NIGHTFALL BLADER GUIDE

"When the determination of a man and his courage reaches the peak of his capacity it only remains to
risk and sacrifice of freeing others from danger and death. In the war between Ousters, Vampires and
Slayers the class of Splitters is an alternative for those seeking safety, distraction and especially rid the
fellows of threats even if it costs the live of the Splitter, however this class is considered the ultimate
physical punishment executioner against any type of magic caster threat and especially same race
Slayer magical traitors."

STRENGTH Build "The Mage Hunter"

Mage Hunter, The Punisher, full STR, STR based or simple call them as you prefer. Once level
150 and a Job Changed slayer add 100 points in DEX and the rest into STR. At Horus 100 you
should look like the picture below.

Advantages
-Berserker is based on STR. The more you have the better Damage the buff gives.
-The greatest physical damage dealer compared to the other game classes.
-The second major alternative among the race of Slayers to hunt treasure and items.
-Just as Defenders the Splitters also have excellent locomotion.
-The greatest protection among all classes.
-The combination of high protection and the skill Air Shield activated will stand even 3
physical opponents at same time when PvP.
-With Wild Typhon skill can temporarily stun strong beings: Crag, Red Berith, Gores Gland
(vampire summon), Adam Keeper and even Asylion b2 boss...
-This Splitter build with Granter supports can reach 5000 health points (HP) around Horus
60~70. In the final Horus 100 can reach values above 6000.
-Due to the high damage most skills perform Critical Hit when they hit.
-Performs a high amount of HPs and MPs thanks to skill 170 Bomb Crash Walk.
-Has good combos.
-No need too much HPs to train compared to Defenders.
-The skill 150 Dragon Tornado does not miss.
-The drop rate for weapons is very high in our server for gunners, sworders and particulalrly
Bladers.

-The ultimate physical class to exterminate Elemental Ousters, Bishops, Granters and MagicCaster Vampires.
-Can train and level up easier and more quickly.
Disadvantages
-Low ToHit.
-Does not hit the Chief Mount Crag (Red Crag) at night.
-Need MPs and Attack Speed to level comfortably.
-The skill Berserker reduces too much defense when activated.
-Due to a bug found in this version of Darkeden the skill Charging Power can not be stand
together with the skill Berserker.
-Can possibly not hit Mage-Caster Vampires at night and practically will not hit Warrior
Vampire (these even under the Intimate Grail).
-The Combat Ousters are another big problem to deal alone with.
-Due to this build restrictions of Tohit and Defense the player tends to get bored, but that is
relative.

DEXTERITY Build "The Agile Berserker"

Full DEX, DEX based, you name it. Once level 150 and a Job Changed slayer you should add all
that bonus get in DEX. At Horus 100 you should look like the picture below.

Advantages
-Excellent balance of physical characteristics: ToHit, Defense, Protection and especially
Damage.
-Just as Defenders the Splitters also have excellent locomotion.
-Average skills Critical Hit performance.
-The fact that most Splitters choose to allocate more attribute points in strength this build will
drastically surprise any opponent.
-Performs a high amount of HPs and MPs thanks to skill 170 Bomb Crash Walk.
-Has good combos.
-Need more HPs to train compared to Strenght Splitters.
-The skill 150 Dragon Tornado does not miss.
-The drop rate for weapons is very high in our server for gunners, sworders and particulalrly
Bladers.
-Due to the balance of this build its always a good company to be in a party.
-They are expansive. The more you play the more you evolve the offensive and defensive
characteristics of them. In other words it is a class that gives the player fun for a long period
of time.
Disadvantages
-Wild Typhon has a kind of malfunction. You should add 90 bonus points into STR to eliminate
the problem.
-To obtain the maximum efficiency of this build is necessary to equip the counter-balance rings

before activating Potential Explosion and Berserker skills.

-HP is similar of the Defenders.
-Need MPs and Attack Speed to level comfortably.
-Due to a bug found in this version of Darkeden the skill Charging Power can not be stand
together with the skill Berserker.
-Can possibly not hit Warrior Vampire at night (without Granter Intimate Grail assistance).
-The Combat Ousters are sometimes a problem to deal alone with (at least until Horus
80~90).
-The damage of 150 and 170 skills are not so good as the Defender ones.

Stereotype
For each Splitter STR operates as follows: the first point adds 3.5 HP. The second 4 HP. The
third 3.5 HP. The fifth 4 HP... Splitters in general on any version or Darkeden server have a
too abounding life pool, because of the weapon blade domain higher compared to the other
classes of Slayers. What would be about 1700 HP. Do not think that the fact you add STR on
your Defender you will be as strong as one Splitter. WRONG! Again mentioning that the
advantage of the Splitters are the skills Berserker and Air Shield, but mainly their HP for most
circumstances. These are the stereotypes characteristics of a Splitter. Considering Damage
will grown as your STR is allocated more.

Buffs
Similar to the Defenders the Splitters can be very addicted to the Enchanter buffs (not a case
for strength Spliiters based). The more items with ToHit equipped the largest bonus obtained
through the enchanter buffs will be (for ToHit) same goes for STR and Damage, however there
is a proper order to apply the buffs. The image below shows the correct order.

Increases DEX by +8 and STR by +8. It is important and should be

applied before using berserker and ghost blade to get more Tohit and bonus then. Another
rule.

I consider this a very important skill. It acts as a two-sided knife on

the one hand will reduce some Defense points while activated but will significantly increase
your Tohit and Damage.
I performed some tests, but remember that the larger the STR the higher the bonus applied to
the Damage will be.

with 554 ToHit ghost blade gives +87 ToHit

with 352 ToHit ghost blade gives +55 ToHit, so basically for
every 200 ToHit (considering Dragon Eye 2) Ghost Blade bonus increases +32 ToHit
approximately. You can experiment more, but remember DEX Splitters will always have more
ToHit (this was a basic test applying only potential explosion and then ghost blade. It was a
test I did comparing the two Splitter builds I'm teaching. Below a test that shows ToHit deeper
and in constant evolution according to the Splitter STR and DEX.

An enhanced and better version of the Defenders Sharp Shield

skill.

Provides +15 of minimal and maximal Damage. This skill is often

activated before Job Change only, since the bonus damage is very low, so use during the

stages of non Job Changed Slayer.

Grade Skills
+5 Tohit.

+15 Attack Speed.

+15 Curse Resistance.

+2 HPs.

DEXTERITY based Splitter

+5 DEX.

STRENGTH based Splitter

+5 STR.

+5% of Tohit. Thanks @Dream he was right to say. The more ToHit the moreit will
affect when buffing up.

Blader Set
The set of this class isn't very expensive and you can solely play with it, while you search for items and
makes fortune (STR based). On the other hand if you plan to make a DEX based one you need a second
class to buy the items. Primarily an enchanter. With time, patience and determination you can even
PvE Asylion Adam Keeper alone (STR based). Although the time for this PVE is double compared to
Granters.

For PvP against Elemental Ousters I highly suggest Damage and Critical Hit (DEX based
Splitter). Alternatively STR based Splitters are bound to be the ultimate warriors against
magical casters, so with a Critical Hit pet and the assistance of a Granter you are done.
Suggestion
Jewelry: HPs, All Resistance, Curse Resistance, Poison Resistance, DEX or STR.
Armors (glove, boot, belt, shield, torso, leg and helmet): The main thing is All Resistance. If
possible Poison Resistance and/or Curse Resistance (Keeper has it).
Blade: the main thing is HPs and MPs. The third option I recommend STR, INT, DEX, All

Attribute or attack options (Attack Speed, Critical Hit, Damage).

Note: I could notice that the weapon grade causes a huge impact considering the critical, so
try to find a blade romphaia or harpe to promote!
Thats is not a rule, but the best set for PvE and PvP in my opinion to get is: a pendant, 4 rings
and 2 bracelets (each piece) with HPs, All Resistance, and Curse Resistance.
For armors All Resistance, Curse Resistance and some attribute. The sword with HPs, MPs and
Attack Speed. For the shield attributes and All Resistance.
The zap set are green zap +3 or +4 with Damage.
Here is an image of my current blader set:

Pet Window
The pet is Tohit and no reason to argue. Why? Buff in the correct order with a Tohit pet level
50 will further increase Tohit and also by reason that Splitters have low ToHit.

An alternative and excellent choice that I suggest is to get a Critical Hit pet. They improve the
Damage of most of the Splitter skills (STR based Splitter).

Belt and Hotkey Setup

F10:
F10:
F11:
F12:

Bomb Crash Walk, Burning Sol, Dragon Tornado

Shadow Walk, Spit Stream, Tornado Sever
Blaze Walk, Shadow Dancing, Wild Typhoon
Potential Explosion, Berserker, Ghost Blade, Air Shield

Offensive Skills

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: adds a kind of damage effect over time and with a duration of about 1 minute. It
changes very little regardless of the build, but the from the "poison" makes drasticall and high
HPs.
Important note: both Splitter builds will deal the same damage amount regarding this skill
effect and the duration of it at level 100 is 1 minute and 20 seconds. The more STR your
Splitter has, the more damage will be dealt when it impact on target. Again the "poison" effect
damage is 120 every 2~3 seconds.
UPDATE recently testing I realized that the game option Magical Attack increases the damage
of the skill's effect. This type of option can be acquired (for now) through the Red Zaps and
the Bible Legios. Certainly the potential of skill will increase dramatically.

Range:


Delay:
Damage:

Utility: it will never miss and the damage of it increases according to the blader.
Unfortunately this version of Darkeden has note Dragon Tornado upgrade that allows it to
follow the target, so here on Nightfall the tornado will get lost in wrong direction after the
releasing time.

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: high damage in PvE and even against Elementals Ousters. The longer you keep the
skill by pressing and mouse button, the greater the damage will be when discharged.

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: ideal to get distance from anything. Little damage. Hold caps lock to follow your
enemies (if no more than one target around).

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: this skill is your bread and butter for most occasions including same race PvP. I
suggest using it in combo with Shadow Walk to be more effective.


Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: use it in synergy with the Bomb Crash Walk and HPs. I believe the STR based Splitter
will make PvM the easiest and fun thing to do in the entire game.

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: a improved version of the Defenders skill called Blitz Sliding. This skill hits 3 times,
but unfortunately this version of Darkeden it does not cause the effect of locking the
opponent. Yet this skill in combination with Shadow Dancing is a bread and butter to use
against anything you can hit.

Damage:
Delay:
Range:

Utility: bread and butter for use in conjunction to Blaze Walk. It can hit from far and a good
damage. It do not miss, but I think that is buggy and even if you realize the skill won't land
damage.

Damage:
Range:

Delay:

Utility: one of our more expected skill. This baby can momentarily spin anything you hit and
the best is that can be more than 2 targets at the same time. Use it to wipe the mages or
anything that you and your party want.
Important note: If you want to make use of the skill and opted to play with a dexterity based
Splitter you must add 90 points into strength. This will cause the skill to work properly.

Questions and Answers

Why play as blader?
Bladers in my opinion are more than the tough guys. In this version they have devastating
skills. I believe that with determination to achieve the highest levels (Horus 85 above), a good
set and friends you will be one of the happiest warriors in the entire server. I highly suggest a
Blader more balanced, although DEX based Splitters are overall very good, but what I can say
is that the higher your STR higher is your HP. Wild Typhoon can spin anything you hit and even
game bosses and high level monsters during day, so you can solo a Chief Mount Crag without
take a single hit from him. In party with Granters you will be able to do the same thing to
against Asylion Adam Keeper.
While STR based Splitters have outstanding berserker damage bonus, DEX based ones can
equip croceous balance rings and do almost the same thing. Using this cheap method you can
virtually boost your damage and always have a high tohit.
Bladers also have an excellent ability to move around and HPs different from Defenders you
do not necessarily have to stand on the same spot to level up.

Where train blader?

You start the game without a good blade, so in this case the situation changes completely.
Without a good set I suggest starting slowly and with patience. Although as I mentioned in the
Sworder Guide both classes need financial support and for this reason I suggest one
Enchanter to enchant items, buy hour glasses and whatever you find necessarily.
Anyway with a Harpe in decent hands and one set:
Until level 60
- Get out of the complex block on Eslaniam NW to kill some zombies.
- Hit the monsters always with the latest skills you learn and do not forget to learn them.
- Proceed to the outskirts of Eslaniam as soon as possible and in consequence Drobeta NE.
From level 60 up to 130
- Raoh b1 during day turn and Drobeta (afternoons and night depending on the armor you
have).
- Eslaniam Dungeon.
From level 130 to 190
- Eslaniam Dungeons and Limbo.
- Hell garden skills to train 1 150 and 170. (important detail is that the more your STR Splitter
has, then faster the 170 skill climbs levels).
From level 190 to 250
During 2x EXP event thus using hour glasses

- Eslaniam and Limbo Dungeons (for DEX based Splitters).

- Castle Dungeon or Waterway Dungeon (for STR based Splitters).
Persistence is the key to success! Good luck!

When someone should play as a blade?

This class is the best choice to confront Elemental Ousters and even Magic-Caster Vampires,
but as I mentioned several times Splitters are excellent to play as a main character too. If you
suffer too much bullying from other players who play with these classes I mentioned do not
hesitate to create a blader for you. Punish them!

How to play the blade?

There are things you need to remember.
-Always buff in the correct order and do not forget to reactivate buffs when they disappear
(this is generic for any slayer).
-If you caught yourself running out of HP too fast jump far from mages and keep casting Bomb
Crash Walk. With this method you will be able to fill your HP bar faster even with 6 HPs
equipped.
-If you see a Red Crag get distance. Select Wild Typhoon skill and cast from far. Notice your
blader will approach slowly. Eventually the Red Crag will bash you, but do not worry if you
succeed you will start spinning him, then it will be up to you kill him this way or not. You can
trap yourself and spam Spit Stream in the target (image below). It can be a Chief Berith or a
Mount Crag too.

-Like I suggested use Tornado Sever followed by Bomb Crash Walk. The combination is deadly.
-Always drop a Dragon Tornado where you're focusing stand still.
-Drink lots of ampule and drink as much as possible.
-Bishops CCW will be enough to give a decent PK to any Elemental Ouster or if you prefer ask
Enchanter for buffs. If a Defender cast Sword of Thor you are done. You will instantly PK
anything you hit!
-To train STR during the early stages and even after the Job Change is necessary to attack with
the skill Blaze Walk and perform a Shadow Dance (2 hit combo). That way you earn much
more domain experience.

How to play around with a blade? (someone else is

the Blader)
Ask them to use Wild Typhoon always. Let him play the tough guy and follow him. Lazy
bladers are useless, so kick him from party immediately if he is not playing for real. As
enchanter keep the guy always buffed starting with intimate grail, bless and striking. As a
healer throw Passion Heal from far, cast CCW against anything you can and don't forget to
clean the Blader from evil magics like poisons or curses. As a Defender be always close to the
blader possible. Casting Sword of Thor and attacking with Lar Slash while the Blader will spin
the mages for you.

How to go PvP with a blader?

In PvP against ousters the tip is get near them. I would start with blaze walk and bomb crash
walk combo and immediately drop a Dragon Tornado to them and spit stream. Eventually she

will teleport or paralyze you. Be persistent and you will commit PK. The only hard time is to
face more than one Elemental Ouster or a Earth Ouster casting Beat Heads, because fury of
gnome will eventually slow you down, so walking away obviously will result in free beat heads,
cross finger if she teleport you near cast spit stream and dragon tornado always you can.
Against Combat Ousters is a hard time depending your build and especially tohit. Do not face
any Combat Ouster with less than 550 Tohit in my opinion. Magic-Caster Vampires are cheap
as always. They end up trying to paralyze when they fell being hurt, so the faster you are to
commit PK the less time you give them to realize what is going on. Get lightness, bless and
striking and they will start chatting like always. Warriors Vampires will eventually try to
ambush or torture you during night to get sure they won't get any hit, so make your attempt
or party Enchanters. With either the DEX or STR build you have greater chances to commit PK
or wait the enchanter cripple the mephistopheles buff from them. You will be done! Riding the
bike to get around quickly or casting a Flash Sliding to a zombie far back when you can are
good tactics, however in PvP against them Dragon Tornado and 170 spam is crucial.

How to perform the famous blader combos?

You can perform triple combos for example (Shadow Walk + Blaze Walk + Shadow Dance).
Here you can enjoy some simple double skill casting combos. [Link]
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To perform combos open videos on youtube, download files, movies, games or any other way
to get internet high latency (lag). Without it you fail to perform any kind of double-cast and
then your gameplay will be summed up to single hitting. That is better to assume a healer,
enchanter or gunner role instead.
One thing I noticed and that other more experienced players have realized is that different
from how vampires the slayers do combos (double and triple shots) differently and if you pay
attention you will see that it is very difficult to maintain the " target locked", so the ideal is:
1- apply a double or triple shot. I will mention a basic example Blaze Walk and Bomb Crash
Walk.
2- if before many monsters you must (to prevent a secondary click, second combo). Releases
a Tornado Sever and quickly execute the shot. An important detail is that you can only click
one time with the left mouse button to walk freely. If you click more than once the target you
locked will be lost and you will have to perform another ligature if you want lock it again. This
is frustrating in PvP and almost always inevitable (against vampires due to darkness). But
against Ousters and when training is said ideal to release one area skill (Power of Land,
Tornado Sever or Bomb Crash Walk) and always a the desired ligature. Avoid walk-clicking.
This is very important and a professional tip hard to figure alone, but you are aware now!

Is there a best way to improve Splitters?

Yes. First you've probably also heard that the slayers poison other races with silver. This is
much more remarkable when you play as gunner, enchanter or healer (healer cross), but
Splitters and Sworders can also. I mentioned in my Sworder guide that Sworders silver
injection is much higher because skills, but do not underestimate Splitter damage this way.
To inject silver. In the the first floor of the knights guild is an NPC called Smairovich. He will
imbue your Blade with silver. Just click on the "Smairovich, you will gild this weapon with
silver?". The price is very small and all you have to do is click on the blade right away, then
YES.

Note: avoid going PvM with silver, because it will end very fast. I highly recommend this for
Perona duels the only or even the Bible War.
Silver will affect most Job Change skills, so you will notice that the damage boost is
significantly better, however the silver effect isn't good as the Defenders amount, but you
really have to consider silver coating because hidden damage bonus given.

On the third floor of the clerics guild is an NPC called Stoyamov. He sells these rings:

When clicking on the option "I want to buy the counter balance ring." you will be able to
see Stoyamov shop:

These rings in total will remove 20% of your DEX and move that amount to your STR. So
suppose you got Bless and now has 550 STR. That's a total of +110 DEX. Equip the rings and
activate the Potential Explosion followed by Berserker and Ghost Blade. Now equip your
normal PvP rings and you will be surprised with a damage higher than you expected to have
(DEX based Splitter). I don't suggest going PvP like Defenders do using these rings in place
instead. Another thing that is not quoted in the guide is that Bladers are very impacted
whenever wear items with tohit as option before applying Berserker and in this case damage.
Like I promised in my Sworder guide you can experiment this, but it isn't necessary. You are
free to pick a build instead!

Where can I go up levels with my Blader?

Considering you have curse resistance items the best place is Limbo Dungeon followed by
Eslaniam Dungeon. I highly suggest Waterway dungeon for levels next to 190 (party or solo).
Above 190 I can really only suggest Eslaniam or Limbo using hour glass level up item. Since
evasion is too low Asylion 2 without Granter assistance isn't good until you get at least 620
Defense, which is what Defenders get at Horus 60~65, so for that I believe you will require
Horus 75~80.

Conclusion about STR Splitter

Here is a photo I took of my Blader. He was buffed with Bless, Striking, HA and Grail. Thus all
his buffs. Obviously with promotion system a Blader could promote the blade, the pants and
torso. That would be around +60 defense, more tohit and damage.
Considering the low level of my Blader at 225, but as 250 is +125 points of STR or reach 300
DEX, which is all a Blader should in fact go for it. Its entirely up to you anyways. More STR will
result more and destructive damage, but entire dependent of Granter assistance since most
Ousters end up playing Vampires as secondary active characters.

Conclusion about DEX Splitter

This is how a level 250 DEX based Splitter becomes. He is buffed with Bless, Striking, HA and
Grail. Thus all his buffs. You can see how good their ToHit and damage can become in the end,
but to be honest their PvP capabilities are almost equal to Sworders. They won't miss during
morning turns and probably not even at night depending who you are fighting, but damage
will be very different compared to the STR one, so fighting Elemental Ousters like Earth
Ousters is tough.
I think this build is a choice for those who do not really like Defenders and want put some
efforts in PvP, however keep in mind to level up a DEX based Splitter one the price is doubled
since balance rings strategy is mainly for PvP usage, so don't expect to get lv 250 using that.
You will end up frustrated and disappointed. Once you reach Horus 80~90 you are ready for
PvP. Don't even try to hybrid DEX bladers. They are bound to be much agile as possible, so do
a STR based to reach 300 DEX and stop.
Important note: You notice this wasn't for Nightfall testing, so the HP final result is about 3800
points rather than only 2800.
Generic Conclusion
"The duration of the Bomb Crash Walk skill effect makes this class different from all
versions of Darkeden. Despite the difficulty of climbing levels with a DEX Splitter compared
with STR Splitters the end result is great. Making this class an unbeatable warrior.
Considering rates HPs, locomotion, critical and the benefit of Air Shield skill when
confronting physical classes you do not want to meet one of them if the guy is Horus 90.
That I can tell, they are very dangerous and challenge to beat."

Nightfall Splitter Videos

Duel against a Warrior Vampire: [Link]

Solo Blader in Vampires Perona: [Link] ...
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Party Blader in Ousters Perona: [Link]

Credits and Acknowledgements

I thank our Nighfall server titte and [GM]Zero to offer services to all of us. Thanks to the in
game players #Atrix and #Midas.
It took me a few hours to assemble the leveling guide and images. Hope you enjoy more
bladers now.
Also I thank you #Antonio - #Smaug, to point out that the range of the skill Blaze Walk is less
than compared to Shadow Walk skill.