Combat (talent)

For the game mechanic, see Combat (gameplay)

Combat is a talent which improves the player's defensive and offensive capabilities. Every increase in combat level increases the player’s maximum health by 100 points, and energy by 5 points. Higher combat levels also allow the player to equip more types of Armor.

Gaining experience

Combat experience may be gained when the player defeats a mob using combat-based skills. If more than one player were involved in fighting the mob, the experience gained by each player will be the undivided experience given by the mob, in addition to some bonus experience points.

Combat experience can also be gained by completing quests. Most quests award several thousand XP in all talents upon completion.

Skills

The combat talent provides players with a number of skills that focus primarily on dealing damage, though at the cost of angering mobs significantly. Players who specialize in this talent can temporarily lower the increased incoming damage from angered mobs with Stored Strike. Using these skills in combat grants XP to the Combat talent if the mob is defeated.

All skills are awarded for free at the end of the Combat Talent Mark quest Beating Around the Bad Guys.

Icon	Name	TP	Energy	Effects
	Seismic Buck	20	35	Damages a single target at close range for 50 (angering). Builds Surge Stacks to cast Adrenaline Surge even if the skill is cast with no valid target. Upgrades are available to increase the number of targets, range, or damage.
	Jeering Shout	500	35	Causes more nearby mobs than usual to target the player when cast. Builds Surge Stacks to cast Adrenaline Surge. Upgrades are available to increase the taunt multiplier or duration.
	Stored Strike	20	10 /s	When active, the ability negates 65% of incoming damage while charging 70% of the damage to a buffer. When released, the stored damage (angering) is released to a single enemy target. Upgrades are available to increase the damage negation or released damage ratio.
	Adrenaline Surge	500	15	Splash attack dealing 150 damage (angering), with the selected target taking double damage. Requires a minimum number of Surge Stacks to cast. Upgrades are available to stun the enemy, deal more damage, or lower the number of Surge Stacks required.

Equipment

The combat skill determines which types of armor that players can equip. Higher-level armor sets usually provide greater defensive and offensive bonuses than lower-level armor.

Type		Combat level	Notes
	Copper armor	1	Copper armor is the lowest-level craftable armor available,
	Brass armor	1	Brass armor provides some health boost in addition to regular armor bonuses.
	Bronze armor	4	Bronze armor is the next tier of Artisan armor after Copper.
	Fyre Flye armor	7	Fyre Flye armor is mostly decorative armor which offers meager armor rating for its level.
	Iron armor	8	Iron armor is the next tier of Artisan armor after Bronze.
	Nickel armor	10	Nickel armor provides a slight dodge bonus in addition to regular armor bonuses.
	Steel armor	12	Steel armor is the next tier of Artisan armor after Iron.
	Pearlescent armor	14	Pearlescent armor is a heavily-nerfed variant of Sunlight armor. It is more often crafted into Iridescent armor.
	Iridescent armor	14	Iridescent armor offers negligible Magic Resist, but can be upgraded with more Harmonies than regular crafted armor.
	Alicium armor	17	Alicium armor is the next tier of Artisan armor after Steel.
	Elementium armor	19	Elementium armor is the next tier of Artisan armor after Alicium.
	Gold armor	20	Gold armor is marginally stronger than Elementium armor in armor rating, but falls behind on magic resist.
	Titanium armor	21	Titanium armor provides solely armor bonuses with no magic resist.
	Harmonious armor	24	Harmonious armor provides strong magic resist with good armor bonuses.
	Phoenix armor	27	Phoenix armor can reflect damage at attackers and focuses on physical defense.
	Sunlight armor	30	Sunlight armor, along with Moonlight armor has the highest armor rating in-game.
	Moonlight armor	30	Moonlight armor is as strong as Sunlight armor.

Specialization

Players can specialize in the Combat talent by completing the quest Beating Around the Bad Guys at the end of their Foal Story Arc.

Talent mastery

The maximum level that players can attain in the combat talent is 50.