[C9] Webzen Note - Blade Master Renewal..Coming September 24th!
Greetings, C9 Actionists,
Yes, we did take a survey about class renewals – and here is the first renewal..Blademaster!
Check out the new Blade Master next week, September 24th!!
B L A D E M A S T E R R E N E W A L U P D A T E
We all knew that Blademaster had very low damage, and giving up that other hand for shield required a lot of sacrifice.
Here is our overview of how we saw the renewal should be.
-Increase shield’s performance in the class so that shield is also accounted for the damage
-Give counter and more survivability against ranged
-Increase overall damage
Check out the changes below:
Base Stats:
Movement Speed increased by 10%
Attack Speed increased by 5%
Skills:
Attack Stance
Now during Attack Dash, it will now give super armor and crouch effect during certain parts of the dash.
Spiritbane
Bleed effect increased to 10 seconds
Now enemy will have 50% less physical defense
On successful hit, increase attack power by 15%
Fury Formation will no longer remove all buffs and debuffs
Burning Spirit
When the player is hit, it will now give less physical defense on enemy
Invincible while casting
Ground Cutter 1 – 3
It will now reduce enemy’s movement speed for 6 seconds by 30% on successful hit (On PvP reduce duration to 25%)
Break Cancel
Changed to fixed cooldown. Cooldown reduced to 2 seconds
Upon casting, add effect (2 seconds)
Add 150 Ignore Defense
Add 30% Critical Damage
Enemy stunned for 1 seconds, 100% destruction of Super Armor and Guard
Cancel Attack Dash
Reduced cooldown to 5 seconds
Tachyon Expertise
10% chance to reduce 30% of enemy’s physical defense on successful hit
Increased number of attacks
Tachyon Storm’s preparation will be in iframe
Shield Blade proc radius increased to 360 degrees
Skill Damage Changes (All damage increase is PvE Damage Increase)
Rapid Attack I – Increased by 25%, Reduced Cooldown by 1 sec
Rapid Attack II – Increased by 27%
Rapid Attack III – Increased by 30% + 1
Shining Cutter – Increased by 60%, Reduced Cooldown by 0.21 sec
Thrust Gain – Increased by 41%, Reduced Cooldown by 2 Seconds (0.4 in PvP)
Moonlight Cutter – Increased by 45%, Reduced Cooldown by 0.3 seconds per level
Ground Cutter I – Increased by 25%, Reduced Cooldown by 5 seconds
Ground Cutter II – Increased by 31%
Ground Cutter III – Increased by 35%
Counter Smash – Increased by 70%, Reduced Cooldown by 3 seconds (2.3 in PvP)
Assault Smash – Increased by 15%
Storm Wheel Wind – Increased by 38%, Reduced Cooldown by 0.45 seconds per level (40% in PvP)
Flash Strike – Increased by 20%
Upper Swing – Increased by 20%
Tachyon Storm – Increased by 25%, Reduced Cooldown by 5 seconds (0.5 in PvP)
Press Kick – Increased by 25%
New Skills
New skills also been added! Check them out below.
Passive:
Enhanced Endurance – Lv 57 – Max Skill Level: 10
Stacks Adrenaline. Increases Damage Resistance (Stacks up to 20 in Lv. 10)
Commands:
Adrenaline – Lv.57 – Max Skill Level: 1
Increase Adrenaline Stack by 1 on Attack Dash
Shield Blade – Lv 57 – Max Skill Level 10
Automatically procced on 5 or more Adrenaline Stacks
Spend 5 Adrenaline Stacks, giving extra hits on [Tachyon Storm, Upper Swing, Shining Cutter, Thrust Kick, Bash 1~3, Rapid Attack 1~3], and give 30% increased range.
Extra hits depend on the Shield’s Attack Power
Blade Weaving – Lv 57 – Max Skill Level: 1
Possible to proc when hit while in Dash in Attack Stance.
Recover HP, and reduce movement speed and attack speed by 50% on enemy
Runner’s High – Lv 65 – Max Skill Level: 1
Automatically procced on 7 or more Adrenaline Stacks
Becomes overloaded and increases Physical Attack by 15% and reduce Skill Cooldown by 15% every 2 seconds
Action:
Wild Slash – Lv 70 – Max Skill Level: 5
Possible to proc on 10 or more Adrenaline Stacks
Use 10 Adrenaline Stacks to charge on to visible enemy on screen in invisible status
Invisibility fades after 1 seconds or right click, slash enemy, and stuns enemy for 1 seconds.
Skillbook Changes
Please note that below only includes the changed part of the Blademaster Skillbook
Thrust Gain
Rare: +2 Extra hit
P-Rare: +4 Extra hit, on last extra hit – emit sword energy around the player, shield blade proc without Adrenaline Stack consumption, iframe on cast
Deep Wind Step
P-rare: iframe on charge, finish attack, Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Storm Wheel Wind
P-rare: Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Ground Cutter III
P-Rare: 100% chance to break guard, +2 hits on step 1 and 2 hits, +3 hits on step 3 hits, Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Moonlight Cutter
Rare: Iframe during cast
P-Rare: Iframe during cast, Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Flash Strike
Rare: Changed to DoT Hit (Max Hit +10)
P-Rare: Changed to DoT Hit (Max Hit +20), Force and iframe during cast, +2 projectile attacks (last projectile applies shield blade damage), Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Assault Smash
P-Rare: Shield Blade proc on finish attack without Adrenaline Stack Consumption
Brand New Book
Balancing on the Edge, by Oakley Barot: Wild Slash
-We will leave this part for your imagination! Find them out on the update of September 24th!
Thank you,
Your C9 Team
