Upon reaching Level 31, the Dark Elf Warrior is able to specialize into one of the two Secondary Classes. After completing the required class change quests, you can pick between the Shillien Knight (tank) or the Bladedancer (DPS). This Lineage 2 Revolution guide will focus solely on the Dark Elf Bladedancer, which can wield either the Polearm or the Dual Swords. However, do note that he only gains a boost to damage using Dual Swords from one of his Passive Skills. In Lineage 2 Revolution, the Dark Elf Bladedancer is able output substantial damage due to his high Crit rate and Crit damage. However, do note that he is unable to be on the frontlines tanking heavy hits from enemies.
Active Skills
Spinning Slasher
Swings the weapon in a large arc to deal damage and knockdown nearby enemies. This ability has a high damage multiplier and provides you with 2 seconds of knock down affected enemies. This allows you to deal additional damage to disabled enemy, which is useful whilst leveling up.
Hurricane Storm
Spins to attack and slow surrounding enemies. The Dark Elf Bladedancer can move while using the ability. You will do 7 continuous hits to your targets, whilst slowing their movement speed. This ability allows you to target multiple enemies and can expedite your leveling process.
Dance of the Warrior
Increases P. Atk of you and your party members. You and your party members gain a flat P. Atk boost. The buff last for 40 seconds and the skill has a cooldown of 60 seconds. A useful skill that is able to raise your party’s damage output.
Dance of Fury
Increases Atk. Speed of you and your party members. At Level 1, the buff increases Atk. Speed by 20%. The buff lasts for a duration of 40 seconds and has a 60 seconds cooldown at all levels. This means that you should be benefiting from the increases attack speed buff for two-thirds of the time, assuming you cast this ability off cooldown.
Passive Skill
Fiver
Has a chance to increase Crit. Damage when attacking. At Level 1, you gain a 10% chance of obtaining a 30% Crit. Damage boost for 6 seconds. Given your naturally high Crit. Rate as a Dark Elf Bladedancer, you will often be seeing huge damage numbers.
Dual Weapon Mastery
Increases Attack power when wielding Dual Swords. At Level 1, the passive boosts is 1% Atk, which provides very respectable increase to your damage.
Attack Aura
Applies an increase attack power buff for you and your party members located in the same area. This raises the overall damage output of the party.
Skill Build Recommendations and Guide
We recommend that you prioritise leveling your Passive skills over Active skills, as the bulk of your damage originates from basic attacks. As such passives will expedite the leveling process more than active skills.
For Passive Skills, continue to level up your Warrior Weapon Mastery and Heavy Armor Mastery for higher damage output and survivability respectively. Subsequently, make sure you invest a single skill point into each passive first. We recommend you invest Skill Points into Fiver and Dual Weapon Mastery as they increase your output damage more than Attack Aura, especially if you solo train. If you party train often, then go ahead and prioritise Attack Aura.
For Active Skills, we highly recommmend you to level up the Active Buffs skills as they will significantly boost your damage output when training. If you happen to have excess skill points or you feel you need more burst damage to clear bosses or to PvP, do consider leveling up your other Active skills.
How Good is Dark Elf Bladedancer in Lineage 2 Revolution?
In Lineage 2 Revolution,. the Dark Elf Bladedancer is excellent in dealing high amounts of damage. However, he is not as adept when it comes to tanking heavy sources of damage.
He is a great asset to any party, due to both his active buff skills granting added damage output to others in the party. On top of that, his passive Attack Aura further raises the DPS potential of the party output.
When it comes to solo content, the Dark Elf Bladedancer should not encounter much problems whilst training or clearing the storyline. However, he could potentially face some issues when dealing with stronger bosses that are able to kill you in a few hits. In the Arena, the Dark Elf Bladedancer is a lethal foe due to his ability to output high amounts of burst damage to the opponent.
