Flaming Meteor is one of the standout Mystic Skills in Where Winds Meet: an offensive, area damage art that doubles as a gap closer, burst tool, and defensive layer in one long animation. It is thematically tied to General Ye Wanshan in the Bodhi Sea campaign and is unlocked by mastering his most punishing attacks.
Flaming Meteor basics (type, cost, and core effect)
Flaming Meteor sits in the Mystic Skills category as an offensive art focused on area damage. It consumes a significant chunk of Vitality and runs on a moderate cooldown, so it is designed as a rotational centerpiece rather than a spam skill.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Mystic Skill (Offensive, Area DMG) |
| Location | Bodhi Sea (Qinghe / Sundara Land region) |
| Vitality Cost (Tier 4) | 60 |
| Cooldown (Tier 4) | 30 seconds |
In practical terms, activating Flaming Meteor performs a long, multi-step sequence:
- You charge forward and stomp the ground to launch yourself into the air.
- While airborne, you conjure a blazing spear and hurl it at the target location, triggering an explosion that hits nearby enemies.
- You then follow the projectile by crashing down like a meteor for an extra hit of damage in the same area.
Throughout this sequence, Flaming Meteor grants a defensive window: you gain damage reduction and Super Armor while the skill is being cast. At base, the description calls out a 15% damage reduction value alongside Super Armor. Once fully broken through to Tier 4, that damage reduction ramps up to 40% during casting.
How to unlock Flaming Meteor from Ye Wanshan
Flaming Meteor is tied directly to the Ye Wanshan boss encounter in Bodhi Sea, and unlocking it is less about a simple drop and more about proving you can read and deflect his strongest blows.
| Step | What you need to do |
|---|---|
| 1. Reach Bodhi Sea | Progress the campaign until the Bodhi Sea chapter is accessible in the Sundara Land area. |
| 2. Start the Ye Wanshan fight | Interact with the drums located in Bodhi Sea to trigger the Ye Wanshan boss battle. |
| 3. Clear the main encounter | Defeat Ye Wanshan once to unlock his challenge version. |
| 4. Unlock the challenge boss | Access Ye Wanshan (Campaign – Challenge) after the initial win. |
| 5. Deflect red attacks | During the challenge fight, time deflects against his “red” attacks to charge the eye-shaped proficiency meter beside his HP bar. |
| 6. Fill the proficiency meter | Continue landing deflects until the eye meter is full, then finish the fight. |
| 7. Obtain Flaming Meteor | Once proficiency is maxed and Ye Wanshan is defeated in the challenge, Flaming Meteor is awarded as a Mystic Skill. |
The flavor description frames Flaming Meteor as a technique forged from Ye Wanshan’s experience of breaking out of encirclements: a single leap and crash that shatters formations. Mechanically, that fantasy is reflected in how hard it punishes clustered enemies and how much positional ground you can cover in one cast.
What Flaming Meteor does in combat
Flaming Meteor is more than a single hit; it’s a small sequence tuned around movement, crowd damage, and temporary durability. Breaking the animation down helps to understand where its value comes from:
| Phase | Action | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Initiation | Charge forward and stomp the ground | Short gap close; starts Super Armor and damage reduction window. |
| Mid-air | Leap into the air and form a blazing spear | Sets up projectile path; removes you temporarily from some ground hazards. |
| Projectile | Throw the spear at the target area | Triggers an AoE explosion that hits all enemies within the impact zone. |
| Follow-through | Crash down like a meteor | Applies additional damage in the same area; can finish off weakened mobs or pressure bosses. |
| Defense | Super Armor + damage reduction while casting | Reduces incoming damage (15% base, up to 40% at Tier 4) and stops most interruptions. |
Because of its built-in forward movement and airtime, Flaming Meteor naturally functions as a mobility skill. It lets you dive into packed enemy groups or reposition aggressively without being as vulnerable as a standard dash. The defensive effect also makes it attractive for sturdier paths such as Stonesplit, where staying planted and trading hits is part of the playstyle.
Flaming Meteor breakthrough tiers and bonuses
Like other Mystic Skills, Flaming Meteor grows through both Ranks and Tiers. Ranks are the incremental upgrades within a Tier, mostly improving base performance. Tiers are bigger milestones that unlock new modifiers.
Tier bonuses overview
| Tier | Bonus effect | Practical impact |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Base skill only (no special Tier bonus) | Full animation, AoE damage, 15% damage reduction and Super Armor while casting. |
| Tier 2 – Energy Enhancement | Recover 3 Vitality for each unit hit with the long spear (up to 3 units). | Hitting 3 enemies refunds 9 Vitality, softening the 60 Vitality cost and rewarding multi-target use. |
| Tier 3 – Strategy Enhancement | Increase final damage by 10% for every unit in the landing area (up to 5 units). | At max stacks, total damage climbs by up to 50% when crashing into dense groups. |
| Tier 4 – Defense Boost | Damage reduction while casting skills increases to 40%. | Turns Flaming Meteor into a strong mitigation window for trading into boss attacks or surviving dangerous phases. |
Tier promotions require fully ranking out the current Tier (Rank 9) before advancing to the next Tier’s Rank 0. Each promotion adds the listed effect on top of whatever raw scaling you obtain from individual Rank upgrades.
Flaming Meteor breakthrough materials and costs
Upgrading Flaming Meteor mirrors other Mystic Arts: you spend Ebon Iron of increasing level and a specific breakthrough material, Buddha's Tear Root, at key Tier promotions.
| Tier | Rank band | Materials required |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Rank 0–9 | Lv. 1 Ebon Iron ×2 per rank |
| Tier 2 (promotion) | Rank 0 | Buddha's Tear Root ×5, Lv. 1 Ebon Iron ×2 |
| Tier 2 | Rank 1–9 | Lv. 2 Ebon Iron ×4 per rank |
| Tier 3 (promotion) | Rank 0 | Buddha's Tear Root ×15, Lv. 2 Ebon Iron ×4 |
| Tier 3 | Rank 1–9 | Lv. 3 Ebon Iron ×10 per rank |
| Tier 4 (promotion) | Rank 0 | Buddha's Tear Root ×18, Lv. 3 Ebon Iron ×10 |
| Tier 4 | Rank 1–9 | Lv. 4 Ebon Iron ×20 per rank |
Two patterns stand out:
- Buddha's Tear Root is reserved for Tier promotion nodes only, not for every Rank.
- Ebon Iron quantity and level both rise with each Tier, so later Ranks are much more resource-intensive.
Because of the escalating Ebon Iron costs at Tiers 3 and 4, it makes sense to decide early whether Flaming Meteor is a core skill in your kit. If it is, rushing the Tier 2 Vitality refund and Tier 3 damage scaling pays off the fastest, with Tier 4 as a defensive luxury for players leaning into high-risk, front-line play.
Best uses and synergies for Flaming Meteor
Flaming Meteor naturally slots into builds that value aggressive positioning and can capitalize on enemies being stacked together. A few roles it fills particularly well:
| Use case | Why Flaming Meteor works |
|---|---|
| Mob clearing | Large landing zone, multi-hit sequence, and Tier 3 scaling all push damage higher the more enemies you pull together. |
| Engage and reposition | The initial charge and leap let you cross ground quickly, dodging some floor effects and skipping intermediate movement skills. |
| Sustained rotations | Tier 2 Vitality refunds offset the 60 Vitality cost when used into groups, reducing pressure on your resource economy. |
| Trading with bosses | Super Armor plus up to 40% damage reduction at Tier 4 let you commit into windows that would interrupt other skills. |
| Stonesplit Path | The defensive buff lines up with sturdy, front-line builds that accept some damage while outputting high burst. |
Flaming Meteor is built to embody Ye Wanshan’s legend: enter the crush of battle, ignore the chaos for a moment, and end the siege with a single, committed strike. Once unlocked and fully broken through, it becomes a defining button for players who want their Mystic Skill slot to carry both offensive and defensive weight.
