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Nolvus Awakening User Guide

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Stances

Click here for the keyboard and controller default stances key mapping.

What is the new Stances System Nolvus Awakening comes up with?

In Nolvus Awakening, you can now unlock new perks to get new stances giving new animations for your weapons with buffs and debuffs that differ from one stances to an other. This can be done using the custom new perks tree designed specifically for Nolvus.

Accessing the Stances Perk Tree.

Press the TAB button on your keyboard or B + WAIT MENU on your controller to open the Tween Menu and select Custom Skills

Then select the Stances Perk Tree

The Stances Perk Tree

You gain stances skill xp by killing enemies with melee weapons. To unlock perks, you will need the standard game perk points.

Stances Categories.

You will have different tree branches for every weapon types

  • Way of the Warrior : Stances for Swords and Greatswords
  • Way of the Barbarian : Stances for War Axes and Battle Axes
  • Way of the Crusader : Stances for Maces and Warhammers
  • Way of the Assassin : Stances for Daggers and Claws
  • Way of the Knight : Stances for Spears, Pikes, Quarterstaffs, Halberds, Twinblades
  • Way of the Noble : Stances for Rapiers
  • Way of the Death : Stances for Scythes
  • Way of the Fist : Stances for Unarmed Combat
  • Way of the Blades : Stances for Katanas and Nodachis
Stances Types.

In each Stance perk tree branches, you have 4 types of stances you can unlock.

Neutral Stance

This is the base stance you get when you start the game. To activate this stance press F1 on your keyboard or hold DPAD-LEFT on your controller.

As the name tells, the neutral stance doesn't add buff or debuff and a white icon will appear above your character when you activate it.

High Stance

To activate this stance press F2 on your keyboard or hold DPAD-UP on your controller.

The High Stance is focused on aggression and a red icon will appear above your character when you activate it.

When using this stance, you will get these buffs and debuffs

  • Normal Attacks +30%
  • Power Attacks +10%
  • Defense -10%
  • Movement and attack speed -20%
  • Stamina Regeneration -10%

Trying to activate the High stance without the right perk unlocked for the weapon you want to use will not work and you will get a game message saying which perk to activate in the stances perk tree.

Mid Stance

To activate this stance press F3 on your keyboard or hold DPAD-RIGHT on your controller.

The Mid Stance is focused on defense and a green icon will appear above your character when you activate it.

When using this stance, you will get these buffs and debuffs

  • Block +10%
  • Damage Reduction +5%
  • Resistance +10%
  • Attack Power -10%

Trying to activate the Mid stance without the right perk unlocked for the weapon you want to use will not work and you will get a game message saying which perk to activate in the stances perk tree.

Low Stance

To activate this stance press F4 on your keyboard or hold DPAD-DOWN on your controller.

The Low Stance is focused on fast actions and a blue icon will appear above your character when you activate it.

When using this stance, you will get these buffs and debuffs

  • Attack speed +20%
  • Movement speed +10%
  • Power attack stamina cost -20%
  • Stamina Regeneration +10%
  • Attack power -20%

Trying to activate the Low stance without the right perk unlocked for the weapon you want to use will not work and you will get a game message saying which perk to activate in the stances perk tree.

Stance perks to unlock for every weapon types.
Weapon Perk for High Stance Perk for Mid Stance Perk for Low Stance Branch
Swords The Way of the Warrior Warrior Adept Warrior Master The Way of the Warrior
Dual Swords Dual Swords Apprentice Dual Swords Adept Dual Swords Master The Way of the Warrior
Greatswords Greatswords Apprentice Greatswords Adept Greatswords Master The Way of the Warrior
Daggers The Way of the assassin Assassin Adept Master Assassin The Way of the Assassin
Dual Daggers Dual Daggers Apprenctice Dual Daggers Adept Dual Daggers Master The Way of the Assassin
Claws (single/dual) Claws Apprenctice Claws Adept Claws Master The Way of the Assassin
War Axes The Way of the Barbarian Barbarian Adept Barbarian Master The Way of the Barbarian
Dual War Axes Dual Axes Apprentice Dual Axes Adept Dual Axes Master The Way of the Barbarian
Battle Axes Battle Axe Apprentice Battle Axe Adept Battle Axe Master The Way of the Barbarian
Maces The Way of the Crusader Crusader Adept Crusader Master The Way of the Crusader
Dual Maces Dual Maces Apprentice Dual Maces Adept Dual Maces Master The Way of the Crusader
Warhammers Warhammer Apprentice Warhammer Adept Warhammer Master The Way of the Crusader
Spears The Way of the Knight Knight Adept Knight Master The Way of the Knight
Pikes The Way of the Knight Knight Adept Knight Master The Way of the Knight
Halberds The Way of the Knight Knight Adept Knight Master The Way of the Knight
QuarterStaff The Way of the Knight Knight Adept Knight Master The Way of the Knight
Twinblades The Way of the Knight Knight Adept Knight Master The Way of the Knight
Katanas The Way of the Blade Blade Adept Blade Master The Way of the Blade
Dual Katanas Dual Katanas Apprentice Dual Katanas Adept Dual Katanas Master The Way of the Blade
Nodachis Nodachis Apprentice Nodachis Adept Nodachis Master The Way of the Blade
Scythes The Way of the Death Death Adept Master of Death The Way of the Death
Rapiers (single/dual) The Way of the Noble Noble Adept Noble Master The Way of the Noble
Unarmed The Way of the Fist The Fighter The Champion The Way of the Fist

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