Male Striker Guide

Acknowledgement

• The author thanks Strikers discord group for the useful feedback on the skill build
• This page has been reviewed by two other players Pre-3A
• Overview: General information can be found at DFOWiki
• Guides from the community
• u/LargestRock (posted August 2017): This is the only written guide I can find. Unfortunately, this guide is outdated.

My Personal Guide

• Mechanics
• 1st awakening
• Casting the skill the second time will activate "Dual Release Attack", adding the  next to your .
• While  is active, the damage boost is added to your   and , only one time though, so pick and choose which one you want to apply the damage to.
• Flash Move
•  is a generic skill for all male fighter. But for striker,  can be used to cancel into other skill. 
• For example:  →  →   below

•  cooldown can also be bypassed when used with other low cooldown skills.
• For example:  →  →  →  →  →  →  below

• Skill Build
• Max these passives
•         
• Then max these actives first
•       
• Use the remaining SP for these
•       
• My hotkey
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• Skill Rationale
• Leave   and  at level 1 for utility and clearing trash mobs.
• Popular Talisman :
• Fiery Onslaught   > Faster Than the Eye  > Mountain Clever 
• Super armor 
• Leaving at level 1 is an option among kdnf players.
• Level 1 vs 20 has pretty much the same effect since higher physical defense and vitality are not beneficial for male striker.
• At level 1, the skill has lower duration and also lower cool down, so the duration/cooldown ratio is similar to level 20.
• In a way you can use that extra SP for other skill but then you will have to recast  every 25-30 sec, which can be a hassle.
• 3rd Awakening link 
• Link  to  will require  to be activated before  can be used, however that will take away your ability to use "Dual Release Attack" 
• Link  to  would free up the  for potential damage increase on   and . Also  has a long cast time so in a way you're buying yourself a few more seconds in 25-sec rotation to use other skills.
• Looking at the damage dealt by the top 20 Korean strikers on dundaoff, you're looking at a difference of average 4.22% in total damage with linking to  deal more damage.

• At the end of the day, unless you're min-maxing, link to whichever fit your playstyle, rotation, and muscle memories. 
• SP dump in order of recommendation
•  - Highly recommended
• Used with Faster Than the Eye  making the skill flow a lot smoother
• It would be a crime not to max
•   - Moderately recommended
• After the 3A update, only have enough SP to max 2/3.
• There are lots of debate about which one to max due to  has long cool down 
•  is good at skill connection and  has good burst.
• From sandbag testing, when maxing with TP on both  :
• 4  will outdamage 2 
• With cooldown reduction gears and runes, you can easily fit 2  in 25-sec rotation. Whereas for , you're lucky if you can fit 3.
• The general consensus among the top kdnf players from dunfaoff.com is to max  last after maxing   post 3A
• From my testing, I have to take SP off   if I want to max both  
•    - Mildly recommended
• Damage is not high enough to use in endgame even with  boosting  
• Best to leave at level 1















Changelog
• 8/23/20
• ADDED:  as Dual Release activation
• 8/18/20
• UPDATED: Post to match 3A update
• ADDED: Super armor rationale
• ADDED: 3A link rationale
• CHANGED: SP dump recommendation
• CHANGED: Skill figures to match 3A build
• 7/14/20
• ADDED: Acknowledgement statement
• ADDED: Talisman popularity
• ADDED: SP dump recommendation
• CHANGED: Skill figures to match current build