Overview
Turning Slash Rend Armor is a passive enhancement for Kliff in the Stamina Skill Tree. Once unlocked, Turning Slash ignores enemy Super Armor and sends enemies flying. This makes the spinning overhead strike effective even against enemies that would normally power through your attacks without flinching.
Skill Details
Property | Detail |
|---|---|
Skill Tree | |
Type | Passive |
Cost | N/A (passive enhancement) |
Characters | Kliff only |
Parent Skill |
How to Unlock
Upgrade Turning Slash to Level 3. This unlocks alongside Turning Slash Expertise at the same level.
Combat Tips
Super Armor is common on bosses and elite enemies, so this passive makes Turning Slash a reliable option against tough foes.
The knockback effect (sending enemies flying) creates breathing room during intense fights.
Combined with Expertise, the full Turning Slash combo bypasses defenses and follows up with heavy damage.
Combat Usage
Turning Slash Rend Armor is a passive upgrade, so there is no new input to remember. The change is applied to every Turning Slash that Kliff performs after reaching Level 3 of the skill. The two things that change are the ability to ignore Super Armor on large enemies and an added launch effect that sends the target flying on a clean hit.
Against bosses and elite enemies that use Super Armor, the pre-Rend Armor version of Turning Slash only deals chip damage without interrupting their attack. With Rend Armor applied, the same strike interrupts the animation and can even stagger-kill weaker elites. Pair it with Turning Slash Expertise to extend the combo with a finishing blow once the first hit lands.
Requirements
Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
Character | |
Skill Tree | Stamina (Blue) - Blade branch |
Parent Skill | Turning Slash Level 3 |
Cost to Unlock | Abyss Artifacts invested into Turning Slash |
Companion Nodes |
Turning Slash Tiers
Level | Upgrade |
|---|---|
Turning Slash Lv 1 | Base spinning overhead slash, single strike |
Turning Slash Lv 2 | Turning Slash Proficiency - chain into Turning Slash from other skills |
Turning Slash Lv 3 (Expertise) | Turning Slash Expertise - follow-up strike after the initial slash |
Turning Slash Lv 3 (Rend Armor) | Turning Slash Rend Armor - ignores Super Armor, sends enemies flying |
Related Skills
Turning Slash - parent skill that this upgrade modifies.
Turning Slash Expertise - stack Expertise with Rend Armor for a full Level 3 kit.
Turning Slash Proficiency - chain Turning Slash out of other skills at Level 2.
Elemental Turning Slash - combine Imbue Element with Turning Slash.
Slash Rend Armor - Oongka's equivalent Super Armor ignore on his Slash skill.