Hi, my name is Byaku (Byaku#5660). I"m playing a variety of classes and decided to lớn make a BD guide so people stop asking me for it in dms. If you have any questions, make sure to lớn read the guide. In this guide, I"m only going to go in-depth on important Blade Dancer skills.
(If you"re interested in learning more classes, check out our Class Guide Archive) - Vino
Skills
Kali
: Used for your with
: Super armor buff + damage reduction
Dancer
: Bubble gaining skill. Gives 4 bubbles on hit. Try using this more often than as it does good damage unlike the other bubble skill.
: Bubble gaining skill. Low damage, only good for bubbles.
: Useless, don’t bother.
: Only useful as filler if it’s really needed (with your )
: One of your 4 main dps skills. More on that later.
: Good long iframe. It is affected by the cooldown reduction of gaining 10 bubbles so you will have access khổng lồ it a lot lớn dodge certain mechs easily due lớn long iframe. Useless as damage skill.
: Damage taken debuff. Has no cooldown if you land the hit. Part of your .
: during tumble, gives prolonged i-frame.
: Useless
: Keep this buff up 24/7. Gives 30% FD, reduces incoming damage by 10% and restores 5% HP on cast. If you need to recover without healer, spam it. Careful not to lớn mistime it’s use, as if you get debuffed right after use you will lose a lot of damage.
: Main source of damage. This buff has 2 versions (3 but we don’t talk about the 3rd). Using dance và pressing summons the Minotaur & gives you a flat 60% damage boost on all skills. Use the option for bosses above 70% hp. It has a duration of đôi mươi seconds. Using during Dance summons the elves & will give 1.5% extra damage per % of quái dị hp lost. At 60% boss khủng HP it evens out the damage buff of the Minotaur version. This has only a duration of 15 seconds. Depending on how fast the HP of the boss khủng drains you can use elves at 70% already f.e. In nests, where quái vật HP depletes very fast. Otherwise start using the elves version beginning with 60-65% quái nhân HP.
Blade Dancer
: Make sure lớn land this skill without fail. It recharges both your Bubble-gaining skills ( & ). Never use this skill with 0 bubbles, as you will have no chance to get to full 10 bubbles without waiting for the skills cooldown. Always ensure you have at least 4 bubbles before use. It is an i-frame.
: Your best friend & helper. Huge damage, forward momentum, somewhat long animation commitment. It has high super armor, so in combination with Phantom Guard you can tank quite a bit of damage without getting knocked back. Combined with the total of 30% damage reduction (Phantom Guard 20% + 10%) you are able khổng lồ trade damage with it if you can’t avoid it. Otherwise try to avoid damage by moving out of the way while using it.
: và gives 4 bubbles each. At 10 bubbles you get a 20% AS increase và your Blade Dance skills get recharged by 60%. You will make use of this a lot.
: When you use or , becomes an instant skill. Mostly useless, but when you accidentally miss your you can use this as filler.
: When you use Soul Flurry ’s AS & damage increases by 50%. (on that later in )
Awakening
: One of your 4 main dps skills. Good damage, forward momentum. You might have to lớn jump a bit backwards khổng lồ not travel too far or use it as chasing skill.
: Your other best and worst enemy at the same time. Does huge damage, version does about the same damage as , but is a lot faster. It’s downside is that it is stationary and has a somewhat questionably narrow hitbox. Make sure to position yourself as far inside the boss hitbox as possible to lớn land it. The non- version is a full i-frame, but does less damage. You want to use as much as possible, but if it delays your rotation too much by having to walk away from danger và back in to lớn dps, you might just as well use it as a long i-frame.
Gameplay
You have 4 main damage skills, 2 (3) bubble skills & one buff.
DMG: , , , .
Dementia & vị by far the most damage, so make sure khổng lồ land it at all costs!
& is your other burst set, although with less damage.
Make sure has an uptime of 100%.
Skill BuildUnified skills: Max HP Boost, Final Damage Boost
Skill Crests
, , , , ,
Skill up: +1Gust Dementia
Rotation
A: --> -->
B: / + --> reset with -->
Be sure to use twice & only once, as flurry does more damage
Each / gives you 4 bubbles, use enough to lớn get 10 to reduce cooldown of all your skills by 60% và 20% AS
C: -->
now the rota:
A --> B --> C --> B --> A --> B --> C --> B --> …
Bonus tips
Never use all your 4 damage skills before resetting it’s cooldown partially. You have khổng lồ at least fill bubbles lớn 10 before using & are allowed to lớn use the other 3 skills in succession. If you vì chưng this you will have khổng lồ use your khổng lồ bridge the gap of lack of skills, but it works out just fine.Hug the boss. The hitboxes of most of your damaging skills are fairly narrow, hug them lớn ensure full hits!Pre-stack some bubbles even if you might not need them yet. You can get lớn 8 bubbles before using your big damage skills. This helps you recover from missing a as those skills will already have their cooldowns recharge. Especially valuable before , as you want khổng lồ spend the minimum amount of time to regain bubbles lớn ensure you land your big skills.Time well, as a big part of your damage comes from there. Timing this comes by learning bosses & mechanics properly.Use Phantom Guard when you think you will have to lớn tank hits.
I-Frames
The only really reliable i-frames are tumble & . But there are a few options:
: Long i-frame with a bit of a windup. You can cancel the backward animation with if you have at least 4 bubbles, otherwise don’t.: Prolonged i-frame after tumble/extra mobility.: i-frame in the air but sucks overall.
