User blog comment:NightcoreRayRay/PvP tips and ideas/@comment-34087654-20180731165514

The strategies I use and saw throuhout swordburst have stuck with me ever since, and I will gladly share them. Please keep in mind that this is kinda long, so bear wth me.

I use shift lock most of the time to control my direction, and save up Stamina when I need to. I use rapiers for long range and what not, and I chase people around with greatswords. I use the range of greatswords to spin around using shift lock while running at some random person to hope I hit them somehow. (I don't use katanas though.) If I had a hellreaver I would jump around to avoid attack and use shift lock while spinning in mid air, use shield when I am at low health and what not. I saw a great strategy that someone was using back in March of 2018 however. With a rapier, they would hit me from a distance while I chased them around (I was pretty dumb back then) and roll while attacking. The roll while attacking part is the best part of the strategy, since you hit someone at a high speed while rolling under them. I fell for it multiple times, and used my Final Wish's skill multiple times while aiming at him. I would also block and dodge his attacks by jumping, but there was one strange thing that occured to me. It looked like he was reading my movements, or rather predicting them. He would roll under me while attacking to deal damage and avoid my sword's skill. Thing is, that must take a lot of time to pratice. The rolling while attacking is a part that I simply cannot master, and the predicting of attacks was almost a godly effort. I learned some stuff from this guy though, and have yet to thank him yet.

I spent most of my days in the arena (not really) fighting people and failing. I learned from my mistakes somewhat, but I have yet to learn all of the solutions to the mistakes I did. Actually, I had another experience with someone who had a great PvP strategy. It was before floor 9 released, oh the good old days of floor 8, where I farmed for Valikaze nonstop. (I still am today even though I have a maxed life's limit, pretty weird.) Someone was teasing my friend in the battle arena so I decided to check it out. I thought maybe I could fight the guy, but I was wrong. He had a maxed valikaze and maxed Dragonskull Robe, but his gear wasn't the problem. It was the way he fighted. You see, he jumped while using shift lock (I assume) and used his skill multiple times, hitting me causing a lot of damage. He was backing off away from me, managing to use his skill and jump at the same time backwards to minimize damage. I couldn't find a flaw to his tactics, so I eventually retreated to floor 7 to grind for durendal. I still can't today, which I find odd.

Anyways, I play swordburst a lot less these days. It has just gotten boring for me in general, thus, the strategies that I listed might be extremely flawed. Still, don't let that prevent you from trying them out. For now, that is all.