Hydro Gale
| Job | Ninja |
|---|---|
| Type | Passive |
| Max level | 5 |
| Requires | Kamaitachi Lv3, Spear of Ice Lv5 |
Hydro Gale is a passive elemental-haze skill of the Ninja. After using a Water skill, the damp gust that follows empowers the Ninja's Wind magic, making it both stronger and faster.
Overview
Hydro Gale is the Water-to-Wind link in the Ninja's elemental haze chain, and the only haze that grants two benefits at once. Whenever the Ninja lands a Water skill, a short-lived haze is applied to the target. While that haze is active, the same Ninja's Wind magic deals more damage and casts faster against the affected target. The skill deals no damage of its own.
Mechanics
Effect: after using a Water skill, the target is afflicted with a haze for 5 seconds. While the haze lasts, the Ninja's Wind magic skills gain:
- Damage increased by (5 × SkillLv)%
- Cast time reduced by (5 × SkillLv)%
- Both bonuses only benefit the Ninja who applied the haze.
- The haze duration is a fixed 5 seconds and does not scale with level.
- Water skills that apply this haze include Ice Meteor and Spear of Ice.
Leveling
| Level | Wind damage bonus | Wind cast-time reduction | Haze duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5% | 5% | 5 s |
| 2 | 10% | 10% | 5 s |
| 3 | 15% | 15% | 5 s |
| 4 | 20% | 20% | 5 s |
| 5 | 25% | 25% | 5 s |
Notes
- This is a passive skill; it activates automatically through the use of Water skills and is not cast directly.
- The Wind skills it empowers are Wind Blade, Lightning Strike of Destruction, and Kamaitachi.
- It is part of a three-skill haze rotation together with Combustion Gale (Wind → Fire) and Thermal Haze (Fire → Water).