Lann Revamp Incoming!

• Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-02-20 22:06
  https://www.facebook.com/Vindictus
  
  

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  A Lann Skill Revamp is on the horizon! Here’s a sneak peek at
  what’s coming.
  
  Critical Break – A new skill that increases Max Damage done from Critical Damage.
  
  Smash Mastery – This skill will be applied to Fury No.
  7 attack which will deal more damage.
  
  *Both of these additions will be applied to Sword and Spear
  classes. Stay tuned for more info!

  
  
  

  Lann Skill Revamp Tease for Friday!
  
  Critical Damage – This new skill will increase critical damage dealt by Twin Swords.
  
  Risky Wind – This new skill grants Lann “Windrider” after performing a successful dodge.
  
  Windrider increases Critical Damage and Chance. Stamina
  usage from attacks will not diminish while this buff is in use.
  
  Stay tuned for more sneak peeks!

  
  
  

  Join Zoltar on Monday @ 11:00am PST. for a preview of what's coming to Vindictus! This month we're covering the upcoming Lann Skill Revamp update.
  
  Stay tuned:http://www.twitch.tv/vindictus

  
  
  http://vindictus.nexon.net/news/1763/sharpened-sword-and-spear
  
  

  
  The Return of the Dual Armed Warrior
  Lann is one of the original mercenaries to grace Vindictus. New warriors have come along over the years, but this hardened warrior known for his tenacity and unwavering bravery in the battlefield, will not be forgotten. This month, we honor Lann and give him the recognition he deserves. He's been putting in some time perfecting his skills, and now it’s time for him to show the new warriors how it's done.
  
  Lann Revamp
  Lann is now better than ever! With impressive new skills and some of his classic skills upgraded, the fomors won't know what hit them. Tap into new reservoirs of strength and resilience as you master the toughest challenges Vindictus has to offer. Read on for more details and a rundown on his improvements:
  
  
  Overall Upgrades
  

  [Image: http://nxcache.nexon.net/umbraco/1409/sword_spear_lann.jpg?width=686px&height=431px]

  
  

  
  
  • A new skill called Critical Break applies to both Dual Sword and Dual Spear classes. It increases the max damage a Critical Damage inflicts on the enemy when it occurs. (Not true, it raises critical cap, but has no effect on critical hit damage) However, it doesn’t increase how often the critical occurs.
    
  • Smash Mastery is applied to Lann’s Fury No. 7 attack, causing it to do more damage.
    

  
  
  Sword Lann
  

  [Image: http://nxcache.nexon.net/umbraco/1408/sword_lann.jpg?width=686px&height=431px]

  
  

  
  
  • Overall damage for all smash hits slightly increased
    
  • new skill called Critical Damage. It increases the critical damage you do with Twin Swords.
    
  • Thousand Needles given a slight damage increase
    
  • A new skill called Risky Wind. Dodging an enemy attack gives Lann a “Windrider” buff. Windrider buff increases both Critical Damage (Again, not true, it's critical cap) and Chance, and attacks will not use Stamina while the buff is active.
    
  • Smash Mastery is now applied on the active skill Raging Fever
    
  • New skill Lightning Fury: Twin Swords added. Increases Lightning Fury damage and increases the chance of knocking down an opponent
    

  
  
  Spear Lann
  

  [Image: http://nxcache.nexon.net/umbraco/1407/spear_lann.jpg?width=688px&height=432px]

  
  

  
  
  • Fury Infusion when activated will now restore HP when an attack is hit. However, restored HP is based on how much HP is lost when activating Fury Infusion.
    
  • Normal Attack 3 can now be linked after performing Gliding Fury and Lightning Fury
    
  • A new skill Spear Dash given to Spear Lann to improve his survivability
    
  • A new skill Belclaire is added. Inflicts a “Blood Pact” debuff on the enemy hit with it. Blood Pact increases the damage Lann does to the enemy hit with it, but will also increase the damage received from that enemy.
    
  • New skill Lightning Fury: Twin Spears added. Decreases stamina consumption and grants temporary invulnerability when doing Lightning Fury.
    

• 800mans wrote on 2015-02-21 02:58
  YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Maybe back to my sword lann
• Tyskiyomy wrote on 2015-02-21 03:11
  No Ze-cat-lion D:?
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-02-25 02:17
  http://vindictus.nexon.net/community?nxid=10#%2Fshowthread.php%3F1387536-Lann-s-new-skills-AP-costs%26nxid%3D15
  
  

  
  //Common
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/GSyo9JZ.jpg]

  
  Critical Break
  rF 51% Crit Cap
  rE 53% Crit Cap [180AP]
  rD 56% Crit Cap [270AP]
  rC 59% Crit Cap [360AP]
  rB 62% Crit Cap [450AP]
  rA 65% Crit Cap [560AP]
  Total: 1820AP
  
  
  //Twin Spears
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/flvIzWn.jpg]

  
  Spear Dash
  0.30 base invul
  rF +0.24 invul, 15 stam trigger
  rE +0.25 invul, 15 stam trigger [30AP]
  rD +0.27 invul, 14 stam trigger [130AP]
  rC +0.28 invul, 13 stam trigger [170AP]
  rB +0.29 invul, 12 stam trigger [210AP]
  rA +0.31 invul, 11 stam trigger [250AP]
  r9 +0.32 invul, 10 stam trigger [290AP]
  r8 +0.33 invul, 9 stam trigger [330AP]
  r7 +0.35 invul, 8 stam trigger [370AP]
  r6 +0.36 invul, 7 stam trigger [410AP]
  Total: 2190
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/OXdkrPH.jpg]

  
  Lightning Fury: Twin Spears
  rF -0 stam consumption
  rE -1 stam consumption [90AP]
  rD -2 stam consumption [150AP]
  rC -3 stam consumption [210AP]
  rB -4 stam consumption [280AP]
  rA -5 stam consumption [340AP]
  Total: 1070
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/APzUJQ8.jpg]

  
  Belclaire
  rF +10% dmg dealt & received, 15s duration
  rE +12% dmg dealt & received, 20s duration [90AP]
  rD +14% dmg dealt & received, 25s duration [150AP]
  rC +16% dmg dealt & received, 30s duration [210AP]
  rB +18% dmg dealt & received, 35s duration [280AP]
  rA +20% dmg dealt & received, 40s duration [340AP]
  Total: 1070
  
  
  //Twin Swords
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/nEKTrFi.jpg]

  
  Critical Damage
  rF +5% Crit Dmg
  rE +10% Crit Dmg [90AP]
  rD +15% Crit Dmg [150AP]
  rC +20% Crit Dmg [210AP]
  rB +25% Crit Dmg [280AP]
  rA +31% Crit Dmg [340AP]
  r9 +37% Crit Dmg [390AP]
  r8 +43% Crit Dmg [440AP]
  r7 +49% Crit Dmg [490AP]
  r6 +55% Crit Dmg [570AP]
  Total: 2960
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/xLTfemx.jpg]

  
  Lightning Fury: Twin Swords
  rF +10% dmg, +0% KD
  rE +15% dmg, +3% KD [90AP]
  rD +20% dmg, +4% KD [150AP]
  rC +25% dmg, +5% KD [210AP]
  rB +30% dmg, +6% KD [280AP]
  rA +35% dmg, +7% KD [340AP]
  Total: 1070AP
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/iIGhbpR.jpg]

  
  Risky Wind
  rF +50% Crit & +5% Crit Cap within Windrider, 4.5s Windrider duration
  rE +50% Crit & +8% Crit Cap within Windrider, 5s Windrider duration [180AP]
  rD +50% Crit & +10% Crit Cap within Windrider, 5.5s Windrider duration [340AP]
  rC +50% Crit & +13% Crit Cap within Windrider, 6s Windrider duration [500AP]
  rB +50% Crit & +15% Crit Cap within Windrider, 6.5s Windrider duration [660AP]
  rA +50% Crit & +18% Crit Cap within Windrider, 7s Windrider duration [820AP]
  Total: 2500AP
  
  Spear Total: 6150
  Sword Total: 8350
  Lann Total: 12680

• Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-02-26 23:30

  A new skill called Critical Break applies to both Dual Sword and Dual Spear classes. It increases the max damage a Critical Damage inflicts on the enemy when it occurs.
  
  A new skill called Risky Wind. Dodging an enemy attack gives Lann a “Windrider” buff. Windrider buff increases both Critical Damage and Chance, and attacks will not use Stamina while the buff is active.

  
  
  ... What, how is Max Critical Damage = Critical Cap? Not only is it poorly worded, but it's also incorrect.
  
  http://vindictus.nexon.net/community?nxid=10#%2Fshowthread.php%3F1388552-Critical-Break-increases-Max-Critical-Damage%26p%3D11537185%26viewfull%3D1%23post11537185%26nxid%3D15
  
  

  Quote from Nexon Staff Member:

  Before this gets out of hand, there is no mistranslation. DevCat has stated that the Max Damage Cap of Criticals DO get affected by Critical Break and Risky Wind. Also stated by DevCat, Critical Break does not affect Critical Chance.

  
  
  I'm sorry, but Nexon you're stupid. Why did you train your staff to be stupid?
  
  ----
  
  Thoughts so far: disregarding Lann's still-bad utility, Spear Dash gives me a lot of survivability but since I can't use it in rapid succession I get punished if I time it wrong, and Belclaire gives a lot of risk-reward and has surprisingly high range. However, I can't seem to really use Spear Lightning Fury because I'd usually get interrupted, but the physics collision ignore is pretty great. It's nice that I can use GF out of a knockback, though its range doesn't really cover enough compared to the distance sent backward.
  
  Two concerns:
  

  
  
  • They suddenly changed Windmill to a normal attack command input from a smash attack for no damn reason. Belclaire is also a normal attack command despite being a smash.
    
  • Belclaire can't be spammed when Blood Pact is in effect. Even though it's weak as or weaker than a normal attack, it has massive range, sends Lann a great distance forward, and is a reliable move out of Spear Dash. Making it spammable out of Spear Dash would give Lann much better utility.