Heightened Senses
Heightened Senses
Heightened Senses is the Race V3 ability for the Ghoul race, unlocked through Arowe and usable only while playing as Ghoul. Like other Race V3 abilities, it can be activated instantly by pressing T on PC or Up D Pad on console, making it quick to trigger during combat.
When activated, Heightened Senses releases a burst of red crows and surrounds the user with red static. Blood appears across the user's arms and torso, while a red heart appears on the left side of their chest while the ability is active.
Buffs:
When Heightened Senses is activated, it reduces skill cooldowns by 40%, increases defense by 15%, and boosts the player's damage, movement speed, health regeneration, and life leech for 8 seconds. The ability has a 30-second cooldown. The cooldown reduction applies to all abilities currently on cooldown. For example, a move with a 20-second cooldown, such as Control's [V] Total Concentration, can be used again when only 8 seconds remain after activating Heightened Senses. This effect has no visual indicator.
Strengths
Increases damage, defense, movement speed, health regeneration, and life leech at the same time.
Reduces skill cooldowns by 40%, allowing abilities to be used much more frequently and enabling stronger combos.
All buffs stack with other buffs and abilities, making it even more effective in combat.
One of the most versatile V3 abilities, making it useful across PvP, grinding, and general gameplay.
A strong counter to Rabbit, as the cooldown reduction and multiple buffs help compensate for Rabbit's speed advantage.
Weaknesses
Its balanced design means it is not the best in any single category. It provides less speed than Rabbit, less damage than Human, less healing than Angel, and less damage reduction than Shark.
Unlocking Ghoul V3 requires completing a relatively tedious quest.
Verdict
Heightened Senses is an excellent all-round V3 ability that trades specialization for versatility. Its combination of cooldown reduction and multiple combat buffs makes it valuable in almost every situation, making it a great choice for players who prefer a flexible playstyle over maximizing a single stat.
- Complete Rework
- Heightened Senses received a full redesign, replacing its previous functionality.
- Major Changes
- Heightened Senses was introduced as the Ghoul V3 race ability.