Howdy, and welcome to a guide, which should help you ALOT in enjoying the game.
Keep in mind, this only covers CHINESE characters, I am not yet qualified for making a guide about european characters, and we're all still learning about them. Even those that have played other sro versions do not know all there is to know about Euro characters.
Remember, this is a guide on chosing what weapon and build is best for you, it does not tell you how to play that particular type of character (though I do mention the skill that makes blades so good at jobbing).
First thing you should learn about, are the 3 different builds:
Pure int:
Base: pve (Pvp now?)
Style: High hitter, bad tanker
Essential skill tree: Lightning
If you LOVE seeing the numbers hit high, and like to fly through the levels. If you don't mind dying (which will happen alot) and not being the absolute best in pvp. If you love the hunter and trader jobs, then this is for you.
Keep in mind that you are going to die ALOT in pvp, so you must be sure you don't mind dying. It's not like you're going to die every 5 seconds however, you will be able to destroy people below your level with great ease, but if you fight someone at your level, you will almost surely die.
With the recent update, pure ints now use the skill tree "Snow Shield", which may help them out incredibly in pvp.
I'm not yet sure, but pure int may now be one of the best in pvp, as long as they can kill their opponent fast.
Weapon choices:
Sword:
Base: pve + alittle pvp (extreme pvp?)
Style: high hitter, bad tanker
essential skill tree (besides Lightning): Bicheon
Guides:
Guide to Pure Int Builds by IguanaRampage
Pure Int Sword/Shield by zephyr
Pure Int Guide by xCrazyAzn301
This is the basic weapon choice for an int build. This is because ints can hardly tank normally, so the shield allows for tanking ability. Sword ints are nice, they die alot in pvp, but can still hold their own if they are skilled/lucky/rich, or a combination of the 3.
Swords in garments are able to kill other pure ints with INSANE ease, my friend ChipNDale is pure int garments, and I just CAN'T kill her, even though she has a 9 gap. Strs however can kill her in 1 or 2 hits if she doesn't get a block or a knockdown.
You prefer the hunter and trader jobs, though you are also an effective thief if you don't run into a high level str hunter.
Spear:
Base: pve (Pvp too?)
Style: Excells in high hits, terrible tanker
essential skill tree (besides Lightning): Heuksal
Guides:
Guide to Pure Int Builds by IguanaRampage
Pure Int Guide by xCrazyAzn301
You LOVE hitting high numbers, you don't give a rats ass about dying. You will be the highest hitting player in the game as a pure int spear, you can hit so high, you can kill giants your level in a matter of seconds.
If you wear garments, you may be able to take other pure ints, but you are not so much of a 1v1 pvper, you are more about the group fights. You are the one packing the guns, you team mates will die defending you because you are able to hit so high, they don't even want to wait for you to respawn
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Pure str:
Base: pvp
Style: Low hitter + Criticals, Excellent tanker
Essential skill tree: Weapon (Bicheon/Heuksal/Pacheon)
If you don't like to die, and are more pvp based, then this is probably for you. You will be considered more hardcore than an int player, for you won't level as fast, however, you will also excell in pvp.
Pure str is for people who like to kill other people in pvp, and when they come back for revenge, you can just kill them again because with your godly hp, you are very unlikely to die.
Remember though, you do level slower, so if a pure int and pure str start on the same day, a month later, if they fought the pure int would wipe the floor with the str, simply because of the great level difference. However, the int would eventually hit the level cap, and the str would still grow stronger each day, eventually catching up to the int, and then the str would be able to gloat for he is now much more powerful.
Weapon choices:
Bow:
Base: pve (Extreme pvp?)
Style: med hitter * (yes *) Criticals, med tanker
essential skill tree (besides Pacheon): Fire
Guides:
General Archer Guide by Tour Guide
Str/Fire Bow Guide by hellsharpt
You like to play just for fun. You enjoy pve and like the look of the bow skills. You love hearing the crit noise, and even ksing other players
. You prefer the hunter and trader jobs, and don't mind dying in pvp (though it won't be THAT often, it WILL happen).
Bows are excellent for killing ints by the way, you are like the anti-intelligence
. If you wear armor, you can be quite effective in pvp, and with the 90 cap, bows are arguably the best pvp build.
With the arrival of the new skills, bow is now extraordinarily good in pvp. I have seen it myself, they may be the best out there. They can stun, and shoot an incredibly strong attack in only 2 seconds, with a chance of stunning and increased chance of critical. When they're running low on hp they can always phantom away and knockback their opponent.
This may be a great pvp build.
Glaive:
Base: pve + pvp
Style: high hitter + Criticals, good tanker
essential skill tree (besides Heuksal): Fire
Guides:
Glaive Guide by Im_On_56k
Glaive Guide by MegaMan
You play alittle more hardcore. You prefer pvp over pve, but can't stand long leveling times. You want to hit the cap fast, and own quickly. You don't mind boring skills (glaive has REALLY boring skills, they get old fast). You love being able to hit the highest crits in the game (Which are higher than pure int nukes).
You don't like to die, but you can stand dying every once in a while, as long as you can come back for revenge
. You have no job preference, glaive works effectively in all of them, although is probably least effective as a hunter.
Blade:
Base: pvp
Style: low hitter + Criticals, Excells in tanking
essential skill tree (besides Bicheon): Fire
Guides:
The Complete Blader Guide. by FenaCorp
Blade Guide by cuchulainn
You are considered the most hardcore player. You LOVE pvp to the point that you don't care about your insanely low leveling speed. You can hit greatly with a crit, but it's still not the highest. You love the look of blade skills (honestly, who doesn't?), and love fighting stylishly. You like to look your best (Blade, shield, and garments is definately the coolest look in the game). You can't stand dying.
Blade can work any job with the highest effectiveness.
Hybrids:
Base: Unknown
Style: Unknown
essential skill tree: Unknown
Guides:
Int Hybrid Guide by SuicideGrl
Int Hybrid Sword Guide by Kitary
Int Hybrid KD Nuker by mKaaru
Int Hybrid Spear by MasterWong
Int Hybrid Stats/Types by partyhat
I would advise you to stay away from the hybrids. Right now they seem to do pretty good, but in later caps, I'm sure they are doomed. I quit my hybrid character because in the 90 cap, with the mana shield, I will be doomed because str is always really good in pvp, and pure int will now be able to tank better than me.
If you a pro with the game or just want to experiment, then you can be a hybrid, but my advise to you is this:
Make sure that you play your hybrid smartly, base your character off of your physical and magical balances.
For example: The 70:70 build seems very smart to me, you hit "equal" with both physical and magical attacks, yet you don't, because your magical damage is higher, and yet you don't use nukes. And what's up with this whole "use a bow" thing? It makes no sense to me. I always figured int based bows were terrible, yet some people say this is a good build.
Anyways, for all you guys reading this section, if you are new, stick with a pure build. Hybrids are for pros, and for people who have no idea what they're doing.
If you decide to go hybrid, good luck, I really REALLY think pure is better. Right now hybrids aren't that bad, but as the cap raises, they're just gonna get more and more screwed.
Anyways, thanks for reading the guide, I hope you enjoyed it
Note: My coverage of the update so far is rather minimal, I will update it as soon as the public and myself get a better view on this new update.
Good luck
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they are fine but after reading fena's blader guide those glavie ones seem...light waaaay to light. Also if u have ANY link for lvl90 cap and new skill's plz leave it in next post i read some posts about new skill's for bucheon bow and ice(mana shield) but i would like to read more as i havent yet decided which weapon to take after farm and this new skill's will greatly afect my desidion
