Fighter (PSO2)

Hunter

Fighter

Ranger

Gunner

Force

Techter

Braver

Bouncer

Summoner

Hero

Phantom

Etoile

Luster

Fighter, is a close ranged melee class specializing in lightweight weapons. Users of this class are known for their high fighting prowess. However, this class is also known for having many conditional types of damage boosters, multiple of which are related to staying under low HP, so dodging should be a main priority.

Reaching Level 75 on this class will give the following bonuses to the base stats of all classes and all characters of the same account: PP +2, +50, +15, +10.

Class Weapon Overview

Fighters use the Twin Dagger, Double Saber, and Knuckles and Gunslash weapon types.

Twin Daggers

Short-range daggers that excel at aerial combat. Capable of extremely fast attacks with multiple hits, and multiple PAs that allow maneuvering in all directions, both horizontally and vertically. Twin Dagger attacks and PAs also have very brief frontal Just Guard frames, allowing continuous offensive play if timed right. However, because PAs are so fast, it tends to also consume PP much faster than most other weapons.

The Weapon Action allows you to do a twirl in the air that maintains altitude and has 360° Just Guard frames through its full duration.

Double Sabers

Short-range bladed weapons that are capable of dishing out a multitude of hits in a single combo. Double Saber PAs generally have multiple hits (but slower than Twin Daggers), and are capable of drawing enemies nearby with aoe attacks. Gear management is a very important part of using Double Sabers. Generally regarded as mobbing weapons for a long time, the addition of the Skill Ring L/DS Whirlwind allows Double Sabers to become an extremely effective boss killer in addition to its mobbing capabilities.

The Weapon Action does a flourish animation that by itself does nothing, requiring the Double Saber Gear skill to have any effect.

Knuckles

Short-range fist weapons that excel at dealing large amounts of damage to a single target. PAs are generally strong single hit attacks with low range, but there are exceptions.

The Weapon Action does a quick swaying animation that possesses iframes, allowing you to dodge enemy attacks while standing still.

Gunslash

These are universal weapons for all classes, which can switch between striking attacks that scale off of S-Atk and shooting attacks that scale off of R-Atk.

Skill Tree Overview

S-ATK Boost 1	DEX Up	HP Boost 1	Rare Mastery Fighter	S-DEF Up	Step
	S-ATK Boost 2	HP Boost 2			Step Advance
	S-ATK Boost 3		Critical Strike	Just Reversal	Step Attack
	Double Saber Gear	Twin Dagger Gear	Knuckles Gear
	Double Saber Wind Parry	Twin Dagger Spin Move	Knuckle Gear Boost
	Brave Stance		Wise Stance	Adrenaline	Tech Arts JA Boost
	Brave Stance Up	Brave Stance Critical	Wise Stance Up	Wise Stance Critical	Tech Arts JA PP Save
Chase Advance	Half Line Boost	Deadline Slayer	Halfline Slayer		Limit Break
Chase Advance Plus	Chase Bind	PP Slayer	Crazy Heart	Crazy Beat	Limit Break Photon Charge

Skills

Basic Skills

Step

Starting skill. Press the Dodge key to do a fast step that has iframes. Can be used in any direction.

Icon	Skill Name
	Step

Step Advance

Increases the amount of iframes on Step.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Step Advance	Step Lv1	0.05s	0.09s	0.11s	0.13s	0.14s	0.15s	0.16s	0.17s	0.18s	0.20s

Just Reversal

Starting skill. When knocked down, press the Jump key at the moment you hit the ground to get up instantly.

Icon	Skill Name
	Just Reversal

Step Attack

Starting skill. Allows you to attack immediately after Step.

Icon	Skill Name
	Step Attack

S-ATK Boost

Increases your base S-ATK stat.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	S-ATK Boost 1		+3	+6	+10	+14	+18	+23	+28	+34	+40	+50
	S-ATK Boost 2	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	+4	+9	+14	+19	+25	+31	+39	+50	+62	+75
	S-ATK Boost 3	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	+4	+9	+14	+19	+25	+31	+39	+50	+62	+75

Dex Up

Increases your base DEX stat.

Icon	Skill Name	Skill level
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DEX Up	+3	+6	+10	+14	+18	+23	+28	+34	+40	+50

HP Boost

Increases your base max HP.

Icon	Skill Name	Skill level
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	HP Boost 1	+3	+6	+10	+14	+18	+23	+28	+34	+40	+50
	HP Boost 2	+3	+6	+10	+14	+18	+23	+28	+34	+40	+50

S-DEF Up

Increases your base S-DEF stat.

Icon	Skill Name	Skill level
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	S-DEF Up	+3	+6	+10	+14	+18	+23	+28	+34	+40	+50

Adrenaline

Increases the duration per tick of Shifta and Deband.

Note: This skill only raises the duration per tick that you receive: it does not increase the maximum duration. A Shifta casted by a non-Techer will still be capped at 60 seconds, and a Shifta casted by a Techer will still be capped at 180 seconds.

Icon	Skill Name	Duration
	Adrenaline	30s

Tech Arts JA Bonus

Increases damage when chaining together successive different PAs or Techniques via Just Attack.

Notes:

• Any type of combination between Techs and PAs work:
  • PA -> PA
  • Tech -> Tech
  • PA -> Tech
  • Tech -> PA
• Using regular attacks between PAs will not interrupt the combo.
• Missing JA timings will not interrupt the combo, but won't update the previous JA'd PA/Tech either. For example:
  • Will work: JA Heartless Impact -> non-JA Ducking Blow -> JA Backhand Smash -> JA Heartless Impact. Only Ducking Blow won't benefit (as it wasn't a JA)
  • Won't work: JA Heartless Impact -> non-JA Ducking Blow -> JA Heartless Impact. Heartless Impact is still the previous JA'd PA, so it won't work.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5
	Tech Arts JA Boost	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	105%	106%	108%	110%	115%

Tech Arts JA PP Save

Reduces PP consumption when performing Tech Arts JA Bonus.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	PP Cost	Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5
	Tech Arts JA PP Save	Tech Arts JA Bonus Lv3	Fighter PA	90%	86%	82%	78%	75%
			Other Class PA/Tech	95%	93%	90%	87%	85%

Chase Advance

Increases Striking damage done to enemies with a status effect. Has no effect on Ranged attacks or Techs. Affects thrown Talis and Wand Gear. Applies to Bind status. Does not apply to Jellen status, or to enemies that have a special animation for status effects, such as frozen legs Vol Dragon, poisoned crystal Quartz Dragon, or frozen legs Golrahda.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Chase Advance	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	110%	111%	112%	113%	115%	117%	119%	121%	123%	125%

Chase Advance Plus

Further increases Striking damage done to enemies with a status effect.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5
	Chase Advance Plus	Chase Advance Lv3	105%	107%	109%	111%	115%

Chase Bind

When attacking enemies under status effects, gives a chance to cause Bind.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Chase Bind	Chase Advance Lv5	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	36%	42%	54%	70%

Halfline Boost

Increases chances of causing status effects when below 50% maximum HP.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5
	Halfline Boost	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	150%	160%	170%	180%	200%

Deadline Slayer

Increases S-ATK, R-ATK, and T-ATK when below 25% maximum HP.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Deadline Slayer	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	S-ATK	+40	+44	+49	+54	+60	+67	+75	+100	+125	+150
			R-ATK
			T-ATK

PP Slayer

Increases S-ATK, R-ATK, and T-ATK when below 50% maximum PP.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	PP Slayer	Deadline Slayer Lv3	S-ATK	+50	+65	+80	+95	+110	+125	+140	+155	+170	+200
			R-ATK
			T-ATK

Halfline Slayer

Increases S-ATK, R-ATK, and T-ATK when below 50% maximum HP.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Halfline Slayer	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	S-ATK	+20	+22	+24	+26	+28	+34	+40	+60	+80	+100
			R-ATK
			T-ATK

Crazy Heart

Increases both passive and active PP regeneration when under a status effect.

Notes:

• Limit Break is considered a status effect for this skill.
• PP Convert is not considered a status effect for this skill.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5
	Crazy Heart	Halfline Slayer Lv2	Passive PP Regen	150%	160%	170%	180%	200%
			Active PP Regen

Crazy Beat

Increases S-ATK while under a status effect.

Notes:

• Limit Break is considered a status effect for this skill.
• PP Convert is not considered a status effect for this skill.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5
	Crazy Beat	Halfline Slayer Lv4	S-ATK	+100	+120	+140	+160	+200

Weapon Related Skills

Double Saber Gear

Hitting enemies with basic attacks or PAs will generate Gear. The more hits, the faster it fills.

Performing a Weapon Action will spend all Gear and generate a whirlwind around you that damages nearby enemies. The higher the gear, the more damage and wider the aoe. Requires at least 1/3 Gear to generate a whirlwind. The whirlwind hits themselves generate more gear, and you can have up to 2 whirlwinds up at the same time. Whirlwinds benefit from Just Attacks and status effects chances on your weapon.

Note: The Skill Ring L/DS Whirlwind allows you to activate the whirlwinds after using any PA (except for Chaos Riser and Tornado Sender) without spending any gear.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Number of hits	Damage per hit
				1/3 Gear	2/3 Gear	Full Gear
	Double Saber Gear	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv1	8 hits	55%	82.5%	110%

Double Saber Wind Parry

Allows Just Guard frames when activating Double Saber Gear. Requires at least 1/3 Gear to activate.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite
	Double Saber Wind Parry	Double Saber Gear Lv1

Twin Dagger Gear

Performing a Weapon Action while in the air, or using specific PAs will generate gear. There are 3 Gear levels. If you touch the ground, the Gear is reset.

Increases the damage of all attacks and PAs based on Gear level.

The following PAs generate Gear:

• Gear Level +1:
  • Raging Waltz
  • Shoot Polka
  • Scar Fugue
  • Symphonic Drive
  • Facet Folia (only if the first hit connects)
• Gear Level +2:
  • Quick March

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Damage
			1/3 Gear	2/3 Gear	Full Gear
	Twin Dagger Gear	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv1	100%	120%	150%

Twin Dagger Spin Move

Allows you to move horizontally while performing the Weapon Action. Distance covered is small (about half the distance of Step), and it does not change the direction you are facing.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite
	Twin Dagger Spin Move	Twin Dagger Gear Lv1

Knuckle Gear

Performing any attack or PA will generate Gear (even if no hits connect on an enemy). There are 3 Gear levels. Each Gear level raises the attack speed of all attacks and PAs. When the Gear is maxed, it also raises the damage of specific PAs (such as Backhand Smash and Surprise Knuckle). Gear resets if you stop attacking or if you jump.

Performing a Weapon Action or Step won't generate gear, but will prevent it from reseting. Additionally, performing Weapon Action multiple times in a row will prevent it from reseting, but performing Step multiple times in a row will not (this can be avoided by using Step Attack after every Step).

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite
	Knuckle Gear	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv1

Knuckle Gear Boost

Doubles the amount of Gear generated per attack, requiring only 2 attacks to max it.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite
	Knuckle Gear Boost	Knuckle Gear Lv1

Stance Related Skills

Brave Stance

A stance in which you deal increased damage while in front of an enemy. Decreases damage done while behind an enemy. Cannot be activated at the same time as Wise Stance.

Notes:

• Being in front or behind an enemy is defined by the enemy's total body, not the part you're targeting. So, for example, hitting the weakspot behind the neck of a Dark Ragne will benefit from Brave Stance, despite you being behind the neck, because you are on the front half of its body.
• Some enemies consider the battlefield as their body. Such enemies will benefit from Brave/Wise Stance based on where you are located in the battlefield. For example:
  • Dark Falz Elder considers the entire battlefield as its body, meaning Wise Stance will work at all times, as his body is always on the back part of the arena.
  • Big Vardha's body can be walked on. Whenever you hit a part of it, the Stance that works will be based on where in its body you are located. So hitting the missile launchers on the back will always benefit from Wise Stance, while the laser cannons on the front will always benefit from Brave Stance. The core moves through its body, so it depends on where you are at the moment.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Multiplier	Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Brave Stance	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	Front	105%	107%	109%	112%	115%	117%	119%	121%	123%	125%
			Rear	95%		96%		97%		98%		99%	100%

Brave Stance Up

Further increases your damage during Brave Stance while attacking enemies from the front.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Brave Stance Up	Brave Stance Lv5	102%	104%	106%	108%	110%	112%	114%	116%	118%	120%

Brave Stance Critical

Increases your critical strike chance during Brave Stance while attacking enemies from the front.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Brave Stance Critical	Brave Stance Lv3	+1%	+2%	+4%	+7%	+10%	+13%	+16%	+19%	+22%	+25%

Wise Stance

A stance that increases your damage done while attacking from behind a target. Decreases damage done while in front of an enemy. Cannot be activated at the same time as Brave Stance.

Notes:

• Being in front or behind an enemy is defined by the enemy's total body, not the part you're targeting. So, for example, hitting the weakspot behind the neck of a Dark Ragne will benefit from Brave Stance, despite you being behind the neck, because you are on the front half of its body.
• Some enemies consider the battlefield as their body. Such enemies will benefit from Brave/Wise Stance based on where you are located in the battlefield. For example:
  • Dark Falz Elder considers the entire battlefield as its body, meaning Wise Stance will work at all times, as his body is always on the back part of the arena.
  • Big Vardha's body can be walked on. Whenever you hit a part of it, the Stance that works will be based on where in its body you are located. So hitting the missile launchers on the back will always benefit from Wise Stance, while the laser cannons on the front will always benefit from Brave Stance. The core moves through its body, so it depends on where you are at the moment.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Multiplier	Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Wise Stance	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv3	Front	95%		96%		97%		98%		99%	100%
			Rear	115%	117%	119%	122%	125%	127%	129%	131%	133%	135%

Wise Stance Up

Further increases your damage during Wise Stance while attacking enemies from the back.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Wise Stance Up	Wise Stance Lv5	102%	104%	106%	108%	110%	112%	114%	116%	118%	120%

Wise Stance Critical

Increases your critical strike chance during Wise Stance while attacking enemies from the back.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Skill level
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Wise Stance Critical	Wise Stance Lv3	+1%	+2%	+4%	+7%	+10%	+13%	+16%	+19%	+22%	+25%

Class Exclusive Skills

Rare Mastery Fighter

Increases S-ATK when using weapons of rarity ★10 or higher. Only usable with Fighter as your main class.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Rare Mastery Fighter		S-ATK	+30	+32	+34	+36	+38	+40	+42	+44	+46	+50

Critical Strike

Raises critical rate and critical damage. Only usable with Fighter as your main class.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5
	Critical Strike		Critical Damage	103%	106%	109%	112%	115%
			Critical Chance	+3%	+6%	+9%	+12%	+15%

Limit Break

Active skill. Temporarily reduces your maximum HP by 75% and increases Striking damage. This skill counts as a status effect for Crazy Heart and Crazy Beat, and cannot be cured by any means other than death or timing out. Because your maximum HP is reduced, all other effects that rely on maximum HP (such as Halfline Slayer, Healing Guard, Just Reversal Cover, and healing items) are also affected.

Only usable with Fighter as your main class.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite		Skill level
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Limit Break	S-ATK Boost 1 Lv5	Max HP	25%
			Striking Damage	104%	108%	112%	116%	120%
			Duration	10s	15s	20s	25s	30s	35s	40s	45s	50s	60s
			Cooldown	60s					65s	70s	75s	80s	90s

Limit Break Photon Charge

Fully recovers PP after Limit Break wears off. Does not activate if you die during Limit Break.

Only usable with Fighter as your main class.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite
	Limit Break Photon Charge	Limit Break Lv3

Hunter

Fighter

Ranger

Gunner

Force

Techter

Braver

Bouncer

Summoner

Hero

Phantom

Etoile

Luster