Second tier
Blacksmith
Blacksmith is the primary advancement option for the Merchant. In keeping with the Merchant's strategy of "damage over all else," the Blacksmith class has virtually nothing in the way of defensive options, relying on good equipment and exceptional damage output to see it through most encounters.
Offensively, the Blacksmith has two primary strategies. The first is to focus on self-buffs and deliver damage through autoattacks. In exchange for no longer affecting party members, the Blacksmith buffs have been made considerably stronger, and gain additional bonuses that apply only to autoattacks.
The second strategy is the more familiar one to the Merchant: build up Extort stacks through either Merchant's Extort or Blacksmith's Rush Down, then expend them all for tremendous burst through either Merchant's Mammonite or Blacksmith's Axe Tornado, supplemented with Hammer Fall to provide a bit more AoE damage and an additional source of Stun to sneak through some more challenging encounters.
In addition to these offensive skills, the Blacksmith also has access to a suite of supportive skills. Though they require some time investment to set up in crafting the required components, they allow the Blacksmith to tune the party's weapons and armor to deal with the varied situations they will face, making them an invaluable member of any party even beyond their exceptional DPS.
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Skill list
Skills
Skill names and effects are kept in English because that is how they appear in game.
- Steel Heart
Passive. Increases the Neutral Resist and Potion Effectiveness of the user. The only truly defensive skill in the tree.
- Adrenaline Rush
Increases the user's Attack Speed and Hit Rate for a duration. Has full uptime.
- Weapon Perfection
Removes the size penalty of all weapons, while also increasing the Critical Damage of autoattacks. Has full uptime.
- Power Thrust
Increases the damage of all skills used by a small amount, while greatly increasing the damage and Defense Pierce of autoattacks. Has full uptime.
- Rush Down
The user rushes to a distant target, dealing significant damage that can be Critical. Generates an Extort stack on hit, but has increased cooldown for each Extort stack on the user.
- Hammer Fall
Slams the ground, dealing damage with a chance to stun all enemies in a small area and generates one stack of Extort.
- Axe Tornado
Spins with the axe, dealing heavy damage to all enemies around the user. If the user has any Extort stacks, consumes all of them to deal massively increased damage that is guaranteed to be Critical.
- Maximize Power
The user focuses all of their strength into a short burst, maximizing their damage output for a short duration. Immediately generates five stacks of Extort and increases the user's Crit Rate by 100 for five seconds.
- Equipment Maintenance
Passive. Increases the duration and effectiveness of Weapon and Armor Reinforcement.
- Weapon Reinforcement
Reinforces the weapons of the party, providing a different beneficial effect depending on which level is used. Each level except level 1 requires a specific Maintenance Kit, which must be crafted at the Blacksmith's Guild. At Level 1, this skill gives additional Neutral Property damage to physical attacks and increases the Weapon Attack of all party members.
- Armor Reinforcement
Reinforces the armor of the party, providing different beneficial effects depending on which level is used. Each level except level 1 requires a specific Maintenance Kit, which must be crafted at the Blacksmith's Guild. At Level 1, this skill gives additional Hard and Soft defense to all party members.
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