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V-Skill Guide

A V-skill is the ultimate ability tied to each weapon — the 6th and final skill slot. V-skills unlock only at Mastery Lv100 on that specific ability. This page gathers every V-skill description currently attested in the developer Discord, with damage values cross-referenced against Foong's base-damage table. Updated .

How V-Skills Work

  • Unlock: reach Mastery Lv100 on the ability. See the Mastery Guide for the EXP grind.
  • Permanent: once unlocked, V-skill stays on that ability across servers, rebirths, slot swaps.
  • Per-ability: mastery and V-skill unlock are separate for every ability. Maxing one does not unlock others.
  • Slot: V-skill is the V key in the standard input scheme (PC).

Source: ❔ faq v-skills showcase thread (NTS_Bill, 2026-05-02 onward) + §6 Mastery Info (Foong, 2026-05-12) — Mastery Lv100 explicitly listed as "Unlocks V Skill".

Documented V-Skills (6)

Six V-skills have textual descriptions or damage values in the Tier 1 source. The remaining seven are listed below for completeness — damage values exist in Foong's base-damage table for some, but skill behavior is undocumented.

Akaza (Destructive Fists)

6 × 70 = 420 (per-shockwave × 6)

Fires 6 shockwaves that each deal high damage.

Source: NTS_Bill 2026-05-02 (v-skills showcase) · Foong base-damage table 2026-05-12

Shadow Monarch (Sung Jin-Woo)

Summons 2 shadows that automatically attack zombies. Stacks with the existing g-skill per-shadow damage.

V-skill numerical value not yet attested in Tier 1 source.

Source: NTS_Bill 2026-05-02 (v-skills showcase)

Saiyan (Goku)

+15% DMG and +Walkspeed (buff window)

Gives a temporary buff to damage and movement speed. Useful in every game mode.

Source: NTS_Bill 2026-05-02 · §5 FAQ Saiyan must-have rationale

Fire Fighter (Shinra)

927 (AoE slam on third dash)

Dashes 3 times then performs a slam on the last attack, dealing AoE damage.

Highest single-hit V-skill damage in the documented set.

Source: NTS_Bill 2026-05-02 · Foong base-damage table 2026-05-12

Pride (Escanor)

475 (V-skill hit)

V-skill behavior not yet described in detail in Tier 1 source. Damage value attested by Foong.

Skill behavior pending Tier 1 description — Foong's table only lists damage.

Source: NTS_Bill 2026-05-02 · Foong base-damage table 2026-05-12

Atomic (Cid Kagenou)

779 (V-skill hit)

Cid V-skill behavior credited to "Faith" via Lunatic 2026-05-03 — exact mechanic not yet textually documented.

Tier 1.5 attribution chain.

Source: Lunatic 2026-05-03 (v-skills showcase, posting on behalf of Faith) · Foong base-damage table 2026-05-12

V-Skills Pending Description (7)

These abilities have V-skill slots in their base-damage rows (Foong 2026-05-12) but the skill mechanic hasn't been written up in the Discord showcase thread yet. Visit each ability's detail page for any partial information.

We don't speculate on undocumented V-skills. When the developer Discord posts new descriptions, they'll be cited here with the original message timestamp.

V-Skill Ranking — Practical Take

Based on the documented set, V-skills break down into two profiles:

  • Burst: Akaza (6 shockwaves, 420 total) and Fire Fighter (927 AoE slam) — strong single-cast nuke for raid bosses.
  • Sustain: Saiyan (+15% DMG buff window) and Shadow Monarch (2 auto-attack shadows) — passive uptime that compounds over a run.

The Saiyan V-skill is specifically called out in the Discord FAQ as a "must-have" reason to keep Saiyan slotted regardless of meta tier — the +15% DMG buff stacks multiplicatively with rebirth, upgrade, mastery Lv75, and trait DMG, making it one of the strongest passive contributions in the game.

Sources

  • Tier 1.5 — Discord FAQ: NTS_Bill C., ❔ faq "V-skills showcase" thread, 2026-05-02 onward — Akaza / Shadow Monarch / Saiyan / Fire Fighter / Pride / Cid behavior descriptions.
  • Tier 1 — Discord FAQ: developer Foong, ❔ faq Ability Base Damage table, 2026-05-12 — V-skill damage values (Pride 475, Atomic 779, Fire Fighter 927, etc.).
  • Tier 1 — Discord FAQ: developer Foong, Mastery Info thread, 2026-05-12 — Mastery Lv100 = "Unlocks V Skill".
  • Tier 1.5 — Discord FAQ: Lunatic, posting Cid V-skill credit to Faith, 2026-05-03.