For Blade and Soul, the powerful Elemental Fighter (Soul Fighter) will be released on June 22. This hybrid class is a mix of Kung Fu Master and Elementalist, dealing significant damage in both melee and ranged combat.
What is better than Kung Fu? Kung Fu and magic, of course! And that’s exactly what the Elemental Fighter can do. This new hero in NCSoft’s colorful Asia MMO probably thought, “Kung Fu is sooo mainstream” and therefore borrowed a few tricks from the Elementalist – the wizard class of Blade & Soul.
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Ice Projectile-Slinging Fighter!
Therefore, the Elemental Fighter can do both – Country and Western or elemental magic and cool Kung Fu moves. With its spells, the Elemental Fighter is effective in both close combat and at medium ranges, and opponents cannot be safe at any distance.
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As a special action, the Elemental Fighter can change its stance and effectively respond to any game situation. The individual stances are:
- Kung Fu Stance: The standard stance of the Elemental Fighter. It plays similarly to the Kung Fu Master but has even more defensive options such as counters and blocks, which can build up even more powerful effects.
- Elemental Stance: This stance provides devastating elemental attacks from a distance that slow down and otherwise restrict the opponent. However, this stance has the disadvantage of having relatively long cooldown times. The attacks of the Elemental Fighter consist of ice or earth.
The trick with the Elemental Fighter is to dynamically change stances to always be optimally equipped for any situation. In one-on-one combat, the Kung Fu stance is optimal, but if the opponent tries to escape, you can pin them down with ice effects in the Elemental stance. And when multiple opponents show up, the control effects from the elements are extremely useful.
Mein-MMO says: I actually find the idea of the Elemental Fighter quite cool and fitting for the setting. However, I hear from Korea that this class has significantly disrupted the balancing. Therefore, I’m a bit skeptical. But how do you see it? Will you also create a Soul Fighter or is the new class too overpowered for you? Write it in the comments!
