Bladers are great tankers due to their huge amount of def and hp. Bladers may lack of dmg in beginning but later on they are able to use strong blades which allows them to do great damages. This mean at high lvl (60+) bladers need to rely on their equipments alot. Bladers are great at either solo or in parties. At lvl 60+ other characters start to need parties to lvl effectively, but bladers can solo effectively too.
At beginning bladers do lack of money, unless you sell all the drops/crystals to higher lvl players or npc them. Otherwise it is hard to keep on with pots and decent equipments. Some of the quests will be hard for bladers, thats why they usually need a healer to aid them on quests.
The most disadvantages for bladers are lack of attack speed or attack dmg/rating.

About Bladers build, there are alot of them but I'll show the one Im using and is most popular blader build in VN version:

*Note* All skills are passives, you cant raise the active skills.
From lvl 1-35 you will have 34 skill points to add.
Max the first skill [max lvl 20] - the first skill raises your min damage, as bladers lack of dmg, they need this skill to raise their dmg.
Add 14 points into third skill [lvl 14] - third skill raises your attack speed, as bladers are fastest attackers after swordmen, this skill will raise their attack speed to almous same as swordmen.

From lvl 35-60 you will have 25 skill points to add.
Max the seventh skill [max lvl 20] - the seventh skill your chance to do criticals.
Add 5 points to sixth skill [lvl 5] - sixth skill reflects the dmg you get from enemies back to enemies.
You can add more to sixth skill after lvl 60 if you want.

yea, nice guide, many ppl r going to be blademan as it has high def and aoe attack

oh no
this nice build
lv 1-10 <----- add 10 point for chain attack skill
lv11-31 <----- add 20 point for fist skill (inc min dam)
lv 32-35<----- add 4 point for chain attack skill
after lv 35 when lv up u hv 2 poit
lv36-46 <----- add max skill for "beat 20% shield" (seventh skill)<--- best for pk and train lv
lv 47-57 <----- add max skill for 5th skill ( 20% dam +def in 72 second )
lv 58-60 <----- add 4 point for reflect dame
Lv 61-71 <----add max 8th skill (20% crit for skill) <--- best for pk and train
lv71-80 <---- add for reflect dame skill
after lv 80 ^^ i will update last beacuse my char only lv 74 in VN client
srr all ^^
This post has been modified on2006-12-02-18:24:33by zButterFlyz!

another build

1st skill(max)->5th skill(max)->6th skill(max)->7th skill(max)->at will(4)->3th class skill(max)->further

step1 max 1st skill--inc min atk

blademan is weak in atk, so its necessary to inc atk, this skill inc min atk by percent, so when u get good weapon to obtain high atk, it inc more atk.

step2 max 5th skill--angry skill

blademan has high defence, so they can atk some mabs at one time, as they r hit by some mobs, they get into anray state quickly, when blademan get into angry state, atk and def inc 20%, when u per lv up it, the duration inc 3s, that is when u max the skill, the duration is 10s(origin)+60s=70s

step3 max 6th skill--rebound the dam in a certain rate

this skill is useful, when u max it, the rate reboud the dam is 30%. that is when the mob hit u, u have 30% rate return the dam to mob.

step4 max 7th skill--reduce def 20% in a certain rate

well, u hit mob or PK, u often give them more dam when u max the skill.

step5 when u got Lv60, 4 skill points leave, advise u add them on 2nd skill(inc atk accuracy) or u can put them at will.

step6 then, max the new skill u get when 3th class, it inc the rate of critical atk. of coure its useful when train or pk.

step7 stop here....the 4th class and further, i think u should know how to do as a experienced player.

thank u for putting up this guide it really helps i was a little worried i do what i did in hero and mess up my characters stats and made him mad weak man

Nice guide drak..it really helps a lot.

what would be the bladers attack speed if the 3rd skill is max?

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lol yea i always seem to screw up each time i start a new char in a new game.. ur not alone

wow its a nice build.. thx

Wow, this is a great guide! Ill be sure to use this when I make my bladesman!

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alright...im going to pick at this a little bit...but this is going to be purely from the point of view of 20 and below since I haven't gotten too high yet myself so I'm not going to try and comment too much on that.

in Hayec's guide:
I'll Agree with the +20 points into the first skill, that minimum damage boost helps a lot, but it is hard to see the difference at first since it is only 1% a point, although when I looked at the skills I could have sworn that it could go past 20 but im blind or maybe they don't have it just abruptly ending or i found a glitch. Though I am going to disagree with the we don't do much damage, considering I find myself hitting harder than spearman and swordsman types. Now their skills might hit harder but I find mine hitting quicker.
Now about the attack speed thing, to tell you the truth, I don't think we hit too slow. Unless it is a pretty dramatic change I don't think it would be too useful. By dramatic change, I mean like 3% or more per point.
Ok, increased chance to do criticals, hm...I don't know, I seem to crit at a nice rate. Something else I've noticed is when I do crit, I usually chain crit(by that I mean I usually do 1-2 more after it)so, I guess unless your really un lucky I wouldn't get it.
The reflect damage, I could definately see that as being a big help, especially when being mobbed by creatures, since then if you just cant attack and can only heal, you can do just that and expect the creatures to still die eventually.

in zButterFlyz
Chain attack, hm, alright this I will say I could find better than the faster attack speed since this is a dramatic increase in speed when it comes to hits. Though, I don't think I would get this first, maybe after damage increasing.
Increased damage, yea, should probably be the first thing.
Hm, are we sure we have what skills are what...well anyways, your saying get the defense drop ability. Yea I could see this being a big help as well with the damage increase, though I don't know how early I would get this since enemy defense isn't very high in the beginning, so maybe 40+, I dunno, like I said before, haven't made it that high.
So next we are at increased chance to crit for skills? Hm, I can't say ive ever seen one of my skills crit, so this could possibly be useful. If the crit is a huge damage increase then I say go for it, especially since the skills hit harder than normal hits and you can increase that damage further with a crit, but if its not worth it when it comes to comparing with chain attacks, might want to rethink it if the damage rate isn't so great.
Reflect damage saves lives.

in DrakDragon's guide
Ok, im getting tired of repeating myself so, ima just touch whats new here.
The rage skill, this could be good but, like you said if you get mobbed your rage is going to build fast, so I don't know about it being too useful. Don't get me wrong, the 20% more atk and def is nice but, if the rage is going to build up fast on its own as is, I don't see much of a point in increasing the rate its gained. Maybe putting a couple points in it, but not max.
Accuracy, this I would find to be extremely useful since about half the time if not more, I am missing my enemies. Especially once I start fighting guys around low 20s.

So theres what I say, dont hate me...as I said I havent seen everything and just giviong my opinion. Since people say these are mostly necessities.

from lv. 35-60 you have 50 since you get 2 xp everytime you lvl after 2nd promo. so you cant get 25 altogether

Hey guys i like speed so would it be good if i add Accuracy, Minimum Grib and
Combo percent and a little bit reflection dmg?

btw good guide but i need mroe speed:P

I need a good Guide for Blademan with many speed... pls help me...!

i am pretty sure, that you can go over lvl 20 in min atk, on mine it says, 'next lvl 21' 'increase min atk by 21%' so can someone please double check that for me. thanks
This post has been modified on2007-02-28-02:56:26by MingMong!

im about 2 do my 2nd promotion quest.which do u think is best 4 a blader, chaos or order???? plzzz help!!!!

Sweet guide, thats gonna be the one I'll use for my blademan!! Great job

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