Tactics: Melee Classes Comparison Guide

Know you want to play a melee class in TERA but need help deciding which?

Related Essentials

Differences between the various forms of MP generation and recovery:

No longer solely about hitting a taunt button, how can you maximize your tanking ability?

Movement and targeting:

Animation frames and phases of skill usage:

  • In an action based hybrid combat system utilizing elements from action Role-Playing Games (RPGs), fighting games (FGs) and First-Person Shooters (FPS), you will want to understand the differences from traditional RPG systems and take advantage of them.
    Concept of Advantage Versus Disadvantage

How to avoid whiffing:

  • No one wants to waste valuable time missing attacks and getting punished for them. Learn to minimize this problem and stop being denied slots in parties or being a free kill on the field.
    Intro to Buffering and Canceling


Page 1: Summary and Roles
Page 2: Blocking and Taunting
Page 3: Mobility, Recovery and Utility
Page 4: Attacks
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Snap Joint.
# Jul 25 2010 at 10:19 PM Rating: Decent
Snap Joint looks good, my question is just whether activating it in the middle of a combo attack will reset said attack to the starting phase. I'm also wondering whether Snap Joint has a cast time or long animation to activate. I'm assuming not - but it never hurts to ask in case someone knows.

Also, love the format that you went with Chimeko.

Edited, Jul 26th 2010 12:41am by Nidormaen
Snap Joint.
# Jul 26 2010 at 12:28 AM Rating: Excellent
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It does have a very short cast time and thus probably counts as a skill which requires activation which in turn probably resets the combo attack chain counter.
Good info
# Jul 25 2010 at 10:14 AM Rating: Decent
I found this to be informative, a lot of times these "guides" just delve into a class, but never compare them against other classes.

FGT3 needs to happen like now.
Good info
# Jul 25 2010 at 5:39 PM Rating: Excellent
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yeah, imo the comparative format has a lot of benefits to it rather than just focusing on a single class. also easier to write about since it follows my own thinking process.

and definitely, going crazy without fgt3 or cbt or whatever next testing phase.
Nice article
# Jul 24 2010 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
Thanks a lot, surprisingly nice article at this stage of development. I'm still pretty curious whether or not one of these classes could become more of a support hybrid or not.
Nice article
# Jul 24 2010 at 8:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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Do you consider tanking, body blocking, LoSing and guarding to be support? Having some buffs? Being able to be an effective pressurer or harasser? CC? Every class has at least a little bit of CC.
Nice article
# Jul 25 2010 at 8:48 AM Rating: Decent
I meant more a long the lines of variety and moving around. You might not stay so much at the front but move around where you are needed. Root enemies why get to close to your healers, use rezz scrolls ( examples from other games ) , various other skills to help out your party in whatever way necessary and you do damage when you can. I don't really like the idea of being stuck in one role. Also I like moving around because it gives you a nice oversight of the battlefield that you can communicate with your team that might be focused purely on the offensive. The last reason is why I'm thinking of trying out an archer first.
Nice article
# Jul 25 2010 at 10:17 AM Rating: Excellent
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A lot of classes could potentially fill a move around as needed role. Use your CCs for peeling, get in the way with collision and hinder their movement and attacks, position yourself to body block projectiles... warriors could harass off targets and switch to main targets when needed, a lancer can pull in people for both offensive or defense purpose... if there are rez items, I'm sure any beefy melee would be very suited to that role.

In my opinion everyone should be constantly scanning to have a nice oversight of the battlefield so that everyone can be aware of everything and communicate if necessary. As a melee it'd be kind of silly just to stand in one spot facing one direction and attacking another stationary target in TERA... I think a lot of people will all be moving around.
AoE attack?
# Jul 24 2010 at 6:39 PM Rating: Decent
Quote:
“Dual Sword Dance.” Your immediate surroundings are struck with consecutive attacks with the added bonus of gaining aggro levels. This skill can be used to draw the attention of mobs prior to evading, to help serve a warrior's evasion tanking role.


Does "immediate surroundings" mean this is a 360-degree attack?

Also, the info on the first page regarding the Slayer may have changed. During an E3 presentation Scapes commented that the Slayer wore heavier armor than the Warrior and later confirmed via the forums that they had more HP than Warriors [whether this meant a Slayer HP pool increase or a Warrior HP pool decrease I don't know].
AoE attack?
# Jul 24 2010 at 6:44 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yes, generally immediately surrounding involve a circular style PBAoE. That info is either a mistake or they decided to change things, but I'm willing to bet on mistake because the balance of slayer is that of a berserker and warrior type hybrid. They wore the same type of armor but had higher base defense values, maybe it was mistaken for that.
AoE attack?
# Jul 24 2010 at 7:48 PM Rating: Decent
Heh, playing a Warrior in TERA will be the first "tank" role experience I'd ever have. I'm hoping it was a mistake. :)
AoE attack?
# Jul 25 2010 at 10:37 AM Rating: Excellent
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Mistake? What do you mean by that? Also, you don't HAVE to tank if you have other party members to do it, you just have the option to play evasion tank role too.
AoE attack?
# Jul 25 2010 at 2:55 PM Rating: Decent
Mistake as in Scapes having misspoken or been incorrect. That's how I believed you used it.

I know I wouldn't have to tank as a Warrior, but I'd enjoy the opportunity/ability to do so if it were needed.
AoE attack?
# Jul 26 2010 at 8:21 AM Rating: Excellent
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ah I got it, unless there was a stealth update it's a mistake. slayer and warrior have both used leather for a very long time, while berserker and lancer wear plate.
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