Force Blader Guide For Dummies

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, FBs can really pawn hard.



Stats distribution:

Force Blader
Per Level	2.5HP	1.5MP
Per Stat	STR	INT	DEX
Attack	0.24	0.1	0.23
Magic Attack	0.05	0.285	0.25
Defense	0.125	0.1	0.125
Attack Rate	0.4	0.4	1.75
Defense Rate	0.1	0.1	1.0

As you can see DEX and STR both give the same att and def, but DEX gives more hit rate and def rate, hence most of FB stat points shall be invested on DEX. But, in order to be able to wear osmium armourset (more def) and blades/crystals(more attack), FBs should follow Force Shielders stats which is quite similar to FBs' (For STR and INT). However this does not apply to all FBs, it depends on players' style. As for all the extra stat points or the rest of the points after you put in str and int for your set, shall all go into DEX.

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Gears/Equipments: *updated for better vision*

FBs have relatively high Crit Rate and Crit Damage due to Lightning Blade buff and on higher levels you can even stack it together with Ice and Fire Blade after rank up quest (WOW!). Also, due to FBs low base Attack, FBs won't deal good damage with full sword amp gear. So GO CRIT WHEN YOU CAN CRIT AND THE REST GO AMP/HP.

PVP/War Gears preferably (armourset/battleset/terragrace +6/7):


2 ring of luck+2
Amulet of Battler/Amulet of Pain

Double Slotted Crit Damage Helm (Crafted Deathblow 5/8% crit damage if possible)

Double Slotted Crit Damage Osmium (or higher) Blade / Lapis (or higher) Crystal (Deathblow if possible)
Amp/HP or HP/HP Double Slotted Suit (Crafted Will or Amp if possible)
HP Double Slotted Boots (Crafted Will if possible) or Amp+HP boots (rare)

Gloves crafted guard/destruction slot anything or Amp(rare)
2 Vital Earrings
2 Bracelet of Fighters +1 or above
Epaulette of Fighter +6 or above
Astral Board (Bike not recommended as it does not +HP)
PVE: Use the above set for full damage and you may replace vital earrings with earring of guard and you may use amulet of guard+8 or above. OR use lifesteal set to survive longer in higher level dungeons. Lifesteal set is extremely useful:

replace 1 ring of luck with 1 life absorb ring or force absorb ring with 5% lifesteal (yes 1 ring is enough, and you should focus on items that can raise lifesteal limit/+max HP steal)

use Vampiric Amulet +3 or above
Vampirice Earrings
Other equips crafted vampire if possible but not necessary



Skills: *updated for better vision*

Although FBs don't do much damage, their skills have additional effects such as lower enemy's defense, attack, and deal damage overtime (which is really useful).

Generally, skills that are worth keeping in high levels are:
Sword:
Force Slash (lvl 20)
Force Assault (lvl 20)
Dance of Ruin (lvl 20)
Infernal Stigma (lvl 20)
Abyssal Crystal (lvl 20)
Infernal Impact (lvl 9 or 12)
Assassinate(lvl 9)
Dash
Fade step

Magic:
Lightning Canon
Wind Canon
Aqua Canon
Stone Canon
Lightning Blade
Aqua Vitality
Lower Defense
Wind Movement
Blind
Earth Guard
Ice Blade
Enervation
Fire Blade
Field of Enervation
Field of Execration
Mana Freeze

All lvl 20
(Lightning, Ice and Fire blade can be stack if you have done the lvl140 [2blades] and lvl170[3blades] rank up quest)

Upgrade:
Vitality Mastery
Offensive Sense
Defensive Sense
Impact Control
Damage Absorb
Sixth Sense



Combo *updated for better vision*


PVP:
Force Assault>Force Slash>Assassinate>Infernal Impact>Dance of Ruin/Crystal>Assassinate
or
Force Assault>Force Slash>Assassinate>Force Assault/Force Slash/Dance of Ruin>Crystal>Infernal Impact (as finisher)
or
Force Assault>Assassinate>Infernal Impact>Force Assault>Assassinate>Dance of Ruin/Crystal>Infernal Impact
or
Assassinate>Infernal Impact>imapact stab>Assassinate>abyssal crystal> impact stab>Infernal Impact>Assassinate> crystal>Force Assault(not impact stab)>Infernal Impact>Assassinate

DO NOT use long cast time skills like Force Impact or Infernal Stigma because they greatly reduce you DPS!

PVE:
Stigma>Assassinate>Infernal Impact>Dance>Assassinate>Stigma
(for this combo assassinate and infernal impact must be lvl9)

Stunlock:
Infernal Stigma>Rising Shot>Force Slash>Infernal Impact>Assassinate

*Isnt really 100%. There is a need for timing i have tried and it is only 100% when Stigma is Orange (combo meter) , Assasinate and Infernal Impact very near Red and the rest near Orange. If not the mob will start attacking u even before u re-chain the lock so it isnt really effective. said Dark PrinceX in PPF


Battle Modes:

Ultimately, FB has one of the best BM1 but also one of the worst BM2. Basically in BM1, all you have to do is to cast magic canons to buff yourself, like aqua canon for aqua vitality effect (+HP +MP +regen), stone canon for earth guard effect (+def), wind canon for wind movement effect (+hit/def rate) and lightning canon for lightning blade effect (+att +crit rate/dmg). After casting these 4 canons, you'll have all the buffs and your stats will be ridiculously high like your HP going more than 3000, def going near 1000 and so and so... depends on your canons lvl though. Other magic skills are useless in BM1, so just stick with those 4 and bust your way with sword skills.

For BM2, you got sytle, you got cool skill animes. In BM2, you can cast a huge + cool AOE skill and you get to shoot lasers using magic canons. You can charge up to 3 stages in BM2, which is by using sword skills, so basically 1 sword skill for 1 additional laser for up to 3 lasers, then release the lasers using any magic canon. However you are limited to use only certain sword skills in BM2, which does not include stigma and etc... but you can still cast Infernal Impact though.



Recommended Stats Build:

For best damage and defense, you should consider using blade, crystal and armourset, which means you should add a little more STR than battleset. Standard stats for most high level FBs are as follow:

for +6 osmium armourset, +6 redosmium/osmium blade and +6 topaz/lapis crystal:
278str
223int
all dex

for +7 sets:
283str
227int
all dex

This may vary a little if you go for Terragrace set or Mithril set.

Why armoursets? Because, for osmium class, to sum it up, full armourset has 24 defense more than full battleset. However, if you have better gears, use them of course. But it'll take a hard time to get these parts so why not use cheap double slotted osmium armourset which can be easily obtained from mobs or personal shops.

My last advise is, set INT as low as possible and DEX as high as possible. Good luck and happy gaming with your Force Blader...



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Other FB guide :
-The Ultimate Force Blader Guide- by zKiraz
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=306475

A SHORT and SIMPLE Guide For New Force Bladers by bryant87
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=397682

Im a dummie in FB T^T
tats y i reading tis xD

lol, u gotta be a strong one soon~!