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** In PVE, the Evanspear Hand Axe is the go-to weapon for heavy builds. The main reason is that on top of being a bleed weapon, it still has the overhead critical, meaning that any enemy who blocks it will be block-broken or merely dealt heavy posture damage at best. The only weapons that rival or surpass it are the Crescent Cleaver and the Kyrscleave, both which have unique criticals that exchange posture damage for additional damage.
** Eclipse Kick. While difficult to land, if it does hit, it deals an ''absurd'' amount of damage, making it deadly to other players if used correctly.
** The Frozone Talent allows the user to use Ice Skates anywhere, not just water, turning it into the best Mobility Mantra for escapes.
** The Enforcer's Hammer, on top of a unique crit that causes you to imitate the Enforcer's Whirlwind attack, has the highest posture damage out of any weapon in the game. Combine it with a Stone Enchant and ''maybe'' the Ardour Murmur and you rarely have to worry about enemies blocking ever again, as it block breaks almost ''everything'' in the game.
** Rising Thunder is by far one of the best Thundercall Mantras, on par with Lightning Cloak. This is because it deals a massive amount of damage ''and'' deals knockback, with a good chance it'll send anyone unfortunate enough to get hit by it sent to the atmosphere. It also shares an animation with Lightning Assault, making it easy to mix it up to confuse their opponents. Oh, and you can't block it, as it'll still cause the caster to slam down and deal knockback if you block the initial attack. The only way to deal with it is to dodge the initial attack or parry it, or else you're eating a comical amount of damage. Have fun!



*** Iron Skin with the Intuitive Repairs, not only repairs your outfit armor, but your ''natural armor'' as well. This is especially useful in the Depths and ''especially'' the Second Layer, since repairing natural armor is only possible by logging out of combat, resting at a heater in Castle Light as a Deepbound, or resting at a Graceful Flame. Even better, for some weird reason, Iron Skin reduces fall damage as well, making it handy to survive a normally [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou fatal fall from a great height]].



** After Fire Gun's nerf came Relentless Flames. As stated by its title, it can perform a series of slashes upon landing a hit with it, and only a single one if they whiff with it. However, it also has ''amazing'' [=PvE=] scaling, being able to defeat a ''Deep Owl'' with just a single cycle of it, and that's not even counting the talents. The only drawback is that once you start using it, you can't cancel it, meaning that you have to time it right, thought if you get interrupted mid-cycle, the mantra ''becomes immediately ready to use'' again for some reason.

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** After Fire Gun's Permafrost Prison was easily one of the most busted Mantras in the game on release, enough that the developers scrambled to nerf it ''six'' times on the same day. It hit hard, came Relentless Flames. As stated by its title, it out in quick succession to stun-lock multiple players at once, and the base-size spikes were large enough to be hard to avoid on top of no endlag. A deadly combination that can perform a series of slashes upon landing a hit be done with it, and only a single one if they whiff with it. However, it also has ''amazing'' [=PvE=] scaling, being able to defeat a ''Deep Owl'' with minimal effort on the attacker's end so long as they're decent at dodging. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpjmFihuK3U This video]] perfectly demonstrates just a single cycle of it, and that's not even counting the talents. The only drawback is that once you start using it, you can't cancel it, meaning that you have to time how broken it right, thought if you get interrupted mid-cycle, the mantra ''becomes immediately ready to use'' again for some reason.was.
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** Flame Repulsion causes your character to briefly rise before delivering an AOE attack around them. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, if you somehow get past the massive wind-up, it does pitiful damage even at '''100 Flamecharm''', plus it doesn't even do much posture damage. If you're seriously looking for AOE damage, Ash Slam, while having a lesser radius, makes up for it by dealing better damage and having a chance to guard breaks.
** Most Monster Mantras are appropriately considered very powerful, so having the Abyssal Ridge that's based off one of the Nautilodaunt's stomp attacks being weak is a pretty appalling sight to many. It doesn't instantly block-break like the Nautilodaunt's stomp, and bizarrely enough, it can be actually parried unlike the Nautildaunt's stomp attacks. To make matters worse, it's impossible to modify or upgrade it, meaning that it's going to be very weak. Finally, in spite of having all the characteristics of a Combat Mantra, for some reason it's a Mobility Mantra, meaning all it does is waste valuable space for Mobility Mantras. This was considered to be so mediocre that on the next weekly update, this was corrected immediately: it's now properly considered a Combat Mantra, and Mantra Modifiers can be placed on it and extended the length of the Mantra, though to compensate it doesn't knock enemies up in the air as much as it used to (which to some, is considered to be buff since some of them can use it as an opportunity to escape).

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** Flame Repulsion causes your character to briefly rise before delivering an AOE attack around them. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, if you somehow get past the massive wind-up, it does pitiful damage even at '''100 Flamecharm''', plus it doesn't even do much posture damage. If you're seriously looking for AOE damage, Ash Slam, while having a lesser radius, makes up for it by dealing better damage and having a chance to guard breaks.
breaks. It did receive a buff in which casting it also reduces your damage taken while the mantra is winding up and also reflects some of the damage while it does, but still, even as a poor man's Prediction, it does a pretty awful job at it, since Prediction can nullify ''all'' damage and has some good talents associated with it while also instantly reflecting the damage.
** Most Monster Mantras are appropriately considered very powerful, so having the Abyssal Ridge that's based off one of the Nautilodaunt's stomp attacks being weak is a pretty appalling sight to many. It doesn't instantly block-break like the Nautilodaunt's stomp, and bizarrely enough, it can be actually parried unlike the Nautildaunt's stomp attacks. To make matters worse, it's impossible to modify or upgrade it, meaning that it's going to be very weak. Finally, in spite of having all the characteristics of a Combat Mantra, for some reason it's a Mobility Mantra, meaning all it does is waste valuable space for Mobility Mantras. This was considered to be so mediocre that on the next weekly update, this was corrected immediately: it's now properly considered a Combat Mantra, and Mantra Modifiers can be placed on it and extended the length of the Mantra, though to compensate it doesn't knock enemies up in the air as much as it used to (which to some, is considered to be a buff since some of them can use it as an opportunity to escape).

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* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of the Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as a PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by [[NewMeat freshies]] if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanics. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their friends, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]].[[/labelnote]] Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.

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** Brutus, for his ability to deliver a brutal beatdown on anyone who dares come into his cell, even those capable of slaying the creations of gods. This has since lead to a joke in the community that the only reason he remains in his cell in Fort Merit, which has no bars on it due to developer oversight, is that he does so by choice.
** In an update that expanded their roster, Chili, the seaborne merchant, was granted a slew of new items, including those exclusive to the Eternal Gale or dropped from the likes of Dread Serpents or the Ferryman, making people thus conclude that he is some sort of unstoppable warrior who raids the most dangerous places and battles the most dangerous foes known to mankind so he can sell items off at exorbitant prices.
** A rule of the Deepwoken universe is that the strong sink deeper, so the fact that Kennith, a random Etrean Guard who dies off unceremoniously in a random questline was sent to New Kyrsa on death resulted in people joking that he's actually really powerful, not appearing on any of the official powerscaling tierlists because he would cause them to combust.
** Cap'n Orlandeau manages to fight his way through the Depths to Castle Light, somehow getting in despite being dead, leading fans to believe he must have charmed his way in, and is then forcibly reallocated to ThatOneLevel New Kyrsa, thus the community praising his ability to survive the world's greatest concentration of DemonicSpiders.
** While initially just a random NPC who gives an item, during the Etris: Siege event, players were shocked to see Polis actually fighting the Authority's legions to protect a land that isn't even his home, further helping his image was that this was the first time an NPC was made capable of fighting.
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Chaser is the third greatest graduate of the Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as a PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by [[NewMeat freshies]] if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanics. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their friends, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]].[[/labelnote]] Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.him.
** Chef Odiolavoro's name translating to "I hate work" and his general poor cooking advice has lead the fanbase to the belief he doesn't actually know how to cook, hence why he only manages the orders and makes the players cook for him instead.

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* FanNickname: Several Monsters in the game are often referred to as these, either because their names are difficult to type out or pronounce:
** Megalodaunt: Sharko
** Mudskipper: Shriekers due to being similar to the enemies from Monad Studios' previous game ''Rogue Lineage'', Zombies, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mudkips]], Dripskippers (regarding the Necroskippers, Mineskippers, and Meteorskippers/Mudskipper Knights), Abominations
** Terrapods: [[VideoGame/HalfLife Headcrabs]], due to resembling a much larger version of it.
** Deep Owls: [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Wan Shi Tong]], due to also being an AnimalisticAbomination taking a form of an giant dark owl.
** Nautilodaunt: Squibbo, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]], and Squid Hoss, due to being an expert fistfighter like Big Hoss from ''Rogue Lineage''.

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** The Exploiter Oath for Dawnwalker, due to how hard and tedious it is to obtain and fully progress. However, there were many Dawnwalker just days after Verse 2 released, thus leading to the assumption the only people who would have be able to obtain it were hackers.
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Several Monsters in the game are often referred to as these, either because their names are difficult to type out or pronounce:
** *** Megalodaunt: Sharko
** *** Mudskipper: Shriekers due to being similar to the enemies from Monad Studios' previous game ''Rogue Lineage'', Zombies, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mudkips]], Dripskippers (regarding the Necroskippers, Mineskippers, and Meteorskippers/Mudskipper Knights), Abominations
** *** Terrapods: [[VideoGame/HalfLife Headcrabs]], due to resembling a much larger version of it.
** *** Deep Owls: [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Wan Shi Tong]], due to also being an AnimalisticAbomination taking a form of an giant dark owl.
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owl. Except in reality, very few people initially called them this. In reality, someone added it to the wiki, making new players assume that people did indeed call them that, effectively gaslighting an entire community.
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Nautilodaunt: Squibbo, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]], and Squid Hoss, due to being an expert fistfighter like Big Hoss from ''Rogue Lineage''.Lineage''.
*** Dread Serpent: Due to the modeler largely repurposing the design with minimal changes, [[Manga/OnePiece Kaido]], much to the chagrin of developer Arch_Mage, who has since vowed to get the Monster entirely reworked if it's the last thing he does.
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** Due to disillusionment with the game, many fans would often point to upcoming games and refer to them as "Deepwoken killers" leading to said game's often being overhyped, and animosity between those still loyal to the game and the fanbases of its competitors. Arcane Odyssey was the first of these, followed by Voxlblade and then Pilgrammed. This often lead to the games touted as such eventually losing large amount of players due to unreasonable expectations, furthering the friction between the two groups.

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** Due to disillusionment with the game, many fans would often point to upcoming games and refer to them as "Deepwoken killers" leading to said game's often being overhyped, thus suffering from HypeBacklash and animosity between those still loyal to the game and the fanbases of its competitors. Arcane Odyssey was the first of these, followed by Voxlblade and then Pilgrammed. This often lead to the games touted as such eventually losing large amount of players due to unreasonable expectations, furthering the friction between the two groups.
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** Due to disillusionment with the game, many fans would often point to upcoming games and refer to them as "Deepwoken killers" leading to said game's often being overhyped, and animosity between those still loyal to the game and the fanbases of its competitors. Arcane Odyssey was the first of these, followed by Voxlblade and then Pilgrammed.
** With Type:SOUL, both for the reasons above and its attempt to to adopt similar mechanics, like Deepwoken's combat system and the permadeath concept that Monad's Studio's games often use, which often leads to other titles attempting to emulate it, for an anime game. K1LLUAA, a new developer for Deepwoken whose work is often criticized for not working very well in the game, having vfx that don't fit the game's theme and tone and reusing some of his old content from other games for Deepwoken content, regardless if they fit well or not, also worked on both games, with him joining Type:SOUL being seen as when the game fell to community drama and lacking updates, resulting in both parties blaming the other for bringing him to their respective games.

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** Due to disillusionment with the game, many fans would often point to upcoming games and refer to them as "Deepwoken killers" leading to said game's often being overhyped, and animosity between those still loyal to the game and the fanbases of its competitors. Arcane Odyssey was the first of these, followed by Voxlblade and then Pilgrammed.
Pilgrammed. This often lead to the games touted as such eventually losing large amount of players due to unreasonable expectations, furthering the friction between the two groups.
** With Type:SOUL, both for the reasons above and its attempt to to adopt similar mechanics, like Deepwoken's combat system and the permadeath concept that Monad's Studio's games often use, which often leads to other titles attempting to emulate it, for an anime game. K1LLUAA, [=K1LLUAA=], a new developer for Deepwoken whose work is often criticized for not working very well in the game, having vfx that don't fit the game's theme and tone and reusing some of his old content from other games for Deepwoken content, regardless if they fit well or not, also worked on both games, with him joining Type:SOUL being seen as when the game fell to community drama and lacking updates, resulting in both parties blaming the other for bringing him to their respective games.
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** With Type:SOUL, both for the reasons above and its attempt to to adopt similar mechanics, like Deepwoken's combat system and the permadeath concept that Monad's Studio's games often use, which often leads to other titles attempting to emulate it, for an anime game. K1LLUAA, a new developer for Deepwoken whose work is often criticized for not working very well in the game, having vfx that don't fit the game's theme and tone and reusing some of his old content from other games for Deepwoken content, regardless if they fit well or not, also worked on both games, with him joining Type:SOUL being seen as when the game fell to community drama and lacking updates, resulting in both parties blaming the other for bringing him to their respective games.

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* FandomRivalry: Most of fans don't like ''VideoGame/ArcaneOdyssey'' because they think the game is a [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct free ripoff version of their game.]]

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** [[Manga/JujutsuKaisen DOMAIN EXPANSION, TRUE ICE HELL]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A build created by Agamatsu featuring as many moves to hamper the opponents ability to move and run, such as Round Spark Ice Eruption and the Gravity Field Resonance. When using it, he would loudly yell "DOMAIN EXPANSION [Name of the move]."[[/labelnote]]
** What is a seal? Nobody has explained. [[labelnote:Explanation]]From a video featuring Duke Erisia, voiced by his official voice actor, Laurence "Naktigonis" Anthony, reacting to a video of seals being released, confused due to the fact seals have gone extinct in the world of Deepwoken.[[/labelnote]]
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** On Kyrsmas 2023, in a rare example of mercy, everyone's Drowned Favor was reset.[[note]]Meaning if you bought a Drowned Favor for a character before Kyrsmas 2023, this means you can purchase another one if you wipe.[[/note]] However, thanks to an coding error, this meant for a brief while, if you had enough Robux, you can potentially charge into the Depths willy-nilly with no regards for your own life and purchase a Drowned Favor if you screw up. Unsurprisingly, this was patched out a few hours after it was reported.
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** Due to Resonances being magical instruments and the power system being called the Song, there is a misconception that instruments are powerful weapons of mass destruction, and no matter how many times its debunked, the idea still persists. Even the inclusion of actual instruments in the game has done little to alleviate it.
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* NintendoHard: While easier compared to ''Rogue Lineage'', make no mistake- it still retains the brutal difficulty curve, and wiping is still a present threat throughout the game.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Blacksteel Pirates are a faction of mysterious knights, clad in all black. They emerge from the bottom of the sea, attacking anyone who passes by with Shadowcast and die lamenting the great things they could have done in life. This lead many in the community to believe they were warriors corrupted by the Depths, or at least had some connection to it. In reality, their entire story is just that they're people who steal stuff, something they aren't even shown doing, the tower emerging from the ocean was just so it would look better, and them using Shadowcast was just due to it being hard for the developers to make new Mantras, as well as adding some difficulty. Suffice it to say, this rather bland reality was rather unpopular.
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** Despite the heavy fascist symbolism and their initial presentation as a CardCarryingVillain organization during Verse 1, the Central Authority are often viewed as an AntiHero or even an IdealHero by a large portion of the Fandom. They will also handwave the racism the Authority doesn't exactly try to hide, such as including it in one of their marching tunes, by pointing out that they just happen to treat Canor very slightly better than they do the other Races, even if its still worse than the treatment Adret receive, which even then isn't always painted as luxury, or the fact that they employ members of other Races, even though they are often stuck in worse jobs than their blue-skinned peers, used as cannon fodder for suicide missions, or the fact that there is a historical precedent for racist factions still employing groups they despise out of pragmatism or to use them for jobs they would rather not risk those they favour performing. This is mostly due to them being painted as ALighterShadeOfBlack due to them fighting the Ministry, which has lead to a lot of praise from the Fandom, ignoring the fact that if the OmnicidalManiac cult succeeded, the Authority would die too, and thus are chiefly acting out of self preservation. Some have also stated that the war with Etrea is actually an effort to save them from the Ministry's control, despite there being a book that proves that the Authority had no such intentions, and only stumbled upon Ministry involvement purely by accident. Them being DressedToOppress has also helped garner some fans.

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** Despite the heavy fascist symbolism and their initial presentation as a CardCarryingVillain organization during Verse 1, the Central Authority are often viewed as an AntiHero or even an IdealHero by a large portion of the Fandom. They will also handwave the racism the Authority doesn't exactly try to hide, such as including it in one of their marching tunes, by pointing out that they just happen to treat Canor very slightly better than they do the other Races, even if its still worse than the treatment Adret receive, which even then isn't always painted as luxury, or the fact that they employ members of other Races, even though they are often stuck in worse jobs than their blue-skinned peers, used as cannon fodder for suicide missions, or the fact that there is a historical precedent for racist factions still employing groups they despise out of pragmatism or to use them for jobs they would rather not risk those they favour performing. This Even people who recognize the Authority as evil will sometimes state they are not racist, despite this blatantly not being the case. There favorable perception is mostly due to them being painted as ALighterShadeOfBlack due to them fighting the Ministry, which has lead to a lot of praise from the Fandom, ignoring the fact that if the OmnicidalManiac cult succeeded, the Authority would die too, and thus are chiefly acting out of self preservation. Some have also stated that the war with Etrea is actually an effort to save them from the Ministry's control, despite there being a book that proves that the Authority had no such intentions, and only stumbled upon Ministry involvement purely by accident. Them being DressedToOppress has also helped garner some fans.
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** Despite the heavy fascist symbolism and their initial presentation as a CardCarryingVillain organization during Verse 1, the Central Authority are often viewed as an AntiHero or even an IdealHero by a large portion of the Fandom. They will also handwave the racism the Authority doesn't exactly try to hide, such as including it in one of their marching tunes, by pointing out that they just happen to treat Canor very slightly better than they do the other Races, even if its still worse than the treatment Adret receive, which even then isn't always painted as luxury. This is mostly due to them being painted as ALighterShadeOfBlack due to them fighting the Ministry, which has lead to a lot of praise from the Fandom, ignoring the fact that if the OmnicidalManiac cult succeeded, the Authority would die too, and thus are chiefly acting out of self preservation. Some have also stated that the war with Etrea is actually an effort to save them from the Ministry's control, despite there being a book that proves that the Authority had no such intentions, and only stumbled upon Ministry involvement purely by accident. Them being DressedToOppress has also helped garner some fans.

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** Despite the heavy fascist symbolism and their initial presentation as a CardCarryingVillain organization during Verse 1, the Central Authority are often viewed as an AntiHero or even an IdealHero by a large portion of the Fandom. They will also handwave the racism the Authority doesn't exactly try to hide, such as including it in one of their marching tunes, by pointing out that they just happen to treat Canor very slightly better than they do the other Races, even if its still worse than the treatment Adret receive, which even then isn't always painted as luxury.luxury, or the fact that they employ members of other Races, even though they are often stuck in worse jobs than their blue-skinned peers, used as cannon fodder for suicide missions, or the fact that there is a historical precedent for racist factions still employing groups they despise out of pragmatism or to use them for jobs they would rather not risk those they favour performing. This is mostly due to them being painted as ALighterShadeOfBlack due to them fighting the Ministry, which has lead to a lot of praise from the Fandom, ignoring the fact that if the OmnicidalManiac cult succeeded, the Authority would die too, and thus are chiefly acting out of self preservation. Some have also stated that the war with Etrea is actually an effort to save them from the Ministry's control, despite there being a book that proves that the Authority had no such intentions, and only stumbled upon Ministry involvement purely by accident. Them being DressedToOppress has also helped garner some fans.

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* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Despite the heavy fascist symbolism and their initial presentation as a CardCarryingVillain organization during Verse 1, the Central Authority are often viewed as an AntiHero or even an IdealHero by a large portion of the Fandom. They will also handwave the racism the Authority doesn't exactly try to hide, such as including it in one of their marching tunes, by pointing out that they just happen to treat Canor very slightly better than they do the other Races, even if its still worse than the treatment Adret receive, which even then isn't always painted as luxury. This is mostly due to them being painted as ALighterShadeOfBlack due to them fighting the Ministry, which has lead to a lot of praise from the Fandom, ignoring the fact that if the OmnicidalManiac cult succeeded, the Authority would die too, and thus are chiefly acting out of self preservation. Some have also stated that the war with Etrea is actually an effort to save them from the Ministry's control, despite there being a book that proves that the Authority had no such intentions, and only stumbled upon Ministry involvement purely by accident. Them being DressedToOppress has also helped garner some fans.
** The Ignition Union are the main source of help in the Second Layer, so naturally they were going to be popular with the Fandom. Still, they have a tendency to paint the Ignition Union as entirely flawless and the most moral faction in the game, despite them being hypocrites who criticize and are willing to murder the Divers for working for the Authority, despite them too being on their payroll, as well as having murdered countless Summer Company employees simply because, ironically, they believed themselves morally superior.



* RonTheDeathEater: Yun'Shul is often painted as a malevolent force who craves only death and destruction, partly due to a false belief that he causes Insanity in the First Layer, and [[spoiler: the Ministry drowning Celtor in his name.]] In reality, he seems more annoyed by that turn of events than anything, and is affable towards the people of Lumen, offering deals to them with little to no drawbacks, as well as showing pity towards the weak Deepbound.

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** The Hive are painted as a weird blend of EcocidalAntagonist and EcoTerrorist, creating many a PollutedWasteland to fuel their Greathives. While they are often criticized for this, many ignore the fact that their victimized regions were completely uninhabited, with the fauna generally being rather monstrous, as well as the fact that the islands were going to be swallowed by the Depths anyway. If the Hive didn't drain the life from Aratel, it would have been destroyed by the Tides anyway.
** Likely due to the enemy Ignition Union being viewed more favorably, the Summer Company often suffer from this. They're painted as far more immoral in their conflict with the Ignition Union, despite the fact the Union were the instigators of the conflict and the Summer Company are just defending themselves. Furthermore, they're heavily criticized for sabotaging their Mechalodaunts in a heavily populated area, even though the Union themselves admit the Company just turned the creatures on by accident, and it was the Union who stored such deadly creatures in their own town. They're also seen as colonisers claiming the land of the Navaen Nomads, despite the Nomads having never settled there and were only passing through the land at the time.
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Yun'Shul is often painted as a malevolent force who craves only death and destruction, partly due to a false belief that he causes Insanity in the First Layer, and [[spoiler: the Ministry drowning Celtor in his name.]] In reality, he seems more annoyed by that turn of events than anything, and is affable towards the people of Lumen, offering deals to them with little to no drawbacks, as well as showing pity towards the weak Deepbound.
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** "If I'm getting eaten by the parasites, it should be like: Cheh tahh sehh kee gah... I should be rising in the sky: Pess kahh tahh... and then BOOM, I get the bell, the new Layer 2 bell, the new Layer 2 bell." [[labelnote:Explanation]]For a stream from content creator Agamatsu, suggesting unique Resonances to be obtained in the Eternal Gale.[[/labelnote]]

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** "If I'm getting eaten by the parasites, it should be like: Cheh tahh sehh kee gah... I should be rising in the sky: Pess kahh tahh... and then BOOM, I get the bell, the new Layer 2 bell, the new Layer 2 bell." [[labelnote:Explanation]]For [[labelnote:Explanation]]From a stream from by content creator Agamatsu, suggesting unique Resonances to be obtained in the Eternal Gale.[[/labelnote]]
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** "If I'm getting eaten by the parasites, it should be like: Cheh tahh sehh kee gah... I should be rising in the sky: Pess kahh tahh... and then BOOM, I get the bell, the new Layer 2 bell, the new Layer 2 bell." [[labelnote:Explanation]]For a stream from content creator Agamatsu, suggesting unique Resonances to be obtained in the Eternal Gale.[[/labelnote]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: Yun'Shul is often painted as a malevolent force who craves only death and destruction, partly due to a false belief that he causes Insanity in the First Layer, and [[spoiler: the Ministry drowning Celtor in his name.]] In reality, he seems more annoyed by that turn of events than anything, and is affable towards the people of Lumen, offering deals to them with little to no drawbacks, as well as showing pity towards the weak Deepbound.
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** While people often state that there are infinite layers to the Depths, there are only nine.
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** It's commonly believed that the Celestial in the Ancient Rotlands is an infant due to it growing in a cocoon. In reality, it is in adult Celestial.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Jus Karita was considered by many to be the worst of the "Fist" styles, due to the fact that it could not equip any weapon whatsoever, meaning that every single late-game cestus could outdo it by simply having an enchant and stars. Come the December 1st, 2023 update, however, and this issues was ''finally'' addressed by adding the Anklets of Alsin weapon, which even thought it only increases the [[ScratchDamage chip damage]] dealt by the weapon, is well-received regardless, due to the fact that Jus Karita users can not only finally equip a weapon, but also enchant it and have equipment stars as well. While it's unlikely to be meta, the amount of Jus Karita users being an potential threat has been increased. By extension, this also indirectly salvaged the Justicar armor, which was usually regarded as one of the worst Master Armors due to it benefiting only Jus Karita users and having mediocre stats even by Master Armor standards, and since the weapon's introduction, many have begun to actually farm for the armor, especially since the ways of obtaining it have been made more available.



** Of all Fist Styles, Jus Karita is by far the least popular of them. For one, it cannot equip any weapons, especially Flamekeeper Cestus and for some bizarre reason, Light's Final Toll, which means it cannot benefit from any enchants such as Elastic or Blazing. This is already bad enough as it is, but what makes it even worse is that it lacks both Way of Navae's amazing block-breaking crit or the damage potential of the Legion Kata, and the one Master Armor associated with it, Justicar, is essentially a Legion Centurion but for Jus Karita styles, and it's also dropped from the Nautilodaunt to boot. The only saving grace is the talents allow you to crit two times in a row provided your hits land, combined with the unusual animations and surprisingly fast attack speed combined with no one usually expecting a Jus Karita user to fight can throw them off, but they're considered junk cards and anyone experienced with fighting a Jus Karita user can easily demolish them. It did receive a band-aid in the form of Justicar having their talent buffed to further increase the damage buff it gives to Jus Karita users to 20% compared to previously 20%, which thankfully makes it ''slightly'' better in terms of DPS compared to Flamekeeper Cestus, but the fact that it still cannot equip Enchants nor benefit from weapon stars is still a major point of contention.

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** Of all Fist Styles, Jus Karita is by far the least popular of them. For one, it cannot equip any weapons, especially Flamekeeper Cestus and for some bizarre reason, Light's Final Toll, which means it cannot benefit from any enchants such as Elastic or Blazing. This is already bad enough as it is, but what makes it even worse is that it lacks both Way of Navae's amazing block-breaking crit or the damage potential of the Legion Kata, and the one Master Armor associated with it, Justicar, is essentially a Legion Centurion but for Jus Karita styles, and it's also dropped from the Nautilodaunt to boot. The only saving grace is the talents allow you to crit two times in a row provided your hits land, combined with the unusual animations and surprisingly fast attack speed combined with no one usually expecting a Jus Karita user to fight can throw them off, but they're considered junk cards and anyone experienced with fighting a Jus Karita user can easily demolish them. It did receive a band-aid in the form of Justicar having their talent buffed to further increase the damage buff it gives to Jus Karita users to 20% compared to previously 20%, which thankfully makes it ''slightly'' better in terms of DPS compared to Flamekeeper Cestus, but the fact that it still cannot equip Enchants nor benefit from weapon stars is still a major point of contention. This was ''finally'' fixed with the release of the Anklets of Alsin weapon which is a weapon meant for Jus Karita users.
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* CommonKnowledge:
** Rising Thunder is a neat reference to Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba right? Yeah... it's based on a [[VideoGame/NarutoUltimateNinjaStorm Naruto fighting game]].
** Curse of the No Life King is not a reference to [[Characters/HellsingAlucard Alucard from Hellsing]] but to Literature/GrimgarOfFantasyAndAsh.
** Yun'Shul isn't actually the reason why the First Layer causes insanity, rather it simply being an EldritchLocation is sufficient to drive people to madness. The Second Layer being more grounded in reality is what prevents it generating insanity.
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* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of the Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by [[NewMeat freshies]] if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanics. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their friends, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]].[[/labelnote]]Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.

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* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of the Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as a PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by [[NewMeat freshies]] if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanics. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their friends, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]].[[/labelnote]]Even [[/labelnote]] Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.

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** Fire Gun, surprisingly enough, become this after it was reworked. Prior to the rework, Fire Gun was regarded as mediocre, and was only useful for setting bodies on fire, which any other Flamecharm mantra could do. After the rework which made it fire automatically as long as the player is holding on the assigned key for it and made it compatible with other Mantra Modifiers alongside some talents, it's agreed to be one ''the'' best Flamecharm mantras out there for different reasons: Adding modifiers to increase the projectile speed such as Rush Shards and a Round Spark to increase the projectiles sent turns it into a ''automatic Fire Shotgun'', pretty much putting pressure on anyone close-to-mid range. Talents make it even more insane: Hungry Flames allow you to fire it endlessly without Ether at the expense of hunger which can be mitigated with a lot of food and Carnivore, Azure Flames for more damage, and Lava Serpent for area denial. It even breaks various structures such as wooden planks, meaning that if your opponent thinks they're safe, ''they're not''. It also benefited very greatly from the buff that improved Mantra PVE damage, as with enough Flamecharm, one can easily take down the '''Bone Keeper''' within a few seconds. And in spite of all this, it's not even a 3-star Mantra: It's a ''0-star Mantra'', meaning you can get it as soon as you hit Power 2, giving you a powerful Mantra right at the start! It was later nerfed so that it wouldn't deal too much damage at a distance, though the insane synergy with The Floor is Lava remains. The only thing it can't do well is insta-guard breaking enemies such as the Nautilodaunt.

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** Fire Gun, surprisingly enough, become this after it was reworked. Prior to the rework, Fire Gun was regarded as mediocre, and was only useful for setting bodies on fire, which any other Flamecharm mantra could do. After the rework which made it fire automatically as long as the player is holding on the assigned key for it and made it compatible with other Mantra Modifiers alongside some talents, it's agreed to be one ''the'' best Flamecharm mantras out there for different reasons: Adding modifiers to increase the projectile speed such as Rush Shards and a Round Spark to increase the projectiles sent turns it into a ''automatic Fire Shotgun'', pretty much putting pressure on anyone close-to-mid range. Talents make it even more insane: Hungry Flames allow you to fire it endlessly without Ether at the expense of hunger which can be mitigated with a lot of food and Carnivore, Azure Flames for more damage, and Lava Serpent for area denial. It even breaks various structures such as wooden planks, meaning that if your opponent thinks they're safe, ''they're not''. It also benefited very greatly from the buff that improved Mantra PVE damage, as with enough Flamecharm, one can easily take down the '''Bone Keeper''' within a few seconds. And in spite of all this, it's not even a 3-star Mantra: It's a ''0-star Mantra'', meaning you can get it as soon as you hit Power 2, giving you a powerful Mantra right at the start! It was later nerfed so that it wouldn't deal too much damage at a distance, though the insane synergy with The Floor is Lava remains. The only thing it can't do well is insta-guard breaking enemies such as the Nautilodaunt. It was finally gutted when ranged mantras received ranged scaling that reduced their damage after a certain distance.



** After Fire Gun's nerf came Relentless Flames. As stated by its title, it can perform a series of slashes upon landing a hit with it, and only a single one if they whiff with it. However, it also has ''amazing'' [=PvE=] scaling, being able to defeat a ''Deep Owl'' with just a single cycle of it, and that's not even counting the talents. The only drawback is that once you start using it, you can't cancel it, meaning that you have to time it right, thought if you get interrupted mid-cycle, the mantra ''becomes immediately ready to use'' again for some reason.



* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by NewMeat players if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanic. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their frieds.[[/labelnote]]Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.

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* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of the Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by NewMeat players [[NewMeat freshies]] if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanic.mechanics. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their frieds.friends, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both]].[[/labelnote]]Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.
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* MemeticLoser: Chaser is the third greatest graduate of Markor Citadel and TheDragon of the Second Prophet of the Ministry. Despite this, he's completely ridiculed by the Fandom. His status as PuzzleBoss meant he could originally be defeated by NewMeat players if they managed to get a good grasp of his mechanic. The rework didn't do much to fix his reputation, as it involved him taking a brief lie down as he experiences a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, repeating this several times, before he slaps himself to death with his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own power]]. Not helping his case is that his main power source isn't his own, leading to people calling him boosted.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A term for players who get stronger through being gifted high tier items or being protected by their frieds.[[/labelnote]]Even the developers are in on it, stating he would be in a mental ward if he existed in real life and that the nightmare blunt rotation of the Deepwoken universe would just be four copies of him.
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** Nothing happened on 3/13/2022 [[labelnote:Explanation]]On that day, a very {{Good Bad Bug|s}} resulted in players having the ability to place down multiple Megalodaunt bait at once, resulting in a massive amount of Megalodaunts spawning, most notably near the Etrean Docks, and sending multiple players to the Depths alongside massive performance issues. Because of this, people often joke about [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain nothing happening on that day]], well-known as the Sharko Rumbling.[[/labelnote]]

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** Nothing happened on 3/13/2022 [[labelnote:Explanation]]On that day, a very {{Good Bad Bug|s}} resulted in players having the ability to place down multiple Megalodaunt bait at once, resulting in a massive amount of Megalodaunts spawning, most notably near the Etrean Docks, and sending multiple players to the Depths alongside massive performance issues. Because of this, people often joke about [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain nothing happening on that day]], well-known as the Sharko [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Rumbling.[[/labelnote]]]][[/labelnote]]
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** TheRealPunchee is known for his quality content, skill with 3D models and editing, often shedding light on poorly explained mechanics or recently added content. His involvement eventually resulted in him being made a moderator for the game, granting him access to even more information and niche topics he could shed light on. He also created the official trailer for the Destroyman III plushie.

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** TheRealPunchee [=TheRealPunchee=] is known for his quality content, skill with 3D models and editing, often shedding light on poorly explained mechanics or recently added content. His involvement eventually resulted in him being made a moderator for the game, granting him access to even more information and niche topics he could shed light on. He also created the official trailer for the Destroyman III plushie.
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* FandomVIP: ''Deepwoken'' has a few:
**Agamatsu is practically the face of the brand, thanks to his popularity in the previous game, Rogue Lineage. Known for his mad rambles about the game that have established him as a lovable TalkativeLoon, it's not uncommon to see videos of him attached to transcripts of his words with far too many emojis interspersed throughout them. The most famous of these is his suggestion to add unique Resonances that can only be obtained in the Second Layer, more commonly known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhBil9EtcU The New Layer 2 Bell.]]
**TheRealPunchee is known for his quality content, skill with 3D models and editing, often shedding light on poorly explained mechanics or recently added content. His involvement eventually resulted in him being made a moderator for the game, granting him access to even more information and niche topics he could shed light on. He also created the official trailer for the Destroyman III plushie.
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** Flame Repulsion causes your character to briefly rise before delivering an AOE attack around them. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, if you somehow get past the massive wind-up, it does pitiful damage even at '''100 Flamecharm''', plus it doesn't even do much posture damage. If you're seriously looking for AOE damage, Ash Slam, while having a lesser radius, makes up for it by dealing better damage and having a chance to guard breaks.

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