Dycus Lockwood

Unique Passive🔗

Pride of Dagal Passive

Tier	Effect Name	Effect
First acquisition		At the start of the ally turn, if HP is 60% or below, gain the Pride of Dagal 1 effect. When attacked by an enemy at 100% HP, chance to take critical hits and critical damage taken are reduced by 10%. When attacked by an enemy, 40% chance to gain the Gust effect. - Pride of Dagal 1 Cannot be removed (Duration 2): Attack/Critical damage +20%. Immune to movement-hindering and position-control effects. - Gust Cannot be removed (Stack 4): TP cost required to cast Vacuum Asura Slash -1.
Max Awakening		Max HP increases by 10%. At the start of the ally turn, if HP is 75% or below, gain the Pride of Dagal 4 effect and recover an additional 1 TP. When attacked by an enemy at 100% HP, chance to take critical hits and critical damage taken are reduced by 25%. When attacked by an enemy, 70% chance to gain the Gust effect. - Pride of Dagal 4 Cannot be removed (Duration 2): Attack/Critical damage +35%. Immune to movement-hindering and position-control effects.
Max Manifestation		Max HP increases by 40%. At the start of the ally turn, if HP is not 100%, gain the Pride of Dagal 7 effect and recover an additional 1 TP. When attacked by an enemy at 100% HP, chance to take critical hits and critical damage taken are reduced by 50%. When attacked by an enemy, 70% chance to gain the Gust effect. - Pride of Dagal 7 Cannot be removed (Duration 2): Attack/Critical damage +60%. Immune to stun, cooldown control, movement-hindering, and position-control effects.

Classes🔗

Tier	Class
Tier 1	Fighter
Tier 2	Warborn, Berserker
Tier 3	Unbroken, Warmaster, Genocider

Common Classes🔗

Fighter+33 more → Tier 1 - Basic class that uses a sword to fight enemies in melee.

Offensive

Lv	Effect
1	Take 25% less counterattack damage when making combat attacks.
2	Take 25% less counterattack damage when making combat attacks, and take 50% less counterattack damage when a critical hit triggers.

Warborn+2 more → Tier 2 - Swordsman class born for war. Endures pain and threatens the battlefield with unique survivability.

Combat Bloodline

Lv	Effect
1	Attack increases by 15% and damage taken during combat attacks is reduced by 30%. At turn end, if a debuff is present, recover HP equal to 30% of attack.
2	Attack increases by 20% and damage taken during combat attacks is reduced by 40%. At turn end, if a debuff is present, recover HP equal to 40% of attack.

Unbroken+2 more → Tier 3 - Uses a sword and dominates the battlefield with unique endurance and indomitable willpower.

Indomitable Bloodline

Lv	Effect
1	Attack increases by 20% and damage taken is reduced by 10%. Damage taken during combat attacks is additionally reduced by 40%. At turn end, if a debuff is present, recover HP equal to 40% of attack. When affected by an action-control effect, recover HP equal to 40% of attack once per turn.
2	Attack increases by 25% and damage taken is reduced by 20%. Damage taken during combat attacks is additionally reduced by 40%. At turn end, if a debuff is present, recover HP equal to 50% of attack. When affected by an action-control effect, recover HP equal to 50% of attack once per turn.

Unique Classes🔗

Berserker Tier 2 - Overwhelms enemies swinging a greatsword and axe, waging aggressive melee combat.

Blood Thirst

Lv	Effect
1	When attacking an enemy, attack and critical rate increase by 10%. When attacked by an enemy, damage taken is reduced by 10%. On landing a critical hit, apply Bleed. (Bleed Damage over timeBleed (Duration 3): At turn end, defense-ignoring damage equal to 30% of caster's attack. If hit by a slash or pierce attribute critical attack, Excessive Bleed triggers, dealing defense-ignoring damage equal to 30% of attack.)
2	When attacking an enemy, attack and critical rate increase by 15%. When attacked by an enemy, damage taken is reduced by 15%. On landing a critical hit, apply Bleed.

Warmaster Tier 3 - Battle god who leads allies with perfect harmony of offense and defense and overwhelming might, swinging greatsword and axe.

Oath of Victory

Lv	Effect
1	Attack increases by 40% and damage taken is reduced by 0.5% per 1% of HP lost. After attacking an enemy, gain an aura until the next turn start, granting the Oath of Victory 1 effect to self and allies within 2 tiles. (Oath of Victory 1 Cannot be removed: Defense/Resistance +40%. Counterattack damage +80%.)
2	Attack increases by 50% and damage taken is reduced by 0.5% per 1% of HP lost. After attacking an enemy, gain an aura until the next turn start, granting the Oath of Victory 2 effect to self and allies within 2 tiles. (Oath of Victory 1 note: name shown as "1" in source Cannot be removed: Defense/Resistance +50%. Counterattack damage +100%.)

Genocider Tier 3 - Advanced class that collapses enemies' solid defensive lines and mercilessly annihilates them with greatsword and axe.

Slaughter Instinct

Lv	Effect
1	When attacking an enemy, attack and critical rate increase by 30%. When attacked by an enemy, damage taken is reduced by 30%. On landing a critical hit, apply Bleed. (Bleed Damage over timeBleed (Duration 3): At turn end, defense-ignoring damage equal to 30% of caster's attack. If hit by a slash or pierce attribute critical attack, Excessive Bleed triggers, dealing defense-ignoring damage equal to 30% of attack.)
2	When attacking an enemy, attack and critical rate increase by 40%. When attacked by an enemy, damage taken is reduced by 40%. On landing a critical hit, apply Bleed.

Common Skills🔗

Skill	Tags	TP	Range	CD	Effect
Chained Slash+23 more →	Melee Battle	1	1-1	3 turns	Deals damage equal to 130% of attack power to an enemy, and if counterattacked, a follow-up strike triggers dealing damage equal to 30% of attack power. Allowed weapons: Sword, Greatsword, Sword/Shield, Gun Slicer, Axe
Double Piercing Wave+19 more →	Melee Healing Movement Attack Combat	2	1-1	4 turns	Deal damage equal to 170% of Attack Power to an enemy, and when a critical hit triggers, restore HP equal to 50% of Attack Power. Upon killing an enemy, advance to the spot where the enemy was. Allowed weapons: Sword, Greatsword, Sword/Shield, Gun Slicer, Axe
Sprint+24 more →	-	1	1-1	2 turns	Immediately after using the skill, gains an Additional Action and critical hit chance increases by 15% during this turn.
Battle Stance+1 more →	-	1	Self	3 turns	Gain the Battle Stance effect until the next turn start. If you did not attack an enemy with Battle Stance, gain the Vigor effect that lasts 1 turn at the start of the next ally turn. Battle Stance Cannot be removed: Set a control zone, and attack an enemy that ends its turn within 1-ring range, dealing 150% damage and removing the effect. While the effect is maintained, chance to be hit by critical -50%, damage taken -20%. Removed at the start of the ally turn. Vigor Shout (Duration 1): After a melee attack, can additionally attack or use a skill. Removed on activation.
Heavy Slam+1 more →	Melee Combat	2	and apply Weakness Exposure. On critical, cooldown is reduced by 1 and apply one more Weakness Exposure effect.	2 turns	Weakness Exposure Exposure (Stack 3 / Duration 2): Damage taken +10%. Chance to be hit by critical +10%. Does not stack with other Exposure effects.

Unique Skills🔗

Skill	Tags	TP	Range	CD	Effect
Frenzy Slash	Melee Directional	-	1-1	2 turns	Consume all TP; physical penetration increases by 10% per TP. Choose a direction and deal 100% of attack plus 25% of attack per consumed TP as damage to enemies within the frontal 3x1 area, and apply Bind. Bind Action ControlMovement ControlImmobile (Duration 2): Cannot move.
Bold Offensive	-	1	Self	4 turns	Immediately after using the skill, gain an extra action. Remove all your own debuffs and gain the Bold Offensive effect for 2 turns. Bold Offensive Cannot be removed (Duration 2): Immune to Weaken effect. Movement +1. Gain an aura increasing critical rate and critical damage of allies within 3 tiles by 10%.
Soul-Crushing Strike	Melee Movement Attack Position Control Combat	3	1-1	2 turns	Deal 80% of attack as damage to the enemy and forcefully knock back up to 3 tiles, dealing an additional 20% of attack as damage per tile knocked back. Then move in front of the target and additionally attack, dealing 80% of attack as damage to enemies within 1 ring around self.

Ultimate🔗

Vacuum Asura Slash

Ultimate Strike Ranged

"Woohahahaha! I'll sweep you all away at once!!"

• Max Awakening: On use, physical penetration increases by 30%. Deal 185% of attack as damage to enemies within 2 rings around self.
• Max Manifestation: On use, physical penetration increases by 30%. Deal 210% of attack as damage to enemies within 2 rings around self.
• CostTP 5RangeSelfAreaSingleCooldown5 turns

Artifacts🔗

Warrior's Essence+11 more → - "A true warrior fights while looking the enemy in the eye!"

Lv	Effect
1	On melee skill use, ATK +15%.
2	On melee skill use, ATK +20%.
3	On melee skill use, ATK +25%. Physical Penetration +10%.
4	On melee skill use, ATK +30%. Physical Penetration +15%.

Crest of Chains+3 more → - "A single strike is faint, the next is stronger, and the one after is devastating. As attacks continue, the crest responds and amplifies power in step with the warrior's momentum. The moment you stop, the chain breaks."

Lv	Effect
1	On attack, gain Chain Attack 1. Chain Attack 1: ATK/Physical Penetration 4%. Lasts 2 turns. Max 3 stacks.
2	On attack, gain Chain Attack 2. Chain Attack 2: ATK/Physical Penetration 6%. Lasts 2 turns. Max 3 stacks.
3	On attack, gain Chain Attack 3. Chain Attack 3: ATK/Physical Penetration 8%. Lasts 2 turns. Max 3 stacks.
4	On attack, gain Chain Attack 4. Chain Attack 4: ATK/Physical Penetration 10%. Lasts 2 turns. Max 3 stacks.

Black Iron Heart - "Forged by the finest blacksmiths striking a special ore thousands of times, to protect the magic-vulnerable warrior's heart."

Lv	Effect
1	Magic damage taken -15%. When hit by an attack dealing magic damage, recover 1 TP.
2	Magic damage taken -20%. When hit by an attack dealing magic damage, recover 1 TP.
3	Magic damage taken -25%. When hit by an attack dealing magic damage, recover 1 TP.
4	Magic damage taken -30%. When hit by an attack dealing magic damage, recover 1 TP.

Guide🔗

This is subjective NamuWiki community opinion (KR server).

Performance: Base class is Fighter. A Fighter type that can equip an axe instead of a sword. Tier 2 classes are the unique class Berserker and Shakbari's former class Warbone; Tier 3 classes are Unbroken / Warmaster / Genocider. Ultimate is the finally-returned Vacuum Asura Slash. Because he is Fighter-based, the existing Burova items (Burova Sword Guard = sword/shield, Burova Spear Guard = spear/shield) cannot be equipped, and because his defense type is Medium, the Lord of Fierce Strike set based on him also cannot be equipped (a repeat of the Cars situation). Unique passive Dagal's Pride grants attack/crit-damage buffs and control immunity when HP is low, gains Gale on being attacked, and reduces crit chance/crit damage taken when attacked by a 100%-HP enemy. Berserker-like kit that strengthens itself when HP is reduced or when attacked.

Classes:

• Unbroken: balanced offense/defense with self-heal when debuffed; learns Heavy Slam. Unconditional ATK +25%, damage taken -20%, plus -40% extra in combat attacks; heals 50% of ATK on turn end if debuffed, and once per turn heals 50% of ATK when hit by action control.
• Warbone: the class Shakbari brought. Like with Shakbari it lags in attack multipliers, and since Dycus has damage reduction on all classes, its self-heal is the only differentiator; but Dycus needs some HP loss to trigger his passive, so it's the lowest-recommended class.
• Warmaster: learns Bold Offensive. Unconditional ATK up to +50%, damage taken -0.5% per 1% HP lost, and after attacking, until next turn start grants Oath of Victory to self and allies within 2 tiles (DEF/RES up to +50%, counter damage +100%, unremovable). Fits Dycus perfectly since he grows tougher as HP drops, and it spreads an ally-tanking aura as a zone. Since the aura turns on after he attacks, he's ideal as a vanguard to charge in first. Highest raising priority.
• Genocider: original-game class, learns Soul-Crushing Strike. On attacking, ATK and crit chance up to +40% and crit applies Bleed; damage taken -40% when attacked. Bleed: on turn end, 30% of caster ATK as defense-ignoring damage; if hit by a slash/pierce crit, Excessive Bleed triggers for another 30% ATK defense-ignoring; lasts 3 turns. Simple, strong "hit hard, block hard" class; sacrifices ally buffs and defense vs Warmaster for stronger crit performance, higher ceiling as a dealer. Recommended as a Bleed unit in raids.

Key skills and ultimate:

• Frenzy Slash: consumes all TP; 3x1 directional AoE for 100% ATK plus 25% ATK per TP consumed, applies Bind, immobilize, 1 turn; +10% physical penetration per 1 TP consumed; cooldown 2 turns. At TP 5, hits for 225% ATK with 50% physical penetration, no split, no counter (AoE).
• Bold Offensive: TP 1; extra action, clears own debuffs, gain Bold Offensive for 2 turns; cooldown 4 turns. Excellent skill for the vanguard role; only the 4-turn cooldown is a downside.
• Soul-Crushing Strike: TP 3; 80% ATK to one enemy, knock back up to 3 tiles (+20% ATK per tile knocked), then move to enemy and hit surroundings for 80% ATK; cooldown 2 turns. Up to 220% total damage (80%+60%+80%) at 3-tile knockback; doubles as a mobility skill. Against control-immune targets only 160% lands; recommended to drop in raids since trading TP 3 for 160% is a loss and raid mobility matters less.
• Battle Stance: TP 1; unremovable Battle Stance buff until next turn start; cooldown 3. A manual attack buff; if you don't attack, you gain Vigor next turn for an extra attack/skill, so it can grant Vigor for just TP 1.
• Heavy Slam: TP 2; straight-line single target within 2 tiles at +15% crit chance and +15% physical penetration for 140% ATK, applies Weakness Exposure 1 stack; on crit, cooldown -1 and applies another Weakness Exposure stack; cooldown 2. Main damage skill usable every turn if crit is set up; low multiplier for a single-target skill is the drawback, so it leans toward ally synergy. Note (undocumented): when hitting an enemy 1 tile away with nothing in between, he advances toward them, so it counters when firing over obstacles/units but eats counters when nothing is between; for Dycus this can be a merit since he needs to lose HP at the front.
• ultimate: increases physical penetration then hits enemies within 2 tiles for 170%~180% (?) ATK (base-kit skill lists 185%~210%; guide text states 170%~180%). Simple strong AoE; passive TP-cost reduction means it comes up often. Nicely remade Genesis War 2 staging.

Recommended gear: Unique weapon is first axe-type unique weapon; extra stats crit chance and HP, granting Hot Blade and Sandstorm. Excellent weapon that at high awakening adds skill cooldown reduction; best in 1-vs-many; but only Dycus can equip axes so versatility is worst. Armor: since skills and the unique weapon have physical penetration, Ilgidangcheon is a good pick; if going crit-dealer Genocider, the Crow set is also viable. Accessory: Ancient Hero's Ring is best; for crit-dealer Genocider, Arrowhead is an option, and Amber if crit damage is sufficient.

Evaluation: A simple, strong melee dealer. Some classes give strong passives when moving first among allies, and Bold Offensive gives good mobility, so a vanguard suits him. However, spec output has various conditions (moving first, HP loss, stacking), so he's surprisingly hard to run mindlessly. Early on his Warmaster class was expected as a Siren accessory, but the cumbersome conditions became a problem; as of 26.01 he's used more in PVE than PVP. Utility is somewhat low, but raw stats are good, armed with an AoE that has no conditional damage reduction, and his ultimate is easy to use, so he can shine in story battles. In raids, unless enemy-attribute is banned, he's worth using as a Weakness Exposure + Bleed unit. Use him split across parties 1 and 2 alongside Shakbari.

No S/A/B tier letter rating is present in the text.

Awakening/Manifestation progression: Two parallel tracks: Manifestation and Inner Cube, by stage. - Stage 1: Manifestation = Ultimate Enhancement 1. Inner Cube = Stat Enhancement 1. - Stage 2: Manifestation = Unique Passive Enhancement 1. Inner Cube = Stat Enhancement 2. - Stage 3: Manifestation = Ultimate Enhancement 2. Inner Cube = Artifact Acquired. - Stage 4: Manifestation = Unique Passive Enhancement 2. Inner Cube = Artifact Enhancement 1. - Stage 5: Manifestation = Ultimate Enhancement 3. Inner Cube = Artifact Enhancement 2. - Stage 6: Manifestation = Unique Passive Enhancement 3. Inner Cube = Artifact Enhancement 3. Note: the ultimate scales 185% at Max Awakening and 210% at Max Manifestation; the unique passive scales from Pride of Dagal 1 to 4 to 7 across awakening tiers (see base kit).

Release Date🔗

Original Korean release: Not stated in Overview. The version-history table lists Dycus Lockwood under 3.0 first half, dated 2026/1/13 (2026-01-13). The Performance/Evaluation sections reference "current (26.01)".

Estimated global release: 2027-03-23.