Hybrid Int Sword and Shield GuideBy Marce_
I wanted to try this build out because I was tired of playing with traditional builds such as pure str glavie, pure int s/s and pure str blader. I thought
it'd be great to stray from the same builds and go for something unique. This build is based on the lvl. 80 cap.
The purpose of this build is for those who want to tank and deal a great amount of damage.
This build does not show
its full potential only until
lvls 69+. I will show you the way I am farming this build, but by no means does that mean you must too. At lvl. 80 you should have 40 str points on your character adding ab out 1-3k HP to your character as well as physical damage increase and physical defense increase. I would recommend to go pure int until
lvl. 66
when you would add two int points and one str point. From there on you would add only str, therefore making it 40 str points in total. Why would you go pure int in the first 65 lvl's? Because you will be able to lvl. up the fastest but again you may choose to put them at your
discretion. Be adviced that this build is heavy on skill
points so you WILL NEED TO FARM
a lot.
Sword and ShieldFor this
build it is necessary to have a weapon with three things:
High magical attack power, Critical, and Attack Rating. As for your final weapon you will have to empty out your pockets for a weapon with stats 40% for everything except not much for the reinforcement (but it's better if you do). The shield is the
main component in this build. It should always have a blocking ratio of 16 or more and as for your final weapon you should have blocking ratio 18 if you wanna be able to tank really
well.
GearSince this is a Hybrid build, I would go for Protector since it would increase your
magical and physical damage all at the same time while increasing your magical and physical defense
moderately as well. If you are an anti-str build

, then you could go ahead and wear Armor. I
advise you
, though
, that you do not wear garment otherwise pure str
or str based builds will have the upper hand against you.
Mastery to SP:Bicheon: 80
Total SP spent on this mastery: 125,953 SP
Fire: 80
Total SP spent on this mastery: 116,182 SP
Light: 80
Total SP spent on this mastery: 117,866 SP
Cold: 60
Total SP spent on this mastery: 24,927 SP
Total SP: 384,928 SP
Masteries:Bicheon Mastery:In this mastery will be where all your physical damage derives from. It can be used to deal great damage against heave Int based builds. This mastery helps in great temporary physical defense, increasing your blocking ratio, and with a few crits, dealing a great amount of damage.
Shield Technique Series 18,261 SPThis series greatly increases your physical defense for about 15 seconds. It can be used against str based builds to prevent getting hit for great amount of damage. It should be used carefully at the right time because it can be a life saver. It is one of the main reasons that makes this build tank. Max all the skills in it, except for Mountain shield and Giant Shield.
Hidden Blade Series 36,902 SPThis series is a must. Knockdowns help you pot up when you are low and can save your life. They are also a great way of dealing damage
especially with a good crit or two. Max it out.
Killing Heaven Blade Series 20,138 SPObviously the follow up for a knockdown. It can be what wins you the fight if you can land a good crit hit on the opponent. Max it out.
Shield Protection Series (Passive) 5,844 SPThis series can be one of the most important of all. It increases your blocking ratio which can be a life saver as it blocks
and cancels your opponents damage, max it out.
Fire Mastery:In this mastery is where you get your imbue, for a great part of your damage. It also helps in physical damage increases for your bicheon skills, magical defense, and abnormal status reduction. This is where your strongest nuke derives from.
Fire Force Series 21,769 SPThis series will be your imbue, which is one of the most important series of all. This is where most of your power derives from. Max it.
Fire Shield Series N/A SPThis series helps prevent abnormal status. Get a good final set of
accessories with abnormal prevention blues and you are set to go. Max it.
Flame Body Series 5,033 SPThis series increases your physical attack which is great when dealing bicheon based attacks such as KD and Stab. Max it.
Fire Protection Series 20,082 SPAlthough Int based builds have a lot of magical defense, this
build is a Hybrid build and needs as much magical defense as possible. Max it.
Flame Wave Series 18,628 SPThis series is your fire nuke series and
where you will
get your strongest attack from. Although there are four nukes in this series I went with Fire Wave Burning only since I will have also two (which are the second and third strongest nukes) lightning nukes. You must lvl. the first fire nuke in order to lvl. Flame Wave burning. You can max out the rest. I maxed out just Burning.
Flame Devil Force Series (Passive) 5,844 SPThis passive helps increase your physical attack. Increase it so you can deal more damage with bicheon based attacks. Max it out.
Light Mastery:In this mastery will be where you get your other nukes for pve as well as pvp. It also helps in increasing your magical attack power, speed (also zooming fast), and increasing parry ratio.
Piercing Force Series 5,892 SPThis series increases your magical attack power. It will help you deal more damage with your nukes. Max it.
Wind Walk Series 25,521 SPThis series increases your speed as well as helps you zoom very rapidly from one area to a great distance of another one. You should use this at all times including for jobbing and grinding. In pvp Ghost Walk Phantom and Shadow can be used to get away from your opponent in order to pot up when your HP is critically low. Max it.
Concentration Series 14,058 SPThis series increases your parry ratio, which decreases the damage dealt to you. Max it.
Thunderbolt Force Series 21,725 SPThis series will be your other set of nukes. It is best to use the last two books
since they are the strongest. In pve this can be used to attract more monsters to you or to kill several monsters at a time. Max it.
Heaven's Force Series (Passive) 5,844 SPThis passive
permanently increases your parry ratio. Max it.
Cold Mastery:This mastery is mainly used to increase your physical defense as well as using Snow Shield to convert your MP at a set percentage into your HP.
Frost Guard Series 6,422 SPThis series increases your physical defense, which is a big
help since you will need the extra physical defense against str based builds. Max it until lvl. 60.
Snow Shield Series 4,061 SP This series consumes your MP by a set percentage instead of your HP. It can be a life saver and it helps you tank. Max it until lvl. 60.
Cold Armor Series (Passive) 1,680 SPThis passive
permanently increases your physical defense. Max it until lvl. 60.
Farming and Leveling:There are many ways of farming your character. You can farm the way you'd like to. From the Bandit Stronghold farming to the Penons Ice farming. Either way you choose to farm, make sure you have enough to make your SP at the appropriate amount.
I 0 gapped it to lvl. 69 and then
deleveled my masteries to lvl. 60. Then I'm 9 gapping it to lvl. 73, which should have me fully farmed.
Here's how the SP chart shows it:
lvl. Sp at 9 gap
69 87,632 SP
70 91,577 SP
71 100,004 SP
72 104,505 SP
73 109,207 SP
Total: 492,925 SP
This is way more than fully farmed. You can either do that or once you've reached the amount stated at the top of this
build you can close your gap mid. lvl. 73 and be fully farmed up to that point and lvl. to 80 fully farmed. Either way is fine.
Special Thanks:
I'd like to give special thanks to my brother 1hiT_NuKe for...yeah thanks anyways..lol

. Rainigul for the images. I'll plan on adding them later

. silkroadforums for letting me post my guide here, and to anyone who takes their time to read this guide. I hope you enjoy it and maybe actually make a character based on it.