Hypersonic Stab

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File:STSactive5.png	[Special Active: Bravery] Dash forward and unleash a fury of piercing slashes. (Can also be activated midair) The piercing slashes will ignore a set amount of enemies’ defense.
	Final Enhanced Skill Damage is increased by 1.2 times.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Sword Taker	35

Mode	Slash (Physical)		Defense Ignore	Max Hits		MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Normal	Awakening	Defense Ignore	Normal	Awakening	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	306%	191%	40%	36	63	300 MP	21 Seconds
PvP	111%	68%	5%	36	63	300 MP	21 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	367%	230%	40%	36	63	300 MP	21 Seconds
PvP	132%	83%	5%	36	63	300 MP	21 Seconds

Light Hypersonic Stab		Heavy Hypersonic Stab
Attribute Effect	MP Usage	Attribute Effect	Cooldown
MP Usage decreased to 80%	240 MP	Damage increased to 144% Cooldown increased to 120%	25.2 Seconds

The shockwave generates multiple slashes in a wide rectangular area in front and a bit behind the caster per target hit. Tightly grouped enemies will receive more damage.
- The slashes appear in numerous areas, so pushed or larger enemies will naturally receive more hits as the shockwave passes by.
- The shockwave doesn't deal damage itself and is merely a visual effect to signify where the skill's hitbox currently is.
- If used at point-blank on a human-sized enemy, it may miss several hits as the shockwave travels forwards. Alternatively, due to the shockwave starting a fair distance behind Raven's landing location, targets further away will not take hits till the shockwave catches up.
You cannot attack after using this skill in midair until you reach solid ground.
- Targets that are hit in midair will be completely immobile and locked in the same position until the skill stops hitting them.
This skill can be transferred to the next stage by using it just before a stage transition. It can also be stored multiple times when stepping on a jump pad, assuming a strict timing and not letting it get unleashed by jumping or moving back and forth.
It provides a large amount of freeze frames and you can move very early after casting, making it extremely advantageous in PvP.

The miniboss Stealthy Morfos uses a weaker variant of Hypersonic Stab's original pre-09/30/2021 incarnation.

Video	Description
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy	Between its initial release and the 09/30/2021 KR Patch, Hypersonic Stab used to comprise of a single dashing slash that generated up to 2 hits (10 in awakening) and visually appeared much like the current [Mod] version instead of generating a slow shockwave that causes multiple slashes.

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/07/2008	08/03/2011	Hypersonic Stab added.
03/29/2012	-	▲ Increased Awakening damage.
03/29/2012	-	▲ Awakening Damage increased. ▼ Normal Damage decreased.
01/17/2013	-	▲ Increased both Normal and Awakening damage output.
08/06/2015	01/13/2016	▼ No longer affected by the number of targets.
04/21/2016	05/18/2016	"Enhanced" trait changed to "Light". "Absorbing" trait changed to "Heavy".
01/12/2017	01/24/2017	▼ Damage decreased.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▲ Damage increased.	None.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	▲ Damage increased.
07/18/2019	08/14/2019	▲ Invincible until the skill is finished. ▼ Freeze Frames decreased. Skill hitbox is adjusted.
09/11/2019	09/25/2019	▲ Skill changed to do hitstun.
08/19/2021	09/15/2021	▲ Damage in Awakening increased.
09/30/2021	10/27/2021	Skill features changed. ▲ Can also be activated midair.
09/01/2022	07/28/2022	▲ Defense Ignore effect added.