In Focus: Middle Guard stance
Written by gyl on Sunday, September 30, 2007
Middle-Guard
Melee ATK
A basic stance using the Sabre. Disables use of a shield, but increases attack speed and chance of a critical attack.
Melee ATK
A basic stance using the Sabre. Disables use of a shield, but increases attack speed and chance of a critical attack.
Sabre
Characters that can use this stance:
Adelina, Adelina the Pirate, Catherine of STR/DEX/INT, Claude, Najib, Panfilo, Panfilo the Battle Cook, Ramiro, Stock Fighter, Tiburon,
Character level requirement:
12
Granadosource's take:
Middle Guard is an offensive oriented skill that lose out to other higher stances late in the game. It shines in the earlier parts of the game as Sabres gives you ATK power equivalent to the next two levels for the sword. Middle Guard has good attack speed bonus and decent critical (25% and 8% respectively) that is a really nice boost in the early-levels of the game. Another good thing about using Sabres is that some are specialized allowing you certain bonuses like 15% to Human or Regain 3% of Damage Dealt etc...
At the latter levels of the game, Middle-Guard loses out to higher stances like Rapier Stances or Dual Wields. Though this stance has a really unique skills. Crescent Moon is a skill that allows you to hit both flying and ground unit which sometimes surprises Levitating enemies in PvP. Grind Cutter is a spammable stance that got a good knockback and damage. Assassinate, the last skill is an AoE, it has a bad firing range and is hard to use as AoE but its actually a good skill to hold targets for a few seconds so your other characters can finish up their spell casting.
Overall, a good early level stance. You can also climb up the stance level till you can max Grind Cutter so you can get all the other skills for Heaven and Hell stance.
At the latter levels of the game, Middle-Guard loses out to higher stances like Rapier Stances or Dual Wields. Though this stance has a really unique skills. Crescent Moon is a skill that allows you to hit both flying and ground unit which sometimes surprises Levitating enemies in PvP. Grind Cutter is a spammable stance that got a good knockback and damage. Assassinate, the last skill is an AoE, it has a bad firing range and is hard to use as AoE but its actually a good skill to hold targets for a few seconds so your other characters can finish up their spell casting.
Overall, a good early level stance. You can also climb up the stance level till you can max Grind Cutter so you can get all the other skills for Heaven and Hell stance.
1: Attack Speed +1%
2: Attack Speed +2%
3: Attack Speed +3%
4: Attack Speed +4%, Critical +1%, Crescent Moon
5: Attack Speed +5%, Critical +1%
6: Attack Speed +6%, Critical +1%
7: Attack Speed +7%, Critical +2%
8: Attack Speed +8%, Critical +2%, Grind Cutter
9: Attack Speed +9%, Critical +2%
10: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +3%
11: Attack Speed +11%, Critical +3%
12: Attack Speed +12%, Critical +3%
13: Attack Speed +13%, Critical +4%
14: Attack Speed +14%, Critical +4%
15: Attack Speed +15%, Critical +4%
16: Attack Speed +16%, Critical +5%, Assassinate
17: Attack Speed +17%, Critical +5%
18: Attack Speed +18%, Critical +5%
19: Attack Speed +19%, Critical +6%
20: Attack Speed +20%, Critical +6%
21: Attack Speed +21%, Critical +6%
22: Attack Speed +22%, Critical +7%
23: Attack Speed +23%, Critical +7%
24: Attack Speed +24%, Critical +7%
25: Attack Speed +25%, Critical +8%
Cresent Moon - Swings a sword in a moon-shaped arc to bring enemies down.Required Stance Level: 4
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 1
Range: 6m
Area Type: Air/Ground
Knockback: None
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: None
SP Consumption: 150
Cast Time: 0.87 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: None
Damage per skill level:
1: 265%
2: 290%
3: 314%
4: 338%
5: 362%
6: 386%
7: 410%
8: 434%
9: 458%
10: 483%
11: 507%
12: 531%
Grind Cutter - Swings the sabre in a powerful whirling motion.Required Stance Level: 8
Shared Stance: Heaven and Hell
Required Skill Points: 2
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 5m
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: None
SP Consumption: 200
Cast Time: 2.23 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 10 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 425%
2: 463%
3: 502%
4: 540%
5: 579%
6: 618%
7: 656%
8: 695%
9: 733%
10: 772%
11: 811%
12: 849%
Assassinate - Confuses enemies with swift pierces before dealing a critical attack.Required Stance Level: 16
Shared Stance: Flame Guard
Required Skill Points: 3
Range: 5m x 1m
Area Type: Self Forward Charge
Knockback: 4m
Number of Targets: 5
Effects: -60HP, Character moves forward notably during the skill animation.
SP Consumption: 300
Cast Time: 2.37 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 20 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 271%
2: 295%
3: 320%
4: 345%
5: 369%
6: 394%
7: 418%
8: 443%
9: 468%
10: 492%
11: 517%
12: 541%
Some data taken from X-Calibre of the GE Forums.
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