Weakness/Vulnerability
Guide
by Zinn
style="font-weight: bold;">What is a weakness?
It is a player created vulnerability in your enemy that remains for a
short period of time. Some weaknesses can be exploited by
using certain skills.
What does the C and E
mean on the chart below?
C
means you can Create the weakness by successfully attacking your enemy
with this skill and E means you can Exploit the weakness by
successfully using the appropriate skill.
How is a
weakness/vulnerability created?
Players can create vulnerabilities in their enemies by using certain
skills. The tool tip for a player’s combat skills and spells
will show if ability can create a weakness.
How do I know if there is
a weakness created?
You'll see tiny icons below the target's buffs and
debuffs indicating weakness. Holding the mouse over these
icons will give you a tool tip indicating the name of the weakness. As
you pay more attention to these icons you should begin to recognize
which icons are relevant to your class.
How long does a weakness
remain?
Roughly 10 seconds before it fades.
What happens when I
exploit a weakness?
You get an additional benefit. Often your damage is greatly
increased, or the MOB is defuffed with a snare, an armor mitigation
effect, or some other effect. When you exploit a weakness you
also create a new weakness as most weakness abilities have the ability
to create a weakness and exploit one at the same time.
Do weaknesses stack?
No. Although more than one weakness can and will show on the
MOB I have not seen any added benefit to exploiting more than
weakness. However, all vulnerabilities of that type are essentially
used up when you exploit the vulnerability.
How should my group plan
to use weaknesses?
Look at the chart below and see which weaknesses can be created and
exploited by classes in your group. Ideally you will be able to chain
weakness where one person creates a weakness then another player
exploits it and creates a new weakness that can then be exploited by
another class.
Do I have to use
weaknesses?
No, but it is an option that can
sometimes make your group more efficient. I am no
expert with weaknesses and vulnerabilities but they are often fun to
play with and give you something additional to do in combat. I
try to incorporate exploiting weaknesses into the abilities I normally
use during a fight.
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Knight
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Blood
Mage
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Disciple
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Afflicted
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Savage
Cut
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Deadly
Adder Hand
(E)
Deadly
Shot
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(E)
Bursting
Cyst
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(C)
Knife
Hand
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(C)
Venomous
Thorns
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Plague
of Infestation
(C) Plague
Bearer's
Horrid Aff;liction
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Chink
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(E)
Guardian's
Assualt
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Rend
Armor
(C)
Razor
Parts Silk
(E) Striking
the Mountain
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Sundering Claw (Tuugin)
(E) Cruel Bite (Tuurgin pet ability)
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Bitten
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Vicous Bite (Rakuur)
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Bleeding
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Harrow
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Savage
Cut
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(E)
Blade
of Summer
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Lacerate
(C) Hemmorage
(C)
Bursting
Cyst
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Strike
of Skamadiz
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Plague
Bearer's
Horrid Affliction
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Blinded
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Ravaging
Darkness
(E)
Sunburst
(C) Holy Strike
(C) Judgment of
Envious
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Hand
of Censure
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(C)
Sunburst
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Shocking Grasp
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(C)
Blade
of Summer
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Wicked
Strike
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Winter's Roar
(C)Solar
Fire
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Grasp of theGrave
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Char
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Malice
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(C)
Blade
of Winter
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Spirit
Strike
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Grasp of theGrave
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Freeze
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(E)
Hammer of
Judgment
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(E)
Sever
the Tie
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Boundless
Fist
(E) Staggered
Punch
(C)
Deadly
Shot
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Wicked
Strike
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(E)
Cyclone
Kick
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Enraged
style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Harrow
style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)Shout
of
Defiance
(C) Taunting
Strike
style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Boundless
Fist
(E) Six
Dragon Strike
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Backstab
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(E)
Knife
Hand
(E) Void Hand
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(E)
Thought Pulse
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Flesh
Rend
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Tearing
Claw (Rakuur)
(E) Maim (Rakuur pet ability)
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Inflamed
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Breath
of immolation (Hayatet)
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Lethargic
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(C)
Theard
the Needle
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(E)
Blade
of Winter
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Lacerate
(E) Ravage
(C)
Entwining Vein
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Winter's
Roar
(E)
Venomous
Thorns
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Shadows
(E) Plague
of Infestation
(C)Thought
Pulse
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Mental
Lapse
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(E)
Bite
of the Stirge
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Mesmerized
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Ravage
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(E)
Holy Strike
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Crescent
Kick
(C) Six
Dragon Strike
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Smiting
Blow
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Spirit
Strike
(C) Strike
of Skamadiz
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(E)
Mental
Blast
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Wracked
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Malice
(C) Ravaging
Darkness
(E)
Hammer of
Judgment
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Ashen
Hand
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Smiting
Blow
(C)
Void
Hand
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Devouring
Shadows
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style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Staggered
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Devasting
Blow
(E) Brutal
Strike
(E)
Thread
the Needle
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Staggered
Punch
(E) Cresecent
Kick
(E) Deadly
Adder Hand
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Backstab
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Hand
of Censure
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(C)
Call
Lightening
(C) Lightening
Strike
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(E)
Shocking Grasp
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style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Blackjack
(C) Blinding
Flash
(C) Clout
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(C)
Time Stop
(C) Time Trick
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(C)
Hammer of
Judgment
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Devasting
Blow
(E) Taunting
Strike
(C)
Sever
the Tie
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Ashen
Hand
style="background-color: rgb(160, 184, 216); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(C)
Ploy
(E)
Entwining
Vein
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(C)
Cyclone
Kick
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(E)
Solar
Flare
(E) Call
Lightning
(E)Lightning
Strike
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(C)
Mental Blast
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Char
(E) Freeze
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