Wielded in styles and techniques from across the ages, blades are melee weapons strong in both attack and defense.
It can inflict the States of Afflicted and Impaired. Paired with Pistol or Shotgun, all four common States can be inflicted, and therefore Exploited. Blood Magic / Fist can pair with Pistol / Shotgun in the same way.
Weapon Features - Short range (3 meters) - Draw Hate. DPS, Tank
Abilities[]
Tier 1[]
Guide Blades Skill Demonstration (Inner Ring)
Method[]
Delicate Strike - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals moderate damage. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Delicate Precision - Passive Ability - Increases the chance for Delicate Strike to penetrate.
Balanced Blade - Active Melee Ability - A blade attack that deals a large amount of damage to enemies around you. Exploits impaired state. Consumes all blade resources.
Expose Weakness - Passive Ability - Whenever you set impaired state, you increase your chance to penetrate for a short time.
Dancing Blade - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade focus that channels a large amount of damage over multiple hits. Consumes all blade resources.
Sharp Blades - Passive Ability - Increases all damage dealt by blade abilities.
Stunning Swirl - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage and stuns nearby enemies. Sets impaired state.
Technique[]
Immortal Spirit - Passive Ability - Whenever you penetrate, you will gain a short duration heal over time effect.
Blade Torrent - Active Melee Ability - A blade frenzy that deals a moderate amount of damage to nearby targets and generates a large amount of hate. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Perfect Storm - Passive Ability - Blade Torrent also deals damage over time. Sets afflicted state.
Martial Discipline - Active Melee Ability - Makes you significantly harder to hit for a short time.
Regeneration - Passive Ability - Martial Discipline grants you a heal over time effect.
Surging Blades - Active Melee Ability - You dash forward dealing a large amount of damage to enemies in a column in front of you.
Fluid Defense - Passive Ability (Elite) - Whenever you are glanced, your mitigation is increased for a short time, and whenever you penetrate your damage output is increased for a short time.
Tier 2[]
Guide Blades Skill Demonstration (Outer Ring)
= Wind Through Glass[]
Grass Cutter - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage. Exploits afflicted state. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Twist the Knife - Passive Ability - Whenever you penetrate, all your damage is increased for a short time.
Chop Shop - Active Melee Ability - A Blade focus attack that channels a large amount of damage to enemies around you and consumes all blade resources.
Seven and a Half Samurai - Passive Ability - Increases the damage of all focus category abilities.
Destiny - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals a large amount of damage. Exploits afflicted state. Consumes all blade resources.
Destiny Fulfilled - Passive Ability - Whenever you hit a target suffering from Destiny's damage over time effect, that effect is converted into a large amount of direct damage.
Four Seasons - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A single target blade attack that channels damage in multiple hits, with the final hit dealing increased damage. All hits are guaranteed to penetrate.
Tearing of Sky[]
Fatal Flourish - Passive Ability - After using abilities against targets you have afflicted eight times, your next attack is guaranteed to penetrate.
Spiral of Death - Active Melee Ability - You teleport to the target and deal a moderate amount of damage to nearby targets.
Incision - Passive Ability - Whenever you penetrate, you also apply damage over time.
Trial by Swords - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage and stuns the target. Sets impaired state.
Double Dash - Passive Ability - Reduces the recharge time of all your dash abilities.
Steel Echo - Active Melee Ability - For a short time after activating Steel Echo, all your blade abilities will deal an extra hit for a moderate amount of damage.
Flight of Daggers - Passive Ability (Elite) - Every fifth successful hit will activate an extra attack that deals damage over time to enemies around you. Sets afflicted state.
Crossing River's Edge[]
Bamboo Cutter - Active Melee Ability - A blade frenzy that deals a moderate amount of damage to enemies around you. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Sudden Return - Passive Ability - Whenever you penetrate, you deal an extra hit for a moderate amount of damage.
Five Petal Lotus - Active Melee Ability - A blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to the target and nearby enemies. Consumes all blade resources.
Fortunate Strike - Passive Ability - Whenever you hit a target in afflicted state, there's a small chance you will deal an extra hit for a small amount of damage.
Clearing the Path - Active Melee Ability - A blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to nearby targets. Exploits afflicted state. Consumes all blade resources.
Voracity - Passive Ability - Increases the penetration chance of all frenzy attacks.
Master's House - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - Creates a large area around you. While inside this area, your damage and movement speed is increased and you are immune to snare and root effects.
Running of the Jagged[]
Brandish - Active Melee Ability - A blade focus that channels a moderate amount of damage to the target and generates additional hate. While channeling, you have increased mitigation. consumes all blade resources.
Brandishing Support - Passive Ability - Reduces the recharge time, and increases the mitigation bonus of Brandish.
Matador - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage and increases your mitigation. Builds a weapon resource for all equipped weapons.
Riposte - Passive Ability - Whenever an attack glances you, you hit the attacker for a moderate amount of damage.
Binding Wounds - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade attack that deals a large amount of damage. Exploits impaired state. Consumes all blade resources.
Finish the Movement - Passive Ability - Whenever you finish channeling a focus attack, you build an extra weapon resource for the weapon that activates Finish the Movement.
Silver Streak - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - While Silver Streak is active, you are immune to crowd control effects, have increased movement speed, increased mitigation and heal yourself for a small amount every time you hit.
Sharpening the Senses[]
Tipped Scales - Passive Ability - Whenever you hit an impaired target, you get a small heal over time effect.
Saving Grace - Active Melee Ability - You charge to your defensive target and significantly reduce the amount of damage dealt by the next attack on your defensive target.
Stave Off - Passive Ability - Whenever an attack glances off you, there is a chance that the attacker is stunned and impaired for a short time.
Point of Harmony - Active Melee Ability - A channeled self heal.
On Guard - Passive Ability - Whenever you set impaired state, your mitigation is increased.
Sling Blade - Active Melee Ability - A single target blade throw that deals a moderate amount of damage and damage over time. Sets afflicted state.
Sixth Sense - Passive Ability (Elite) - Every sixth attack that glances you triggers a self heal.
The Cutting Artist[]
Forking Paths - Active Melee Ability - A blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to nearby enemies. Exploits afflicted state. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Enervate - Passive Ability - Whenever an attack glances you, you apply damage over time to the attacker. Sets afflicted state.
Crimson Theater - Active Melee Ability - Creates a small area around you that deals damage and generates hate to enemies inside the area. Consumes all blade resources.
Perseverance - Passive Ability - Whenever you activate a frenzy category ability, you are healed for a small amount.
Steel Palace - Active Melee Ability - A blade attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to nearby enemies. Exploits afflicted state. Consumes all blade resources.
Shadow Play - Passive Ability - Crimson Theater also increases your mitigation.
The Art of War - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A blade attack that deals damage to nearby enemies and greatly increases your mitigation for a short time. Any target hit is forced to attack you and stunned. Sets impaired state.
Augments[]
Damage
- Two Cuts - Whenever you hit an enemy with a Blade ability, you apply the Two Cuts effect. Hitting the enemy with a Blade ability consumes this effect to deal 5 damage.
Survivability
- Vigour - Whenever an enemy attack glances you, you gain 15% of the damage it dealt back as healing.