Pierce

Pierce
Type:	Offensive Skill
Levels:	10
SP Cost:	7
Cast Delay:	ASPD Based
Target:	Enemy
Range:	3 cells cells
Weapon:	Spear
Prerequisites
(Knight) Spear Mastery Lv. 1

Description

Strikes a single opponent with a spear. Deals multiple strikes depending on the enemy's size: 1 hit on small, 2 hits on medium, 3 hits on large enemies (players are considered medium, unless they are adopted, in which case they are small). Pierce grants an accuracy bonus after which is added after calculating the player's HIT and the target's Flee.

Skill Level	ATK	Accuracy Bonus
1	110%	5%
2	120%	10%
3	130%	15%
4	140%	20%
5	150%	25%
6	160%	30%
7	170%	35%
8	180%	40%
9	190%	45%
10	200%	50%

Applications

Knights wielding a Spear use Pierce as the main single-target damage skill. As a result, many Knights prefer to hunt larger-sized monsters to leverage this advantage. Pierce has a bigger damage modifier than Bash for large targets. However, Bash compounded with Fatal Blow has the added ability to stun, which may be useful for high flee opponents. For small opponents, Bash or Bowling Bash may be more suitable.

Notes

• The accuracy bonus is added after the hit rate is determined. If a player would usually hit a monster for 50% of attacks, using level 10 Pierce raises that rate to 75%.