Post by AkaiEclipse on Jun 29, 2016 1:54:14 GMT 8
1. Introduction
Soul Fighters (SF) is an unique class where it allows switching of stances namely the Force Master stance and the Kung Fu Stance.
Each Stance reveals its own unique set of skills. See a lone mob? Melee in. A group of mobs? Bombard them with raining icicles!
SFs are usually lone warriors, capable of solo-ing till level 50 in PvE since it possesses the best of both worlds; melee and range.
2. PvE
PvE for SFs are pretty much about switching stances to and fro between melee and range as mentioned above. The advantage of a SF will be their "Focus".
Most of their skills regenerates focus and in fact, it generates about 4 Focus for certain skills!
Low on Focus to attack? Simply hit the "TAB" button to switch stance and you recover 5 Focus with a cool down of just 5 seconds!
Focus will be fully at your disposal so just mash those skills away without worries.
When it comes to PvE, there are different ways of handling mobs be it single or a pack.
My favorite melee attack combos consists of;
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Confusing? Basically in word translation it means;
- Lightning Fist (Dash to enemy)
- LMB + RMB (Animation cancel)
- Elbow Smash (Counter)
- LMB + RMB (Animation cancel)
- Leg Sweep (Knock down enemy)
- LMB + RMB (Animation cancel) x2
- Ground Ripple (Daze enemy)
- Rising Dragon (Throws enemy airborne)
- Meteor Strike (Smashes enemy down)
#You should definitely use "Iron Shoulder"
whenever the opportunity arises! # Whenever you use "Elbow Smash"
be sure to continue the skill combo by hitting "1" to move to the rear of the enemy!With my preferred combo, I find that I am nearly untouchable. Elbow Smash's cool down is 3 seconds. A successful counter will render the enemy in a frozen state thus, unable to attack you if you move to its rear. This means you will be freezing the enemy every 3 seconds!
My favorite range attack combos consists of;
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Basically the moment you switch stance, you will gain access to your range skills. Range attack is this easy. LMB + RMB will be the animation cancelling, "Displace" skill pushes back enemies who gets too close for comfort.
But of course, feel free to experiment your own style of combo as you see fit. The above combos are currently used by me. You don't have to follow it.
3. Survival Skills
So what's gonna happen when things gets kind of complicated?
Self-Defense Chi- Resists damage, status effects from 5 attacks for 5 sec
- Cool down of 45 secs
As well as the normal "QQ", "EE", "SS" steps to avoid damage. But like I've mentioned, each stance has its own set of skills. Catch the hint here?
In Kung Fu stance, you are able to use the QQEESS to avoid damage
In Force Master stance, you are also able to use QQEESS to avoid damage
In short, QQEESS cool downs are NOT shared between stances. You can use all QQEESS in KF stance but when things gets messy you can easily switch to FM stance and use QQEESS immediately.
The difference between KF and FM QQEESS moves are that, in KF mode, you simply move to the rear or the sides of the enemy within melee range. However for the FM mode, you move about 5m away from the target, to the rear or the sides of the enemy.
4. Bossing
When it comes to solo-ing a boss you probably won't break a sweat. Why? Because SFs have killer melee skills meant for PvP and Bossing.
Bossing combo;
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- Focus Chi (Unlocks King Fist)
- Lightning Fist (Close up the distance between you and the enemy)
- King Fist (Unlocks Dragon Fist)
- Dragon Fist (Considered to be the most "overpowered" skill and the spotlight of Soul Fighters, capable of dishing out 5,000 damage per hit with a high grade weapon.)
Each cast of Dragon Fist lands 3 blows to the enemy. That is 15,000 damage per cast! But the down side? With great powers comes with great responsibility.
Dragon Fist lasts for only 5 seconds so you will have to mash that button continuously. If you get grappled, there goes your combo because Focus Chi has a cool down of 60 seconds.
But if you are clever enough, one will cast Self-Defense Chi before dashing in for the kill.
Last but not least, I shall not touch on PvP yet mainly because I have yet to reach an acceptable level and equipment. But I will update this thread accordingly should there be any newfound information worth recording here. If any members require a video demonstration of the above mentioned combos, please feel free to request.
I hope this little guide will aid the journey of all fellow Soul Fighters of Trinity Order 
