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Phalanxbane Blade

Stonesplit - StrengthMelee DPSMo Blade刀
QMartial
Soul BurningArt of Resistance

Hold the blade with both hands and charge forward, adjusting direction as you go. During the charge, press again to cast Total Annihilation, dealing moderate damage to nearby enemies. After charging for 3 seconds you gain increased Movement Speed, and pressing again instead casts Total Annihilation: Supreme, dealing high damage to nearby enemies and granting yourself a shield equal to 15% of Max HP for 8 seconds. Grants Tenacity during the skill.

Changed by Art of Resistance

~Special
Legion SummonerSteadfast Devotion

Stand firm while holding the Mo Blade, gaining the Iron Guard effect. You gain Tenacity while casting this skill. While Iron Guard is active: hitting an enemy with Snowparting Blade's General's Bane - Stab summons two Anxi soldiers with Heng Blade to dash forward, dealing four hits of pursuit damage; casting Phalanxbane Blade's Burning Heart and charging to its second stage has an Anxi soldier with Mo Blade follow up with a downward strike for one hit of pursuit damage; and casting Phalanxbane Blade's Soul Burning summons Anxi soldiers with Mo Blade on both sides, charging forward and casting Total Annihilation alongside you.

Changed by Steadfast Devotion

TABDual-Weapon
Mo Blade

Switches to Mo Blade and swings it, dealing light damage.

LMBLight Attack
Mo Blade — Light Attack

Swings the Mo Blade to perform up to three light attacks, dealing light damage.

RHeavy Attack1 variation
Mo Blade — Heavy Attack

Performs up to three heavy attacks with the Mo Blade, each dealing low damage. While affected by Drumbeat or Breakthrough, directly performs the 3rd Heavy Attack.

Burning HeartCharged SkillSteadfast Devotion

Heavy Attack charged skill with two power levels over time. Releasing the first charge swings the blade down for moderate damage in a small area. Releasing the second consumes 2 segments of Blade Momentum to leap forward and smash into the ground for high damage in a medium area. With Inner Passion active, charge speed is increased by 50% and the second charge's Blade Momentum cost is reduced to 1 segment. Grants Tenacity during the skill.

Changed by Steadfast Devotion

ZGuild war skillDamage
Phalanxbane Blade: EX
Cooldown 60s

Hold the Mo Blade single-handedly and stand tall, gaining Iron Guards, and summon Anxi soldiers to assist. Every 1.2 seconds, an Anxi soldier wielding a Mo Blade will appear and perform a downward strike on a random enemy within 7 meters, dealing massive damage and launching them airborne. Lasts 12 times. A single enemy can be targeted up to 4 times. Mechanism: The downward strike also deducts an additional 30 Endurance from the target.

EffectsIron GuardsGuild Co-op Jump StrikeTenacity

Its levels and costs in Guild Skills ›

Talents6 talents · unlock and level up with the art's tier
Critical Rate UPStat

Increases Critical Rate based on Agility. Maximum bonus requires 462 Agility.

15 levels · Tier 3–19

Iron Guards Penetration UpStat

When calculating damage during the Iron Guards state, further increases Physical Penetration and Stonesplit Penetration based on Min Physical Attack (up to 12 points increase at 750 Min Physical Attack.

Lv 1 T3 · Lv 2 T6 · Lv 3 T8 · counted in the builder's Rates for

Stonesplit Attribute UPStat

Increases Stonesplit Attack by 153-306. Increases Stonesplit Penetration based on Min Stonesplit Attack. Maximum bonus requires 447 Min Stonesplit Attack.

15 levels · Tier 3–19

Attr. Attack DMG UPAlways on

All skills deal damage based on Attribute Attack, while Stonesplit Attack deals 50% bonus damage.

From Tier 3

Max Blade Momentum UpAlways on

Increases maximum Blade Momentum by 2 bars. When Anxi Soldier deals damage, gain 0.1 bar of Blade Momentum. This effect can trigger up to 4 times per second.

Lv 1 T3 · Lv 2 T5

Increases Additional AttackAlways on

Increases both Physical and Attribute Bonus Attack of all current Martial Art Skills by 50%

6 levels · Tier 14–19

Learn it: the game's tutorialBasic Tutorial II, with the practice run

Basic Tutorial II

Phalanxbane Blade

Phalanxbane Blade is a DPS Martial Art that deals burst damage via a single charged attack and grants an assist attack buff.

Special Skill, Legion Summoner: Triggers Anxi Army Assistance when dealing damage, adding high assist damage. The Heavy Attack Charged Skill Burning Heart, combined with this assistance, is the core damage source for Stonesplit - Strength.

Practice run

  1. Special SkillLegion Summoner to gain Anxi Army Assistance
  2. Martial Art Skill then Martial Art SkillSoul Burning to charge forward, then Total Annihilation to follow with a slash
  3. Charged SkillMo Blade - Heavy Attack to charge and perform a Jump Strike hold 2 s
Its path: Stonesplit - Strengththe game's recommended setup

DPS · Melee Combat

Has powerful close-quarters combat capabilities and flexible mobility. Excels in sustained damage against single-target enemies. Can summon Anxi Army to assist in battle, providing DMG Boost and outstanding burst damage.

Difficulty
3
Survivability
3
Mobility
4
Support
1
Control
4
DPS
3.75

Paired arts: Phalanxbane Blade and Snowparting Blade. Recommended Inner Ways: Frost-Clad Night, Steadfast Devotion, Throat-Piercing Art, Wildfire Surge.

Its other lessonsFrost-Clad Night's page 3 lessons →

Inner Ways affecting this art

Art of Resistancechanges Soul BurningSteadfast Devotionchanges Legion Summoner, Burning Heart

Keywords used by this art

Airborne
Send the target airborne using Special Skill, making them susceptible to Moon Shatter Spring.
Blade Momentum
A unique martial art resource for Snowparting Blade and Phalanxbane Blade. Can be gained with Grave Frost and Stygian Freeze hits or through natural regeneration over time, and is consumed when using certain skills.
Breakthrough
Increases the damage of charged skills by 42% and removes the Endurance cost while charging, for 12 seconds.
Drumbeat
Increases Charged Skill damage by 15% for 6 seconds. Exclusive to Stormbreaker Spear: can trigger the Perception Skill effect of Thundercry Blade's Martial Art Skill. This effect and Breakthrough cannot coexist, and it has lower priority than Breakthrough.
Inner Passion
Martial art Snowparting Blade specific. Using Special Skill Treading Snow (Fleeting Trace) grants 3 stacks of this state for 12 seconds. While in this state, the Snowparting Blade Martial Art Skill can release the enhanced move General's Bane: Stab. A stack of Inner Passion can also be consumed to increase the Phalanxbane Blade Charged Skill's charging speed by 50%.
Perception Skill
In certain special cases, the corresponding skills may transform into other forms. Go to the skill description page for more details about Perception Skills.
Shield
Absorbs HP damage and associated Qi damage, excluding fixed Qi damage.
Tenacity
Immune to all but disabling when hit.

How to learn it

Found in the world

The game’s clues

Complete Encounter Quest "A Gourd Never Returns"
Join Sect
Little Treasury of the Martial Heir

Step by step

Complete the Encounter Quest A Gourd Never Returns to receive it — or join the Raging Tides.