Death Step

How to get it

From Phoeyu, the Reformed at the Ice Castle (Second/Third Sea). Prerequisites: a Library Key (drop from Awakened Ice Admiral, very rarely from other Ice Castle enemies) to unlock the door on the right of the entrance, 400+ Mastery on Dark Step, then 2,500,000 Beli and 5,000 Fragments. Unlocks the Burning Leg title. At 400+ Mastery, Death Step counts toward Godhuman.

Moveset

Key	Move	Preview	Description
M1	Heavy Kicks	▶	You deliver four heavy kicks to the enemy. Like the rest of the moveset, their damage amplifies when Maximum Overheat is active.
Z	Rocket Kick Mas. 100	▶	After a brief stance, you dash at high speed toward your cursor while knocking back everything in your path; impact against a surface creates a damage zone. Hold for up to 1 second to go further and faster. Flaming version under Maximum Overheat.
X	Wind Bullet Mas. 200	▶	You strike the air and fire an almost instant wind ball that explodes in AoE on contact (the explosion deals 25% more damage than the projectile). Similar to Godhuman's [X] but faster and shorter range, and can be dodged with Instinct.
C	Vermillion Drill Mas. 300	▶	A flurry of spinning kicks toward your cursor that stuns everything it catches, concluded by a powerful axe kick. Hold for up to 3 seconds to extend. Under Maximum Overheat, the final ignites the ground.
V	Maximum Overheat Mas. 400	▶	You ignite your legs with a small explosion around you: approximately +15% damage for 60 seconds, and all your attacks leave fire on the ground (damage over 4 seconds). 90-second cooldown.

Ghoul V3 Tip

With Ghoul race V3 (Heightened Senses), you can keep Maximum Overheat in a loop: activate the buff, and when it expires, use Heightened Senses to reduce cooldowns, then reactivate Overheat. Wait for the current buff to fully end before relaunching it: reactivating it too early resets the cooldown to zero without extending the effect.

Strengths and weaknesses

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Update history

Fighting Style : Death Step·Released : Update 13

1. Update 17.3.5 vers fin 2022 Adjustment ▾

   • Death Step reworked.
   • Fire effects significantly improved.
   • The [V] Devil Flames ability was renamed.

   See update 17.3.5

2. Update 17.2 vers 2022 Adjustment ▾

   • Wind effect quality improved.

   See update 17.2

3. Update 14 mars 2021 Adjustment ▾

   • Required Mastery reduced from 450 to 400.

   See update 14

4. Update 13 vers fin 2020 Release ▾

   • Death Step added to the game.

   See update 13