Scouts are light warriors that specialize in short swords, daggers and bows. They prefer speed, evasion and agility, making them nimble characters capable of joining the frontline ranks. Speed is traded at a cost of protection since the best gear scouts can wear are leather armors. Scouts can dual wield daggers, swords or a combination of both at an early level. Scouts rely on stealth and flanking manuevers to get the upper hand in battle. They are meant to deal damage at a safe distance or up close without getting too much attention for their targets. Scouts don’t have any good crowd-control skills so it will be a good idea to engage small groups of enemies, especially for low level scouts. When they finally reach ascension, scouts can choose to become Assassins, masters of stealth and efficiently executed attacks or Rangers, masters of bow and traps, capable of dealing huge amounts of damage at long ranges. Details regarding these two subclasses will be discussed on separate articles.
A Scout’s skill tree, like the other three “base” classes or professions is simple. All basic abilities a scout needs should be available to him/her after getting enough levels. They start off with the basic combat skill and evasion buff. At level 3, they’ll be able to execute surprise attacks but it won’t be that effective unless used with the “hide” skill. At level 5, scouts are allowed to dual-wield weapons, enhance their hit rates, use stealth to sneak around enemies and perform a counter-attack after dodging an enemy attack. Employing these skills early on will help aspiring assassins or rangers get the feel of using carefully planned movements and executing surprise attacks to their advantage. Since scouts lack any effective healing skills other than the typical first aid/bandage skill, they will need to rely on food and potions to keep their HP up. Just as scouts reach level 9, they’ll be able to use a passive skill that increases their evasion rate, as well as a combat skill that helps them “focus” to increase their physical damage. So far, scouts can perform two basic chain skills; Swift Edge – Quick Slash or Dodge – Counterslash. When paired with other skills, especially hide and boost accuracy skills, targeted enemies won’t even have that much time to react or defend themselves.
Scouts are meant to take advantage of their surroundings and situations in order to make the most out of it. They may rush in the middle of the battle if needed but their true potential can only be witnessed by launching surprise attacks or taking advantage of stealth to get into optimal position before attacking. Players that would like to use various tactics and strategies to win other than rushing into battle directly would definitely enjoy playing as stealthy and nimble scouts.
