Character Builds Project

[Murasaki]

The canon information that came with each class detailing their general strengths and skills also included a number of builds that were suggested for the class. For example, the Guardian class received a short description of such builds like the standard "Fortress" defensive tank role and the "Scarlet Knight" DPS HP draining role. We would like to have players suggest their own builds so that this information can be made available to newbies who aren't sure which skills or roles they should take. Here is a template to get you started.

Build Name (You would likely want to name the build something easy to understand from a first glance)

Build Description (Describe a 1-2 sentence summary of this battle style, whether it is tanky/DPS/support/etc)

Class: (Which class is this build for?)
Recommended Subclasses: (Which subclasses are best used alongside this build? Describe why you think so. Consider not only the skills that become available to you, but also how fluently it works in the context of the RP.)
Recommended Equipment: (Describe which equipment is best for this role, including the type of equipment and any reforges or enchants that may be useful.)

Recommended Skills: (You can describe this in a number of ways. You can either simply namedrop the skills that are most important for this build or you can do an in-depth discussion about how useful each skill is for your role. You might also want to list which skills one should take for Tier I and Tier II, whether in any order or "you should take skill __ at Level 1, skill __ at Level 4". Remember that there are also Adventurer skills that any class may take.)

[Murasaki]

I'll start off with a work in progress of a Knight build.

Knight

A role that allows a good variety of offensive and defensive options. It is situated around mounted combat, giving the Guardian good mobility that can be used for ranged or melee combat.

Pros: Good range and mobility, flexible to offense or defense.
Cons: AP cost, requires mid-leveled Cavalier skills trained alongside the Guardian class.

Class: Guardian
Recommended Subclasses:
- Cavalier, the sole RP Subclass of this build.
- Any crafting class will do, depending on your monster fighting and crafting preference.
Recommended Equipment:
- Due to the effect of the Level 1 Cavalier skill Jousting, you can wield a 2-handed spear along with a shield while mounted. Thus it is recommended that you use this combination during mounted combat. When fighting without a mount, you may wish to have a 1-handed weapon as backup equipment for use with your shield. Or you may use the 2-handed weapon as a standalone weapon.

Recommended Skills:
- Be sure to unlock Gallant Steed and Squire Training, the skills obtained at Level 11 and 21 Cavalier. Gallant Steed eliminates the early drawback of the mount being untrained and afraid of charging into battle. Squire Training basically gives you three skills in one. Fold Step can be used to bring extra momentum to your charges, Shield Smash as a jousting charge with the shield, and Barrier Crash to break enemy defenses.
Tier I:
- Parry: An Adventurer skill that is especially useful when you're not using the shield. It gives you some extra defenses.
- Quick Swap: An Adventurer skill tailored toward the Weapon Specialists but still usable regardless. Activate it whenever you're dismounted and need to switch between 2-handed combat and a weapon/shield set.
- Spear Break: An Adventurer skill that works well considering that your 2-handed spears can be used in one hand while mounted. Use it to give yourself some extra distance whether mounted or dismounted.
Tier II:
- Last Stand: A useful skill for tanking. If you drop to 1 HP, your Cavalier abilities can help you quickly disengage and heal up.

[Nisha]

The Lone Samurai
A samurai able to travel and adventure solo, but also has the capability to fit into a team as a splash tank or a soak tank.

Class: Samurai
Recommended Subclasses: Any
Recommended Equipment:

• Armor: Reforged with Passive HP regen, chainmail for mobility.
• Weapon: Best with status effects, since the damage should come from the two handed weapon.
• Accessoire: Any, preferedly with skill increases to boost your skill output.

Recommended Skills:
Tier 1:
Denkousekka: Since there is usually no group to worry about, you can use the speedboost to the utmost capability, outrunning your enemies, dealing splash and status damage. If you are in a party, use the one time shield for a physical soak to protect assets.
Izunagiri: To keep your distance you need to be able to attack ranged, izunagiri is the first skill you should take to cover that part. Also good to use as a way to open an enemy for an attack either for yourself or your team.
Seinarushinken: Another ranged/semi ranged skill, best used if either taking care to get the free iaido strike, free yourself from a large amount of smaller mobs or finish off a larger enemy, definitely a finisher until you learn chain 4 skills. Use only if you know you are gonna finish the enemy or have a team/denkousekka armor active.

Tier 2:
Ikusanehan: Used to gain a huge advantage before the fight even starts, best stored for a devastating combo with a chain 4 or X skill to maximize damage and shape the battlefield to your will right from the get go.
Bishamonkeshin: Once you have this, you can easily soak tank for a while, in tandem with Murakumonotachi it gives a solid defense for at least half a minute for everyone to get the main tank back on his feet or prepare devastating spells/skills.
Yabouzan: Your absolute finisher if you max out at chain 3. If you can boost it to higher amounts, use tsubamegaeshi, either with infinitely stacking Ikusanehan before even getting into battle or using other chain x moves to boost your chain number.
Tsubamegaeshi: As mentioned above, this could be your ultimate finisher if you can boost your chains high enough.

Other useful skills:
Murakumonotachi: If you are going for a group approach, this skill should definitely be on your list, solo it will do you little good, since if the enemy catches you, there is little you can do and it has little utility then, since it would steal your chain skills.
Fuurinkaazan: If your izunagiri and seinarushinken usually do too little damage or your soak is not high enough, use this one to do dps soak and have more range. Works best for harass aggroing to make a monster go where you want it to without getting too close.
Shunsen: If the enemy keeps getting to close to you in battles, use this to create a space of damage and potential field of escape for you.

[Capsule]

The Ambulance
Your ally is lying across the field, dying from taking on one too many boars. Sure, you can waddle over on your stubby little legs, but you could also charge in on the back of a mawfuggin cassowary, running over anything that happens to be in your path.

Class: Cleric
Recommended Subclasses: Pharmacist and Cavalier; The former for potions that are restorative or cause debuffs, and Cavalier (because every medic needs their vehicle and siren) for mounted support & speed.
Recommended Equipment: It depends if you want to be light and agile and merely bunny hop over obstacles, or bulldoze through like a beefy soccer mom trying to grab that last ___ toy on Black Friday.

Recommended Skills (subclasses not included):
T1:
- You're obvs going to need a good batch of healing skills, scrub, like Healing Light (for low aggro/Hate and quick heals), Reactive Heal (good for using at the start of battle, as it regens health when you're injured) and Saint Channeling (a skill that continuously heals party members).
- Grab Cure and Divine Favor to remove negative status effects.
- Every healer needs a Resurrection skill, if only to troll someone by killing and then reviving them. It's good for mentally scarring people you dislike.
- For a defensive skill, try: Holy Rampage. It acts as a barrier to repel enemies and projectiles, at the expense of limiting you from using a healing skill for ten seconds.
- Offensive: Martyr Spear (to discourage enemies from getting too close) and Miracle Mine (to blow them away).
- Other: Magic Light For all the night digging - I mean, night missions.

T2:
- For allies that like to go ham sandwich: Diving Punishment; it damages opponents who strike said ally with Light damage.
- For better grade heals: Healing Aurora; A healing skill that effects party members within a ten meter field. Higher amount of HP is regenerated. Restoration Relic converts mana into a statue that randomly heals allies for you (at small amounts.) It's also pretty fragile, though. And then there's Soul Revival, which is like a buffed up Ressurrection; it revives an ally with 20% of their health, while also applying a 10% healing buff.
- And then there's Miracle Missile, which fires Light beam-like projecticles (pew pew pew) at any enemies that are in two meters of range.

T3:
- You can grab Judgment Ray and become Lux fire laser beams at your foes for high damage.

[Hanelli]

Ninja
For those who really cannot get enough of being a shinobi, regardless of whatever RP settings that exist.

Class: Assassin
Recommended Subclasses: Pharmacist, since the class can make poison and other status-changing concoctions (most are still works in progress but we're getting there) as well as the choice of the following for RP classes: Hitman (for the truly evil) or Tracker (if you like chasing your prey down before closing in on the bounty)

Recommended Equipment: Daggers, knives, kunai, one-handed short swords, in short the classical weapons that ninja traditionally use; if you want to go real "cheese" mode you can pick up throwing weapons as a later in-game option.

Recommended Skills: (main class only, subclass is already a given as you level and those are the only options there)

T1:

Hide Walk as well as Hiding Entry: because one cannot be a shinobi without learning the art of self-concealment
Shadow Bind: when you want to mess around with people (keeping them bound in place while you whittle away at them is pure evil)
Atrophy Break: for immobilizing them before coming in for the kill
Quick Swap: because the Assassin is a Weapons Specialist class; and ninja are known to be proficient in more than 1 form of weapons engagement
Accel Dance: for increasing speed
Deadly Dance: usable with most weapon types I imagine. See how this hurts if you use it with a kodachi!
Death Stinger: for poisoning your foes

T2:

Shadow Wires: because inflicting damage while on the move + leveled-up form of Shadow bind = chaos. Watch out for team mates' shadows though!
Substitution Arts: this one is so obvious, it should be a crime if you skip it!
Congregating Arc: for making a limited stock of throwing weapons seemingly multiply and rain down from all directins on a central, focused point
Hazecloud Vault: to dodge and to chain into either an offensive strike, or a tactical retreat!
Assassinate: because one-hit kill (unless the opponent is of a higher level than you)
Doppelganger: distraction tactics.

T3:

Perfect Autopsy: if in case the unlucky b*stard is still alive even after Assassinate hits them.

[Kazuko]

Build Name: Shinto Bow Maiden

Build Description: Built similarly to the War build, but with less emphasis on mobility and more on support, since the "Evil Exorcism" spells work on bows as well. The middle ground between the Prayer and War builds, this build focuses more on clearing mobs and providing support to allies, especially with a MP-absorbing weapon.

Class: Shaman
Recommended Subclasses: Exorcist or Priest/Priestess on how aggressive you'll be. Exorcist will cause more damage to evil creatures, while priest is more towards helping other people. For Craft skills it doesn't matter much but artisan or scribe are probably your better options
Recommended Equipment: Well as bow maiden you'll need a bow obviously. For armor it depends on how deep in the middle of combat you'll be, ideally as a sniper support you'll be well out of danger so cloth or leather armor will work just fine for you.

Recommended Skills: (This part might be edited later as I learn more on the order of skills you should take, for now I'll just add the ones that you should have in your build.)
T1
Art of the Heavy Laden Brush - good early level bow skill to control how your enemy moves
Barrier Crash - late game skill, mostly for pvp at this point since monsters don't have barriers but a range break of shields really helps.
Barrier of Purity - If you chose Exorcist over Priestess this skill will make up for the level 1 skill only this one can BLOCK, not remove, any debuff not just heal a curse
Demon's Eye - Useful at lower levels to help improve your accuracy of your shots, or you can use it on an ally if they need more help
Divine subjugation - Can be useful if you end up with high attack speeds, but as a bow maiden you probably won't end up shooting fast enough to make it worth it. Still more damage is always nice.
Exorcism of a Cursed Lotus - And here's that attack speed I mentioned, just be careful not to get hit as you'll lose the effect plus being hit tends to hurt. Can also be used on allies too.
Compunding Barrier - If you want EoaCL you'll probably want to use it with another barrier, this skill lets you do that.
Damage Interception - A bread and butter staple for shamans in blocking damage
Leaping Apricot Technique - Useful if you need to cover distance or make a quick escape, not really much else. Also you'll leave behind the pleasant scent of apricots so that's a bonus I guess.
Summon Shikigami - having an extra person with you anywhere can be nice if you're a bow maiden who travels alone. You can have them scout or tank, or keep an enemy busy while preparing a shot or skill or running away.
Shikigami Astral Seal - Only works with Summon Shikigami if you don't want it or have it don't take this. This just makes your Shikigami intangible to attacks so it becomes a poltergeist of sorts.

T2 (Not a lot here for a bow maiden specifically, so I'll just name a couple that might be worth getting first. Also at this point you'll likely be able to get them all by T3 unless you want to go back to T1 for more of the support skills, they're all raised to T2 level by this point of the build.)

Abstinence - Yeah I know what you're thinking but in all seriousness as a bow maiden you'll be generating a lot of hate from your damage and support skills so this will help with that. It can also be used on an ally as well, but if you don't plan to party up it becomes less helpful unless you want your Shikigami to try to tank for you.
Spirited Away - A very useful spell for rescuing an ally or removing a threat from the battlefield for a brief time while you handle other tasks. 
Megatama Manifestation - This spell will make you're Shikigami stronger in battle at the cost of your health/mana and can be used up to 3 times. You won't get this back while the Shikigami is up so be careful when using it, also third time means you die but you're Shikigami becomes a sort of demigod for your party. So in a clutch where you're about to die and no one can save you and you need that last little oomph on a boss it can be useful. Just know sacrificing your life to use this means your party won't be able to revive you (Not that they would anyway as you were likely their healer)
Mystic Mirror - Because firing lasers that make you look like a god is fun. Also heals teammates caught in the blast in addition to damaging enemies so that's a plus.

T3 (This list is incomplete and only has 1 skill as a preview for the Tier)
Teleport Barrier - An amazingly beautiful skill to have for a bow maiden to have. Thinking with portals, that is all I have to say to this. In more detail this skill works like the portal gun from Portal/Portal 2, what goes in one of these bubble barriers comes out of another one this goes for bodies and physical attacks but not magical ones so mind that in the future.

[Desue]

The One Who Lays Waste

An AOE focused Sorcerer build designed to support in raid with concentrated fire from range.

Pros: Extremely high DPS plus safe distance from a majority of the conflict
Cons: AP cost: You won't see a true branching of this style till level 31-34, Team combat: Though its fairly easy to see, this build relies entirely upon having a solid party composition or being able to finish off a target before it has a chance to strike back.

Class: Sorcerer
Recommended Subclasses:
- Scholar, gives the ability to discern weaknesses to a certain extent
- Any crafting class will do, depending on your monster fighting and crafting preference.
Recommended Equipment:
- Staff or grimoire

Recommended Skill Progression: (in order of progression)
Tier I
1 - Mana Arrow
1 - Blink
1 - Frost Spear
4 - Orb of Lava
7 - Force Shield
10 - Wind Bullet
13 - Serpent Bolt
16 - Barrier Spike
19 - Magi Lightning. Grand Fall
22 - Inferno Strike > X
25 - Thunderbolt Crash > X
28 - Icicle Impale > X
Tier II
31 - Robust Battery
34 - Spacial Confluence
37 - Magical Disjunction
40 - Frigid Wind
43 - Flame Revolver
46 - Lightning Chamber
49 - Classical Liner

Alternative Routes:(Marked by an X)
Generally speaking, three skills from the Tier I won't be filled by the class skills in place. Due to this there are a few recommendations I support as replacements.
Equipment Mastery: Heavy Armor: Reasoning- With this build you are almost entirely reliant upon your party for close range support. Due to this mobility is of little worry, and it may be best to op into the most durable armor you can find to shrug off what damage you may end up receiving.
Magic Light: Reasoning- A basic skill that has untold utility. Fairly self explanatory.
Fireball Pitch: Reasoning- Honestly this barely made the list, sliding by purely off the fact there was nothing else to fill with. This skill is slower than Wind Bullet but packs a slightly higher punch. Yet due to the fact the caster has to go through a throwing motion, I personally feel that Wind Bullet way outclasses it.

Skill Combinations:
If there is one thing this build requires, it is ingenuity. While all these skills do respectable damage on their own there are certain utility skills that can amplify that. Your main chain once you reach level 37 will be as follows: Robust Battery > Spatial Confluence > Multi-target skill. Generally speaking, that combination provides you with the highest DPS for mana cost you will find in any class as well as having the lowest overall cast time to damage.

[Tobin]

Crushing Avalanche Style: The Way of the Heated Heart

A Offensive Orientated monk focused around heated body. The monk combines fast hitting move, multiple hitting moves and aura attacks to jack the damage buff to great levels before unleashing a long string of short animation time combos to shatter the foe into oblivion. Best suited as a PVP 1v1 or mob clearing class.

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When you are as short and adorable as me one needs the tools to defend the property that is your arse properly, otherwise you might find your property being violated by vertically challanged @dindeen and your stock market value will plummet like tha' United Kingdoms in a recession because some scrub thought tha' buyin' their out of date shares before they collapsed was a fantastic idea! But how you ask? Why did you chose this obivously asian themed class in a western server? You chose it because you wanted to kick ASS, not only do you want to kick arse, but you want to punch ass so hard that it errupts into a golden shower of EXP then tak' it's arm 'n' beat his friend with it. Ya were inspired by Hercules, Bewolf, heck, even Vikings fought brutalleh in hand ta hand combat if they had ta. Screw those who say monk is a Tank, our strength is in our burst combos ta to become the rock that showers upon the foe and shatters not only their defences but their heart to fight, stagger them and make them fight for every breath they take. FIST EVERYTHING!

What? Ya realleh expectin' meh ta explain how ta kick ass? Ya a green scrub oar somethin'? Fine! But et don't come cheap so ya be havin' soam mah moonshine 'n' I will mak' ya luv et, width ya wallet!

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Tha' principle is tha' ya don't give them chance to breathe in a fight! Heated combat is ta key ta tis style of combat because the more you hit them the stronger your attacks get so it lacks punch to begin with, but in combination with moves such as  Bullet Punch and Incierated Assault it allows ya to rack up considerable amount of extra damage quickly. From there ya lass out with fast attacks in order to keep the chain going. Now, most attacks are between 1.5 to 2 seconds with a few exceptions, but by investing in items with animation reduction, ya can have an attack coming out every 0.75 to 1 seconds. Some noteworthy moves include Zoom Attack 'n' Lightning Straight, so tha' no matter where they are on the field ya can hit them and believe me that seriously gets in peoples heads. Battering Ram and Dragon Rising Upper cut is really good for making everyone one of your hits hurt.

Downsides? Few really. Monks generally are quite agile even if ya don't focus extensively on that. The main concern is that the plan of action is predictable, thus those with a level head can take advantage of your small windows of oppertunity to hit you right back.

Class: Monk
Recommended Subclasses: Brewer, Tailor, Acrobat, Animal Tamer.
Recommended Equipment: Fists, mana cost reduction (Heated Combat) Animation reduction (Bullet Punch, Zoom Attack and any other single hit moves.) Range increase. (Tiger Echo Fist-Aura Kick)

Recommended Skills:

Tier 1:
Bullet Punch: A good staple, you hit a foe eight times quite quickly which is good both for general damage and getting warmed up. Just be weary of being locked in the animation, so avoid using it in a multiple hostile environment.
Aura Punch: Don't bother. You have a lot of high mana moves as it is, you will just wear yourself out.
Zoom Attack: Touch them anywhere any time. Being able to hit someone from distance effectively is good and it's fast, so people find ya hard to get away with.
Wyvern Kick: Standard hard hitting attack, quite some speed going for it so it's good.
Tiger Echo Fist: Hitting multiple people at a time? A staple of all monks since ya get boosted fa each you hit, plus when ya pumped you can use it as a improvised super.
Aura Kick: HITTING MULTIPLE PEOPLE IS YA FRIEND BUDDY, THE MORE YOU HIT THE MORE PUMPED YOU GET!!! AggrOo.


Tier 2:
Heated Combat: If you're not taking this then I don't want to talk to you. Sure, you don't need really but the boost to damage really helps keep the tempo up.
Battering Ram: Low damage, but it's a master key of debuffing effects. Well worth the consideration.
Dragon Rising Punch: Making a target 0.5 times weaker to your physical moves is brilliant. Slow, but great for any boss or tanky player so most monks should consider this regardless of build.
Eye of the Tiger: There isn’t always chance to use this stance, but being unflinchable and higher movement speed is handy. Not a staple by any means since ya need some setup time but still good.
Incarnated Assault: Great multiple hit move. Even if you are a defensive monk you take this to keep the foe pinned down.
Lightning Straight: Same as Zoom Punch, being able to hit someone anywhere is good! It also keeps you close to the action.
Release Charka: Good decent buff. Doesn't do much but it will last for 5 minutes for almost no cost. Nice if you have a spare slot.

Tier 3:

Fist of Boreas: Hard to use effectively in the middle of a combo, but a very powerful attack in general.

Hellfire Drive: Fast activation time? Check, extra damage that can be amplified by heated combat? Check. Insane speed? Seriously, aside from the mana consumption it’s perfect for an aggro monk.

Warp Fang: A strong two hitter combo. Being a ranged and teleportation attack makes it a reliable power attack.

Other suggestions: Do I look like a dictionary to you? If I told ya everythin' ya had to know I will have ya paying royalties fa me for the rest oaf ya life!

[Ashtver]

Hey, guys. I just wanted to make a new Build recommendation thread, as a temporary fill-in for the one that's been lost to the depths of Elder Tale :P. I like to know what builds players use for their classes, and how well it works for them! So, allow me to start off:

CC Buckler (Crowd Control Buckler)
Main Class: Swashbuckler
Crafting Class: Any
RP Class: Pathfinder
Starting Equipment: Starter Platemail (I know it impedes movement, but CC's usually gotta be a little tanky), Starter One Handed Spear/Polearm (Spear, Lance or Trident) in both hands.
Starting Skills: Fickler Roulette, Mirage Dealer and Aura Saber/Shuffle Windmill (I chose Aura Saber)

[Aila]

Build Name: Ronin
Build Description: A Samurai build focusing solely on speed and technique. It utilizes swift, powerful opening blows and agile counterattacks. Mix between single-hit assassin and DPS

Historical Info:
Samurai (from 1600-1868)who formally abolished their title for reasons varying from regret over those they had killed to the death of a master, lover or close friend. They rebuked their title and wandered around Japan with their swords, keeping them as grim reminders of their pasts. Often times they had no money and lived off the generosity of others.

Pros:
• High movement speed and agility.
• Powerful single-target offensive ability
• High Sustain Potential due to low MP costs
• Strong 1v1 PvP usage
• Good melee defensive ablities
• Really cool and honorable
Cons:
• Really low armor rating
• Dire lack of crowd control and utility
• Weak to crowd control magic
• Low long-range capability
• Doesn’t work too well in a team

Class: Samurai
Recommended Subclasses:
There aren’t any real Subclass suggestions, but here are some considerations over a few subclasses that may affect the build:
• Animal Trainer: A samurai can get lonely without a lord to serve, so why not find a companion among the spirits of the wild. Thoughts on this subclass remain ambivalent, as having an extra hand may be useful in combat situations but it can also get in the way of highspeed, close quarters combat. If you’re confident in your control of your mob, go for it.
• Berserker: Not recommended. This build focuses on speed and precision. Losing your control in a fit of rage for additional power will only lower your swordsmanship. Though a fiery passion may drive your blade, a raging heart will only dull its edge. Still usable, if you really want.
• Bodyguard: Not recommended. You’re not especially tanky to begin with so a defense reliant subclass like bodyguard won’t help as much as it could.
• Cavalier: Not recommended. This build is focused on ground combat as it increases the mobility of your character. Thus, horseback combat is not suggested.
• Hitman: Viable if you use this build for PvP purposes.

Recommended Equipment:
Focus on light equipment that won’t slow you down, or hinder your movements. Cloth armor and a katana are optimal, due to their light weight. Leather armor or other one-handed swords can be used but will sacrifice speed for more defense or power. For enhancements or upgrades, look for weaponry that will enhance dexterity.

Recommended Skill Progression:
Starting Skills:
1- Denkosekka
1-Bushido: Iaido
1-Parry
These three skills are essentially the core of the build. Use Iaido, along with the speed from Denkosekka, to initiate the battle with a swift, powerful opening blow. Then, afterwards, follow the opening with close quarters combat. Out speed your opponent and deflect their blows whenever you can with Parry. In a party situation, you can fall back and ready another Iaido strike once Denkosekka’s cooldown is back up. Note that your main damage output will be your basic attacks.
Tier 1:
4-Sword Rain Flurry: Will probably be your main damaging move. Its low cooldown and relative easy use make it a standard attack skill. Be wary of it being dodged though, as you can’t move till the attack is finished.
7-Kodoma-kaeshi: Standard counter attack move. Use it whenever you take a blow you couldn’t parry or dodge.
10-Shunsen: Good defensive move with relatively low cool down. Can also be used to give you a breather and time to set up another Iaido strike.
13- Kabuto-wari: Stable move to use just to increase DPS during combat.
16- Tsurugi Bushin: One of your trump cards. Use sparingly though as its cooldown and duration are not meant for constant spamming. Combining it with Sword Rain Flurry can make a very high damage attack.
19- Seinaru Shinken: One of your trump cards. Deals a massive amount of damage. Can be used to chunk down a tank.
22-Go no Sen: Preemptive counter attack. With its aggressive push force, it’s also useful for starting combo attacks.
25- Izuna-giri: A long range move, use it either to further the chain or strike an opponent that is trying to distance themselves from you.
28-Splitting Fang: A weaker version of Izuna-giri. Use it whenever Izuna-giri isn’t up but you need a long ranged attack.
Tier II:
31-Bushido: Tansho-Chousho: Have it just for its passive ability to treat the parry skill as a Chain 1 move. Otherwise, only use it when you’re heavily outmatched and need to go on the defensive.
34-Yabouzan: Your ultimate finisher move. Combined with Tsurugi Bushin, it’d be a miracle if the opponent survived.
37-Fuurin Kazan: Enhancement move which also allows the creation of wind blades. Following this with an Iaido strike will make a powerful pseudo Izuna-giri.
40- Torifune: Useful for mobility inhibiting terrain.
At this point, you’ve basically gotten all the necessary skills for this build. Everything else is up to you. Carve your own path and become a warrior worthy of your blade. Good luck.

[saproth]

Minstrel
Description: A minstrel was a medieval European bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories of distant places or of existing or imaginary historical events. Although minstrels created their own tales, often they would memorize and embellish the works of others.

Class: Bards
Recommended Subclasses: Courier (Not sure which is appropriate)
Recommended Equipment: Any musical instrument

Recommended Skills: Regardless... or at least a high enough level like 20...

T3 – Claim to fame
As Minstrels are known for, this is another experience modifier to encourage participation into a party rather than bards just boosting abilities left and right. Claiming experience, if they have a Minstrel in their party at the time of the mission, they claim 20% their actual experience more.

[Shuwen]

Build Name: Mongol
Build Description: DPS/Evasive Tank based on the traditional strengths of ancient Mongolian warriors (archery and horseback riding), ranged dps combined with the mobility of a horse makes for a devastating combination in field zones, though less effective in cramped dungeons.


Class: Assassin, Samurai
Recommended Subclasses: Cavalier
Recommended Equipment: Any ranged weapon that can be used on horseback

Recommended Skills: Ranged projectile skills