Stormblade
Wields a Reaper Scythe, excelling in close-range combat. Switches seamlessly between scythe and longsword forms, delivering precise area strikes.
Class Overview
Stormblade is one of the classes available in Blue Protocol: Star Resonance . They fulfill the DPS role while wielding a Reaper Scythe as their weapon of choice. Stormblade has access to two specs - Iaido Slash and Moonstrike . Below you can find a summary of both, showing their strong and weak sides, how they play and more.
Iaido Slash is a fast-paced spec that is slightly ping-sensitive and heavily relies on its cooldown Volt Surge to deal the majority of its damage. This spec uses a builder-spender playstyle focused on cramming all of its meaningful DPS into high-intensity burst windows, chaining high “spender” abilities one after the other.
Iaido’s hallmark feature is that with enough Crit Rate. While Volt Surge is active, it can use high spender abilities back to back at maximum power effectively for free, delivering some of the best burst damage in the game.
Iaido boasts two entirely different playstyles, with one focusing on chaining the skills “Iaido Slash” and “Flash Strike” back to back via cooldown resets enabled by specific talents. The other playstyle focuses on building up the “Thundrage” resource to unleash powerful evolved abilities (sadly, this playstyle is significantly weaker and currently unviable for endgame content)
Pros
- •Exceptional burst damage.
- •Exceptional endgame scaling.
- •High maximum damage potential.
Cons
- •High ping and auto unfriendly.
- •Low party utility.
- •Requires high Crit to function well.
Moonstrike is a stat-hungry spec that relies on having high Haste and Luck to reach its full potential. Its gameplay revolves around summoning and maintaining spinning scythes while using the Blade Intent resource on its core ability, Thundercut, to deal an endless flurry of strikes and slashes from multiple different sources.
Moonstrike’s main feature is its stat breakpoints, the main one being that at certain Haste thresholds, Thundercut hits can be multiplied by up to 4 times!
When played and geared well, Moonstrike is competitive in high-end content and ends up with abundant resources to spam abilities to your heart's content!
Pros
- •Good burst damage.
- •Exceptional endgame scaling (with breakpoints).
- •Edgy Scythes.
Cons
- •Potential relies on breakpoints.
- •Low party utility.
- •Scythe Wheel can be buggy in certain fights.
Skills
The following sections summarise key abilities, their tags, and damage/healing multipliers.
Fixed Skills
Unleashes up to 4 sweeping strikes in scythe form, each dealing Attack Damage.
Multipliers
- Strike I: 44.8% ATK +126 (Resilience Break: 20 )
- Strike II: 72.8% ATK +208 (Resilience Break: 32 )
- Strike III: 79.8% ATK +226 (Resilience Break: 34 )
- Strike IV: 96.6% ATK +277 (Resilience Break: 44 )
- Red Light Counter: 140% ATK +400 (Resilience Break: 100 )
After charging, delivers a swift forward slash that consumes all Thunder Sigils to deal Attack Damage. Each Thunder Sigil consumed boosts DMG by 25% .
Multipliers
- Damage: 210% ATK +600 (Resilience Break: 487 )
- CD: 1s
A supreme sword technique sharp enough to cut the air itself. Unleashes a flurry of slashes in front, dealing Attack Damage to all enemies in range. Grants max Thunder Sigil at the end of the strike.
Multipliers
- Total Damage: 904.4% ATK +2600 (Resilience Break: 941 )
- CD: 60s
Expertise Skills
Unleashes the power of the tachi, each strike transforms the blade into a scythe, dealing higher Attack Damage and granting 1 Thunder Sigil. This skill has 5 charges.
Multipliers
- Strike I: 168% ATK +480 (Resilience Break: 176 )
- Strike II: 168% ATK +480 177 )
- Strike III: 168% ATK +480 177 )
- Charge Time: 7s
Consume all Thunder Sigils, and charge forward after powering up to slash all enemies, dealing Attack Damage. Each Thunder Sigil increases DMG by 25% .
Multipliers
- Total Damage: 490% ATK +1400 (Resilience Break: 566 )
- CD: 15s
Consume all Thunder Sigils to release slashes across a wide area, dealing Attack Damage. Each Thunder Sigil increases DMG by 25% . Grants immunity to all DMG while slashing.
Multipliers
- Total Damage: 420% ATK +1200 (Resilience Break: 294 )
- CD: 25s
Change weapon to a scythe, swinging it to perform multi-hit attacks against surrounding enemies, dealing Attack Damage and repel enemies. The final strike inflicts a 50% Wound on the target for 10s . Summon Moonblade to aid in combat.
Multipliers
- Skill Damage: 420% ATK +1200 (Resilience Break: 171 )
- Moonblade Single Hit Damage: 70% ATK +200
- Trigger Whirl Damage: 210% ATK +600
- CD: 30s
Double lightning-fast Iai Slash, inflic Attack Damage on enemies at the cost of 50 Blade Intent. Once Attack Speed reaches 25|50|80% deals 1|2|3 additional attack(s). If Blade Intent remains after the strike, the skill can be recast.
Multipliers
- Total Damage: 210% ATK +600 (Resilience Break: 80 )
Enchants the blade with thunderous power. While active, any action that would grant Thunder Sigils instead instantly maxes out Thunder Sigils. Also increases ATK for the duration and gains Super Armor .
Multipliers
- ATK Up: 10% + 80
- Duration: 12s
- CD: 45s
Unleashes raging Thunder within, generating 20 Blade Intent every 1s. During this state, using Expertise that consume Blade Intent triggers a Lightning Strike, dealing Attack Damage to the current target.
Multipliers
- Thunder Strike Single Damage: 224% ATK +640
- Duration: 10s
- CD: 45s
Enter a defensive stance, gaining immunity to all DMG. If hit while in stance, counter with a slash and leap backward. Recast to dash forward and slash, dealing Attack Damage. If the attack hits a target, gain max Thunder Sigil.
Multipliers
- Slash Backstep Damage: 42% ATK +120
- Flash Slash Damage: 98% ATK +280
- CD: 30s
How to Level & Play
Guidance based on Prydwen resources to help you bridge the gap before specialising.
Equip the skills below in the order you unlock them for the most effective pre-specialization Stormblade build:
- Overdrive
- Flash Strike
- Scythe Wheel
- Volt Surge
For optimal power, activate your starting talents in the following order:
Ensure you maintain Scythe Wheel at all times, then follow the basic ability orders below to get started:
- When Volt Surge is available and while it lasts:
- Overdrive when not at max Thunder Sigils.
- Flash Strike when available, and you have 3+ Sigils.
- Missing Skill when Flash Strike is on cooldown and you have 3+ Sigils.
- When Volt Surge is down:
- Oblivion Combo if available.
- Flash Strike when available, and you have 3+ Sigils.
- Missing Skill when Flash Strike is on cooldown and you have 3+ Sigils.
- Basic Attack ( Judgment Cut ) until Sharp Strike triggers.
- Overdrive to consume Sharp Strike buff to generate Sigils - use them on 3 or 4.