Hunter (NGS)

New Genesis Classes
Striking	Hunter   Fighter
Ranged	Ranger   Gunner   Slayer
Technique	Force   Techter   Waker
Hybrid	Braver   Bouncer
Skill Simulator

Hunter is a returning class in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.

Class Weapon Overview

Sword

A large broadsword used for heavy melee strikes. What it lacks in speed, it makes up for in raw damage. The Sword is a jack-of-all-trades weapon, possessing utility in almost any situation and being capable in a variety of areas, however, its attack range is lacking.

Fifth normal attack

Using the Guard Weapon Action, you can block attacks and negate their damage when Guarding right before the attack hits you.

Sword Mechanics

• Sword Attack Extra: After unlocking the "Sword Attack Extra" skill on the Hunter skill tree, the Sword gains a 5th normal attack that can be used in your attack combo. This 5th normal attack is just as powerful as a Photon Art.
• Sword Guard Counter: Pressing the normal attack button after a successful Just Guard with a Sword will allow for a counterattack, and if "Sword Guard Counter Plus" is unlocked, jump to the 5th normal attack.

Just Guarding successfully

• Step Counterattack: After successfully dodging through an attack with a Step, a unique counterattack can be performed by pressing the normal attack button right after the Step, similar to Hero Sword counters.

Step Counterattack

Skill Tree Overview

War Cry	Massive Hunter	Flash Guard	Iron Will	All Guard	Slow Landing Charge Hu
Hunter Arts Avenge	Sword Attack Extra	Wired Attack Extra		Same Arts Skip Attack Hu	Another Arts Skip Attack Hu
	Sword Guard Counter	Wired Anchor Advance	Vol Graptor
	Sword Guard Counter Plus	Wired Anchor Just Parrying
Hunter Arts Just Parrying			Assault Charge	Hunter Arts Avenge PP Gain
			Assault Charge Avenge

Skills

War Cry

Active Skill. Resets the Hate of all nearby enemies and drastically increases the Hate Generation Rate of the user for a limited time. Main Class only.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
	War Cry	None	Hate Generation	200%
			Duration	30s
			Cooldown	30s

Massive Hunter

Active Skill. Temporarily reduce damage taken and negate the effects of enemy knockback.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
					1	2	3	4	5
	Massive Hunter	None	Damage Taken (Main)		50%	45%	40%	35%	30%
			Damage Taken (Sub)		95%	90%	85%	80%	75%
			Duration		30s
			Cooldown	180s

Flash Guard

Reduces damage taken.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
38px	Flash Guard	None	Damage Taken (Main)		90%	89%	88%	87%	86%	85%	84%	83%	82%	80%
			Damage Taken (Sub)		99%	98%	97%	96%	95%	94%	93%	92%	91%	90%

Iron Will

Resist a fatal attack with 1 HP and gain brief invulnerability on activation. Does not activate if the user is at 1 HP. Main Class only.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
	Iron Will	Massive Hunter Lv. 1	Invulnerability	10s
			Cooldown	180s

All Guard

Attacks can be blocked from any direction with a Hunter weapon.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	All Guard	None	N/A	N/A

Slow Landing Charge Hu

Decreases falling speed while charging a Photon Art with a Hunter weapon.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Slow Landing Charge Hu	None	N/A	N/A

Hunter Arts Avenge

Increases PA damage if the user is struck by an attack while executing a Hunter PA.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
	Hunter Arts Avenge	None	Damage	150%

Sword Attack Extra

Adds a 5th normal attack to Sword's normal attack combo. Deals high damage relative to other normal attacks.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
	Sword Attack Extra	None	N/A	N/A

Wired Attack Extra

Adds a 4th normal attack to Wired Lances' normal attack combo. Deals high damage relative to other normal attacks.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Wired Attack Extra	None	N/A	N/A

Same Arts Skip Attack Hu

While using a Hunter weapon, using a normal attack after executing the same PA repeatedly automatically activates the 3rd normal.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Same Arts Skip Attack Hu	None	N/A	N/A

Another Arts Skip Attack Hu

While using a Hunter weapon, using a normal attack after executing a chain of different PAs automatically activates the 4th normal. If the combo step is 3 or less, using a normal attack activates the final normal.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Another Arts Skip Attack Hu	None	N/A	N/A

Sword Guard Counter

Automatically execute a counterattack after Just Guarding an attack with Sword's Guard Weapon Action.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Sword Guard Counter	None	N/A	N/A

Wired Anchor Advance

Change the movement direction with a directional input when using Wired Lance Weapon Action.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Wired Anchor Advance	None	N/A	N/A

Vol Graptor

Press and hold the Weapon Action button while using a Partizan to charge up a Photon bullet; release the Weapon Action button to fire and embed the bullet in a target. While the bullet is embedded, inflict damage to it to charge it up. After a period of time, the bullet detonates, dealing a percentage of the damage dealt to the bullet as pursuit damage.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Vol Graptor	None	Damage Conversion	50%
			Recast	60s

Sword Guard Counter Plus

After successfully performing a Just Guard with Sword Guard, immediately press the normal attack button to execute your 5th normal.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
	Sword Guard Counter Plus	Sword Attack Counter Lv. 1	N/A	N/A

Wired Anchor Just Parrying

Just Guard enemy attacks while using Wired Lance Weapon Action.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Wired Anchor Just Parrying	None	N/A	N/A

Hunter Arts Just Parrying

Just Guard enemy attacks while charging a Hunter PA.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Hunter Arts Just Parrying	Hunter Arts Avenge Lv. 1	N/A	N/A

Assault Charge

While using a Partizan, press the Weapon Action button after a PA with proper timing to grant the next PA maximum charge.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Assault Charge	Hunter Arts Avenge Lv. 1	N/A	N/A

Hunter Arts Avenge PP Gain

Recover PP when Hunter Arts Avenge is activated.

10

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Hunter Arts Avenge PP Gain	Hunter Arts Avenge Lv. 1	PP Recovery

Assault Charge Avenge

Executing Assault Charge immediately after a PA powered up by Hunter Arts Avenge boosts the power of the next PA.

Icon	Skill Name	Prerequisite	Effect	Skill Level
				1
38px	Assault Charge Avenge	Assault Charge Lv. 1	Power	150%