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Star Shift Mystic Skill Effect and How to Unlock

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Star Shift is a Mystic Skill in Where Winds Meet. See how to unlock the Star Shift Mystic Skill, and its effects and breakthrough tier bonuses.

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How to Unlock Star Shift

Unlocked by Default

Star Shift is an assist feature that is unlocked by default at the start of the game and introduced during the tutorials. However, this feature can be toggled on or off by adjusting the Assist Deflection setting in the Game tab of the Options Menu.

Star Shift Details and Effects

Star Shift Icon Star Shift
 Type
General
Tags
Assist Deflection
Effect
Focus your mind to read the enemy's weakness. Just before their attack lands, consume insight to trigger Deflection, neutralizing their attack. Starts with 2 Insight Points.

※Assist Deflection is disabled in Trial, Breakthrough, and Taiping Mausoleum.

Star Shift Breakthrough Bonuses and Materials

Use Lv. 1 Wine Jujube to Increase Insight

Lv. 1 Wine Jujube ImageLv. 1 Wine Jujube
Effect Used for upgrading and breakthrough of the Mystic Skill: Grand Evasion. Breakthrough increases the Maximum Insight Value.
How to Get ・ Qinghe Oddity Collection

Each rank upgrade for Star Shift adds an additional stack of Insight, granting more opportunitues for it to trigger in an extended fight. Each upgrade requires a specific amount of Lv. 1 Wine Jujube materials, which can be obtained from the Oddity Collection NPC.

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 Dragon Dragon's Breath
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 Blinding Mist Icon Blinding Mist
Serene Breeze Icon Serene Breeze
 Golden Body Icon Golden Body
 Ghostly Steps Icon Ghostly Steps
Honking Havoc Icon Honking Havoc
 Glow of Fireflies Icon Glow of Fireflies
 Veil of Stillness Icon Veil of Stillness
Divine Counter Icon Divine Counter
 Star Shift Icon Star Shift
 Still Waters Icon Still Waters
Touch of Death Icon Touch of Death
 Wind Sense Icon Wind Sense
 Thousand-Mile Flight Icon Thousand-Mile Flight
Meteor Flight Icon Meteor Flight
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2 Walkthrough Team Walkthrough Team@Game8 17 days

Hi! Thanks for pointing that out. We updated the page with this additional information.

1 Anonymous Anonymous 17 days

it shows in the game that you are able to upgrade the skill Star Shift

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