SEGA today announced the release of the newest class in the free-to-play online action RPG, Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, Slayer. See Slayer’s basic actions and fighting style in the Slayer Introduction Video.
Slayers wield the Gunblade, a weapon that excels at both close and ranged combat. Slayers benefit from filling their Gunblade Focus Gauge by landing attacks on enemies, consequently increasing their lethality. Slayers perform a variant of their desired Photon Art when a directional movement key is pressed at the same time. The Weapon Action of the Slayer is flexible in combat, as directional keys can be pressed at the same time to respond to different situations. This class thrives on movement.
The Slayer class has a combo-capable series of attacks and two level charge attacks that can deliver powerful ranged attacks. It also has two unique skills, “Charged Blade” and “Relentless Blade”. “Charged Blade” not only allows the Slayer to close the gap with the enemy but can also be used after a charge attack to perform a rushing attack. “Relentless Blade” allows the Slayer to make an additional attack by making a well-timed normal attack during the Slayer’s eight photon arts.
- Shifting Spica, unleashes two fast, short-range attacks when performed while stationary. With movement, the Slayer charges their enemy with a piercing attack and then fires off a close-range photon bullet.
- Flowing Sirius, is useful in solo and group combat, as it causes the Slayer to perform several slash attacks when stationary. If this PA is performed repeatedly, the second attack will become stronger. With movement, the Slayer will perform successive area attacks while gaining altitude over the field.
- Reaping Regulus is a handy momentary reprieve when performed while stationary, as executing it means beating a hasty retreat after quickly chucking a photon bomb into the fray. This PA truly shines during the momentary interlude between engagements though, as performing it in motion means throwing a photon bomb ahead of you at your next group of hostiles.
- Waving Rigel sees the Slayer slamming their weapon into the ground and creating a shockwave of power that slams into nearby enemies. If done while mid-air (perhaps after performing the motion variant of Flowing Sirius) the Slayer will slam to the ground before unleashing the shockwave. When performed in motion, the Slayer will instead rise while waves of power affect the surrounding area.
Gunblades are not a class-specific weapon, and anyone who takes Slayer as a Sub-class and picks up the Slayer Class Skill Gunblade Focus Gauge can use it. As focus builds through landing attacks with the Gunblade and the gear level increases on the gauge, extra benefits such as increased attack potency and reduced PP consumption are triggered. However, not landing attacks for a certain period will cause the gear level to reset completely.
PSO2: NGS Kicks off 2nd Anniversary!
NGS will celebrate its second anniversary this June but festivities are starting early with a variety of events and activities that will kick off at the end of April!
Starting April 19, the 2nd Anniversary limited-time celebrations will include:
- Central City, the open field, and Region Mags will all be “phabulously” decorated!
- Award-winning DOLLS Rappy flaps onto the scene! AvaikaofStarFox’s design won the Excellence Award in the Rappy Design Contest!
- The navigator for this event is Xiemi, who will be wearing the winning design from the PSO2 10th Anniversary Item Design Contest. Enemies have been getting stronger lately and she needs your help to strengthen our forces.
- New items in the Seasonal Points Exchange Shop.
- New 8-star Revita Series weapons that have the effect of recovering HP and come with the Augment Dark Exploit II.
- A new Augment Sezun Segundanifiv to become even more powerful!
- Peppy Rappy needs your help in the Happy Rappy Rumble limited-time Urgent Quest! The quest will be to defeat 300 enemies attracted by the experiment, and at the end of the quest, the event’s exclusive boss enemy, Resplendent Ams, will appear. Resplendent Ams may drop accessories that bare a resemblance to it.
The Global version of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2 NEW GENESIS includes fully localized text and character voices in English and will remain content current with the Japanese servers. Details can be found at https://ngs.pso2.com/. For additional up-to-the-minute updates, players can follow @play_PSO2 on Twitter, @PSO2Official on Facebook, and @play_pso2 on Instagram.
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