Third tier
Star Emperor
Star Emperor is the primary advancement option for Star Gladiators. The Star Emperor fully embraces the cosmic powers of the Star Gladiator, all but abandoning their roots in Taekwon Do to draw themselves closer to the cosmos. But while Star Gladiators were incentivized to focus solely on one celestial body, the Star Emperor spreads its wings a little wider. It gains access to a suite of new Sun, Moon, Star, and Shadow skills, but each of these skills shows its true potential only when combined with opposing cosmic alignments.
Each Star Emperor skill naturally gains the bonus of their Cosmic Alignment, even if that alignment is not currently active. However, unlike Star Gladiator skills, Star Emperor skills will also gain the Alignment effects of other Alignments that are active: If Solar Heat is active, all Star Emperor skills will be treated as Burning damage; if Lunar Protection is active, all Star Emperor skills will gain lifesteal, and so on. Thus while it is perfectly acceptable for Star Emperors to continue focusing their skill points on a single Cosmic Alignment of choice, they also have the option to dip into other Alignment skills, giving them a much wider array of utility than the Star Gladiator was capable of.
In addition, the Star Emperor has a pair of skills that are useful to all Star Emperors, regardless of alignment choice - yes, even those who chose the path of Cosmic Union. The first provides a massive buff to all stats for a short duration, but critically, also enables the use of Star Emperor skills without SP, allowing even Union builds to make use of the new skill tree they have advanced into. The second skill is a powerful AoE attack that has no preferred alignment of its own, but gains bonus effects from all other Alignment skills, and unlike other Star Emperor skills, it also has a bonus effect if used during Union.
The result is a remarkably versatile class: with so many options that are all built to synergize with each other, no two Star Emperors need look alike. It will no doubt take considerable time and effort for a budding Star Emperor to settle on the optimal build for their purposes, but no matter which direction their personality and preferences take them, they will find themselves almost invariably with a remarkably synergistic character that is more than ready to face the challenges ahead of them.
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Skill list
Skills
Grouped the way the tree is grouped. Names, types, targets and the numbers behind every level come from the player wiki, so they match what you see in game.
Solar Skills2 skills
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Solar FlashPhysical MeleeEnemyLv 10
Focused strike that detonates Burning for five ticks at once.
The user channels the power of the Sun into a single focused strike, dealing a small amount of damage and inflicting the Burning status. If the target is already burning, it instead consumes the Burning status from them to deal five ticks worth of Burning damage instantly. The damage of this skill is increased based on the user's Int, and is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Level by level
Level Damage SP Cost 1 430% 22 2 460% 24 3 490% 26 4 520% 28 5 550% 30 6 580% 32 7 610% 34 8 640% 36 9 670% 38 10 700% 40 -
Solar ProminencePhysical MeleeSelfLv 10
Self-centered blast with a chance to inflict Burning.
The user channels the power of the Sun, unleashing it in a burst around them to deal damage to all nearby enemies. The damage is increased based on the user's Int, and is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Learn firstSolar Flash Lv5
Level by level
Level Damage Burning Chance SP Cost 1 530% 30% 24 2 560% 35% 28 3 590% 40% 32 4 620% 45% 36 5 650% 50% 40 6 680% 55% 44 7 710% 60% 48 8 740% 65% 52 9 770% 70% 56 10 800% 75% 60
Lunar Skills2 skills
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Lunar EclipsePhysical MeleeEnemyLv 10
Lifestealing strike that grants Cloaking.
The user channels the power of the Moon, infusing it into a single strike that then hides them from their enemies. Deals physical damage that is increased based on the user's Vit, heals the user for a percentage of the damage dealt, and puts the user in the Cloaking status for five seconds. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Level by level
Level Damage Life Steal Cloaking Duration SP Cost 1 415% 10% 0s 22 2 430% 20% 0.5s 24 3 445% 30% 0.5s 26 4 460% 40% 1s 28 5 475% 50% 1s 30 6 490% 60% 1.5s 32 7 505% 70% 1.5s 34 8 520% 80% 2s 36 9 535% 90% 2s 38 10 550% 100% 2.5s 40 -
Lunar AdventPhysical MeleeEnemyLv 10
Devastating lifestealing strike; double damage from Cloaking.
The user channels the power of the Moon, unleashing it to deal devastating damage to a single foe. Deals physical damage that is increased based on the user's Vit and heals the user for a percentage of the damage dealt. If used while in the Cloaking status, the damage is further increased. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Learn firstLunar Eclipse Lv5
Level by level
Level Damage Life Steal SP Cost 1 415% 10% 24 2 430% 20% 28 3 445% 30% 32 4 460% 40% 36 5 475% 50% 40 6 490% 60% 44 7 505% 70% 48 8 520% 80% 52 9 535% 90% 56 10 550% 100% 60
Stellar Skills2 skills
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Stellar FlickerPhysical MeleeEnemyLv 10
Quick strike that Marks the target, reducing their Defense.
The user channels the power of the Stars, striking a single target for moderate physical damage and briefly marking them. The damage of this skill is increased by the user's Dex. Marked targets have their defense reduced. This defense reduction stacks additively with item based Defense Pierce. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Level by level
Level Damage Defense Reduction SP Cost 1 415% 3% 22 2 430% 6% 24 3 445% 9% 26 4 460% 12% 28 5 475% 15% 30 6 490% 18% 32 7 505% 21% 34 8 520% 24% 36 9 535% 27% 38 10 550% 30% 40 -
Stellar TempestPhysical MeleeSelfLv 10
Meteor barrage that Marks all enemies around the user.
The user channels the power of the Stars, calling five of them to rain down and strike enemies in the area around them. Enemies in the area of the falling stars take a moderate amount of physical damage, which is increased by the user's Dex, and are marked for a brief time. Marked targets have their defense reduced. This defense reduction stacks additively with item based Defense Pierce. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
Learn firstStellar Flicker Lv5
Level by level
Level Damage Defense Reduction SP Cost 1 220% 3% 24 2 240% 6% 28 3 260% 9% 32 4 280% 12% 36 5 300% 15% 40 6 320% 18% 44 7 340% 21% 48 8 360% 24% 52 9 380% 27% 56 10 400% 30% 60
Umbral Skills2 skills
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Umbral LashPhysical RangedSelfLv 10
High-crit shadow lash striking all nearby enemies.
The user channels the power of Shadow, unleashing a wave of darkness that strikes all enemies in a line between the user and a distant target. The damage dealt is increased by the user's Agi, and has a bonus Crit rate. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense.
Level by level
Level Damage SP Cost 1 415% 22 2 430% 24 3 445% 26 4 460% 28 5 475% 30 6 490% 32 7 505% 34 8 520% 36 9 535% 38 10 550% 40 -
Umbral HowlPhysical MeleeSelfLv 10
Shadow wave that strikes and Blinds nearby enemies.
The user channels the power of the Shadow, summoning a massive burst of cosmic darkness to annihilate their foes. Deals massive damage in an area around the user, which is increased by the user's Agi, has bonus Crit Rate, and has a high chance to inflict the Blind status on enemies struck. If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage. If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal. If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense.
Learn firstUmbral Lash Lv5
Level by level
Level Damage Blind Chance SP Cost 1 415% 30% 24 2 430% 35% 28 3 445% 40% 32 4 460% 45% 36 5 475% 50% 40 6 490% 55% 44 7 505% 60% 48 8 520% 65% 52 9 535% 70% 56 10 550% 75% 60
Cosmic Skills2 skills
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Cosmic RevelationBuffSelfLv 10
Massive all-stat buff; Star Emperor skills briefly cost no SP.
The user channels the power of the unified cosmos, enhancing their abilities for a short duration. For ten seconds, or until a certain number of skills have been cast, the user gains an increase to all stats and has the SP Cost of Star Emperor skills they use reduced to 0. While Cosmic Revelation is active, the internal cooldown for Cosmic Union autocasts is ignored.
Level by level
Level All Stats Bonus Number of Charges 1 +1 1 2 +2 1 3 +3 2 4 +4 2 5 +5 2 6 +6 3 7 +7 3 8 +8 3 9 +9 4 10 +10 4 -
Cosmic NovaPhysical MeleeSelfLv 10
Alignment-neutral blast that gains every active Alignment bonus.
The user channels the power of the unified cosmos, unleashing them in the area around themselves to strike all enemies in range. The damage dealt is increased by the user's Luk.
If used under Solar Heat, the damage is treated as Burning damage.
If used under Lunar Protection, the attack gains a small amount of Lifesteal.
If used under Stellar Blessing, the attack ignores defense.
If used under Umbral Veil, the attack gains bonus Crit Rate.
If used under Cosmic Union, Cosmic Revelation has its Cooldowns reset.
Works withCosmic Revelation
Learn firstCosmic Revelation Lv5
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Level Damage 1 550% 2 600% 3 650% 4 700% 5 750% 6 800% 7 850% 8 900% 9 950% 10 1000%
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