Swordsman Guide

Pros:
- Very high defense and HP
- At an avg cooldown time of 11 sec, swordies have the shortest cooldown times for attack skills
- Good in close ranged attack
- Relatively simple class to start with, and works well with beginners
- As the first specialist class (lvl 36 one) is Warrior, which is fire type, you will have the advantage of having lvled a fire fairy since lvl 25.
- Tom and Kliff both use NosTale Gold swordsman EQ, which you have.

Cons:
- Short range (most swordies don’t use crossbow)
- Slow movement speed
- High HP = slower heal rate
- Pvp will be harder due to short range and movement speed
- Attack power is not as great as the other classes (excluding an archer in close combat)
- Bob use archer EQ. You will need to get extra eq for him. (but you won’t be using Bob for long, so this won’t matter much).

When deciding what to be, you should also consider the specialist classes. Remember: SP classes are just add-ons to your normal classes. Your swordsman’s defense, attack, MP, HP, etc remain the same when you are in your specialist form. (Unless modified by a buff) However, your skills and buffs from your normal class cannot be accessed while in specialist form. Because what sets specialist classes apart from each other are their skills rather than stats, I will focus a lot on skills (the skills are grouped together in the bullets according whether they are buffs, cause status effects, etc), particularly ones that are more unique or have high probability of causing status effects.

The 2 specialist classes for swordsmen are

Warrior (Lvl 36, Job lvl 20)

Fairy: Fire
Weapon: Sword

Pros:
- High defense and high hp
- Strong aoes with status effects (below)
- Shoulder Bash (Lvl 14 skill) has stuns with probability or 80%, Earthshock (Lvl 18 skill) disables enemies from attacking at probability of 70%, Lvl 20 skill removes all of the enemy’s defense at a probability of 80%
- Puree (Lvl 16 Buff) increases movement speed, defense, and attack all in one
- Provoke (Lvl 8 skill) and Shout (Lvl 12 skill) allow you to make monsters attack you or run away from you. This is buy NosTale Gold  useful for getting them within range of aoeing or shaking them off when there are too many.

Cons:
- Slow movement speed
- Still have shorter range compared to the other SP classes
- Due to high HP, it will take longer for you to heal

Blade (Lvl 46, Job lvl 35)

Fairy: Water
Weapon: Sword

Pros:
- Has several skills advantageous to PVPing (see below)
- Blade Protection (Lvl 8 skill) blocks/absorbs damage and adds it to your next attack,
- Dancing Sword (Lvl 20 skill) can stop enemies from attacking at a probability of 70%, Sword Storm (Lvl 10 skill) can cause Bleeding at a probability of 50% and slow enemy’s movement speed at a probability of 70%, Attack of Light Speed (Lvl 12 skill) decreases enemy’s defense at a probability of 80%, Dead Hit (Lvl 16 skill) reduces enemy’s MP by 70% and defense by 50%
- Recovery Breath ( Lvl 14 skill) recovers HP and MP
- Has increased movement speed
- Has a lot of surrounding target aoes
- Short casting time for attack skills

Cons:
- Most Lvl 4x mobs are dark element, which is strong against water
- Sharp Edge (Lvl 18 buff) has longer cooldown than effect time (effect lasts 3 minutes while cooldown lasts 5 minutes)
- Only one lasting self buff (Lvl 18 buff)
- Most lvl 4x mobs are darkness element, which is strong against water