TLDR

• All classes are becoming 2m, so many of our skills get adjusted. Notably:

• Overdrive:

• 3m -> 2m
• No adjustments to duration

• Afterimage:

• 45% AP -> 30% AP

• Psychic Tornado:

• 3m -> 2m
• Duration 20s -> 15s
• Continuous damage (1500% -> 1360%)
• Throwing damage (413% -> 255%)
• Explosion damage (900% -> 590%)

• MoM:

• Continuous damage (1350% -> 1050%)
• Explosion damage (1045% -> 750%

• Press:

• 1295% -> 1245%

• Grab:

• 1034% -> 1000%

• BPM:

• 310% -> 280%

• Kinetic Orbs:

• 620% -> 560%

• We also get a new dash skill (because they forgot Deep Impact exists . . .)
• Cooldown for Mind Tremor has been removed, resulting in fast passive gauge charging
• There's also some oz ring adjustments, but don’t know what's best for us going forward yet.

Implications:

• Kinesis was already mostly a 60s class, well suited for a 2m meta. However Nexon decided to nerf all aspects of our kit, including our 60s, despite only 2 skills needing adjustments, overdrive and psychic tornado. While the nerf isn’t incredibly bad, most other classes got positive changes, and work well with a cooldown hat, leaving us behind.

TLDR

• We are estimated to get around ~28% FD from how Kinesis plays before this patch

• Train must now be maintained throughout the rotation
• Combo orbs now activates on some of the Ultimate skills, increasing activations by 75%
• Change Passive Hyper Skill to Kinetic Orb - Reinforced. Replace either:

• Mind Tremor - Overwhelm (IED party support goes from 36.25% -> 27.75%)
• Psychic Grab - Reinforce

HEXA Ultimate - B.P.M

• Damage increases from 175% -> 310%
• Larger range in front of player and now behind player as well

HEXA Kinetic Combo

• [Non-HEXA change] Combo orbs now proc with most skills, except Psychic Force, Psychic Drain, B.P.M, and Psychic Shot

• This will increase activations by a minimum 75%

• Damage increased from 350% -> 620%

Implications:

• Kinetic Combo - Reinforced will be the better hyper passive to take. Since it now procs kinetic combo, it’ll be best to maintain full uptime on Trainwreck.

HEXA Ultimate - Trainwreck

• Reduced cost from 15PP to 13PP
• Damage increases from 120% -> 370% for 9 seconds.
• Overall width of skill is increased, but still is placed ahead of the player

Implications:

• The damage increase with the added combo procs should encourage maintaining 100% uptime.

Top 1st Line Options

Passives +1

Notable affected skills:

• Psychic Clutch (Default damage skill)
• Telepath Tactics (+1 FD%, +1 DMG%, +2 MAtk)
• Awakening (+1 FD%, +1 C.DMG% on Ultimate Skills)
• Mastery (+2% Mastery, +1 C.DMG%)

Note: In most party bossing situations, you’ll have someone to give you an attack speed bonus to hit AS10, so this is preferred for party bossing. But some players prefer always having AS10 due to the class feeling sluggish without it.

Attack Speed +1

Noteable affected skills:

• Metal Press

Note: While Metal Press is Kinesis' most damaging skill, it is limited by the gauge. You can empty out your gauge quicker (good for bursts and within Oz ring activations or fatal) but it’ll take the same amount of time to recharge, which is the bulk of the off burst. In addition, Kinesis has a lot of summons that are not affected by attack speed, and an 8s origin cutscene which takes away from spamming Metal Press during your burst.

20% Boss DMG

Min-max option if both real Combat Orders (replacing Passives +1) and someone providing Attack Speed (replacing Attack Speed +1) are in the party.

Note: Settle-able for boss mules, just not ideal.

Top 2nd/3rd Line Options

10% Boss DMG

Raw damage

8% Abnormal DMG

Mind Quake, Psychic Clutch, Metal Press, and Explorer Mage Link all count as abnormal status

21 MAtk

Weakest option - used to min-max with 20% Boss as first line in a party with AS+1 and real Combat Orders.

Crit Rate %

Only if you need it

Breakdown

Base Rate: 5%

Skills

(Beginner) ESP: 10%

(2nd Job) ESP Mastery: 10%

(3rd Job) Third Eye: 20%

(5th Job) Decent Sharp Eyes: 10%

Links

Lynn - Focus Spirit: 10%

Phantom - Phantom Instinct: 20% (supplement)

Legion

Night Lord Legion Piece (Lv200/250): 4-5%

Marksman Legion Piece (Lv200/250): 4-5%

Artifact: Up to 20%

Legion: Up to 40% (supplement)

Other Sources

• Hyper Stat (supplement)
• Inner Ability (supplement)
• Fam Badges (supplement)

• Ocean Badge: 1%
• Rebel Badge: 1%
• Commerci Badge: 1%
• Holy Badge: 1%

Breakdown

Base (+4), Pure Power (+1), ESP Booster (+2), DSI (+1), Green Pot (+1) = AS9

With AS+1 Inner, AS10 is achievable

Passive Skills - Best Options

Psychic Grab - Poss Point

Doubles Psychic Points charged. Faster charging means you can use other skills more often, like Metal Press

Psychic Grab - Reinforce

Most of your time off-burst will be spent using Psychic Grab and charging gauge. So good to pick +20%

Mind Tremor - Overwhelm

Increase DEF reduction of enemy by +10%

Kinetic Combo - Opportunity

Increases chance for Kinetic Combo to proc from 70% to 100%.

Kinetic Combo - Extra Strike

Each proc of Kinetic Combo is 1 hit, so this effectively increases the skill damage by 100% FD.

Active Skills

Mental Tempest

7 second iframe and restores full PP. Using Jaunt, Kinesis is able to animation cancel out of Mental Tempest but retains the iframe

Mental Overdrive

Burst skill - Reduces PP usage by half and passively gain PP over the 26s duration

Mental Shock

Class bind with mediocre range

Innate

Kinesis

4% Crit Dmg

Bossing Core

Demon Slayer

20% Boss Dmg

Ark

16% Dmg at 5 stacks

Demon Avenger

15% Dmg

Lynn

10% Boss Dmg, 10% Crit Rate

Angelic Buster

60% Dmg for 10s (extended by buff duration). 60s cooldown

Kanna

10% Dmg

Luminous

20% IED

Explorer Mages

9% Dmg and 9% IED at 3 stacks

Explorer Thieves

18% Dmg for 10s upon debuffing an enemy. 20s cooldown

Bossing Situational

Resistance

Up to 8s of invincibility upon revival. Use if uncomfortable reviving or want to greed damage upon revival.

Phantom

20% Crit Rate. Only if needed

Cadena

6% Dmg against enemies with abnormal statuses. An additional 6% Dmg if player is higher level than target

Adele

4% Boss Dmg. Adds 2% Dmg for each party member up to 8% for a maximum of 12% Dmg

Xenon

10% All stat. More damage if nothing else

Kain

17% Dmg for 20s after 5 stacks. 40s cooldown. More damage if nothing else

Training

Mercedes

20% EXP

Evan

70% Duration increase on runes

Aran

+900% Kill Marble EXP

Hoyoung

14% Dmg against monsters with 100% HP. Helps 1-shotting

Lara

5% Dmg. Gain 11% Normal Monster Dmg after defeating 20 monsters

Continuous Ring

Good for solo bossing, Level 5 is really good with the recent change to Kinesis becoming more DPM than Bursty

Ring of Restraint

Good for party bursts, especially with origin. Primary ring if ring swapping

Weapon Jump I

Secondary ring if ring swapping. Not much added value at level 5 since mini-bursts fit in 15s

Totaling

Tertiary ring if ring swapping. Not much added value at level 5 since mini-bursts fit in 15s

Risk Taker

Can do some fun things if playing in a 2 minute party. Bind + Origin Bind + Gene Iframe + Class Iframe is enough to last the entire ring. Tertiary ring alternative.

Notable 1st Job Skills

Metal Press

7PP: This is Kinesis’ most damaging skill used extensively in burst and in off-burst. Applies 15% IED Debuff. Not too useful mobbing

ESP Booster

+2 Attack Speed Buff. This is still an active buff for Kinesis

Psychic Force

Early stages, this skill is not important. It does no damage, but it can push mobs around. It's important for maneuvering a 5th job skill called Mind over Matter

Kinetic Step

Double flash jump

Notable 2nd Job Skills

Psychic Drain

Passive Effect: 40% to restore 1 PP when attacking bosses, but doesn’t apply to some summon skills.

Active Effect: Can be used for super stance, creates a small zone that does damage, on normal monsters can be used to generate 1 PP per damage tick

Deep Impact

2PP: Kinesis’ teleport skill with negligible damage. Has a slow wind up animation. Also upgrades the damage of Metal Press

Kinetic Piledriver

Spammable super-stance skill

Notable 3rd Job Skills

Psychic Grab

Main attacking skill outside of burst. Picks up objects and nearby mobs on the first cast, then used to hit in front of Kinesis the next 5 casts.

[4th Job Upgrade] Adds 15% IED debuff. Does not stack with Metal Press

Mind Tremor

Slows target by 25% speed. Applies 10% FD debuff to target for Kinesis only. Applies 10% IED debuff (applies to party).

[4th Job Upgrade] Increases to 15% FD from Kinesis and 15% IED debuff

Trainwreck

15PP: Summons a train that does damage over 12s. Also upgrades the damage of Metal Press

Kinetic Combo

70% chance for additional attacks automatically triggered by non-ultimate skills.

Kinetic Jaunt

Kinesis’ float skill. Can only air-stall or move in an upward direction. Also can be used to cancel animations. 4s cooldown, but 8s cooldown and 2PP cost when canceling animations.

Notable 4th Job Skills

Psychic Shot

5PP: After using Psychic Grab, you can throw objects in an outward direction. The coverage range and number of hits landed are inconsistent until the 6th job upgrade. Could be used for mobbing but would recommend against it

B.P.M

Damage toggle that costs 1 PP per tick. Automatically turns off when PP runs out but also automatically turns back on when more than 3 PP is recovered. Also increases damage to Trainwreck and Metal Press

Psychic Charger

Restores 50% of maximum PP and passively increases Boss Dmg by 30%

Clear Mind

Clears Abnormal Status

Primary Nodes

Psychic Grab

Metal Press

B.P.M

Kinetic Comb

Secondary Priority

Trainwreck

Psychic Drain

5th Job Nodes

Mind over Matter (MoM)

60s Burst Summon. Can be pushed with Psychic Force or recalled by pressing the  MoM again

Psychic Tornado

180s Burst Summon. Rubix cube that floats over your head dealing damage. At the end of the skill, it is automatically thrown in front of the player and explodes, dealing more damage (disappears if thrown on a rope).

Can press the skill again to throw early.

Law of Gravity

(LoG)

60s Burst Summon. Attaches a black hole to a nearby target with the most HP and pulls enemies or objects in, dealing damage over time. At the end of the skill, the black hole explodes, dealing more damage.

Can press the skill again to explode early.

Psychic Shockwave

Long range skill with a large hitbox. Used primarily for mobbing and long range chip damage in bossing.

Summons a black hole at the end of the shockwave that recharges some PP

Unique Nodes

Afterimage of the Otherworld

+5% Crit Damage and +50% AP investment for 50s with a 60s cooldown

Otherworld Goddess’s Blessing

11% FD for 40s and every 4s receive one random effect:

Pray for these
Blessing of Recovery: Restore 30% of your max PP gauge

Otherworldly Void: Deals Damage to nearby target

Pray against these

Aegis Blessing: -75% Damage Taken

Blessing of Fortitude: Ignore one debilitating status effect

Masteries

HEXA Ultimate - Metal Press

• Decreases PP Cost of Metal Press from 7 to 6
• Deals 1295% damage 10 times against up to 12 targets
• Applies 15% IED debuff that does not stack with Psychic Grab or Psychic Shot

HEXA Psychic Grab

[Psychic Smash] Grabs up to 8 targets and hits for 1034% damage 5 times. Recovers 1 PP each use

• Applies 15% IED debuff that does not stack with Metal Press or Psychic Shot

HEXA Psychic Shot

• Throws grabbed objects and enemies as projectiles, dealing 765% damage 4 times against up to 15 targets
• Recovers 1 PP on use (net 4PP cost)
• Applies 15% IED debuff that does not stack with Metal Press or Psychic Grab

This upgrade makes Psychic Shot much more reliable with consistent trajectory and hit boxes, allowing this to be a reliable mobbing alternative to shockwave.

Skill / Origin

From Another Realm

Costs 5 PP to use

Creates 32 Fissures, each dealing 1575% damage 12 times against 15 enemies. Then creates 44 explosions that deal 1586% damage 13 times.

Cutscene Duration: 8s

6th Job Priority

Hexa Stat

Pre-6th Training Skills

Shockwave: This is the primary mobbing skill. High base damage which should make 1-shotting mobs easier early on.

Drain: Summon that will help regenerate PP as you farm

Fountain: Extra summon to help clear maps and ease PP usage

PP Recovery

Spammable skill in between spawns to regenerate PP

Rock Zone

(200-205)

T-Boy’s Research Train 2

(205-210)

Mottled Forest 2

(210+)

Occupied Dance Floor 2

(220+)

Where Water and Sunlight Meet

(225+)

Shadowdance Hall 2

(230+)

Plunging Depths 3

(240+)

Last Horizon 6

(245+)

Labyrinth of Suffering Core 3

(250+)

World’s Sorrow Midpoint 2

(255+)

Post-6th Training Skills

With 6th Job unlocked, Janus becomes available alongside all pre-6th training skills

HEXA Psychic Shot also becomes a fair alternative, adding more height and range than Shockwave does

Eastern City Ramparts in Battle 3

(260+)

Outlaw Infested Wastes 3

(270+)

Laboratory Behind Locked Door 4

(280+)

Harsh Winter 4

(275+)

Top Deck 4

(280+)

Among the Tainted Trees 1

(285+)

Burst Order

Off-Burst

Mini-Burst

Party Utility

Sample With -4CD And Lv250 Merc

Before Entering

 -Offset to your liking

Upon Entry

Before Boss Spawns

Swap off CD gear into full damage gear

When Boss spawns

Whenever Low PP

90s/60s/30s

Off Burst

Off Cooldown

At 53s

At 50s

Off CD

At 24s

Off CD

Whenever Fatal

Sample with No CD

Before Entering

 -Offset to your liking

Before Boss Spawns

When Boss Spawns

At Level 5/6

Whenever Low PP

90s/60s/30s

Off burst

At 53s

At 50s

Off CD

At 24s

Whenever Fatal