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Lord Nine Sword and Shield Class Setting Guide: Perfect Analysis of Tier 1 Reasons and Skill Tree
This is a detailed guide to why the Sword and Shield class has become Tier 1 in Road Nine, as well as skill trees and ability settings. It provides skill selection, hunting and PvP strategies, and customized ability recommendations for free-to-play to mid-spending users.
1. 🛡️ Sword and Shield, Rising as a Tier 1 Class: Neutral & Lane Survival Strategies
- ✅ Sword and Shield is a class that can survive in both neutral and lane situations, and many users are currently choosing it.
- ✅ The creator made this guide based on a deep affection and research for the Sword and Shield class.
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1. 🛡️ Sword and Shield, Rising as a Tier 1 Class: Neutral & Lane Survival Strategies
- ✅ Sword and Shield is a class that can survive in both neutral and lane situations, and many users are currently choosing it.
- ✅ The creator made this guide based on a deep affection and research for the Sword and Shield class.
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2. ⚔️ Sword and Shield Character Analysis: All-Around & Top-Tier Performance
- ✅ It is an all-around character in all aspects except for area hunting.
- ✅ It's good for free-to-play users, but it gets even stronger over time.
- ✅ Single hunting ability is in the top tier among ten characters.
- ✅ Shows excellent performance in team battles and 1v1 PvP.
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3. 🛠️ Perfect Skill Tree Analysis: Combo, Charge, Tactical Control Usage
- ✅ The skill tree may vary depending on the setting method.
- ✅ Combo: Strike provides increased critical hit chance, and Wound provides increased damage taken. The choice depends on the critical damage amount.
- ✅ Chain Attack and Charge: Used fixedly.
- ✅ Dig In: Used selectively when points are insufficient.
- ✅ Falling Root: Can be used for both area and single hunting.
- ⚠️ Space Sword of Restraint: Not used in single hunting due to high MP consumption.
- ⚠️ Link: Used for area hunting, but the range is not wide.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Continuous Slash (Strike) | Increased critical hit chance |
| Continuous Slash (Wound) | Increased damage taken |
| Chain Attack | Fixed use |
| Charge | Fixed use |
| Dig In | Selective use when points are insufficient |
| Falling Root | Area/Single Hunting |
| Space Sword of Restraint | High MP consumption, Single X |
| Link | Area Hunting, Narrow Range |
Tactical Control: Choose to increase enhancement or attack speed/accuracy/movement speed depending on whether the shield buff is present.
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4. 🎯 Tactical Control & Holy Strike Usage: Situational Selection Guide
- ✅ Tactical Control: Choose to increase enhancement or attack speed/accuracy/movement speed depending on whether the shield buff is present.
- ✅ Holy Strike: Choose Strike in 1v1 situations during PvP, and Silence in general.
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5. ⚔️ Why It's Strong in Single Hunting: Core Buffs and Stats
- ✅ Continuous Slash Wound is useful for over-farming and single hunting by increasing melee damage taken.
- ✅ Melee Hit Reinforcement provides a melee damage increase buff (12%, lasts 16 seconds), and can be maintained constantly if cooldown reduction is achieved.
- ✅ Specializes in single hunting by selectively utilizing defense penetration, attack speed, accuracy, and movement speed buffs.
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6. 💪 Strengthening Sustain: 85 & 90 Skills, Defense Buff Usage
- ✅ The 85 skill provides a 15% lifesteal effect.
- ✅ The defense buff provides additional defense based on your own defense, and the damage reduction effect increases as it accumulates.
- ✅ The 90 passive has a high shield block chance and is constantly maintained, helping with hunting.
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7. 🛡️ Area & Confidence Skills: Recovery and Shield Block Effects
- ✅ The Area skill provides a recovery effect, making it useful for single hunting and over-farming.
- ✅ The Confidence skill increases shield block chance by 15% and provides damage reduction equal to the shield defense.
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8. 📌 Priority Skill Tree: Single, Area Hunting & PvP Core Skills
- ✅ Single Hunting: Prioritize taking Chain Attack Reinforcement, Confidence, Charge, Falling Root, Command, and Holy Strike.
- ✅ Area Hunting: Use Falling Root, Restraint Sword, and Holy Strike, and exclude Restraint Sword or Confidence/Charge if MP is insufficient.
- ✅ PvP: Only take 7 points in Dig In Stun to secure motion speed.
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9. ⚔️ PvP Strategy: Dig In Usage & Buff/Skill Selection
- ✅ Dig In has the fastest motion, making it advantageous in the first hit fight and useful for interrupting the opponent's skills.
- ✅ In PvP, you can use attack buffs instead of defense buffs, or choose Strike instead of Silence for Holy Strike.
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10. 💎 Engraving Guide: Hunting & PvP Core Engravings
- ✅ Hunting: Use melee defense penetration engraving.
- ✅ PvP: Shield block amount is recommended, aiming for 80 or higher.
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11. 🛡️ Shield Block Amount vs Chance: Gunblade & Frontline Comparison Analysis
- ✅ Gunblade recommends defense amount because shield block chance and amount increase together when leveling up, and the chance increases by 15% with the Confidence skill.
- ✅ Frontline prefers chance because shield block amount increases more when leveling up.
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12. 🔮 Ability Guide: Why Hunter & Venom Are Recommended
- ✅ Abilities vary depending on the character setting, and there is no right answer.
- ✅ Free-to-play/low-spending users are recommended to start with Hunter and switch to Venom.
- ✅ Venom is capable of area hunting, over-farming, and PvP, and is an all-around ability.
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13. 🧪 Venom Setting Method: Vitality, Scouting, Enhancement Skill Selection
- ✅ Vitality: Use Life-Threatening Mineral for hunting, and Overcome for PvP.
- ✅ Scouting: Use Winged Musek for single, and Space Collapse for area.
- ✅ Enhancement: Use Penetration if penetration is insufficient, and Inferno if sufficient. Move Lightning Bolt forward for area.
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14. 💰 Recommended Abilities for Mid-Spenders and Above: Striker & Assassin
- ✅ Mid-spending users are recommended Striker for area hunting and Assassin for single.
- ✅ Striker has no vitality, showing high damage output.
- ✅ Gunblade lacks area skills, so it uses Reverse Striker a lot, and Self-Generating Field is better than Potassium.
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15. 🗡️ Single Hunting & Conclusion: Assassin, Skill Usage Tips
- ✅ Use Assassin for single hunting, and use Divine Skill, Fire Art, and Winged Musek if accuracy is insufficient.
- ✅ The reason for using Winged Musek forward is to increase defense penetration for melee users.