Crescendo

Ability Bard Book Magical Attack Max Rank 7 id: 92 Updated Oct 10, 2026

Unleash a flurry of powerful musical notes at your enemy. Fire a stronger, eighth note based on your Critical Strike Chance.

Version history

Version	Date	Change	What changed
v1339	Oct 10, 2026	Updated	Crescendo's Forgotten Flute weakness doubles while Forgotten Crown's Eldritch Aura is active. View full breakdown Forgotten Flute weakness with Eldritch Aura: 10% → 20% damage dealt reduction; without it, unchanged.
v1335	Oct 6, 2026	Updated	Crescendo now powers the Forgotten Flute's Eldritch Note, and its hits weaken enemies while the flute is equipped. View full breakdown Weakness with the Forgotten Flute equipped: previously absent → enemies hit deal 10% less damage for 3 seconds. Eldritch Note projectiles: previously unavailable → each impact deals 100% of Crescendo's power, then its acid puddle deals 40% of that power 10 times over 5 seconds.
v1302	Jun 20, 2026	Updated	Updated crescendo rhythm handling to track boosted notes via tempData rather than loop index, with refreshed rhythm colors and added boost effects. View full breakdown Loaded the tempData module. Replaced the rhythmCrescendo fourth-note check with a per-caster perk_rhythmCrescendo hit counter that triggers every 4 hits. Applied the rhythm boost flag to eighth-note selection, explosion radius, and damage radius calculations. Changed rhythmCrescendo note colors to brighter green, cyan, and purple values. Added neon block particles and a rhythm sound when the boosted rhythm explosion triggers.
v1296	May 15, 2026	Updated	Crescendo gets a new ability icon and now ends its cast state immediately while its note projectiles continue firing in sequence. View full breakdown Updated Crescendo’s icon asset. Moved Crescendo’s note firing sequence into a background task. The ability state now changes to end without waiting for every note’s 0.15-second stagger. Projectile visuals, note colors, hit behavior, burst damage, and Rhythm Crescendo’s fourth-note boost remain unchanged.

Stats

Power: 200 Cost: 15 MP Cooldown: 3s Notes: 3 Projectile Speed: 100 Radius: 5m

Stats by rank

This ability has 3 upgrade paths; each table assumes all points are spent in that path.

Tone

Rank	Power	Cost	Cooldown	Radius	Notes	Projectile Speed
Rank 0	200	15 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 1	250	20 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 2	300	25 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 3	350	30 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 4	400	35 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 5	450	40 MP	3s	5m	3	100

Chord

Rank	Power	Cost	Cooldown	Radius	Notes	Projectile Speed
Rank 0	200	15 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 1	200	20 MP	3s	5m	4	100
Rank 2	200	25 MP	3s	5m	5	100
Rank 3	200	30 MP	3s	5m	6	100

Clamor

Rank	Power	Cost	Cooldown	Radius	Notes	Projectile Speed
Rank 0	200	15 MP	3s	5m	3	100
Rank 1	200	20 MP	3s	10m	3	100
Rank 2	200	25 MP	3s	15m	3	100
Rank 3	200	30 MP	3s	20m	3	100

Interactions

Eighth notes fire based on your Critical Strike Chance and deal 25% more damage.
With Rhythm Crescendo, the 4th note in a row is always an eighth note and bursts in a 50% larger radius.
Your equipped instrument perk (Drum, Lyre, or Flute) changes the instrument played — sound and animation only; damage is unchanged.
Every 3 stamina you spend drops a Crescendo note onto the ground beneath you. It hits for 1x power on impact, then leaves an acid puddle that deals 0.4x power 10 times over 5 seconds in Crescendo's radius.
Crescendo hits make enemies deal 10% less damage for 3 seconds (20% with Eldritch Aura).

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