Before the Southeast Asia servers opened, Gravity Game Vision ran one more tuning pass over the game, a cleanup on top of everything learned during the Genesis Test that closed on June 21, 2026. Do not read it as a meta earthquake. The developers left the broad shape of the game alone and instead went after the handful of outliers that stood out in closed testing, chiefly the Gunslinger firing skills on an endless loop and the Mage front-loading too much burst. Only the seven original job lines were in scope. The Druid, arriving fresh with this release, was set aside for its own future adjustments. Here is what actually moved, job by job, plus the non-combat systems that quietly changed alongside them.
This is a refinement pass, not a reset. Gunslinger trades machine-gun poke for cheaper SP and keeps its MVP crown; Wizard's cast and scaling get reworked; Hunter's Falconer and Knight's guild kit both improve. The Druid was left out entirely. No reason to reroll. Your opener still holds.
The one-glance summary
If you only want the shape of the patch before diving into specifics, this is every job line and where it landed.
| Class | Direction | Headline change |
|---|---|---|
| Gunslinger | Retuned | Piercing Yang gains 1s cooldown + 0.5s cast; core skills cost far less SP |
| Wizard | Retuned | Magic Amplification now scales skill damage; new Concentration Spell trait gives -35% variable cast |
| Hunter | Buffed (PvE) | Falcon Assault ties to Lightning Strike; Mind Focus adds Luck + ASPD |
| Knight | GvG utility | Counterattack lv.5 cuts 30% monster damage; spear Charge Attack now stuns |
| Assassin | Crit shift | Sonic Blow and Spinning Blade can crit; Poison Blade multiplier +600% |
| Priest | Retuned | Faster Judgment cadence; Purification Hammer and Rebirth Lightning gain cooldowns |
| Merchant | Slight trim | Cart finisher normalized to 220%; axe SP costs optimized, some multipliers cut |
| Druid | Untouched | New at launch, not part of this rebalance; separate tuning expected later |
For how these ripple through the wider rankings, our class tier list folds the patch into its placements, and the all classes overview carries the full kit breakdowns.
Gunslinger: reined in, not defanged
The Gunslinger drew the most attention because its infinite poke was the clearest offender in testing. Its marquee skill, Hundred Steps Piercing Yang, now sits behind a one-second cooldown and a half-second fixed cast. You fire it in windows now rather than on a loop. To offset that, Devastating Strike's cooldown came down, and the real quality-of-life win is SP: Full Power, Wildfire, Unique Bullet and Spiral Shot all cost noticeably less, so the class no longer runs dry mid-MVP. Cast speed on several of those skills, plus Spiral Design and Shrapnel, now rides on your attack speed, rewarding ASPD builds. Drone Frenzy feeds the automatic grenade launcher extra damage while Hunting Dance layers on control resistance. The verdict is unchanged: this stays the top pick for MVP races, even as the Mage keeps the crown for raw leveling pace.
Wizard, Hunter and the frontline
Three very different jobs share this bucket, and each got a targeted rework rather than a blanket buff.
- Wizard. Magic Amplification stops being a flat MATK bump and instead scales your magic skill damage, and its fixed-cast reductions were converted to variable-cast reductions, a meaningful shift for how you gear casting speed. Meteor Spell's cooldown went up, but the new second-job trait Concentration Spell hands back a hefty -35% variable cast, and Icy Cold now hits harder against frozen targets through a water-damage multiplier.
- Hunter. Progressive Shot no longer stretches your basic bow range and only extends bow skills now. Falcon Assault leans into Lightning Strike's multiplier buffs, the old vulnerability window on Burst Shot is gone, and Mind Focus grants Luck and ASPD for its uptime. Falconer players get a bump too, with improved PvE crit on Burst Claw.
- Knight. Counterattack at level five shaves 30% off damage taken from monsters, and a spear Charge Attack now stuns rather than immobilizes. Concentrated Attack was moved from raw physical attack onto physical skill damage. On the trim side, the Spirit Sword Qi multiplier was removed and Rage Release no longer passively cuts the healing you receive.
Assassin, Priest and Merchant
The last three lines saw smaller but pointed changes, mostly about steering builds toward one identity.
- Assassin. Blood Blade lost multiplier and gained cooldown, while Fatal Poison's duration grew and Poison Blade's multiplier jumped a full +600%. Crucially, Sonic Blow and Spinning Blade can now land criticals, and with base numbers on the gauntlet-combo and short-sword lines cut back, the class's ceiling leans firmly into crit builds.
- Priest. Judgment hits harder and faster, Cross Exorcism's attack multiplier climbed, and both Purification Hammer and Rebirth Lightning picked up cooldowns with retuned numbers, so Battle Priest and pure support both feel the change.
- Merchant / Blacksmith. Carts accelerate faster and the cart finishing move now reads a clean 220% at every level. Axe skill SP costs were tidied up while several cart and axe multipliers were reduced, so combat DPS dips slightly before you unlock the endgame cart. The economy role itself is untouched.
Beyond the class kits
The patch also carried a batch of economy and quality-of-life fixes that are easy to miss under the combat headlines:
- Monster Extermination. An active Fate Unbinding Potion now guarantees non-bound purple card drops, and its shop price dropped to 1,500 Assist Coins.
- Auction House. Items won from loot auctions now bind on acquisition.
- Radiant Rift. Paradise Coins pay out one to five per run, and you get more time to interact with chests.
- Endless Tower. Difficulty eases off past floor 30.
- Interface. ASPD now shows two decimal places, and weddings can be held any day from 00:00 to 23:00.
What it means for your starter pick
For all the line-item shuffling, the opening advice barely moves. Mage still posts the fastest clear speeds and the Gunslinger, cheaper on SP and only lightly reined in, remains the sharpest MVP hunter. Either is a fine first character. The Hunter's Falconer path is a touch more comfortable in PvE now, and the Knight's new stun and damage cut read as guild-war tools more than solo perks. None of that is worth a reroll on its own. If you do want to pivot after the first week of play, Job Freedom lets you carry that decision without starting over, and you can browse the full roster from the classes hub before you commit.
Common questions
Does the patch go live for the SEA launch?
Yes. Every adjustment here is baked into the July 2026 Southeast Asia Open Beta build. It does not roll back onto the Genesis Test, which was wiped when that phase ended on June 21, so there is nothing to un-learn from the old server.
Was the Druid touched at all?
No. The Druid is brand new for the SEA release and sat outside this pass entirely, which only reworked the seven classic job lines. Its own numbers will almost certainly get a follow-up once the developers have live data to react to.
Is the Gunslinger better or worse now?
Both, depending on what you measure. Its signature poke skill picked up a cooldown and a fixed cast, so the machine-gun playstyle is gone, but SP costs on its core skills fell hard, so it sustains longer in a fight. It still leads the MVP race.
Should the patch change which class I start?
Not really. Mage and Gunslinger remain the two strongest openers, the Falconer branch of Hunter got a little friendlier in PvE, and Knight gained tools that matter more in guild-versus-guild than in solo play. If you want to move later, Job Freedom is there for it.