Blade & Soul, a long-time fan favorite, has been given a brand-new makeover. Blade & Soul NEO has all that its predecessor had but maintains a contemporary charm. With breathtaking graphics and thrilling new gameplay elements, Blade & Soul NEO provides a dynamic blend of old and new.
We're going to move through the types of equipment and skills you have available in Blade & Soul NEO within this guide. We will be discussing how you can obtain materials for crafting as well as level up items, too. Though you can buy Blade & Soul NEO Divine Gems from LootBar and exchange them at the market to do that, there is more than one way to make it happen. So, let's get cracking!
Characters
Before diving into the equipment, it is necessary to understand the character classes in Blade & Soul, as each class is provided with some specific equipment that is best suited for their abilities. Similar to the equipment, each character in Blade & Soul possesses different abilities. These classes include-
Assassin: Assassins are quiet killers that take out important targets based on stealth and high burst damage skills. Using daggers, these mercs are noted for their quick movements and quick killings.
Blademaster: Blademasters are versatile swordsmen who excel at causing steady damage as well as protecting their teammates from enemy assaults. Using swords, these fighters are skilled in both offense and defense.
Blade Dancer: Blade Dancers are ranged soldiers with skills to inflict consistent damage on a single target or a crowd of foes. Equipped with Twin Blades, they are excellent at quick movement and crowd pushing.
Kung Fu Master: These masters of martial arts are experts at handling single-target damage using a mix of quick melee stacks. Equipped with Gauntlets, they strike lightning-fast to repel enemy attacks.
Destroyer: Destroyers are fighters with immense strength. Equipped with the powerful axe, these fighters excel at inflicting high burst damage and great crowd control skills.
Forcemaster: Forcemasters are arcane sorcerers specializing in casting long-range attacks using many different spells. Forcemasters are armed with Focus Orbs that allow them to cast fire and ice spells for dealing damage and crowd control purposes respectively.
Summoner: Summoners are guardian angels who serve as support units on the battlefield. Equipped with the staff, Summoners make ranged attacks using Familiars and possess crowd control and support functions such as healing and buffs for their allies.
Understanding Equipment
In Blade & Soul NEO, weapons and accessories can be obtained in numerous ways. Quests, dungeons, merchant NPCs, or trading at the marketplace using Blade & Soul NEO Divine Gems. For each weapon or accessory, attack power is the main stat. This stat can be augmented as you continue to upgrade your equipment throughout the game. Upgrade materials can be obtained by salvaging weapons and accessories.
Both weapon and accessory have Mantra Stone slots and Soul Core slots. These can be expanded by successfully evolving your equipment. With each Evolution, a random Enchantment is applied. In addition, Evolution can also boost your weapon sub-stats. Evolution is not always successful and might fail unless your Evolution progress is 100%.
Another safe way to boost your received bonus stats is through Weapon and Accessory Augmenting. You can augment your weapon using Psyches, which can be crafted or bought from merchant NPCs. Although augmenting does cost material and a fee, it is sure to work, unlike Evolution.
Now that we have learned about the equipment basics in Blade & Soul NEO, let's go ahead and take a look at the different equipment.
► Weapons
In Blade & Soul NEO, your weapons are determined by the character you select, as explained earlier. The default stat for all weapons is Attack Power. To enhance your weapon, you can utilize Soul Cores to acquire boss-specific active skills for fighting.
► Accessories
Accessories of Blade & Soul NEO can be Rings, Belts, Bracelets, Earrings and Necklaces. Accessories give you extra stats like Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Accuracy, etc. They make your damage output higher and assist in making you more effective in combat. Accessories can also be evolved.
►Soul Badges and Mystic Badges
Soul Badges and Mystic Badges are items that increase the power of your skills. They can be purchased from Dragon Trader NPCs through materials earned from other Soul Badges, Mystic Badges, Illusion Weapons, and Outfits.
► Soul Shields
Soul Shields will assist you in enhancing several stats like HP. Soul Shields can be fused with Soul Shield Primer used as fusing material. Soul Shields can be fortified so that their stats are enhanced. It is done by using the same Soul Shield as reinforcement material.
► Knowing Skills
Each character in Blade & Soul NEO possesses a special skill depending on their class. Basic Skills are acquired from Epic Quests and as you progress through the levels in Epic Quests, you continue to learn new skills. Each of these skills can be personalized by transferring new Skill Effects from Skill books or through Skill Points.
Skill Books: Skill Books are the key to upgrading your skills in the game. A Skill Book can be of varying tiers, that is: Improved, Refined, Superior, Heroic, and Legendary. Skills are upgraded by copying the Skill Effects from the Skill Books to your equipment.
You can receive Skill Books as Dungeon Rewards or buy them from Nameless Agent NPCs.
Different Skills can also be obtained by extracting them from an item of equipment that has a Skill Effect set on it. Once the extraction is finished, the Skill Effect is pulled out of the equipment and a new Skill Book is given to you, containing the pulled-out Skill Effect. Skill Extraction is not without cost and requires a fee, though.
When it comes to Skill Enhancements, aside from other ways, you can also utilize Skill Points to boost your skills. There are only limited skills, however, that can be boosted with Skill Points.
Conclusion
In short, there is a wide array of equipment and skills that you can employ in Blade & Soul NEO. It is all about comprehending the type of characters and skills that fit your style and you. Along the way, you need to try to select the appropriate equipment and max it out utilizing the most optimal means.