers the cooldown of Phantom Snipe. [Awakened] Heat Extension (Puri) - Similar DPS to (Default) Variant. This variant has an additional hit and an 8s cooldown. Choose according to preference. [Awakened] Snowfight (Army) - Higher overall damage. Tech Option [Awakened] Equilibrium (Puri) - Loses the functionality of reducing Phantom Snipe's cooldown but instead gives a debuffing application. Default Heat Shot - Similar DPS to (Puri) Variant. This variant features True Damage lasers in it's attacks and has a 4s cooldown. Choose according to preference. [Awakened] Capacity Increase (Puri) - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Cool Your Head Violet Awakened Cubes - Exceed, Post-Initiative, Hyde! Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Neo Exceed (Puri) - Higher overall damage, and lower cooldown. Default Post-Initiative - Features the best version for I-Frames. Default Hyde! - Allows Violet to continue attacking as the skill is not tied to her animations, better debuff uptime and lower cooldown. Tech Option [Awakened] Tornado Cyclone Kick (Puri) - Practical application is really limited to crowd control, potentially in army program. [Awakened] Hurricane Uppercut!! (Army) - Practical application is really limited to bosses immune to debuffs, like Wargames: Hecatoncheir. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Exceed [Awakened] Fluttering Blade (Puri) Wolfgang Awakened Cubes - Iron Claws, Dark Portals, Ritual - Exsanguinate Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Phantomize (Puri) - Higher overall damage. Default Dark Portals - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Starving Fangs (Army) - Higher overall damage and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option Default Ritual - Exsanguinate - Lower overall damage but has I-frame applications and can be used to skip intro animations. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Iron Claws [Awakened] Rain of Arrows (Puri) [Awakened] Total Exsanguination (Puri) Luna Awakened Cubes - Orion's Hunt, Hydra Strike, Meteor Jump Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Hydra Strike - Higher overall damage. Default Orion's Hunt - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Wedged Shield (Army) - Higher overall damage. Tech Option Default Meteor Jump - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Scorpion Combo (Puri) [Awakened] Six-headed Dragon (Puri) [Awakened] Sky Tearing Shield (Puri) Soma Awakened Cubes - Destructive Strike, Skanda, Lion's Roar Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Destructive Strike - Higher overall damage and gives a buff. Default Skanda - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Roar That Opens Up the Way (Army) - Higher overall damage and better buff. Tech Option [Awakened] Echoing Thunder (Puri) - Lower overall damage but more convenient to use and can be used to skip intro animations. Default Lion's Roar - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Eternal Blaze (Puri) [Awakened] Earth Shaking Roar (Puri) Bai Awakened Cubes - Strike at an Opening, Draw and Slash, Freeze even Tears Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Strike at an Opening - Higher overall damage, lower cooldown, shorter animation when casting. Default Draw and Slash - Higher overall damage and smoother to use. [Awakened] Frozen Land Dragon (Army) - Higher overall damage, better area of effect, lower cooldown. Tech Option Default Freeze even Tears - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Single Point Breakthrough (Puri) [Awakened] Hide in Chill (Puri) [Awakened] Meteor of the Frozen Dragon (Puri) Seth Awakened Cubes - Toth's Collection, Apophis's Confinement, Bastet's Mercy Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Toth's Collection - Higher overall damage and lower cooldown Default Apophis's Confinement - Higher overall damage. [Awakened] Thornbush (Army) - Higher overall damage, lower cooldown, shorter animation when casting, and gives a buff. Tech Option [Awakened] Book of Thoth (Puri) - Lower overall damage but easier to use and reset Selket's Seal with. Default Bastet's Mercy - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] The Nature of a Cobra! (Puri) [Awakened] Bastet's Sistrum (Puri) Chulsoo Awakened Cubes - Mercy - Silencer, Mercy - Desperado Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Quieting Shot (Puri) - Comparative damage and easier to use. [Awakened] Golotha (Army) - Higher overall damage, lower cooldown. Tech Option Default Mercy - Silencer - Slightly higher damage and slightly lower cooldown but the animation when casting is longer, making it more difficult to use within a rotation. Default Mercy - Desperado - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Armageddon (Puri) Mirae Awakened Cubes - Stargaze, Azure Wail Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: Default Stargaze - Higher overall damage, and lower cooldown. [Awakened] Night Butterflies Release (Army) - Higher overall damage, better buff, lower cooldown and shorter animation when casting. Tech Option Default Azure Wail - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. [Awakened] Dawn (Puri) [Awakened] Night Sky (Puri) Eunha Awakened Cubes - Protruding Teeth, I told Ya It's Gonna Get Rough Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Protruding Teeth (Puri) - Higher overall damage, shorter animation when casting. [Awakened] Area Occupation (Army) - Higher overall damage, gives a buff. Tech Option [Awakened] I told Ya It's Gonna Get Rough (Puri) - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. Not Suggested While using these certainly won't make or break your character, but conversely, they don't particularly enhance the gameplay as much as the Suggested / Tech Options do. Default Protruding Teeth Default I told Ya, It's Gonna Get Rough Lucy Awakened Cube - Cheering Ishtar Spoiler Suggested Awakenings: [Awakened] Divine Drumstick (Army) - Higher overall damage, lower cooldown. Tech Option Default Cheering Ishtar - Good alternative if you're missing the Army Awakening version. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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