Lann Info/Guide :Sticky:

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-Duel Sword Dps
-Fast uses speed to evade
-Skills Thousand Needles & double Crescent

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Lann is the first male character of Vindictus, who specializes in dual-wielding weapons, most notably swords. His attacks are speedy, and in the battlefield his enemies are left breathless at his seemingly non-stop whirlwind of slashes and thrusts. Because he relies on speed, Lann starts out wearing light armor. As he gets stronger, he learns how to wear heavy armor without impeding his quick movements.

Lann hails from the northwest. He left his hometown when it was destroyed by Fomors and came to Colhen to join the Crimson Blade mercenaries. He stakes his entire identity on his ability to be victorious in battle.

As the quickest melee combatant of the group, it is Lann's responsibility to slice and dice while avoiding damage. He can utilize both twin swords and a twin spear as his weapons to deal damage. It's a simple explanation, but it's a bit harder than it seems. As with all classes, Lann's power lies in the skill of the person controlling him.


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Lann specializes in dual-wielding weapons, especially swords. His attacks are speedy, and in the battlefield, enemies are left breathless at his seemingly non-stop whirlwind of slashes and thrusts. Because he relies on speed, Lann starts out wearing light armor. As he gets stronger, he learns how to wear heavy armor without impeding his quick movements.

Lann hails from the northwest. He left his hometown when it was destroyed by Fomors and came to Colhen to join the Crimson Blade mercenaries. He stakes his entire identity on his ability to be victorious in battle.

Special Attacks

Thousand Needles

Thousand Needles lets you follow a series of continuous attacks with a final strike without having to knock down your enemy first. The damage of the final strike depends on the number of earlier attacks. Perform your final strike before all of your Stamina is consumed to maximize the attack.

Pre-requisite: None
How To Acquire: [Shop] The skill book can be purchased from Ceara at the Mercenary Outpost.

Double Crescent

Can only be used when equipped with twin swords. Use immediately after Slip Dash for an added attack.

Pre-requisite: None
How To Acquire: [Shop] The skill book can be purchased from Ceara at the Mercenary Outpos

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Lann the first male character of vindictus is a melee based high speed attacker,forgoing a shield for a set of duel blades his speed attacks are meant to hit the enemy fast and hard.
Instead of a defense based character like Fiona where she blocks then counter attacks. Lann is about doing quick chained combos and then dodging out of the way before the monster has a chance to hit you.


For the sake of not to confuse people I will refer to combos by their wiki names along with combo 1,2,3 etc as to make it easier for non cb players,which a link to where be found at the bottom along with credits.

A brief overview of smash combos for dual sword lann. These Examples are taken off youtube and the wiki they are not mine. 1

Combo #1/ Gut Stinger-The basic smash just press your smash button once for this one. You simply do a strong forward stab. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW2msUFNNpE&feature=player_embedded

Combo #2/Rising Crescent - Basic upper cut preformed by doing one attack and then smashing.
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Ki87swOLk&feature=player_embedded

Combo #3 Bare Blowers -You basically slide and put together your swords and impale the enemy with the blunt end of your hilts after a few slashes. This one is two basic attacks then a smash attack. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHc4DA8f8&feature=player_embedded

Combo #4 Twin Edge 450 -After you do three normal attacks and then press smash you do this combo. Lann basically does 2 windmills with your swords in a spining motion that has a wide attack range.
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3hdG45Ntkfeature=player_embedded

3A Bold = Active Underline = Passive
Thousand Needle - Your staple combo finisher- skill book from Marrec after the first few beginner quests. This skill is treated like another smash combo. After doing four normal attacks Lann will start to multi-stab his two swords and will start to use stamina as he does so. After you start stabbing at any time you may end the combo by pressing your smash key and Lann will do a wide range x cross slash. The more multi stabs you do before you do the finisher x cross stab the stronger the cross stab will be. Ranking this skill increases the power and your chance to knock back and it is suggested to rank this skill since it is one of your dps sources. 3B
Gif example

Double Crecent - "I do not own this skill yet so this info is taken from what i saw in the wiki video and read" This skill seems to let you do a crescent slash smash right after you dodge. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqSTO4emxdc3C

Gliding Fury -This skill basicly makes your character do a high speed speed slash. Only trigged two ways, first is to get a critical with any smash and press the smash key + a direction to follow up with gliding fury or Slip dash from the middle of a windmill and smash.Skill quest given by marrec when you beat the polar bear for the first time. The quest is to get the Kolbold Horn decoration which is from the bosses in the battle Fomorian Order. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEx9J2MfXeU3D

Slip Dash Proficiency - Your all important dodge skill that lets you dodge enemy attacks by sliding in a direction. You control the direction by pressing the dodge key and a direction key at the same time. Ranking reduces the stamina needed to use a dodge and also gives you a fraction of a second more invincibility time in dodge(ie invincibility frames). Another skill that you should rank as high you can or at least to rank D for Nimble dash.3E
Nimble Dash - Nimble Dash just lets you do a second slip dash in a row which in turn helps greatly extend your range of evasion. Merrac will at some point have a quest called Nimble Dash. All you gotta do is have rank D Slip Dash Proficiency and Merrac will hand you the skill book.3F

Campfire - This skill lets you set up a campfire using a campfire kit. A campfire kit is a highly recommended item to bring to your runs. After setting up your campfire and feeding it wood. You can sit down with f11 you will heal as you sit,it comes with an anvil that everybody can use to repair items. It also after sitting by it for a period gives a attack,magic attack boast and regeneration bonus to your armor. Ranking it boasts the healing rate and bonuses. Earned free from the story from the first quest of the second boat(basically when you start using tokens for dungeons) campfire kits are sold at the traveler store and mercenary guild for 200g each. A great skill to rank after doing skills like smash mastery,thousand needle,slip dash,etc.3G

Armor masteries - Each mastery adds defense,lowers wt, adds maximum durability and lets you equip better armor. Lann starts off with light armor. You may pick up each mastery by buying the skill book at the mercenary outpost at level 10 for 3600g each. You have to rank one or more of these skills otherwise you cant equip better armors.3H

Twin sword mastery/Spear mastery- Lowers the wt the corresponding weapon and also lets you equip better weapons. A must rank in order to equip new gears. Skill book sold for 3600g at mercenary outpost must be level 10+.3I

Critical Hit - Another one from wiki but everybody knows what this one does - chance to crit for extra dmg. Quest unlocked after doing chase quest(kill kobold chief) Get 150 bp in revenge to gain this skill book.Ranking boasts chance and bonus dmg.3J

Stat Traning skills - Various skill books are sold that when used will give you skills that boast certain stats more str,int,will etc. Various levels and prices all sold at the mercenary outpost. Higher skill rank = more stat boasts. This set of skills is personal choice would you like to spend ap in attack skills or in boasting your stats.3K

Combat mastery - Boasts your normal attacks dmg by a set %. The is at skill book at the mercenary outpost at level 18 for 8400g. Ranking = more %. The % for this may not be that high but get it rank D or better so you have access to smash mastery.3L

Smash mastery - Just like combat mastery boats your smash dmg by a %. Skill book at Mercenary outpost level 22 for 10800g. Requires rank D combat mastery before you may purchase. Ranking just like above means a better % and this one is worth ranking since smashes outside of skills is where most of your dps comes from.3M

Stone skin - Boast your def when armor is broken or damaged. Level 26 skill book at mercenary outpost ,13200g, Needs rank D Defense mastery. Ranking = more def. Not worth it to rank in my view the defense boast is minor.3N

Combat Respiration - Increases your stamina recovery rate. Skill book at mercenary outpost at level 26 for 13200g. Lann can and will consume alot of stamina at once,this skill is a must rank.3O

Meditation - free ap over time- not worth ranking as its uses more ap then it gives. Given as quest reward for one of the beginner quests.3P

4A
Thousand Needle- Once you start stabbing an enemy with this combo you will start to use stamina,it is vital you learn to gauge when to stop the combo by using the smash key to finish it.
If you do not use the smash to finish the combo while you have stamina or time it so the smash uses the last of your stamina. When you press the attack key again with no stamina Lann will do the tired animation and thus end your combo without finishing it. You also must consider how much stamina you have left after the combo. Do I have enough to dodge out of a boss counter attack or can I go all the way and just walk away?
What happens when you dont click the smash key before you run out of stamina

4B
Slip Dash - In the same token how Fiona players must learn how to use guard and heavy stander correctly. Lann players must learn how to use slip Dash or dodge correctly and then counter attack or back off while a enemy tries to find you again. An example would be the Gnoll chieftain one of the first major bosses. He has three main attacks, a swift foward kick, a hammer ground pound and a windmill where he spins his hammer twice in a 360. The kick and hammer ground pound you simply could dodge around and keep attacking. The windmill is where in lies the trouble. Most people would dodge the first windmill and then go in for the counter attack only to be caught off guard by the second stronger windmill. So as Lann you must learn when to attack,evade and when to do both.
4C
Stamina control- It`s plain and simple learn to control how much stamina you use at once be at the mercy of some bosses attack and unable to dodge it.

Boss Tips[/SIZE] 5
Small Knoll Bosses 5A
The first few bosses of the game will serve as your practice for bigger and better things. Keep away from their frontal attacks,dodge to the side when needed.

Gnoll Chieftain The final boss for the first boat and beginner quests. He will throw three main attacks at you. Kick- low damage,short range quick attack. Dodge this and counter attack for free hits. Hammer swing- Another easy dodge and counter attack but this one is slower,hits harder then the kick.Double hammer spin- He spins his hammer twice in a full 360. If he spins toward you dodge and start running in a diagonal direction or if you have nimble dash dodge forward then to the side. If he spins away from you wait till he finishes both spins and then go in for a quick counter with combo number 2 or 4. Combo number 4 is your friend for this battle with this combo you can do it and then quickly dodge out of the way.(Recovery time is better then thousand needle)
Minor Melee Kobold Bosses5C They have two main attacks. Single Axe swing A simple axe swing that hits the front and some of their side. Dodge to their back and counter attack. Double Axe swing Again dodge and counter attack but remember to wait for the second swing before counter attacking.

Slingshot Kobold Brothers- All share three attacks expect the first brother who will not use the flailing attack. Slingshot shot Easy to dodge by just dashing before the shot makes contact. Vomit- Close range attack where they Vomit on you. If you get hit it will knock you back and maybe give you stickiness.(no running status) Also easy to dodge with a a slip dash and counter attack. Running Flail- Only used by the older two brothers where they hyper run hitting anything on their side and front. Dodge to their behind and start combing on their back. If you make them run into a wall they just keep running into the wall for free hits. 5D

Brynn's Research5E
His main action is to drink potions and very rarely swing his dagger. Depending on the color sparkles you see when he drinks his potion he can do one of three things
Red Sparkles- Heals his hp for a minor amount and free hits for you while he drinks it
Green Sparkles- Drinks the potion and then spits it to hurt anyone in front of him. Attack him on his back while he does this.
Orange sparks Drinks his potion and then hurls it at his current argo target. If your not said target start getting free hits. If you are dodge the potion bottle like you did the kobold slingshot brothers shots and counter attack.