The Blademaster is the melee damage dealer class. Always at the front of the battle, Blademasters can hold back a handful of players with their powerful AoE (Area of Effect) skills. Ranging between pure power, DOT (Damage Over Time), stunning, or pure speed, Blademasters have the greatest variety of all the characters in Perfect World International. Not only in skills, but also in weapon choice and stats. All of this makes the Blademasters the most creatively open class, which is also why it's amongst the most popular.

Pros:

• The best AoE class
• Great stun skills
• Can have different stat builds based on either Vit, Dex or Str
• Multiple weapon and skill choice
• Can use two weapons when fighting for greater skill choice
• Can grind multiple mobs at once
• High Physical Defense and HP.
• Best class for Stun and AoE (Area of Effect) Skills.

Cons:

• Low magical defense
• Doesn't specialize in anything
• Too many skill choices
• Often work as "ponds" in massive PvP battles
• Expensive repairs
• Low damage output compared to Wizards, Archers, Clerics, and Psychics.

Damage Chart: Lower-Low-Medium-High-Higher

Attack Speed Chart: Slower-Slow-Medium-Fast-Faster

Blade:

Medium range, Fast attack speed, Lower-Medium damage

Dual Blade:

Medium range, Slow attack speed, Medium-High damage

Sword:

Medium range, Fast attack speed, Low-Medium damage

Dual Sword:

Medium range, Slow attack speed, Medium-Medium damage

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Pike:

Long range, Medium attack speed, Low-Medium damage

Poleblade:

Long range, Medium attack speed, Lower-Medium damage

Club:

Long range, Medium attack speed, Low-High damage

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Dual Axes:

Medium range, Slower attack speed, Low-Higher damage

Poleaxe:

Medium range, Slow attack speed, Lower-High damage

Dual Hammers:

Medium range, Slower attack speed, Medium-High damage

Polehammer:

Medium range, Slow attack speed, Low-Medium damage

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Fist:

Short range, Faster attack speed, Lower-Lower damage

Claw:

Short range, Faster attack speed, Lower-Low damage

Even though it's possible to use Light Armor, it's not really ideal, as Blademasters will spend most of their time fighting up close. Gems should be magical because a Blademaster will already have some Vitality points. Extra stats could be Strength, Vitality, or Dexterity depending on your choice of build and weapon.

Builds:

The common build for a Blademaster is add 5 Str and 3 Dex and 2 Vit for every two levels. This is a very common build and will allow you to use heavy armors.
WARNING: DO NOT USE IT IF YOU'RE USING FIST OR CLAWS, YOU WILL NEED MUCH MORE DEX.

You can use the table to create specific builds you want, for example, let's say one wants to use Axe/Hammer and Sword/Blade weapon paths with the same build, so we check the requirements:

• Axe/Hammer require 6 STR, while Sword/Blade 5 STR.
• Sword/Blade requires 3 DEX while Axe/Hammer 1 DEX.

The final build would be: 6 STR | 3 DEX | 1 Free stat point.

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