Every character in Elsword has their own unique features that set them apart from other characters.

Combination

Being a duo character with a tag-team playstyle, Lu and Ciel do not share mana and also have a special system known as Combination.

  • When either Lu or Ciel is tagged out, the inactive character will rapidly recover 6 MP per second (1 MP in PvP). The amount of mana the other character has can be seen in the third blue gauge in the UI.

 

  • To compensate for this, Lu and Ciel's skills are low in damage. This is to encourage players to keep switching between the two in order to maximize damage.

Combination Gauge

Lu and Ciel have a fourth resource known as the Combination Gauge. This resource is used exclusively for Combination Skills such as Soul Infest. Combination Skills cost no mana, but can only be used when the Combination Gauge is ready.

The Combination Gauge has room for 10 Combination Points. Combination Points are gained every time the player switches characters through a command attack or skill and successfully lands a hit with the attack.


Switching Skills

Class Skill Name CP Gain Switches to
Lu/Ciel   Flick Shot 4 Ciel
Lu/Ciel   Stomp 2 Lu
Lu/Ciel   Evil Claw 2 Lu
Class Skill Name CP Gain Switches to
Chiliarch   Terror Chain 1 Lu or Ciel
Chiliarch   Ruinous Impact 4 Lu
Chiliarch   Dark Crescent (A) 2 Ciel
Chiliarch   Dead Hands 2 Lu
Chiliarch   Power of Oriax 4 Lu
Dreadlord   Supreme Punishment (A) 4 Ciel
Dreadlord   Summon Darkness (A) 4 Lu
Dreadlord   Darkness Cutter 4 Ciel
Dreadlord   Phantom Blade 2 Ciel
Transcendent Dreadlord   Fear Tomorrow 2 Ciel
Transcendent Dreadlord   Dead Cross (A) 4 Lu
Class Skill Name CP Gain Switches to
Royal Guard   Death Sentence of Marbas 1 Ciel
Royal Guard   Soul Extortion 2 Ciel
Royal Guard   Demonic Breath (A) 4 Lu
Royal Guard   Fantasy Impromptu - 1st Movement 2 Ciel
Noblesse   Shadow Bolt (A) 4 Lu
Noblesse   Twilight Judgment (A) 4 Ciel
Noblesse   Swift Smash (A) 1 Lu
Noblesse   Spear's Descent 4 Lu
Noblesse   Spectral Spear 2 Lu
Transcendent Noblesse   Soul Entrapment (A) 2 Lu
Transcendent Noblesse   Magdonic Cannon (A) 4 Ciel
Class Skill Name CP Gain Switches to
Diabla   Land Crusher (A) (A) 4 Lu
Diabla   Boomerang Step 2 Ciel
Diabla   Bloodlust (A) 2 Lu
Diabla   Nightmare 4 Lu
Diabla   Phantom Rush 1 Lu or Ciel
Demonio   Rapid Impact 1 Lu or Ciel
Demonio   Desperado (A) 4 Ciel
Demonio   Sinister Mind 4 Ciel
Demonio   Execution 4 Lu
Demonio   Garden of Haures (A) 2 Ciel
Transcendent Demonio   Abyss Sniper 2 Ciel
Transcendent Demonio   Demonic Rush (A) 4 Lu


Combination Skills

Class Skill Name
Lu/Ciel   Nether Shredder
Lu/Ciel   Soul Infest
Class Skill Name
Chiliarch   Apollyon
Dreadlord   Oblivion (A)
Transcendent Dreadlord   Demonic Cannon
Class Skill Name
Royal Guard   Eschaton (A)
Noblesse   Fantasy Impromptu - 2nd Movement
Transcendent Noblesse   Rain of Chaos
Class Skill Name
Diabla   Altar of Evil (A)
Demonio   Transcendence
Transcendent Demonio   Abyss Extinction


Specialization (Not available anymore)

Character   Specialization A   Specialization B
 
Gain X amount of MP depending on combination point gained. (Max: 5 MP per CP) Increased damage of skills using Combination points by x%. (Max: 40%)


Tips and Details

  • Although Switching is a Special Move, it is still counted as a skill that cannot be used during some disabling debuffs like Silence.


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Updates

Date Changes
KR NA PvE PvP
12/18/2014 07/01/2015
  • Combination added.
02/12/2015 08/12/2015
  • MP recovery for standby character changed from 15 MP to 6 MP
  • MP recovery for standby character changed from 6 MP → 3 MP
02/26/2015 -
  • CP gain for MP2 Tier Skills increased from 3 to 4.
  • CP is now only gained if a combo that switches characters successfully hits the target.
07/09/2015 -
  • Fixed error where combination point was gained even when skill was canceled.
04/21/2016 05/18/2016
  • Passive MP gain on standby character decreased.
  • V switching changed from invincibility to super armor.
  • Fixed issue of MP and Combination Gauge cut penalty while winning in PvP not being applied to standby character.
  • Shares cooldown if use any switching combo/skill besides V button.
06/30/2016 07/13/2016
  • V switching cooldown when switching from a non V key attack decreased.
03/30/2017 04/12/2017
  • Specialization A max MP decreased from 10 MP to 5 MP.
  • None
  • Standby character PvP MP gain decreased from 1.5 MP to 1 MP per second.
04/27/2017 05/10/2017
  • Skill CP gained only on successful hit with character being switched to.
12/19/2019 01/14/2020
  • Switching's icon changed from   to  
04/08/2020 -
  • Adjusted switching skill text to more clearly reflect Combination Point gain.
06/04/2020 07/01/2020
  • Skill CP gained upon successful hit, regardless of character in play.



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