1st a little overview:
FB is a an all-round balanced character with decent stats, good in both PvE (Player versus Environment/Monsters) and PvP (Player vs Player). No doubt that FBs have the best looking gears/equipments and skill animations + some Devil May Cry kind of style in them which is too cool to resist.
Also, due to FBs skill distribution which goes to all STR, INT and DEX, enable them to wear all type of equipments (Amourset, Battleset, Martialset) according to your needs (eg. armourset for more def, martial for more def rate, battleset for better looking and balance def+def rate)
However being a hybrid class, FB’s stats distribution made them a weak melee class character compare to Warriors and Bladers because of their low base attack and base defense. But with a good combination of gears/equipments + PLAYER SKILLs, FBs can be stronger than all the other classes.
The FB "must have" skills are the following skills:
Sword Skills
Fadestep Lv9
Dash Lv9
Force Slash Lv20(for pvp)
Force Assault Lv20(for pvp)
Impact Stab Lv20
Dance Of Ruin Lv20
Rising Shot Lv20
Force Kick Lv9(useful for running opponents)
Infernal Stigma Lv9(stun for 8sec)
Abyssal Crystal Lv20(range)
Force Impact Lv20
Infernal Impact Lv9
Assassinate Lv9
Magic Skills
Regeneration Lv4(for early game and for Lv 140+)
Magic Arrow Lv3(for training purpose)
Wind Arrow Lv3(for training purpose)
Freezing Arrow Lv3(for training purpose)
Stone Cannon Lv20(for BM1 buff: It increases ur defense.)
Wind Cannon Lv20(for BM1 buff: It increases ur atk rate/def rate)
Aqua Cannon Lv20(for BM1 buff: It increases ur hp/mp and hp regen/mp regen)
Lightning Cannon Lv20(for BM1 buff: It increases ur attack)
Lightning Blade Lv20
Ice Blade Lv20(Lv140+ stack with Lightning Blade)
Enervation Lv18(for dungeon, bosses)
Excration Lv18(for pvp)
Mana Freeze Lv18-20(for pvp)
Hard Luck Lv18-20(for pvp and dungeon bosses)
Darkness Lv18(especially for pvp/TG and bosses)
Field of Enervation Lv18(for pvp and dungeon bosses)
Field of Execration Lv18(for pvp)
Now, for skilling fast, try to buy the best Adept set you can afford (for me it's +4 skill exp armour/weapon parts). Use Magic Arrow Lv3, Wind Arrow Lv3, Freezing Arrow Lv3 to train skill rank. These three skills (at Lv3) are just nice to make perfect combo. And of course, magic is ranged and low damage, which mean it will be able to train faster compared with sword skills. Without premium around 5 minutes you should have one skill up. All you need is patience and do well in Combo. =)
Upgrade Skills
The upgrade skills may vary:
- If U wanna go all out PvE then choose this 1:
HP -> Vitality Mastery (Transcender)
Defense1 -> Defensive Sense (Transcender)
Defense2 -> Damage Absorb (Transcender)
Attack1 -> Offensive Sense (Transcender)
Attack2 -> Impact Control (Transcender)
Defense Rate2-> Sixth Sense (Transcender)
- If U wanna go all out PvP then choose this 1:
HP -> Vitality Mastery (Transcender)
Defense2 -> Damage Absorb (Transcender)
Attack1 -> Offensive Sense (Transcender)
Attack2 -> Impact Control (Transcender)
Magic Attack1 -> Force Control (Transcender)
Magic Attack2 -> Rulling Force (Transcender)
- If U want a balance between PvE and PvP then choose this 1:
HP -> Vitality Mastery (Transcender)
Defense2 -> Damage Absorb (Transcender)
Attack1 -> Offensive Sense (Transcender)
Attack2 -> Impact Control (Transcender)
Magic Attack2 -> Rulling Force (Transcender)
Defense Rate2 -> Sixth Sense (Transcender)
P.S.: Though it becomes harder in PvE, I gain more benefits from Rulling Force because in BM1 we gain more stats (check Battle Mode for more info).
Items
Amulet of Pain + X
Ring of Luck + X
Bracelet of Fighter + 4 or Higher
Force Regeneration Earring + X
Epaulet of Fighter + X
Whole Battle Set (+ Sword Amp% or Crit Rate/Damage or +HP)
Katana & Orb (+ Critical Rate/Damage for Osmium and lower, + Sword Amp% for Redosmium and above)
Basically, items go for Attack (Sword Amp % & Critical Rate/Damage), Defense, HP.
Suggested OSM Battle set
OSM Battle Suit +6 Double Slot Sword Amp / HP
OSM Battle Helm +6 Double Slot Deathblow / Critical Damage
OSM Battle Boots +6 Double Slot +7% Sword Amp / HP
OSM Battle Gloves +6 Single Slot +7% Sword Amp
Suggested ceapon combinations
Mithril Katana +6/7 20% CDI & Mithril Orb +6/7 20% CDI
Mithril Katana +6/7 10% CDI & Lapis Orb +6/7 36% CDI
Osmium Katana +6/7 36% CDI & Lapis Orb +6/7 36% CDI
The first combination is the dream of every FB but they cost ALOT or they cannot be found. The 2nd combination is alot cheaper. The 3rd combination is more expensive than the 2nd comination, you'll do more Critical Damage with it but the non-Critical Damages are poor so it's not worth it.
Stats:
STR: 287
INT: 227
DEX: REST
Those stats are just perfect suited for OSM Battle set +7 and Mithril Katana +7. It also gives you the possibilty to choose between OSM Armor set and OSM Battle set. But since Armor set is ugly on FBs, alot of FBs prefer wearing Battleset (including me).
If U wanna test some stats, then pay a visit to http://www.orazur.free.fr/.
Why DEX instead of STR? It is just because DEX gives more points compared to STR for Force Blader.
Buffs
Earth Guard Lv20
Wind Movement Lv20
Aqua Vitality Lv20
Lightning Blade Lv20
Resist Intension Lv9(why lvl 9? Because it doesn't give more stats, it just increases the duration time. Actually, I don't even HAVE it. ^^)
Combo
PvP Combo Combinations
Force Assault Lv20
Force Slash Lv20
Impact Stab Lv20
Force Kick Lv9
Infernal Impact Lv9
Assassinate Lv9
Force Impact Lv20
Combo 1: High HP opponent (for example: WA)
Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Force Assault -> Force Slash -> Impact Stab -> Assassinate -> Force Kick -> Infernal Impact (-> Force Impact)
If you think you might finish him off earlier with a strong skill, while Assassinate and Infernal Impact are in cooldown, use Force Impact.
Combo 2: High Defense opponent (for example: FS)
Force Assault -> Force Slash -> Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Force Kick -> Impact Stab -> Force Assault -> Force Slash -> Assassinate -> Infernal Impact (-> Force Impact)
This combo is almost the same as the combo for high HP opponents but the difference is that here you use Force Assault and Force Slash at the beggining. The reason why we use those skills are because they have HP down which is very useful against high Defense opponents since Defense doesn't affect HP down.
Combo 3: Average HP/Defense opponent (for example: co-FB/BL)
Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Force Assault -> Force Slash -> Force Kick -> Impact Stab -> Assassinate (-> Infernal Impact)
If you crit with Assassinate and/or Infernal Impact at the beggining and the opponents HP is very low then just use Force Kick -> Force Impact. Otherwise keep the right order.
Combo 4: Low HP/Defense opponent (for example: FA/WI)
Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Force Assault -> Impact Stab -> Force Kick -> Force Impact
Normally if you crit with Assassinate and/or Infernal Impact the opponent should have very less HP left. So in this situation just finish him off with Force Impact.
If you missed Combo (mistakes or lagged), just start Combo again and continue with Assassinate ->Infernal Impact -> Force Impact (this might not finish him off but if you crit you might kill him ^^)
Reason why I remain some skills at Lv9, is the cool down wise.
PvE Combo Combinations
1. This combo stuns the mobs continiously but every 8 secs, the mobs will hit you once.
Infernal Stigma Lv9
Assassinate Lv9
Infernal Impact Lv9
Dance Of Ruin Lv20
Force Slash Lv20
Infernal Stigma -> Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Dance Of Ruin -> Force Slash (chain)
2. This is a stunlock combo but it needs some practice to get used to it. By stunlock combo I mean that the mobs won't be able to even "touch" you.
Infernal Stigma Lv9
Assassinate Lv9
Infernal Impact Lv9
Force Slash Lv20
Rising Shot Lv20
Infernal Stigma -> Assassinate -> Infernal Impact -> Force Slash -> Rising Shot (chain)
IMPORTANT INFO: Try to cast every skill in "Good" exactly after "Excellent" till 7 combo, NOT earlier! After 7 combo just keep casting the skills in the first in "Good". You'll notice that the mobs won't move. If you cast ur skills too late or too early, in the first case the mobs will attack you once and afterwards they'll get stunned. In the other case, the mobs won't get stunned because you casted Infernal Stigma on them while they were stunned alrdy.
Do you have questions?
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Greetz,
DT.
