In Focus: Plow Guard stance
Written by gyl on Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Plow-Guard
Melee ATK
A basic stance using the Great Sword for attack and Defense.
Melee ATK
A basic stance using the Great Sword for attack and Defense.
Great Sword, Sword (for Ramiro and Tiburon)
Characters that can use this stance:
Alejandro, Catherine of STR/DEX/INT, Claude, Grandice, Idge, Idge the Battlesmith, Ramiro, Stock Fighter, Tiburon
Character level requirement:
24
Granadosource's take:
Greatswords got the highest ATK Power for all melee weapons. It is a bit faster than Polearms but packs more damage. Plow Guard is your first Greatsword stance that offers a balance between offense and defense. At max level, Plow Guard gives you decent ATK Speed (15%), Crit Rate (10%) and Block Rate(10%) that is already a good bonus for a stance that allows you to wields Greatswords. PvE-wise even though it deals the most on Hard/Heavy Armored monsters it still deals comparable amount of damage to other armor types. It has good Boss Skill in Vertical Slash, allowing you 1.2k% damage at skill level 10. Highlander Soul allows you to tank with Plow Guard blessing you with 25 more block rating and 20% more ATK power in exchange for 20% of your Defense. Quite a decent trade off and you can actually get +1 more ATK Rating at skill level 11. Skyliner is a very useful mob-skill and Charge offers a spammable knockback skill for PvP.
PvP-Wise, Plow-Guard is a so-so as other faster and more focused stance outshines it. As it borders both on offensive and defensive without really having a real focus it loses out to a specialize defensive/offensive stance like High Guard, Roof Guard, or Twin Blade etc... Vertical Slash and Charge are good offensive skills to use. I've seen some people use Skyliner in Colony Wars before as the situation allows the skill to hit as much target with one hit.
A good reason to max this skill is that it is a pre-requisite for the Sidewinder Veteran stance.
PvP-Wise, Plow-Guard is a so-so as other faster and more focused stance outshines it. As it borders both on offensive and defensive without really having a real focus it loses out to a specialize defensive/offensive stance like High Guard, Roof Guard, or Twin Blade etc... Vertical Slash and Charge are good offensive skills to use. I've seen some people use Skyliner in Colony Wars before as the situation allows the skill to hit as much target with one hit.
A good reason to max this skill is that it is a pre-requisite for the Sidewinder Veteran stance.
1: Charge
2: Attack Speed +1%
3: Attack Speed +1%, Critical +1%, Block +1
4: Attack Speed +2%, Critical +1%, Block +1
5: Attack Speed +3%, Critical +2%, Block +2
6: Attack Speed +3%, Critical +2%, Block +2
7: Attack Speed +4%, Critical +3%, Block +2
8: Attack Speed +4%, Critical +3%, Block +3, Vertical Slash
9: Attack Speed +5%, Critical +4%, Block +3
10: Attack Speed +6%, Critical +4%, Block +4
11: Attack Speed +6%, Critical +5%, Block +4
12: Attack Speed +7%, Critical +5%, Block +4, Skyliner
13: Attack Speed +7%, Critical +6%, Block +5
14: Attack Speed +8%, Critical +6%, Block +5
15: Attack Speed +9%, Critical +7%, Block +6
16: Attack Speed +9%, Critical +7%, Block +6, Highlander Soul
17: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +8%, Block +6
18: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +8%, Block +7
19: Attack Speed +11%, Critical +9%, Block +7
20: Attack Speed +12%, Critical +9%, Block +8
21: Attack Speed +12%, Critical +10%, Block +8
22: Attack Speed +13%, Critical +10%, Block +8
23: Attack Speed +13%, Critical +11%, Block +9
24: Attack Speed +14%, Critical +11%, Block +9
25: Attack Speed +15%, Critical +12%, Block +10
Charge - Charges enemies down with a sword.Required Stance Level: 1
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 1
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 4.5m
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Negates Def by -20
SP Consumption: 100
Cast Time: 3.3 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: None
Damage per skill level:
1: 247%
2: 270%
3: 292%
4: 315%
5: 337%
6: 360%
7: 382%
8: 405%
9: 427%
10: 450%
11: 472%
12: 494%
Vertical Slash - A powerful slash. It inflicts triple damage on large monsters and double damage on smaller ones.Required Stance Level: 8
Shared Stance: Defending Guard
Required Skill Points: 2
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 4.5m
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Damage varies by Target size
SP Consumption: 200
Cast Time: 1.33 + 1.7 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 10 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 236% (Small Target), 471% (Medium Target), 707% (Large Target)
2: 257% (Small Target), 514% (Medium Target), 771% (Large Target)
3: 278% (Small Target), 557% (Medium Target), 835% (Large Target)
4: 300% (Small Target), 600% (Medium Target), 899% (Large Target)
5: 321% (Small Target), 642% (Medium Target), 964% (Large Target)
6: 343% (Small Target), 685% (Medium Target), 1028% (Large Target)
7: 364% (Small Target), 728% (Medium Target), 1092% (Large Target)
8: 385% (Small Target), 771% (Medium Target), 1156% (Large Target)
9: 407% (Small Target), 814% (Medium Target), 1221% (Large Target)
10: 428% (Small Target), 857% (Medium Target), 1285% (Large Target)
11: 450% (Small Target), 899% (Medium Target), 1349% (Large Target)
12: 471% (Small Target), 942% (Medium Target), 1413% (Large Target)
Skyliner - Slashes across a group of enemies.Required Stance Level: 12
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 2
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 5m
Number of Targets: 4
Effects: None
SP Consumption: 250
Cast Time: 2.93 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 15 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 202%
2: 220%
3: 238%
4: 257%
5: 275%
6: 293%
7: 312%
8: 330%
9: 348%
10: 367%
11: 385%
12: 403%
Highlander Soul - This skill bestows the incredible strength and lightning reflexes if the highlander's spirit upon you, resulting in an increase in offensive power and blocking abilities.Required Stance Level: 16
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 3
Range: Self
Area Type: Self
Knockback: None
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Attack Power +20%, Defense -20
SP Consumption: 300, 1 Mithridart
Cast Time: 2.57 Seconds
Duration: 17.5 Seconds, +2.5 Seconds per Level
Recovery Time: 20 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: Block +11, 17.5 Seconds
2: Block +13, 20 Seconds
3: Block +14, 22.5 Seconds
4: Block +16, 25 Seconds
5: Block +17, 27.5 Seconds
6: Block +19, 30 Seconds
7: Block +20, 32.5 Seconds
8: Block +22, 35 Seconds
9: Block +23, 37.5 Seconds
10: Block +25, 40 Seconds
11: Block +26, 42.5 Seconds, Attack Rating +1
12: Block +28, 45 Seconds, Attack Rating +1
Some data taken from X-Calibre of the GE Forums.
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