Surface Cutting

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	[Special Active: Tenacity] Summon Oberon to slash enemies multiple times with the last hit causing enemies to Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed.
	Oberon Follows the caster throughout the duration and attack nearby enemies. In PvP, receive 25% of caster's HP.
	Core Activation Skill Successful attack made during Awakening will activate the Core Attack.
	Final Enhanced Skill Piercing Slash cancels mana break.

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Code: Architecture	30

Skill Information

Mode	Combo Attack (Physical)	Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed Duration	Knockdown Decrease Per Hit	Oberon			Max Hits	MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Combo Attack (Physical)	Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed Duration	Knockdown Decrease Per Hit	HP	Attack/Defense	Duration	Max Hits	MP Usage	Cooldown
PvE	552%	5 Seconds	8	Indefinite	100% of caster's	60 Seconds	4	100 MP	10 Seconds
PvP	209%	5 Seconds	8	25% of caster's	100% of caster's	60 Seconds	4	100 MP	10 Seconds

Oberon

Mode	Damage (Physical)			Max Hits
Mode	Slash	Consecutive Slash	Piercing Slash	Slash	Consecutive Slash	Piercing Slash
PvE	251%	61%	241%	1	8	1
PvP	95%	22%	92%	1	8	1

Skill Traits

Haste Surface Cutting		Light Surface Cutting
Attribute Effect	Cooldown	Attribute Effect	MP Usage
Cooldown decreased to 50%	5 Seconds	MP Usage decreased to 80%	80 MP

Total Damage

Mode	Base	Queen's Authority
PvE	2,208%	2,649.6%
PvP	836%	852.72%

Total Damage: Oberon

: Damage values may not be reflected in Free Training.

Mode	Base			Queen's Authority
Mode	Slash	Consecutive Slash	Piercing Slash	Slash	Consecutive Slash	Piercing Slash
PvE	251%	488%	241%	301.2%	585.6%	289.2%
PvP	95%	176%	92%	96.9%	179.52%	93.84%

Related Skills

Tips and Details

The summon is affected by party buffs.
Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed inflicted by Surface Cutting will deal 75% average attack damage per second at 1 stack. Additional stacks will increase the damage by 90% per stack, up to the usual 3 stacks.
- Enemy DebuffBleedEnemy DebuffBleed's effect is affected by Queen's Authority.
After casting this skill, you can continue to move/attack freely.
Oberon does not take any hitstun from attacks. In PvP, he will also not inflict any hitstun.
- Players may opt to intentionally get hit by Oberon since it increases their MP without the danger of hitstun.
Similar to other summoning skills, the stats of Oberon depends on the user's stats and active buffs when it was summoned.
The Combo Attack part of this skill is not affected by Cheat Code: Rule Breaker's Summon Damage Increase.
Oberon's Consecutive Slashes will deal an extra hit in Free Training.

Trivia

Oberon is never completely still - even while idle, he slowly slides forward.

Old Version

Video	Description
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy	Between its initial release and the 5/29/2014 KR Patch, Oberon would disappear after dealing its initial attack and would not remain as a support NPC.

Updates

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
02/19/2009	11/23/2011	Surface Cutting added.
06/27/2013	11/07/2013	Moved from Code: Architecture to Code: Empress.
11/07/2013	02/12/2014	▲ Damage increased. ▲ Last hit doesn't launch anymore. ▲ Last hit inflicts Bleed.
05/29/2014	09/17/2014	▲ After skill, Oberon will begin to fight for 20 seconds.
04/20/2015	-	▼ Piercing Slash's hitbox changes to follow the visual effect, so the hitbox becomes smaller.
08/20/2015	01/27/2016	▲ Attack's KD reduced for initial summoning attack. Move from Code: Empress to Code: Architecture.
08/27/2015	-	▲ MP Usage decreased.
08/27/2015	-	▲ Duration increased.	None
11/19/2015	-	Fixed issue where Oberon will not teleport to Eve.
02/04/2016	03/16/2016	Fixed issue where summons not coming out in certain situations.
02/18/2016	-	Fixed Skill Ring effects not working on the skill.
04/21/2016	05/18/2016	None	▲ Modifier for Duration removed. ▲ "Light" attribute effect increased. Regeneration (2) trait changed to Empowered. Fixed issue where the skill is not affected by Maximize.
06/30/2016	07/13/2016	▲ Summon's HP is infinite.	None
08/25/2016	-	Fixed issue where is not affected by Transcendent skillslot.
09/08/2016	-	Fixed summons dying from attribute attacks.
10/13/2016	11/23/2016	None	▼ Summon's HP decreased.
01/12/2017	01/24/2017	▲ Summoning damage increased. ▼ Summon damage decreased.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▲ Damage increased.	None
05/18/2017	05/31/2017	Fixed issue where cannot move when gain Wimp's Monster Freeze effect.
07/27/2017	08/09/2017	▲ Motion Cancel time after casting decreased. ▲ Summoning damage increased. ▲ Consecutive Slashes damage increased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	▲ Damage increased.
04/25/2019	05/22/2019	▲ Summon unit affected by Critical Damage and Physical/Magical Damage Increase effects.
09/11/2019	09/25/2019	▲ AI revamp. Movement Speed increased. Action Speed and frequency increased. Certain attacks changed to not knock down.
03/12/2020	04/08/2020	▲ Summon unit affected by Skill Damage Increase effects.
04/25/2024	05/22/2024	Improved issues of Oberon's movement upon disappearance in certain situations.

Alternative Names

Server	Name	Translation
South Korea	서피스 커팅	Surface Cutting
Japan	サーフィスカッティング	Surface Cutting
China (Simplified Chinese)	割喉命令	Cutthroat Command
Germany	Schneiden der Oberfläche	Surface Cutting
France	Découpe superficielle	Surface Cutting
Italy	Taglio della Superfice	Surface Cutting
Poland	Cięcie Powierzchni	Surface Cutting
Brazil	Corte Superficial	Surface Cutting