Hello, TERA Fans! The class guides are making a return tonight with the addition of a
Slayer guide by me! Most of the gameplay information I have about slayer comes from my time testing one in the Korean CBT3. You can watch the slayer in action in my short
KCBT Slayer demonstration video as well!
Also, I realize some of the pictures in the other guides have gone MIA and I apologize! I'll be moving all of the images to the TERA Fans gallery, so bear with me there! :]
Without further ado, enjoy the
Slayer guide! Keep checking back for the last two guides this week.
(DISCLAIMER: The developers at En Masse Entertainment have enabled TERA Fans to share this information from the FGT with our community. Keep in mind that any of the information found here is subject to change as the game continues to develop.)
Slayer
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The slayer deals in death, cutting a swath of destruction through the world. Wearing heavy armor and wielding a greatsword, the slayer prefers aggression and overwhelming brute force over gentler methods of finesse or precision.
The Slayer is a greatsword wielding melee combatant, capable of dodging attacks and dealing wide-ranged damage. Slayers are also given an arsenal of knockback-causing skills, making them especially fearsome in a PvP environment.
Class Skills
Combo Attack
Combo Attack is the Slayer's first offensive skill. Bound to the left mouse button by default, at each click, the slayer will advance forward with a strike of their greatsword. At each uninterrupted swing, the attack combos, gaining more damage each swing for up to four swings. Each hit
Combo Attack lands also grants the slayer mana.
Rushing Dodge
Rushing Dodge is a Slayer's basic evasive maneuver. The Slayer may jump forward to avoid an attack at the cost of mana, every 4 seconds with this skill.
Rushing Dodge is extremely useful, given TERA's dynamic combat system.
Whirlwind
Learned at level 2,
Whirlwind is a swooping AoE attack in which the slayer swirls their greatsword around in a fairly quick 360 degree flurry. In order for it to be executed properly, the slayer must spend 1.5 seconds "casting" the attack uninterrupted, so the skill is best used when the player can spare its mana cost and can guarantee the enemy will not be hitting them or moving anytime soon.
Trip Attack
Learned at level 6,
Trip Attack is a high damage frontal attack with an 8 second cooldown. Similar to
Whirlwind, this attack must be "casted" for 1.6 seconds and so is best used when the player can anticipate enemy movement. This skill has a very high chance to cause a knockback, making it increadibly useful for incpaciting other players in PvP.
High Level Skills and Gameplay
As the Slayer levels, they gain skills that increase their PvP viability. At level 12,
Soaring Attack allows the Slayer to recover from knockbacks and counter attack the enemy. Also affecting PvP, at level 26 the class receives a
Dash skill which currently increases the Slayer's movement speed by 100% for 10 seconds. This could help the player in many PvP situations such as to escape melee range and return to it quickly or to get out of the line of a spellcaster's fire.
Slayers also receive a few more high-damage dealing offensive abilities as they level. At level 16, they gain
Smash and the passive damage increase to knocked back targets,
Smash Intensified which, when coupled together, allow the Slayer to leap forward instantly with a large, lethal blow. At level 28, they also gain
Decisive Slash which is a highly powerful, 1.2 second cast time attack. When
Decisive Slash is used after
Whirlwind,
Smash,
Trip Attack, or the last hit of a series of
Combo Attacks, its cast time is decreased, forcing the player to choose the proper moment for this skill's use.
Although Slayers may seem similar to Berserkers, at level 36 they receive a skill that seems to greatly differentiate them from their heavy-armored friends. According to its tooltip,
Vicious Stance alows the Slayer to agilely approach the target's back looking for a blind spot, making it sound almost like a backstab skill. How this maneuver actually works will be interesting to learn about!