BLADE FAQ? Can someone please explain these terms to me?

[Zilas]

Got this here. Dunno where he got from though.

Please look at the corresponding colours with the corresponding boxes in the above picture for the questions...

1) What is meant by the 15~18 and 64~78 and the 150% and 170%?

2) Is the damage 15~18 on top of your weapon damage? What is the percentage multiplied against? (X+15~18) x 150%?


1) There's a lot of talk about not puttin SP into Strike n' Smash because some say it's useless. Can someone verify that? According to the chart, unless I put 9 levels into Strike n' Smash I cannot acquire Stab n' Smash which many people say is great!

2) Is there a level cap on skills or are we allowed to add as much as our Skill Masteries permit?

3) How much should I put into Strike n' Smash?


1) Does this mean I'll get 2x XX damage?

[Geobot]

as for the red part, i believe your number 2 is correct. it adds the damage to your regular attack power, and multiplies by the %

for the blue... i can't say that i've ever heard anybody say stab n' smash is that great. a lot of people say the knockdown/stab skills are good, but the 'stab' they are referring to is the flower bloom/bud blade skills. i can't say much about the strike n' smash skills for myself though, because i don't have them.

there's no leve cap on skills, just a cap for the total number of mastery levels(300). you can get as many individual skills as you have SP for.

for the grren part, i don't think so, but not sure. if you look at the chain skills, they say 3 or 4 times, but the damage isn't equal for each hit. so i'm not exactly sure how it splits up the damage between the hits.

[Freedom-Fighta]

From what ive noticed it appears that all attacks (except the final one) get the % applied to them (IE illusion chain = 76%??) and then the final blow gets the bonus damage listed on the skill... not 100% sure, but it appears that thats how it works out on my blader.


Im only taking Strike n Smash to level 1 for now. Later on I'll resusciatate it or just leave it and grab me a knockdown + stab combo for fighting my enemies in PvE and PvP.

[Geobot]

From what ive noticed it appears that all attacks (except the final one) get the % applied to them (IE illusion chain = 76%??) and then the final blow gets the bonus damage listed on the skill... not 100% sure, but it appears that thats how it works out on my blader.

well, for me, illusion chain doesn't seem to do that. there's 3 hits. the first one is the weakest, and seems to be about 75-80% of a regular attack for me. the next is about average, and seems to be about 130-150% of regular. and the last one is the biggie of course, with typically 250ish% regular.

but the higher comboes are even stranger from what i've seen. for example, with the level 29 5-hitter(blood or billow, one), the 3rd and 5th attacks are strogner thant he rest, but the weaker attacks aren't exactly even, so i'm not sure how it works it out.

[Leonidus]

as for me personally, i went with almost all combos.... i like the way they look and like the constant damage....


strike/ stab or whatever i did like alot..... but it isnt really worth it till you lvl and get 2nd book. so you have to either decide to go with your combos or go with the stabs/strikes. i would pick one or the other b/c you dont want to be low lvls in all, better to be high in a couple

[Geobot]

i'm thinking i'm going to max one combo(5-hit), and get the srike/stab maxed. normally it's chain->knockdown->stab->repeat on giants and such.

of course, if it fails to knock them down, it's more like chain->knock->knock, since the cooldown is so quick on it.

i figure this way i only have to level 3 skills in that tree per level, instead of 4. saving SP for other stuff is always good.

[Freedom-Fighta]

My character is maxing straight up to heaven chain and im taking one rank in all of the KD / Stab skills so that ican do the thing you just said

EDIT: Nuclear- Im going to max Illusion Chain, Billow Chain, and Heaven Chain.

[slyer]

which one is better, the billow or the blood one? or should i get both

[Freedom-Fighta]

Choose either Ascension Chain or Heaven Chain as your perfect combo


If you go heaven chain take Illusion chain and Billow Chain to 9 and then Heaven Chain to 5

If you go Ascension Chain take Illusion Chain and Blood Chain to 9 and then Ascension Chain to 5.