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Melee Styles

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All characters, both caster and melee, get these styles. To use styles, type /style (or /s) and the corresponding number of the style.

Common styles

Name Level Description
(1) Normal 1 The most basic combat style. Does not affect your combat in any way.
(2) Aggressive 1 Puts you into an aggressive stance, sacrificing avoidance for increased attack speed.
(3) Defensive 1 Puts you into a defensive stance, sacrificing attack speed for increased avoidance.


Special class styles

All melee and hybrid have special class specific styles, in addition to the three standard styles.

Melee classes

Warrior

Name Level Description
(1) Normal 1 The most basic combat style. Does not affect your combat in any way.
(2) Aggressive 1 Puts you into an aggressive stance, sacrificing avoidance for increased attack speed.
(3) Defensive 1 Puts you into a defensive stance, sacrificing attack speed for increased avoidance.
(4) Vindicator's Stance 65 Increase Mitigation
Stamina Cost: None, Mitigation: 13%
(5) Massive Kick 10 Empowers your next Kick to automatically hit, deal 10 times damage, and knockback the target a fair amount. This will also disable the target's standard Summoning ability if applicable for 2 seconds to aid in its use as a positioning tool. Cost: 42 - 170 stamina.
(6) Bloodlust 15 Doubles aggro generation for 3 seconds. Cost: 15% of maximum stamina
(7) "Charge!" 20 Increases the movement speed of all nearby group/raid members by 25% for 3 seconds. Cost: 8 - 488 stamina.
(8) Driving Strike 25 Strikes out with your Primary-hand weapon, landing an extra attack which always hits and crits for 5 times damage. Reuse time scales with weapon delay. Cost: 5 - 325 stamina.
(9) Defend 30 Reduces incoming melee damage by 15% for 3 seconds. Cost: 35% of maximum stamina.
(10) Rampage 35 Performs a full round of attacks on a nearby target other than the target you are currently attacking, reuse based off weapon delay. Cost: 8 - 488 stamina.
(11) "On Your Feet!" 40 Causes all nearby group/raid members to dodge the next 2 attacks against them within the next 5 seconds. Cost: 12 - 780 stamina.
(12) Whirlwind 45 Performs a full round of attacks to up to 5 targets within a short range, reuse based off weapon delay. Cost: 30% of maximum stamina.
(13) "Finish Him!" 50 For the next 5 seconds, all nearby group/raid members gain 10% Critical chance and deal 2.5 times damage with Critical Hits provided their current HP ratio is at least 3 times as high as their target's HP ratio. Cost: 60% of maximum stamina.
(14) Merciless Taunt 55 Increases your aggro with the target by an enormous amount (all but guaranteeing you will take aggro), then decreases it by the same amount 3 seconds later. Cost: 55% of maximum stamina.
(15) "NOW!" 60 Any spells currently being cast by any raid/group members (not Bards) will complete casting immediately. Anyone who was not casting at the time but begins to do so within the next half second will also instantly cast their spell. Cost: 80% of maximum stamina.
(16) Enrage 65 Causes you to riposte all attacks for the next 2 seconds. Cost: 100% of maximum stamina.
(17) Resilient Defense 65 Increases Mitigation by 15% for 10 seconds. Cost: 20% of maximum stamina. (NOTE: prevents you from using abilities or gaining Endurance for 15 seconds.)

Monk

Name Level Description
(1) Normal 1 The most basic combat style. Does not affect your combat in any way.
(2) Aggressive 1 Puts you into an aggressive stance, sacrificing avoidance for increased attack speed.

Enables additional effects for the following abilities:

  • Kick - Interrupt spells
  • Round Kick - Perform a round of attacks on all nearby opponents. This breaks the 10% bonus received from engaging an NPC continuously.
  • Flying Kick - Large DD after level 50
(3) Defensive 1 Puts you into an defensive stance, sacrificing attack speed for additional avoidance.

Enables additional effects for the following abilities:

  • Eagle Strike - Lifetap
  • Tiger Claw - Generates aggro
  • Dragonpunch/Tail Rake - Knockback and immobilize
(4) Ethereal Form 60 You become invulnerable until exhausted. Must be in combat. 10 min reuse.
(5) Wall of Will 35 You become immune to Fear, Charm, Mesmerization and gain an increase in all resistances.

Rogue

Name Level Description
(4) Stalker's distraction 10 Allows backstab openings when Rogue hits from the front.
(5) Shadowing stance 15 Decrease hate.
(6) Deadly precision 25 Increase accuracy and damage.
(7) Crippling point 35 Damage enemy mana and endurance.
(8) Uncanny dodge 45 Enemy never behind Rogue.
(9) Nimble dance 55 Dodge all hits untill exausted.
(10) Critical precision 60 All hits double damage untill exausted.
(11) Nightblade's grace 65 Dodge spell attacks.


Hybrid classes

Ranger

Name Level Description
(4) Blade Guard 20 Puts you into a guarded state, increasing your parry and riposte at the cost of your offhand attack. Requires 2 Weapons
(5) Whirling Strikes 35 Automatically Succeed Double Attack and Dual Wield until exhausted. Requires 2 Weapons.
(6) Relentless Parry 45 Auto-Parry All Attacks until Exhausted.
(7) Flurry of Shots 55 Shoot Twice per Round until Exhausted.
(8) Avenger's Precision 65 Increase Archery Accuracy; Lose Avoidance, Parry, Riposte, Dodge.


Paladin

Name Level Description
(4) Guarding Blade 20 Puts you into a focused stance, increasing both hate and parry. Very useful when tanking extremely hard foes or swarms of them.
(5) Cleansing Blades 35 Puts you into a focused state, increasing critical hits veruses all neutral or evil targets.
(6) Stoical Will 45 Grants the paladin immunity to fear, charm, and mesmerizing effects. Does not affect unresistable charm/mez.
(7) Lady's Strike 55 Grants the Paladin an area of effect hate proc. Procs very rarely, does not generate much aggro, drains stamina fast.
(8) Banishing Strike 65 Allows the paladin to land one extremely(capped at 7500) powerful strike against an undead foe, best used with /s 5 for maximum damage. Exhausted for 10 min after use.


Shadowknight

Name Level Description
(4) Seething Fury 20 Increases aggro generated.
(5) Dismissive Strike 35 Increases Interruption chance and adds a dispel proc to melee.
(6) Loathing Guard 45 Twenty percent increase to avoidance. Moderate to high stamina useage.
(7) Leeching Hand 55 Heals for any amount of damage you deal.
(8) Terror Guard 65 Any creature striking you will be mesmerized for about one minute thirty seconds. Does not work on non-mezable NPCs.


Bard

Name Level Description
(4) Focused Blade 20 Puts you into a focused stance, increasing both attack speed and damage while consuming stamina at an accelerated rate.
(5) Focused Mind 40 Puts you into a mentally focused state, pulsing songs can not be interrupted while this is active. Consumes stamina.
(6) Nimble Dance 55 Allows you to dodge all incoming melee attacks as long as you are standing up, and as long as your stamina holds out.
(7) Will of the Maestro 65 Your mental will is hightened to extraordinary levels. Immunity to stun, mesmerize, fear and charm, as well as increased resistances as long as stamina is available.


Beastlord

Skill Name Level Description
(4) Spiritual Guardian 20 Warder can tank over Beastlord
(5) Flurry of Blows 40 (No Two-Handed Weapon) Increase attack speed; Decrease accuracy
(6) Rending Rage 55 Interrupt all spells until exhausted
(6) Spiritual Empathy 65 Share damage with Warder