Control or BREAK the target first, then overlap Pursuit’s 30% bonus with Ironclad Armament’s separate 30% bonus before the second Ultimate strike.
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Use your breaker or control skill to make the enemy vulnerable.
Activate Ironclad Armament, then use Dragon Slayer Strike during the opening.
Fill the remaining safe time with Shadow Cut; rebuild the opening when control ends.
EP is your skill resource. BREAK is the vulnerable phase after the enemy’s break bar is depleted. An ultimate is the charged special skill. Read the full rotation and entry requirements.
Start with the first priority and work down. These are practical build goals, not simulated stat weights.
Pawney’s core attacks deal physical damage.
Concentrate damage into the controlled or broken target window.
Keep enough EP for the attacks that fit inside the control window.
Use Rookey for stable BREAK, Fragrancier for Dark amplification, or the Snowfield shell for repeatable control and Ice coverage. Core slots define this blueprint. Replace a flex member only if its replacement still covers the job described on the card.
Rookey increases BREAK damage taken, Hexxin holds targets in place, and Gracewing covers sustain and debuff cleansing.
RookeyBasicFlex
Bouncy Sling adds 15% BREAK damage taken for 15s; Guardbreak Slam stuns on its third hit.
GracewingBasicFlex
Phantom Dance auto-cleanses from off-field; Healing Dance restores 9% max HP over 8s.
Fragrancier reduces Dark resistance and marks targets for stronger Dark basics while Rookey creates the BREAK window.
RookeyBasicFlex
Bouncy Sling adds 15% BREAK damage taken for 15s; Guardbreak Slam supplies a 1s stun.
FragrancierBasicFlex
Secret Fragrance Mark adds 25% Dark basic damage for 15s; Withering Bloom heals the whole team.
GracewingBasicFlex
Phantom Dance auto-cleanses from off-field; Healing Dance restores 9% max HP over 8s.
Snowfield Pawney and Pomawk add Ice pressure, Hexxin supplies grouping, and Glacy sustains the team while Pawney creates its own stun window.
PomawkSnowfieldFlex
Wild Show gains 30% BREAK damage on a timed release; Frost Strike applies 1.5s Silence.
GlacyBasicFlex
Healing Water sustains the control shell; Glimmer Shot grants 15% team damage for 15s.
All five retain Dark while Snowfield adds Ice; compare each exact form before sending it to Planner.
Pawney’s payoff depends on landing the Ultimate recast while BREAK and both listed bonuses overlap. Each loadout labels its equipped skills. An optional swap, where shown, replaces slot 2.
Stun or pull first, then arm Ironclad and use Dragon Slayer Strike inside BREAK.
Ironclad ArmamentUltimate
ATKBasic attack
Weakening SlamSkill slot 1
Shadow CutSkill slot 2
Elastic SwordSlot 2 swapSlot 2 choice: Use Shadow Cut for direct damage in BREAK; switch to Elastic Sword when normal targets need to be pulled together.
Weakening Smash supplies Ice coverage while retaining the third-hit stun.
Ironclad ArmamentUltimateATKBasic attack
Weakening SmashSkill slot 1Shadow CutSkill slot 2Elastic SwordSlot 2 swapSlot 2 choice: Use Shadow Cut for direct damage in BREAK; switch to Elastic Sword when normal targets need to be pulled together.
Ferocious Fang anchors the control payoff, Gargantuan Claw and Destiny's Dice bias direct burst, and the Broken-target loadout supplies BREAK while Armament drives repetition.
Create control or BREAK, arm Ironclad, then spend the second strike.
Use Hexxin, Rookey or Pawney’s third Weakening hit before the damage window.
The target must be controlled or broken for Pawney’s trait to add 30% damage.
Start its 15-second EP recovery and separate 30% bonus against broken targets.
Recast the Ultimate while both bonuses and BREAK still overlap.
Use the high-Might spin while the target remains pinned in the burst window.
Use these encounter rules to preserve the rotation instead of forcing the same sequence into every target.
Rookey’s BREAK damage-taken debuff gives Pawney the most dependable overlap window.
Hexxin grouping and Pawney’s own third-hit stun can activate Pursuit before full BREAK.
