One of the first things you'll notice about the economy in Blade & Soul is that almost everything you sell is worth 1 measly bronze coin… in a place where vendors sell dumplings for about 5 silver coins, or 500 bronze coins. You'll want to avoid red zones like the plague as they are pretty much unblockable. When there are telegraphs, they come in the form of yellow and red zones that appear beneath the boss's feet that tell you when one of their attacks are about to come off. Apart from bosses and semi-bosses, most enemies won't have telegraphing data so you need to watch out for the attack animations of an enemy to dodge and counter properly. That might sound obvious, but when it comes to dungeon raids, enemies move around the environment a lot and the game relies on manual targeting. As such, the combat system of Blade & Soul is one of the best in the MMO genre, even though the game has been out for several years already in Korea and other Asian territories.įirst and foremost, you need to have the enemy in front of you and within the distance necessary of your chosen attack. Much of the terminology from fighting games actually applies here: spacing, frame data, combos, juggles, etc. Beyond this tips guide, you can learn more about the game by heading to Jonathan Leack's features on what you should know about the game before you start as well as his handy class guide.īlade & Soul has a reactive, action-based fighting system that you might not be familiar with when it comes to MMOs.

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