Kingslayer

Heart of the Party

The Kingslayer is a tanky wall that can control and buff the party in a multitude of defensive ways. Since they can take a lot of damage before going down, Kingslayers are a very strong choice for people looking for more survival or to take extra risks against enemies. Best: Highest HP, very defensive, great control with offensive skills. Worst: Underwhelming DPS, very reaction-based, skill point starved. Weapons: Dagger, Sword, Bows

Gameplay Identity

The Kingslayer doesn't have rotations, instead favoring the use of conditional skills, offensively and defensively to adapt to circumstances, so they are: The core pillar of parties, who can change the flow of the gameplay directly, either by saving them from difficult moments or by increasing the margin for risks. They are a unique class in regards to the skills distribution, since they are themed around Chess. This can be an issue due to the huge amount of skills they have at their disposal, making them unreliable in the hands of a player that doesn't know what to focus on. Regardless of skill levels, even a lower level skill can be very well used by a skilled player. A Kingslayer, even if undergeared, can tank many hits due to its multiple mitigation tools, and if built around using a bow, they can use the rogue skill Cover in a much more similar way to the vanilla RO Paladin's Devotion by standing in the backline. (Devotion being a long term buff you can apply to many members, while cover lasts a few seconds but has a shorter range and no cast time, making it very good for quick saves and bursts of risky plays). The Kingslayer can also attempt to quickly finish-off an enemy by casting Check Mate, dealing potential high damage if the resources are being well managed.

Core Gameplay Loop

The Kingslayer has the tree divided in 2 clear major branches, they mimic the positions of the chess pieces overall on the skill tree:

• White Skills are focused on protection, defense, regeneration and mitigation.
• Black Skills are focused on damage, control, knockback and monster interactions.
• The 2 Gambit Skills (Queen and King) provide strong opportunities to handle a difficult situation, either by dealing high damage or quickly blocking a strong spell.
• Final Skill: Check Mate. Converts the current SP amount into ATK% to deal damage to an enemy. The higher the SP, the higher total damage.

By Making use of the shield skills from Rogue, The damage reflection and parrying from Duelist and the Variety of the the Kingslayer, they can cover any possible gaps in the defense of the party.

Skills

Skill	Max Level	Description	Skill Type	Details	Scaling
Pawn's Rod	Lv 1	Absorbs a targeted spell	Self-Support	The timing-window of the skill is 1.5s	No
Pawn's Cure	Lv 1	Cures multiple abnormal status effects	Ally-Support	Removes Stone, Freeze, Stun or Bleeding status	No
Bishop's Tax	Lv 5	Expend HP to deal heavy damage to an enemy	Physical	Range increase per skill level	DEX
Bishop's Guard	Lv 5	Increases vitality defense of the party by 20% per level	Party-Support	Vitality defense reduces damage taken by a flat amount	No
Knight's Capture	Lv 5	Teleports self and enemy to a random location on the map	Physical	Chance increases with level, some places don't allow teleport	AGI
Knight's Regen	Lv 5	Increases HP Regeneration speed of the entire party	Party-Support	No	VIT
Rook's Smash	Lv 5	Knockbacks all enemies between you and target	Physical Ranged	Affects enemies in a straight line, requires a shield.	STR
Rook's Wall	Lv 5	Reduces ranged damage taken at the cost of overall speed	Self-Support	Requires a shield.	No
Queen's Brand	Lv 10	Knocks back and damages all enemies around targeted area	Ground Physical	Affects the direction cast	VIT
Queen's Barrier	Lv 10	Creates a shield that blocks a certain amount of attacks	Ally-Support	Amount and hits/damage absorption increases with level	No
King's Chains	Lv 10	Throws a shield around an enemy multiple times for high damage	Ranged Special Physical	Damage increases with shield refine and weight	VIT
King's Fortress	Lv 3	Changes position of shield to generate a buff according to level	Self-Support	Increases HP Regen, SP Regen or Shield-skills damage	No
Queens's Gambit	Lv 10	Deals heavy damage to all enemies around caster	Mixed ATK/MATK AoE on Self	Damage is split if enemies share cells	No
King's Gambit	Lv 10	Quickly creates a terrain that protects from any ground targeted spell	Party-Support	Has no cast time, very small size and long cooldown	No
Check Mate	Lv 1	Converts current SP into ATK damage and deals a single strong hit	Special Physical	Cast can't be interrupted	No