The Hidden Strength

Inner Ways & Passive Arts

Inner Ways are passive abilities that grant constant bonuses or effects triggered by specific actions. Each one is tied to a Path, and pairing it with Martial Arts from the same Path unlocks your build’s full potential.

Adaptive Steel

Adaptive Steel

Grants Weapon Mastery based on current blade type.
Art of Resistance

Art of Resistance

Increases shield duration and bonus effects.
Battle Anthem

Battle Anthem

Increases Charged Skill damage against bosses by 10%.
Bitter Seasons

Bitter Seasons

Attacks have a chance to apply Poison, reducing Physical Defense.
Blossom Barrage

Blossom Barrage

Spring Sorrow gains 2 stacks and applies Combo, increasing Ballistic Skill damage.
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

Critical hits on Spirit-Depleted enemies grant Collapse, increasing Penetration and Critical Damage.
Celestial Vigor

Celestial Vigor

Perfect Dodges grant Unceasing stacks that increase damage, healing, and reduce damage taken.
Divine Roulette

Divine Roulette

Successful deflect grants a random powerful effect.
Echoes of Oblivion

Echoes of Oblivion

Infernal Twinblades apply Sin and Karma, allowing attacks to ignore Physical Defense and Bamboocut Resistance.
Empirical Edge

Empirical Edge

Triggered Martial Arts effects grant Cognition, increasing Physical and Attribute Penetration.
Envigorated Warrior

Envigorated Warrior

Increases all damage and dealing done by 5%
Esoteric Revival

Esoteric Revival

Increases Resurrection healing by 50%.
Evasive Charge

Evasive Charge

Perfect Dodge has a chance to refund all Endurance consumed.
Evening Snow

Evening Snow

Entering combat below 60% HP grants Snow Vision healing.
Exquisite Scenery

Exquisite Scenery

Successful defense triggers Defensive Riposte and grants Cadence against Online Bosses.
Fivefold Bleed

Fivefold Bleed

Attacks may apply Weeping Blood, dealing damage over time.
Flying Gourds

Flying Gourds

Peak’s Springless Silence gains 2 charges but has increased cooldown.
Frost-Clad Night

Frost-Clad Night

Successful deflect triggers Snowbreak Spring, dealing bonus HP damage.
Fury Harvest

Fury Harvest

Certain recovery actions grant bonus Vitality.
Heart of Fire

Heart of Fire

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Insightful Strike

Insightful Strike

Affinity damage generates Focus; full Focus grants Concentration, increasing Affinity damage.
Light and Shadow Alike

Light and Shadow Alike

Righteous Return increases direct damage based on target’s missing HP.
Light Anew

Light Anew

Hitting 3 or more enemies applies Candle Flicker, reducing Movement Speed and increasing damage taken.
Mending Loom

Mending Loom

Echoing Grow restores Dew and heals based on Dew consumed.
Morale Chant

Morale Chant

Attacking or healing grants Yi River, increasing Penetration and damage.
Mountain's Might

Mountain's Might

Mountain Sweep grants Endless Gale, reducing Endurance cost for 5 seconds.
Phantom Rally

Phantom Rally

Scarlet Spin summons Phantom Umbrellas and triggers Resonance explosions when a Phantom Umbrella is created or perfectly caught.
Restoring Blossom

Restoring Blossom

Critical Healing grants Nurturing and Concentration stacks.
Riptide Reflex

Riptide Reflex

Hitting an enemy with a Control Skill reduces Martial Arts Skill cooldown.
Rock Solid

Rock Solid

Taunting increases Storm Roar damage reduction but reduces damage dealt.
Royal Remedy

Royal Remedy

Water Clone healing is increased and restores Dew and Essence.
Sandswirl Tail

Sandswirl Tail

Reduces Endurance consumption while transformed into a brocade carp.
Seasonal Edge

Seasonal Edge

Dual-Weapon Skills grant one of several random effects.
Shadow Assault

Shadow Assault

Enhances Touch of Death, increasing range, damage, and restoring HP.
Sky Gripped

Sky Gripped

Snaring Lash inflicts Heaven’s Might and Rope Dart skills restore Heaven’s Will and increase Qi and HP damage.
Soaring High

Soaring High

At 3 Heaven’s Will bars, Heavy Attack becomes Vile Condemned: End, an invincible strike that increases Critical Rate and HP damage.
Song of Tang

Song of Tang

Martial Arts Skills apply Tang Song, granting Critical Damage above 50% HP or Life Drain below 50% HP.
Star Reacher

Star Reacher

Lingering Bone Mark grants Physical Attack bonus, increased when knocking targets airborne.
Steadfast Devotion

Steadfast Devotion

Heart Ablaze gains a powerful third charge stage.
Steadfast Stance

Steadfast Stance

Reduces stagger chance except against bosses or players.
Sword Horizon

Sword Horizon

Perfect timing after Strategic Sword skills triggers Crisscrossing Swords, dealing high Bleed damage if 5 stacks are present.
Sword Morph

Sword Morph

Charging Vagrant Sword unleashes multiple sword energy attacks without extra Endurance cost beyond stage two.
Throat-Piercing Art

Throat-Piercing Art

Varied Combo attacks grant Throat-Pierced, ignoring Physical Resistance and increasing Critical Damage.
Thunderous Bloom

Thunderous Bloom

Spring Thunder increases HP damage of Heavy and Ballistic attacks.
Towline Sweep

Towline Sweep

Soul Sweep grants Tokens of Gratitude and Piercing Dart applies Soul Loss stacks while pulling enemies on the first sweep hit.
Trapped Beast

Trapped Beast

Below 30% HP, gain a shield absorbing 30% Max HP.
Vendetta

Vendetta

Vendetta Token lasts longer and restores Tokens of Gratitude.
Vital Leech

Vital Leech

Exhaustion Execution restores HP based on damage dealt.
Wildfire Spark

Wildfire Spark

Refunds 3.5% of Endurance consumed.
Wildfire Surge

Wildfire Surge

Tenacity increases damage, grants Damage Reduction and HP Drain, scaling with nearby enemies.
Wind Beneath Wings

Wind Beneath Wings

Reduces airborne dash Endurance cost and increases Movement Speed after landing.
Wolfchaser's Art

Wolfchaser's Art

Reduces combo count needed for Sober Sorrow and increases combo gain chance when hitting Bleeding targets.

Pair Your Inner Ways with Your Build

Each Inner Way is tied to a Path built to pair with the Martial Arts of the same Path. Choose the right combination to boost your damage, healing or defense.

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