Swordsman

First-tier melee class. Tanky, sword/spear-based; gateway to Knight or Crusader.

Position in tree

• Tier: 2 (1st Job)
• Comes from: Novice (advance around Lv 10 [VERIFY exact gate])
• Advances to: Knight (DPS-leaning) or Crusader (tank / hybrid)
• Transcendent: Lord Knight / Paladin
• 4th Job: Rune Knight / Royal Guard [VERIFY availability]

Role

• Primary: melee tank with respectable physical DPS
• Strengths: high HP, strong DEF scaling with VIT, good entry-level survivability
• Weaknesses: limited ranged options, dependent on positioning

Stat priority [VERIFY current meta]

Build	Primary	Secondary	Notes
PvE general	STR	VIT	balance ATK and survivability
Tank	VIT	STR	for parties / WoE defender path
Crit / AGI	AGI	LUK	niche; depends on weapon access

Key skills (1st-job tree, common ones) [VERIFY skill list & values]

• Bash — single-target ATK skill; signature opener
• Magnum Break — AoE fire damage around self; element conversion
• Provoke — debuffs target’s DEF, increases its ATK; aggro / utility
• Endure — resist flinch; survivability
• Increase Recovery — passive HP regen / healing item potency
• Sword Mastery / Two-Handed Sword Mastery — passive ATK with sword types
• Moving HP Recovery — passive [VERIFY name]

→ Numbers, multipliers, and SP costs change with patches. File those in skills-swordsman.md when you confirm them.

Recommended early gear (high-level direction)

• Weapon: one-handed sword for shield play, two-handed for damage
• Shield: Buckler / Guard early; later upgrades unlock
• Armor: any class-permitted; prioritize VIT and HP%
• Cards: vs-race weapon cards (cheap and impactful early); HP / VIT armor cards → Specific gear + cards belong in equipment, not here.

Builds

• (none filed yet — see _template.md)

Common pitfalls

• Skipping VIT entirely on a “DPS” build → HP pool too small to survive learning curve
• Wrong sub-class pick: Knight ≠ Crusader; check the Knight and Crusader notes before advancing — re-spec is costly

See also

• Class MOC
• Mechanics MOC
• Knight, Crusader

Backlinks

• classes.md

Sources / verification log

• 2026-05-02 — initial scaffold; structural facts (tier, class progression) high confidence, numerical / patch-specific facts marked [VERIFY]