Control Marionette

Description

Allows you to take control of a Marionette in battle. You can see the level of the Puppeteer's skill in the quick movements of the Marionette. Legend has it that a master Puppeteer can give his Marionette life.

Details

• Allows one to control a summoned Pierrot Marionette or Colossus Marionette using a Control Bar.
• Passively increases a summoned marionette's Damage, Critical, and Balance when controlled and decreases the player's Act Skill cooldowns.
• 70% of the player's damage, critical, and balance contributes to the marionette when connected.
• Summoning a marionette will automatically activate Control Marionette.
  • When a player's summoned Pierrot Marionette or Colossus Marionette was desummoned due to mounting a pet, that marionette will automatically be resummoned and Control Marionette will automatically take control of it once the player dismounts.
  • Control Marionette will fail to activate if the player has another skill loaded upon summoning a marionette, displaying the message: "You are already using another skill."
    • While Resting, this message is changed to "You cannot control your puppet while resting."
• Controlling a marionette functions similarly to controlling one's own character. The point-of-view will stay on the player, but movement, attacks, and act skills will be performed by the marionette.
  • Holding the Left Shift button while moving will allow the player to move rather than the marionette.
  • Any skills or actions that are exclusive to the player (e.g. Windmill), switching weapon slots, or interactions with Props or NPCs, will cancel the skill.
  • The point-of-view can be switched to the marionette by using a setting found in the Options Dialog.
  • Marionettes can be used to pick up items for the player.
• Attempting to control a marionette while out of range will force the player to head towards the marionette. The player will want to pay close attention to Distance while using their marionette.
  • The connection will not be severed until the distance grows greater than 13m.
  • The connection will only be initialized when the character reaches approximately 7m or less.
  • Once connected, the character will follow the marionette to maintain a distance of approximately 3m.
    • On the other hand, the marionette will not attempt to follow the player if the player is to move out of its range.
    • The character will not follow if obstructed by an object or instructed by Left Shift+movement, this can be helpful to make the marionette act at distances of 3~13m.
    • Being attacked or knocked back while in control of a marionette will not cause a disconnection unless the knockback causes either to be at a distance over 13m from each other.
    • Circular graphic indicators will be visible underneath the controller and marionette, which will change color depending on distance.
      • When connected, the circle appears green at close range, but gradually grows redder when the connection is in danger of being severed. The circle appears red when disconnected, regardless of distance.
• Act 1: Inciting Incident and Act 4: Rising Action cannot be used if there is an obstacle between the player and the marionette while Control Marionette is active.
  • Act 4: Rising Action apparently teleports the marionette to attack the area around or slightly aside the player rather than around its current spot, which works pretty much like Windmill.
• Attempting to use an act skill besides Act 9: Invigorating Encore will attempt to reconnect the marionette first.
• The marionette can still move and attack while its controller is under attack. Likewise, the controller can still move while the marionette is under attack.
  • Act skills may be canceled or unavailable if either marionette or controller are stunned.
• Using Control Marionette while the marionette is under the influence of Act 9: Invigorating Encore will not disable the skill, simply reconnecting the marionette and suspending its AI.
  • While under the influence of both Control Marionette and Invigorating Encore, the damage bonuses from both skills will be applied.
• Using Meditation does not force the marionette to walk, as it only affects the player.
• Any Movement Speed bonuses that affect the player will also affect the marionette, even when the marionette is disconnected and under the effects of Act 9.

Puppetry Skill Progress

• At higher ranks of Control Marionette there is an option for learning the following skills:
  • Rank C is required to obtain the quest for learning Act 6: Crisis; Rank B is required to complete one of the quest's objectives.
  • Rank A is required to obtain the quest for learning Act 7: Climactic Crash; Rank 9 is required to complete one of the quest's objectives.
  • Rank 6 is required to obtain the quest for learning Act 9: Invigorating Encore; Rank 5 is required to complete one of the quest's objectives.

Skill Issues

• Receiving a knockback on the character while controlling a marionette may display the character being knocked back further than usual, even past an obstacle or into a wall, often leading towards cancelling the skill.
• If Control Marionette is used before initiating a cutscene, that cutscene may have the skill appearing in it, with the wires showing and the character facing the unintended direction.

Summary

Rank	N	F	E	D	C	B	A	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Required AP	-	3	5	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	22
Required AP (Total)	-	3	8	14	20	27	34	42	51	61	72	84	97	111	126	148
Additional Stamina	-	+1						+2	-
Additional Stamina (Total)	-	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+8
Additional Dex	-	+1							+2							+3
Additional Dex (Total)	-	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+9	+11	+13	+15	+17	+19	+21	+24
Additional Marionette Min Damage	5		7	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	19	21	23	25	27	30
Additional Marionette Max Damage	10		14	18	22	26	30	32	34	36	38	41	44	47	50	55
Additional Marionette Critical [%]	5		6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20
Additional Marionette Balance [%]	1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
User's Damage, Critical, and Balance added to Marionette	70%
Act Skill Cooldown Reduction [%]	0							5				10				15
Control Range	700
Following Control Range	300
Maximum Control Range	1,300
Load Time [sec]	0
Cooldown Time [sec]	1
Skill CP (Total)	0	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	60	70	80	100	110	120	140	160
Stat CP (Total)	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.4	3.0	3.6	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.7	5.9	6.1	6.4

Obtaining the Skill

Memory Book

Rewarded for clearing The Saga: Iria II and speaking to Blaanid during Clear Storyline Chapter 5 in the Fourth Memoir.

• The skill will have training requirements up to Rank 9 completed.

Other Methods

• Complete the quest The Basics of Puppetry.

Or,

• Complete the quest Huw Who?.

Training Method

• All requirements only count once per use, regardless of how many enemies are struck.

Novice Rank

• AP: -
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +5-10, Critical +5%, Balance +1
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	10	10	100

Rank F

• AP: 3
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +5-10, Critical +5%, Balance +1
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	50	1	50
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	50	2	100

Rank E

• AP: 5
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +7-14, Critical +6%, Balance +2
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	100	0.5	50
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	100	1	100

Rank D

• AP: 6
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +9-18, Critical +7%, Balance +3
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	100	0.5	50
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	100	0.5	50
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	100	0.5	50

Rank C

• AP: 6
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +11-22, Critical +8%, Balance +4
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	150	0.3	45
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	150	0.35	52.5
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	150	0.35	52.5

Rank B

• AP: 7
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +13-26, Critical +9%, Balance +5
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	150	0.2	30
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	150	0.3	45
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	150	0.3	45
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	150	0.2	30

Rank A

• AP: 7
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +15-30, Critical +10%, Balance +6
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	200	0.15	30
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	200	0.2	40
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	200	0.2	40
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	200	0.2	40

Rank 9

• AP: 8
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +16-32, Critical +11%, Balance +7
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -5%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	300	0.1	30
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	300	0.1	30
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	300	0.1	30
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	300	0.1	30
Use Act 6: Crisis.	100	0.3	30

Rank 8

• AP: 9
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +17-34, Critical +12%, Balance +8
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -5%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	400	0.08	32
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	400	0.08	32
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	400	0.08	32
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	400	0.1	40
Use Act 6: Crisis.	200	0.1	20

Rank 7

• AP: 10
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +18-36, Critical +13%, Balance +9
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -5%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	500	0.05	25
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	500	0.05	25
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	500	0.05	25
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	500	0.05	25
Use Act 6: Crisis.	300	0.1	30
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	100	0.2	20

Rank 6

• AP: 11
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +19-38, Critical +14%, Balance +10
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -5%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	700	0.03	21
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	700	0.03	21
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	700	0.03	21
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	700	0.03	21
Use Act 6: Crisis.	500	0.08	40
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	200	0.12	24

Rank 5

• AP: 12
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +21-41, Critical +15%, Balance +11
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -10%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	1000	0.02	20
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	1000	0.02	20
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	1000	0.02	20
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	1000	0.02	20
Use Act 6: Crisis.	1000	0.03	30
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	300	0.06	18
Use Act 9: Invigorating Encore.	100	0.2	20

Rank 4

• AP: 13
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +23-44, Critical +16%, Balance +12
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -10%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	1100	0.01	11
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	1200	0.02	24
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	1200	0.02	24
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	1200	0.02	24
Use Act 6: Crisis.	1100	0.03	33
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	500	0.04	20
Use Act 9: Invigorating Encore.	200	0.1	20

Rank 3

• AP: 14
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +25-47, Critical +17%, Balance +13
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -10%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	1200	0.01	12
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	1500	0.015	22.5
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	1500	0.015	22.5
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	1500	0.015	22.5
Use Act 6: Crisis.	1200	0.02	24
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	700	0.035	24.5
Use Act 9: Invigorating Encore.	300	0.07	21

Rank 2

• AP: 15
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +27-50, Critical +18%, Balance +14
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -10%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	1300	0.008	10.4
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	1700	0.012	20.4
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	1700	0.012	20.4
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	1700	0.012	20.4
Use Act 6: Crisis.	1300	0.02	26
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	1000	0.03	30
Use Act 9: Invigorating Encore.	400	0.06	24

Rank 1

• AP: 22
• Stat Improvement:
  • Marionette skills are improved while Control Marionette is active.
  • Damage +30-55, Critical +20%, Balance +15
  • Gain 70% of Puppeteer's Damage, Critical, Balance
  • Marionette Act Skill Cooldown -15%
• Effects: Allows you to control a Marionette and increases its combat abilities. A greater skill rank enables the Marionette to perform greater moves.

Method	Count	Exp	Total
Use Control Marionette.	1500	0.008	12
Use Act 2: Threshold Cutter.	2000	0.011	22
Use Act 1: Inciting Incident.	2000	0.011	22
Use Act 4: Rising Action.	2000	0.011	22
Use Act 6: Crisis.	1500	0.016	24
Use Act 7: Climactic Crash.	1500	0.016	24
Use Act 9: Invigorating Encore.	500	0.05	25

Master Title

the Master of Control Marionette

• Stamina +10
• Marionette Max Damage +10

Related Enchants

Name	Type, Rank	Enchants Onto	Effect(s)	Comes On/From
Aside Personalize (link) (edit)	Suffix, 4	Footgear	When Act 2: Threshold Cutter is Rank 1 or higher Marionette Max Damage +7~12 When Act 9: Invigorating Encore is Rank 3 or higher Marionette Max HP +50 When Control Marionette is Rank 1 or higher Max Damage +8~10 Max Stamina +50 +100 Repair Cost	Let Them Fight (Hard/Elite)
Controlled Personalize (link) (edit)	Prefix, 5	Handgear	Critical +3% When Control Marionette is Rank 5 or higher Marionette Max Damage +10~20 x2 Repair Cost	Enchant Scroll (Dorren's Request Hard/Elite), Exclusive Enchant Scroll (Ciar Advanced Hardmode Reward)
Curtain Call (link) (edit)	Prefix, 8	Control Bars	When Puppet's Snare is Rank 3 or higher Marionette Critical +7% When Act 7: Climactic Crash is Rank 1 or higher Marionette Max Damage +20~30 When Wire Pull is Rank 3 or higher Marionette Max HP +100 When Control Marionette is Rank 1 or higher Marionette Min Damage +15~30	Shadow Realm Champion (Hardmode/Elite)
Linked Personalize (link) (edit)	Prefix, 7	Clothing, Armor	When Control Marionette is Rank 7 or higher Critical +3~6% Marionette Critical +6~9% Marionette Max Damage +5 When Control Marionette is Rank 3 or higher Max Damage +5	Exclusive Enchant Scroll (Warden of the Gods Hard)