Northern Technique
Controls
Press [L2]+[R1] to perform a Weapon Technique that applies Soulshatter BuildupThe game's own definition (keyword glossary) Dataminedlocalization → Keyword.Northern.Technique.InputsTraits
Grouped the way the game's Armory groups them in its trait filtersitemFilters. Numbers are for an item at level 50 of the highest rarity the trait rolls on; each item page shows every level.
Traits tagged with this keyword (10)
| Trait (level 50, highest rarity it rolls on) | Found on |
|---|---|
+23–29% Northern Technique damageTrigger.NoModularTrigger.Payoff.NorthernTechDamage.Rank.4 | Shoku, Sword of Dominance, Blade of Conquest |
Gain 15–18% Northern Technique charge whenever you hit an enemy with your Southern TechniqueTrigger.ForbiddenTechniqueHit.Payoff.GainNorthernTechniqueCharge.Rank.5 | Rosary, Sword of Dominance, Blade of Conquest |
Gain the Blessing of Luck whenever you hit an enemy with your Northern Technique. Gain the Blessing of Infusion whenever you hit an enemy with your Southern Technique.Trigger.NoModularTrigger.Payoff.NorthernHitBlessingAcuitySouthernHitBlessingInfusion.Rank.6 | Drazkul's Legacy, Sword of Dominance, Blade of Conquest |
Summon a Void Sentinel whenever you use your Northern TechniqueTrigger.NorthernTechniqueActivation.Payoff.Summon1VoidSentinel.Rank.6 | Voidsight, Sunflare Destiny, Spear of Fate |
+36–45% Critical Hit chance with your Northern TechniqueTrigger.NoModularTrigger.Payoff.NorthernTechCritChance.Rank.5 | Glory of Dawn, Eye of the Unknown, Dread Wraithblade |
Enter Rampage whenever you hit an enemy with your Northern TechniqueTrigger.NorthernTechniqueHit.Payoff.EnterRampage.Rank.5 | Illuminated Edge, Eye of the Unknown, Dread Wraithblade |
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, unleash a shockwave that deals 1498–2003 Fire damageTrigger.ActivateInnerFocusNearFullCharge.Payoff.EmitFireShockwaveFromPlayerNoCooldown.Rank.5 | Perseverance, Twin Dragons, Quintessence Blades |
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, unleash a shockwave that deals 2016–2695 Water damage and applies the Mark of FragilityTrigger.ActivateInnerFocusNearFullCharge.Payoff.EmitWaterShockwaveFromPlayerAndApplyMarkFragility.Rank.6 | Lethe, Twin Dragons, Quintessence Blades |
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, double the Soulshatter Buildup on nearby enemiesTrigger.ActivateInnerFocusNearFullCharge.Payoff.DoubleSoulshatterNearbyEnemies.Rank.6 | Hands of Alaz, Twin Dragons, Quintessence Blades |
Whenever you hit an enemy with your Northern Technique, expose the enemy's Weakpoints and deal +62–77% Weakpoint damage the next time you hit a WeakpointTrigger.NorthernTechniqueHit.Payoff.ExposeWeakpointsOnTargetandWeakpointDamage.Rank.6 | Surety, Kosmera's Strength |
Items
19 items with a trait tagged with this keyword.
SuretyKosmera's StrengthLetheTwin DragonsHands of AlazPerseveranceQuintessence BladesSpear of FateSunflare DestinyVoidsightBlade of ConquestRosaryDrazkul's LegacySword of DominanceShokuGlory of DawnIlluminated EdgeEye of the UnknownDread Wraithblade
Related
Named in its definition: Soulshatter, Soulshatter Buildup, Weapon Technique.
Keywords whose definitions use it: Concussive Smash, Concussive Smash, Inner Focus, Inner Focus, Polearm Slam, Polearm Slam, Spectral Flurry, Spectral Flurry, Whirlwind, Whirlwind.
Codex entries that mention it: Soulshatter, Weapon Techniques, Dual Blades, Greatswords, Longswords, Polearms, Warhammers.
For the curious: how this page was put together
- Keyword
Keyword.Northern.Technique.Inputs:Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json → localization → Keyword.Northern.Technique.Inputs - codex: a Codex entry is about a keyword when its title has the same word stems (first 6 letters of each word) or its id ends with the keyword's name
- forms: a keyword's forms are its name plus the Detailed Stats participle that starts with it ("Damage to Breached" → Breached)
- filters: an Armory trait filter belongs to a keyword when its name contains one of the keyword's forms
- traits_text: traits whose localized text contains one of the forms, but whose keyword list in the files doesn't include the keyword
- numbers: curve-table rows and globalParameters whose names contain the keyword's name without spaces (ailments: Ailment + the files' element word)
- Record:
data/records/mechanics/mechanics.json, built bytools/build_mechanics.py
History
No official patch notes have been added yet. When they are, each entry will quote the notes word for word, with the date and a link, marked Documented. Patch notes record changes over time; the values on this page come from the game version this wiki is built from.
Sources
- Definition:
Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json → localization → Keyword.Northern.Technique.InputsDatamined - Detailed Stats labels and Armory filters:
localization → statScreen, itemFilters;itemFiltersin Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json