5/29/17 -
I think I've managed to get the bulk of the information down! I'm going to go ahead and take down the "under construction" note, so feel free to offer any suggestions for improvement or ask any questions here in the thread!

restructuring and storing these ability notes here

ABILITY BREAKDOWN
SLASH
-Unlocked at level 0
-Hits 1 enemy
-No cooldown
-Rank 1: Adds 10 mana per use------------Rank 5: Adds 20 mana per use
-Rank 1: Deals 150% physical damage----------Rank 5: Deals 250% physical damage
-Rank 1: Crit hits cause Bleeding debuff for 2 turns----------Rank 5: Crit hits cause Bleeding debuff for 4 turns
-Bleeding: 100% physical damage per turn to target

RAZOR WIND
-Unlocked at level 30
-Rank 1: Hits 1 enemy----------Rank 5: Hits all enemies
-2 turn cooldown
-Rank 1: Costs 50 mana per use----------Rank 5: Costs 40 mana per use
-Rank 1: Deals 300% physical damage----------Rank 5: Deals 400% physical damage
-Rank 1: Causes Bleeding debuff for 4 turns----------Rank 5: Causes Bleeding debuff for 6 turns
-Rank 1: Bleeding causes 200% physical damage to 1 enemy----------Rank 5: Bleeding causes 300% physical damage, split among all targets

TORRENTIAL BLOW
-Unlocked at level 65
-Hits 1 enemy
-4 turn cooldown
-Costs 20 mana per use
-Rank 1: Deals 200% physical damage----------Rank 5: Deals 300% physical damage
-Rank 1: Causes Dazed debuff for 4 turns----------Rank 5: Causes Dazed debuff for 8 turns
-Rank 1: Grants Frenzy buff for 4 turns----------Rank 5: Grants Frenzy buff for 8 turns
-Rank 1: Dazed enemies receive 50% more damage from Bleeding----------Rank 5: Dazed enemies receive 100% more damage from Bleeding
-Rank 1: Frenzy increases Crit Chance & Quickness by 15%----------Rank 5: Frenzy increases Crit Chance & Quickness by 25%

DECIMATE
-Unlocked at level 70
-Hits 1 enemy
-Rank 1: 10 turn cooldown----------Rank 5: 8 turn cooldown
-Costs 100 mana per use
-Rank 1: Deals 500% physical damage----------Rank 5: Deals 750% physical damage
-Rank 1: Multiplies damage by 3% for every 1% of target's missing health----------Rank 5: Multiplies damage by 9% for every 1% of target's missing health

RAITH'S FURY
-Unlocked at level 75
-Affects only the user
-Rank 1: 120 turn cooldown----------Rank 5: 80 turn cooldown
-Costs 0 mana per use
-Rank 1:Grants Raith's Fury buff for 10 turns----------Rank 5: Grants Raith's Fury debuff for 20 turns
-Rank 1: Crit hits grant Raith's Focus for 2 turns (stacks up to 2)----------Rank 5: Crit hits grant Raith's Focus for 4 turns (stacks up to 5)
-Raith's Fury buff increases Physical Damage & Crit Chance by 50%; increases Quickness by 100%; each attack with this buff active restores health for 20% of damage dealth; damage from Bleeding is dealt to afflicted targets all at once instead of residually
-Rank 1: Raith's Focus increases Physical Damage by 2% and Crit Chance by 1% per stack----------Rank 5: Raith's Focus increases Physical Damage by 10% and Crit Chance by 5% per stack

Wow this looks great Rixva! So fun and easy to read, and yet very easy to understand! (I also love the little quotes with each element xD)

I also enjoy that you mentioned the pros and cons of each element, and which ones work or don't work with certain sized parties.

Thank you! :D I really appreciate the feedback <3

@Krinadon

This is a really clear and useful guide for the new system. Could we please pin it for future use? Also, could we unpin these old guides? Now that the system has changed, they add to confusion instead of helping.

Old threads:
Guide to Pet Speccing and Gearing!
and
Creating A Battle Party 101

Malikas -

Thank you very much! I'm glad you find this information useful enough to make that request. ^-^

Yeah, you did a good job with it Rixva! All the info we need on the new system in one spot! :D

(Now all I need to do is actually find some of these ancient relics...) :P

I was actually going to ask if there was a guide for which equipment to use and when.

Thank you very much for putting this together and making it easy enough for a newbie like myself to understand!

Thank you for your kind comment ^-^ I'm very happy that you found it useful!

moved.

hmm... I think this has a lot of crossover with Ama's Lost Grove walkthrough. There has also been talk by some (like 18eities) about making a strategy guide. Maybe all these could be merged into one thread?

This is a great gear guide^^, but strategy tips for the entire megazone might get long/duplicate effort...