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'''[[Smoldering Shiv]]:''' [[Thrust]] + [[Flame Fist]]. A burning blade attack with a long damage-over-time effect | '''[[Smoldering Shiv]]:''' [[Thrust]] + [[Flame Fist]]. A burning blade attack with a long damage-over-time effect. | ||
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'''[[Sawblade Sweep]]:''' [[Rend]] + [[Whirling Blades]]. Attack that hits multiple targets around the caster that also has a chance to add a bleeding damage over time effect. | '''[[Sawblade Sweep]]:''' [[Rend]] + [[Whirling Blades]]. Attack that hits multiple targets around the caster that also has a chance to add a bleeding damage over time effect (i.e. a [[Bleed Effect]]) | ||
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Revision as of 14:06, 3 June 2026
Template:Under Construction Template:Infobox Template:Tocright Combo Skills, (otherwise known as spellweaving, combos, or combinations), are spells or melee attacks that can be created by combining two specific skill glyphs. However, combos can only be created from glyphs that are not locked in the Combat Bar. Creating the combo can be done by either of the following methods:
- Click and hold the mouse button down on one glyph and then drag it onto the other glyph.
- Press the Start Glyph Combo keybind (default key is "R"), then the press the Combat Bar keybind for one skill, then press the Combat Bar keybind for the other skill.
Creating a combo skill makes it behave as if it was freshly dealt, meaning its fade out timer is reset. Combos can be discarded by right clicking or dragging them off screen like non-combo skills.
There are two general categories of combos:
- Combos that create a unique skill that is not available by any other means. These unique combination Glyphs often have the effects of both skills used to create them.
- Combos that create a skill that is also available as a non-combo skill.
To see the available combo skills in the game interface, click on the Combat Decks window. Then left-click the cog icon on the right of any deck and select "Modify Deck" from the menu. In the Deck Modification window that opens, click the "Combos" tab in the upper left. If you want to see all combos (including combos you cannot perform because you have not learned the skills needed), then select the "Show Unavailable Combos" check-box.
Combo Skill versus Stacking Glyphs
A combo skill is usually considered to be created by combining two different skills. Stacking glyphs is not combining different skills, rather it is combining the same skills. The number of times that you can stack a glyph depends on your skill level and whether you are specialized in the skill tree. In most cases, the more times you stack a skill, the more powerful it becomes. For example, a 5 stack of rend does far more damage than a 1 stack of rend.
Known Combo Skills
Combat
Ranged
Shock Arrow: Aimed Shot + Discharge. Ranged arrow attack that has a chance to stun the target. Template:Combo
Piercing Breeze: Gust + Aimed Shot. A speeding arrow shaped gust of wind that can knock back while piercing the target.
| File:Gust icon.png | + | File:Aimed Shot icon.png | = | File:Piercing Breeze icon.png |
Blades
Icy Thrust: Thrust + Ice Fist. Powerful Melee Attack which also freezes target to slow it down
| File:Thrust icon.png | + | File:Ice Fist icon.png | = | File:Icy Thrust Combo Icon.jpg |
Smoldering Shiv: Thrust + Flame Fist. A burning blade attack with a long damage-over-time effect.
| File:Thrust icon.png | + | File:Flame Fist icon.png | = | File:Smoldering Shiv icon.png |
Sawblade Sweep: Rend + Whirling Blades. Attack that hits multiple targets around the caster that also has a chance to add a bleeding damage over time effect (i.e. a Bleed Effect)
| File:Rend icon.png | + | File:Whirling Blades icon.png | = | File:Sawblade Sweep Combo Icon.jpg |
Hamstring: Rend + Trip. Attack that causes target to be slowed and has a chance to add a bleeding damage over time effect (i.e. a Bleed Effect)
| File:Rend icon.png | + | File:Trip icon.png | = | File:Hamstring Combo Icon.jpg |
Quadruple Slash: Thrust + Double Slash. Four quick melee attacks
| File:Thrust icon.png | + | File:Double Thrust icon.png | = | File:Quadruple Slash icon.png |
Bludgeon
Splintering Strike: Crushing Blow + Stone Fist. A powerful crushing blow that does significant damage and debuffs armor.
| File:Crushing Blow icon.png | + | File:Stone Fist icon.png | = | File:Splintering Strike icon.png |
Titan Smash: Knockback + Body Slam. Attack that deals a large amount of damage to a target and knocks them back leaving them stunned afterwards.
| File:Knockback icon.png | + | File:Body Slam icon.png | = | File:Titan Smash Combo Icon.jpg |
Polearms
Icy Puncture: Puncture + Ice Fist. Attack that ignores armor and slows target.
| File:Puncture icon.png | + | File:Ice Fist icon.png | = | File:Icy Puncture Combo Icon.jpg |
Glacial Glissade: Push + Ice Fist. Attack that ignores armor and slows target.
| File:Push icon.png | + | File:Ice Fist icon.png | = | File:Glacial Glissade icon.png |
Shields
Flaming Bash: Shield Bash + Flame Fist. Quick fire damage shield attack that has a chance to stun and a chance to add small fire damage over time effect.
| File:Shield Bash icon.png | + | File:Flame Fist icon.png | = | File:Flaming Bash Icon.jpg |
Shield Smash: Shield Bash + Stone Fist. Shield attack that inflicts earth damage with a chance of stun.
| File:Shield Bash icon.png | + | File:Stone Fist icon.png | = | File:Shield Smash icon.png |
Magic
Sun Magic
Imbecile Incantation: Juxtapose + Enlightenment. Reduces target's intelligence.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Enlightenment icon.png | = | File:Imbecile Incantation icon.png |
Rainbow Blast: Douse + Solar Flare. A ranged cone attack that strikes multiple targets with a wave of happy energy that applies a variety of effects and extra damage during daylight and also to undead.
| File:Douse icon.png | + | File:Solar Flare icon.png | = | File:Rainbow Blast icon.png |
Earth Magic
Splintering Strike: Crushing Blow + Stone Fist. A powerful crushing blow that does significant damage and debuffs armor.
| File:Crushing Blow icon.png | + | File:Stone Fist icon.png | = | File:Splintering Strike icon.png |
Shield Smash: Shield Bash + Stone Fist. Shield attack that inflicts earth damage with a chance of stun.
| File:Shield Bash icon.png | + | File:Stone Fist icon.png | = | File:Shield Smash icon.png |
Enfeeblement: Juxtapose + Strength of Earth. Reduces target's Strength.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Strength of Earth icon.png | = | File:Enfeeblement icon.png |
Summon Air Elemental*: Juxtapose + Summon Earth Elemental.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Summon Earth Elemental icon.png | = | File:Summon Air Elemental icon.png |
Life Magic
Sacrifice: Healing Ray + Death Ray. Transfers a large amount of health to target from caster.
| File:Healing Ray icon.png | + | File:Death Ray icon.png | = | File:Sacrifice icon.png |
Cleansing Rain: Soothing Rain + Banish Undead. Area of Effect spell that heals friendlies and damages undead.
| File:Soothing Rain icon.png | + | File:Banish Undead icon.png | = | File:Cleansing Rain icon.png |
Water Magic
Evaporate: Juxtapose + Douse. Reduces fire resistance.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Douse icon.png | = | File:Evaporate icon.png |
Summon Fire Elemental*: Juxtapose + Summon Ice Elemental.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Summon Ice Elemental icon.png | = | File:Summon Fire Elemental icon.png |
Lunar Magic
Air Magic
Clumsy: Juxtapose + Air's Embrace. Reduces target's Dexterity.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Air's Embrace icon.png | = | File:Clumsy icon.png |
Summon Earth Elemental*: Juxtapose + Summon Air Elemental.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Summon Air Elemental icon.png | = | File:Summon Earth Elemental icon.png |
Chaotic Backdraft: Juxtapose + Gust. Behaves like gust but instead of pushing them away from the player, it pulls them closer.
| File:Juxtapose icon.png | + | File:Gust icon.png | = | File:Chaotic Backdraft icon.png |
Death Magic
Fiery Decay: Fire Arrow + Death Ray. Ranged fire attack with chance to add a fire damage over time that is also life drain
| File:Fire Arrow Magic Icon.jpg | + | File:Death Ray Magic Icon.jpg | = | File:Fiery Decay Combo Icon.jpg |
Summon Skeleton Mage: Enlightenment + Summon Skeleton.
| File:Enlightenment icon.png | + | File:Summon Skeleton icon.png | = | File:Summon Skeleton icon.png |
Fire Magic
Summon Ice Elemental*: Summon Fire Elemental + Juxtapose.
| File:Summon Fire Elemental icon.png | + | File:Juxtapose icon.png | = | File:Summon Ice Elemental icon.png |
Chaos Magic
- Disorderly Displacement: Chaotic Step + Chaotic Clone. Moves the caster elsewhere and replaces them with a clone.
| File:Chaotic Step icon.png | + | File:Chaotic Clone icon.png | = | File:Disorderly Displacement icon.png |
- Chaos Bomb: Confusion + Chaotic Step. Affects PVP players only but scatters all in random directions and disorients them. Chaos Specialization adds a larger range on the teleport.
| File:Confusion icon.png | + | File:Chaotic Step icon.png | = | File:Chaos Bomb icon.png |
Trivia
- When introduced, the combat method in Shroud of the Avatar was explained as a deck of cards and Spellweaving was explained as playing pairs of cards as a combo.
- The first player sourced combo skill idea was from Arkah EMPstrike and is the Summon Skeleton Mage spell. He also contributed the Evaporate and Sacrifice spells. These three spells were all introduced in Release 19 by Chris Spears.