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Soon’s Heart of a Champion Guide. –Version .09

Version history: Will start once the version hits .1 since to many changes are happening the list will be to long. 

Contents
1.a) Introduction
1.b) The Basics

2.a) The Overdrives
2.b) Evasion
2.c) Critical
3.d) Power
2.e) Critical Formula

3.a) The Skills
3.b) Skills: Weapons
3.c) Skills: The Misc
3.d) Evasion Tree
3.e) Rage Tree
3.f) Aura Tree

4.a) Builds
     - Legend
     - References
4.b) Pure Evasion
4.c) Evasion Power v1
4.d) Evasion Power v2
4.e) Power Critical

5.a) Extras: The Arsenal
5.b) NPC blades
5.c) Special Blades
     -  Gulliver
     -  Corala
     -  Valkyrie
     -  Orion

Introduction:

What
is a Blader? Dual Wielding class of LaTale. Not much more you need to
know then that other then you need to start off as a Warrior in your
first job in order to eventually reach this class at level 80.

A
Blader is a simple class with absolutely 0 flash. If you are a Nancy
boy or girl who enjoys twinkling lights and flashy skills and
animations this is not the class for you, bladers are simply a raw
damage output class with no attention grabbing skills. If you are
already complaining about the no flash part, please save me the time
and don’t make this class, I made it because I realize that every
character is pretty much a mash fest of pressing keys, and flash in no
way helps me in anyway nor does it excite me. I am a power type person
so I chose this class for that and no other reason. Are you ready?

The Basics:

The
blader class has 3 different types of builds; Power – Critical – and
Evasion. Each build is useful at one point in time (at this point in
LaTale critical is the weakest due to horrible critical gear, I’d
recommend staying away from it) The use of these builds depend on your
preference, and the need depending on the type of area you are grinding
on. 
Bladers are a simple class that use the very two attacks you started off with. 

 Plain Attack

 Hard Attack

Plain attack is basically the attack you will spam until the point you want to unleash one of the 4 finishers a blader can have through out maxing the Ultimate Blade skill. The finishing attacks have different aspects from running towards the enemy to spinning through, each hit a certain amount of times and can help depending on the situation you are in.

Fighting Style:

Bladers are a class that specialize in close armed combat, when we hit we hit hard and quick. Now while the damage is good the problem is exactly that "close armed" meaning barely any range. As a blader your most important learning lesson will be to master how far your attacks can reach, this is important while grinding due to keeping monsters from attacking you and saving pots, but it is especially important in PvP because if we can't get close to our enemy we stand no chance. Some things to learn is how far you can slide, sliding is when you are running and attack while doing so, your blades will reach out as far as they can to hit whatever you are aiming for before you get into position, this can help in many ways by getting the monsters attention to preventing it from running right into you.
Bladers are a class that specialize in precise damage, this means that due to our speed and power if we are to ever get a enemys back we will unleash more damage in those seconds then any other class can, this is one of the few advantages this class has, so don't take it lightly, especially in PvP since your enemy won't be able to get out of the flinch, but for monsters it's a different story since they can turn at will, so find ways to take advantage of it. 

The Overdrives:

Evasion: Sight

What is
Evasion? Evasion is a stat in LaTale that offers the ability to
basically give a character high avoid, avoid assists in monsters
missing you. 

The
more Evasion you got the more likely a monster is to miss on you. The
current version of LaTale has 12 types of gear and attributes that
offer the ability to pack Evasion on them, they are as follows;

Overdrive Sight : 24
Danger Detection : 10
Stockings : 17
Shoes : 17
Cat Pet : 12
Guild : 8 
Hyu Set : 8 
Ring : 4 
Tengu Bindi : 5 
Food : 10

Fashion: Dung Hat : 1 , and Mask ( Currently not available) : 3

What
are the numbers? That’s that max possible evasion stat you can get on
each. To better understand why the overdrive gives 24 instead of 20 evasion with gulliver blades, please scroll down to the "The Arsenal" section and read up on the special blades known as gullivers. 

Evasion is most useful on monsters that are
Yellow/Light Green for you, as the color gets less intense and
eventually down to gray the monsters will start missing naturally on
you and this is when a blader should consider buying a skill reset and
going into one of the more damage output fields. 

Critical: Nerve

It
is exactly what it sounds like, it improve critical rate and damage. In
other versions of LaTale they have puzzles that add more stats and
gloves that add 100% critical damage, we do not have these
possibilities making this build one of the weaker ways to go unless the
critical rate is very high. The current thought is that every 15 luck
is 1% critical rate and that we start off with the base of 5%. Anything
in your statistics window adds on to the overall rate you hit critical.

 I strongly suggest you skip this builds if you do not have the funds to afford the following or have them in the first place;

Panda : 35%   damage
Gloves : 25%+ damage
Tiger Sign : 3% Critical rate with the addition of luck for every upgrade
God/King Title : 3-4% Critical rate and 15% damage [active]
Hot Cocoa : 20%   damage

Note:
Just because the name is Nerve and it talks about adding critical
damage, it does not mean this build does the most critical damage. As
it will be explain in the power field this build is actually weaker in
damage and critical when side by side with power, the only thing that
is better is it's critical rate which is easily managed.

Power: Power

Power
is the greatest out of all builds in my opinion. To better understand
the total domination that power has over Critical you must understand
that critical damage is based off BASE damage, no other build offers
base damage addition other then Power. 

ALL CREDITS GO TO : RAVEN
The Formula: So it is understood why power trumps critical here is a quick

demonstration

BLADER BASICS FOR THE DUMMIES. 

Lets figure out your crit damage. Ill include foods I guess. No syrups or anything fancy.
~

Base = 50%
Panda = 35%
Gloves = 30%
Aura = 20%
Food = 20%
Total = 155%

NOTE: LETS CALL YOUR TOTAL CRIT DAMAGE, “CD”, AND YOUR BASE DAMAGE “BD”

Now lets talk builds and what they do
~ Crit build

10% crit rate
30% crit damage

10% rate = 150 luck

Say you do 1000 dmg normals. Youl be doing BD x CD + 30% base when you crit. That’s 2850 on crits. Awesome.

~ Dmg build

30% base dmg

Say
you do 1000 normals. Youl be doing 1.3 times your normal, which is
1300. Now do your new BD, which is 1300, x CD, when you crit. That’s
1300 x 155% which is:  3315. Even more awesome.

VERY IMPORTANT
NOTE: We both know you do way more damage than 1000 base. So these
totals get multiplied even more, and the difference in damage between
both builds is what?.

CONCLUSION!

Power build = 30% more damage on EVERY HIT, and hella higher crits.
Crit build= crappier damage on EVERY HIT, and crappier CRITS, but 10% more chance to crit. AKA 150 more luck.

Power
adds base stats and with this higher critical damage then Nerve itself.
What does this mean? Well unless you enjoy hitting 10% more critical
STICK WITH POWER. 

The Skills:

Skills: The Weapons.

 Ultimate Double Blade: You can use the ultimate skills of the Double Blade. Do more combo hits as level goes up. 5 points per level, Max at 5.

 Double Blade Mastery I: Raises basic accuracy of Double Blade attack.
One point per level, Max at 10.

 Double Blade Mastery II: Increases basic Twin Blade damage by 1% every level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

 Double Blade Mastery III: Raises 2% of max. damage per level but decreases Accuracy of Double Blade attacks by 1%. Increases Max. Damage by 2% per level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

 Sight Overdrive: Increase 3% of accuracy and 2% of Evasion Rate per level. Three points per level, Max at 10.

 Nerve Overdrive: Increase 3% of Critical Damage and 1% of Critical rate per level. Three points per level, Max at 10.

 Power Overdrive: Increase 3% of Physical Damage per level.
Three points per level, Max at 10.

 Double Blade Step: Dash forward quickly.
0 points per level, max at 1.

Skills: The Misc.

  Strength Upgrade: Increases strength by 3% per level. One point per level, Max at 10.

The Evasion Tree:

  Precise Attack: Increases hit rate by 1% per level. One point per level, Max at 10.

  Fast Movement: Increases speed by 1% per level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

  Danger Detection: Increases physical attack avoidability by 1% per level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

  Recovery of a Warrior: Restores 100 HP, plus 100 more points per level.
Two points per level, Max at 10.

  Focused Hit : Increase damage for a short time. Defense Stats will go down for a short time.
Two points per level, Max at 10.

The Rage Tree:

  Rage: Physical damage increases by 1% per level for a certain duration.
One point per level, Max at 10.

  Rage Explosion: Critical damage increases 5% per level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

  Berserker: Will reduce Max HP by a certain amount, raise Max SP by 1/2 of Max HP
lost, and raise strength for 60 seconds. Levels deducted/gained depend
on level.
One point per level, Max at 10.

  Berserker Control: Gain control of your Beserker status to negate HP loss. 5 points per level, Max at 1.

  Weapon Master: Raises Max./Min, Damage of your weapon. 2% per level. 2% per level. Two points per level, Max at 10.

The Aura Tree:

  Overpowering Gaze: Lowers targets' attack power around the caster by 2% per level. One point per level, Max at 10.

  Threatening Gaze: Lowers targets' defenses around the caster by 10% + 2% per level. One point per level, Max at 10.

  Bloodthirsty Aura: Raises yourself and your party member's critical damage by 2% per level. Two points per level, Max at 10.

  Cry of a Warrior: Lower movement speed of your enemy. Decrease movement speed by 5% per level.
Two points per level, Max at 10.

  Critical Recovery: Occasionally recovers HP when you are attacked with a Critical Hit. Restores 100 HP plus 20 points per level. Two points per level, Max at 10.

Builds

Builds?: This is where you will learn how to distribute your skill points and where you will figure out which build is for you. Bladers have many different options of builds, which can include having extra power while packing evasion, or having power with higher critical damage, it's up to you to figure out which one you find the most efficient for you, but this will vary depending on the monsters you are fighting or if you are trying to make a good Player vs Player build. 

Legend: The name of the build will be underlined and then skills will be named off with a + sign beside them, the number beside the "+" will determine to what level you need to get that skill to, now some of you might see skills like Ultimate Double Blade at +4 right away which is impossible at level 80, all this means is that you need to max it out as soon as possibly available, and depending in what order they are is what order you need to prioritize them in. 

References: You might see some across some builds when it appears scroll up to here and find out what they mean.

Reference 1: Ultimate Double Blade 5 is pretty useless and a waste of 5 points, in my 91 levels as a blader to date I have yet to find a need for it.

Reference 2: The Berserker skills are pretty useless in my opinion, and you will rarely find yourself using it ( Bossing/Fun ), if you can afford it go down another Tree until you have enough points to max both these skills out ( You will need 15 points ) and get Weapon Master to a decent level ( Around level 6 in my opinion ), when you do reset and do this.

Reference 3: Weapon Mastery III has a nasty habit of lowering your accuracy, many people leave this skill at a lower level or with no points at all until they have the appropriate accuracy gear to support it.

Special Note: Double Blade Step does not require any points to be used, you just need to buy it. 

Pure Evasion

Note: This is the weakest build for bladers, however this will guarantee that you will save ton of pots. This build is basically the card you use when you are grinding on monsters that require you to spam instant pots, not only will this make monsters miss on you but it will also raise your accuracy making you miss less, allowing you to fight higher leveled mobs earlier in the game and survive.

Skills: Weapons:

Ultimate Double Blade: +4 ( See Reference 1 )
Sight Overdrive: +10
Double Blade Mastery I: +5
Double Blade Mastery II: +10 
Double Blade Mastery III:+10 ( See Reference 3 )

Misc Skills:

Str Upgrade: +5
Precise Attack: +10
Fast Movement: +10
Danger Detection: +10
Str Upgrade: +5
Rage: +10
Rage Explosion: +10 ( See Reference 2 )
Berserker: +10

Berserker Control: +5
Weapon Master: +10
Overpowering Gaze: +5
Threatening Gaze: +5
Bloodthirsty Aura: +10

by this time you will be well into your 18x and the rest
of the skills are pretty crappy in my opinion so form your own ideas
and add the skills as you like. 

Evasion Power v1

Note: This build focuses on high evasion with power to kill at a decent speed. It is one of the most recommended builds by me and many when fighting monsters like Clowns/Ninjas/Kais at levels where they are dangerous to you, it will help you survive and deal out damage to not make them a threat for a long period of time. Version 1 focuses on evasion and accuracy before power and critical. 

Skills: Weapons:

Ultimate Double Blade: +4 ( See Reference 1 )
Sight Overdrive: +10
Double Blade Mastery I: +5
Double Blade Mastery II: +10 
Double Blade Mastery III:+10 ( See Reference 3 )

Misc Skills:

Str Upgrade: +10
Rage: +10
Rage Explosion: +10 ( See Reference 2 )
Precise Attack: +10
Fast Movement: +10
Danger Detection: +10
Berserker: +10

Berserker Control: +5
Weapon Master: +10
Overpowering Gaze: +5
Threatening Gaze: +5
Bloodthirsty Aura: +10

by this time you will be well into your 18x and the rest
of the skills are pretty crappy in my opinion so form your own ideas
and add the skills as you like. 

Evasion Power v2

Version 2 focuses on power and critical before evasion and accuracy. 

Str Upgrade: +10
Rage: +10
Rage Explosion: +10 ( See Reference 2 )

Berserker: +10

Berserker Control: +5
Weapon Master: +10
Precise Attack: +10

Fast Movement: +10

Danger Detection: +10
Overpowering Gaze: +5
Threatening Gaze: +5
Bloodthirsty Aura: +10

by this time you will be well into your 18x and the rest
of the skills are pretty crappy in my opinion so form your own ideas
and add the skills as you like. 

Power Critical

Note: This is the strongest build in the game, it will allow you to do the highest damage possible as a blader and slay anything in front of you before you know it.   
The build is very pricey to use when having to deal with mobs that do not miss on you and will ensure you miss if you do not have proper accuracy gear, so make sure you have the funds available before stepping into this type of build.

Skills: Weapons:

Ultimate Double Blade: +4 ( See Reference 1 )

Power Overdrive: +10

Double Blade Mastery I: +5

Double Blade Mastery II: +10 

Double Blade Mastery III:+10 ( See Reference 3 )

Misc Skills:

Str Upgrade: +5
Rage: +10

Rage Explosion: +10 ( See Reference 2 )
Berserker: +10
Berserker Control: +5

Weapon Master: +10

Overpowering Gaze: +5

Threatening Gaze: +5

Bloodthirsty Aura: +10
Str Upgrade: +5

Precise Attack: +10

Fast Movement: +10

Danger Detection: +10

by this time you will be well into your 18x and the rest
of the skills are pretty crappy in my opinion so form your own ideas
and add the skills as you like. 

Note: Your build does not have to follow these outlines to the teeth, it is just an outline you should follow with advice from people that have used various builds. Do what you like and experiment. 

Current Staff: Soon ( Dan ) , Begin ( Cam ) , Raven ( Evil ). Since this is an open program where I will allow anyone to post anything they want to add I will always be taking in suggestions or things that need to be fixed. Don't be afraid to post, all credit will be fairly given. 

 Credit: MyMmoGames ; AllGames ; and HiddenStreet for information acquired. And for OGP and Actoz for allowing us to use their intellectual property. Do not copy or redistribute format or guide without permission please. 
Started May 5th, 2009. 

Edited by DanTMad - May 29 2009 at 3:07pm

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