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Overview
The Summoner is a versatile class in Blade and Soul, and is best described as a "jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none."Summoners are Lyn-exclusive, and call upon a Familiar to take damage for the player and to assist in close-range combat. A Summoner's primary attacks cast spells at a distance, and so are excellent at ranged combat. With their mix of support and defensive skills, they are easy for most any player to use.
Races
This class can only be played with the Lyn.
Cats
The introductory quest Master Hong's Summons goes a little bit different for Summoners than for other classes. At the end of the quest, the player is prompted to choose a cat follower/familiar from among 5 options.
Feisty "You ready to fight? I'm ready to fight. You ready to kick some tail? I'm ready to kick some tail! Let's conquer the world... together! Purr! Meow! Pick me, and you can name me whatever you want. As long as it's ferocious!" | |
Fido "I don't know you, but I already love you! I'll be the most loyal Familiar ever! Please pick me! My name is Fido, but you can call me whatever you want. Can we play fetch? Ruff! Uh, I mean meow." | |
Fifi "I'm trying to look my best for you, Summoner. This is my first time to your realm! Are you nervous? I am. Oh, please pick me. You seem nice, purr. Are you really going to make me your Familiar? I'm so excited! Take your time naming me. Purr, meow!" | |
Fluffy "I'm very experienced in the ways of your world, Summoner! In return for my services, I ask only for your trust... and a few fish! Will you bond with me, Summoner? Please pick a name that suits you... and me-ow!" | |
Frisky "So we're going to learn martial arts and fight for good, right? I guess I can do that between naps. My name's Frisky, but name me whatever you want." |
Playstyle
Solo
Using their cats as a tanker that attracts all sort of damage from mobs and bosses, Summoners can stay in a safe distance from afar and dish out damage to their heart's contents
Along with their tanking cats, Summoners also boast great self-healing, nice amount of CC/Double CC skills for self-rescue when in pinch, and be able to stealth away for a good while when the situation become dire.
Being a ranged-attacker, Summoners have easier time to avoid boss' deadly melee-ranged AoE in some contents, such as Soulstone Plains.
Grouping
Summoners have diverse utilities to offer to their group.
When the group has no real tanker like Kung Fu Master and Blade Master, or have one but cannot do their role properly, and the aggro is upon the strongest damage dealer in the group, Summoners can use their cats to force taunt, temporarily alleviating the tanking pressure for a good while.
If used timely, Summoner's root skill can keep mobs in place, waiting for being slaughtered by AoE (Area of Effect) while the cat taunt is in cooldown, or even stall a boss from doing his mechanic, giving free DPS time to achieve some difficult achievements.
Summoners also offer healing or Focus regeneration. The first is preferred during random grouping in cross-server dungeons, to keep your party members alive. The latter is to offer a boost in DPS of some classes, when you're confident about your group's performance.
Next is Crowd Control. Except for Knock Back, Summoners can do double Daze, Stun and Knock Down with ease, but they need their cat to not be CCed first in order to execute these CCs. Additionally, Summoner is the only class that can have a boss pinned for free DPS time with their cats, without sacrificing their own DPS contribution like Destroyer and Blade Dancer.
Finally, Summoner is also known for party-saving. They can send their cat to aid the revival of a dead/chi-recovering party member, protect a Chi-recovering member from being killed by upcoming attack, and stealth a whole party from a deadly AoE. In case of bad luck where Summoner is killed, as long as their cat is alive, they can do self-revive, or even whole-party revive (the latter comes with long cooldown).
PvP
Summoner is a strong class against inexperienced players, where you often meet them in Lower Gold metal rating. Self-healing, stealth, being able to CC the opponent even when being CCed, and simple damage-dealing mechanic make the class newbie-friendly, and a headache to players who are not used to deal with them. This also make Summoner a good class to farm Zen Bean for extra income and other necessary goodies.
However, when facing experienced players in Upper Gold metal rating, Summoner starts to fall behind, due to the lack of escape skills, and their great reliance on the cat, which is often killed, rendered useless, or have its auto-attack taken advantage in high-tier matches. Participating to such matches mean that you will have to learn how to control and protect your own cat, in addition of knowing how to handle your enemy.
Skills
LMB | ||
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Rosethorn | Inflicts Wind/Earth damage. | |
Butterfly Swarm | Second attack following after Rosethorn. Inflicts Wind/Earth damage. | |
Footloose | Decreases the Chi recovery time of the summoner or a party member by 6 seconds. | |
Helping Paw! | Resurrect an unconscious ally. | |
Awakened Rosethorn | Soulburn version of Rosethorn. Inflicts Wind/Earth damage with special effects | |
Awakened Butterfly Swarm | Soulburn version of Butterfly Swarm, following after Rosethorn Inflicts Wind/Earth damage with special effects | |
RMB | ||
Rumblebees | Inflicts wind damage. | |
Sunflower | Inflicts earth damage. | |
Super Sunflower | Inflicts earth damage. | |
Entangle | Knocks down an enemy. | |
F | ||
Doom 'n' Bloom | Deals earth damage over time to enemies in an area around the targeted enemy. | |
Retreat | Escape from knockdown, daze, and unconsciousness. | |
Flying Nettles | Decreases movement speed and deals damage over time to enemies in an area around the targeted enemy. | |
Guard Duty | Commands the summoner's familiar to take damage in place of the summoner while the summoner is in Chi Recovery mode. | |
Farewell | The summoner's familiar sacrifices itself in order to resurrect the summoner along with any other unconscious party members in range. | |
Enhanced Seed Shroud | On a successful counter of an attack, the summoner and party members gain stealth for 6 seconds and resists damage and status effects for 1 seconds. | |
Ride Dragon Pulse | Rides a nearby Dragon Pulse to its natural outlet. | |
Tab | ||
Wish | Resurrects the summoner's familiar. | |
Lunge | Commands the summoner's familiar to charge the target. | |
Power Pounce | The summoner's familiar pins the enemy and inflicts damage when the pin is over. | |
Kapow! | The cat attacks the target that is stunned, dazed,grabed, or grappled. | |
1 | ||
Grasping Roots | Summon roots around the target which snare enemies and deal earth damage. | |
Weed Whack | Summon roots around the target which snare the target and deal earth damage. Also deal additional earth damage-over-time | |
Tag Team | When the summoner is knocked down the familiar will switch places with the summoner, allowing the summoner to escape. | |
Second Wind | The summoner escapes from grapples and grabs and retreats 10 meters. | |
2 | ||
Thorn Strike | Inflicts earth damage. | |
Backstep | The summer recovers from knockdown or unconsciousness and retreats 10 meters. | |
3 | ||
Petal Storm | The summoner resists ranged attacks and status effects while preventing nearby enemies from blocking or evading. | |
4 | ||
Seed Shroud | On a successful counter of an attack, the summoner gains stealth for 6 seconds, 4 focus, and resists damage and status effects for 1.5 seconds. | |
Briar Patch | Inflicts earth damage and decreases movement speed of the targeted enemy and nearby enemies. | |
Z | ||
Huzzah! | The summoner sacrifices some HP to heal the familiar over time. | |
X | ||
True Friend | Transfers HP from the familiar to the summoner. | |
Headbutt | The familiar knocks a grappled enemy unconscious. | |
C | ||
Strike | The familiar strikes the target with its hammer. | |
Clawnado | The familiar claws the enemies consecutively. | |
Hammer Spin | The familiar spins with its hammer, damaging nearby enemies. | |
V | ||
Anklebiter | The summoner's familiar knocks down any nearby enemies in front of it. | |
Surprise Gift | The summoner's familiar plants a bomb that can be denoted at will. | |
Bomb Away! | The summoner's familiar calls down a missile strike after 8s. | |
Uppercut | The familiar launches the target into the air. | |
Playtime | The familiar inflicts damage on an airborne target and resists damage and status effects during use. | |
Q | ||
Crouching Tiger | The summoner's familiar curls up, reducing the damage it receives for some time. | |
E | ||
Beckon | The familiar returns to the summoner's side and is cured of status effects. | |
A | ||
Dash Left | Move 8m to the left. | |
D | ||
Dash Right | Move 8m to the right. | |
W | ||
Sprint | Run swiftly across the ground. | |
Water Dash | Dash swiftly across the water. | |
Air Dash | Soar quickly through the air. | |
Wall Dash | Dash quickly across a wall. | |
Surge | Sprint following a dive. | |
S | ||
Evade | Move backwards 10m. | |
Dive | Descend quickly towards the ground. | |
Space | ||
Glide | Glides slowly through the air. | |
Vault | Leap over obstacles. | |
None | ||
Paw | The familiar slashes the enemy it is attacking, causing bleed. | |
Swipe | Following Paw, the familiar slashes the enemy it is attacking, causing bleed. | |
Heavy Swipe | Following Swipe, the familiar slashes the enemy it is attacking, causing bleed. | |
Roundabout | Following Swipe, the familiar spins a giant hammer round and round, damaging and causing bleed on enemies around it | |
Alley Cat | Increase's the familiar's damage. | |
House Cat | Increases the familiar's defense. | |
Swoosh | The familiar moves behind the target. |
Trivia
- In the G-Star 2009 Trailer, a prototype Summoner was shown at the beginning but never revealed as being one until the Korean CBT3.
- The prototype Summoner was quite different from the current Summoner. The class used to be somewhat dark-themed class, using a giant brush to summoning circles on the air, and summon a Thrall-like dark creature to fight.
- Later, the dark creature is replaced by a cute bipedal cat, brightening the class' theme. The brush is also replaced by the staff, though there are still a few staff skins in the game that resemble to a brush.
Media
Screenshots
The following screenshots were taken from the character creation screen at NA launch in 2016.
Videos
Summoner Overview - West Launch | Summoner Blade and Soul PvE Rotation |
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