Mastery

Style mastery tracks how good you are with a fighting style, from level 0 to 10. Each character slot has its own mastery for each style, and certain levels unlock a Mastery.

Earning mastery XP

ActionXP

Landed hit4

Knocking someone+30

Guard break6

Against a trainerx3

Bare Knuckle bonusx2

Levelling

XP to the next level = 100 x 1.4 to the power of your current level.
Only fights against players and trainers count.
Each level-up shows a notice with the Mastery you unlocked.

Bare Knuckle Mastery

LevelMasteryEffect

2Rhythm ChargeRhythm charges 5% faster

4Block Pushback10% less pushback when blocking

5SpeedlinkTimed click speeds a move up x4

6Combo Reset TimeM1 string lasts 0.1 s longer between hits

8Guard Break Stun+0.2 s stun on guard breaks you cause

10Finisher Knockback+20% knockback on your M1 finisher

Speedlink

Mastery 5

Start an M1 or a skill, then click once more at exactly half of the move.
The timing window is 0.1 s in total. It's hard on purpose.
Land it: your body blinks white and the rest of the move runs 4x faster.
One try per move. Clicking too early or too late burns it.
A Speedlinked M1 chains straight into the next hit (1 to 2 to 3).
It never chains into hit 4: the finisher needs its own click.

Trivia

Speedlink judges your click by what you saw on your own screen, so ping doesn't shift the timing.