General
DB are the fastest weapons in the game, able to chain powerful multi-hits combos. Their high hit frequency and the almost inexistant elemental multiplier in Frontier allows them to deal massive elemental damage. Only the blade dance is nerfed to 70% element (but keep in mind every single hit deals the weapon’s elemental value).
DB relies on their quick dodges for defense, allowing to even deal damage when you use them in True Demon Mode. Your goal is to keep the offensive pressure constantly with fast small hits during your dodges while using the unsheathed sharpening to increase your attack.
Earth Style
DB in Frontier can sharpen mid-fight using Select. From neutral you get 2 sharpness units back and 1 mid-combo. You also get a 5% attack buff after each sharpening move, getting all the way up to 20% after 4 sharpenings. The buff gets cancelled after a few seconds out of a combo. Dodges are viewed as part of your combos and can be used to increase the buff duration.
DB can enter True Demon Mode, turning your green health into red health progressively before starting to consume said red health to enter a reinforced True Demon Mode. You’ll exit this reinforced state when you reach 1 HP.
Like the base Demon Mode, True Demon Mode changes your attacks and grants you a 25% damage buff. It also grants you better dodges able to hit the monster and your attacking speed gets increased by 10%. You can also chain your Blade Dance with a spinning attack.
The reinforced True Demon Mode increases your motion values even higher.
Heaven Style
Heaven Style replaces the Blade Dance with a thrusting combo which can be chained on the spinning attack. It’s slightly more powerful than the original Blade Dance but deals 2 less hits, reducing its elemental damage. Keep in mind that the Blade Danse and thrusting combos both are nerfed to 70% element.
Storm Style
Storm Style replaces the forward attack with a forward sommersault, useful to cut high tails.
Extreme Style
Extreme Style allows you to run in every Demon Mode. It also introduces an aerial combo at the end of your run. This combo deals 3 hits plus 2 if it hits a monster.
It also introduces Extreme Demon Mode. This one works on the same basis as True Demon Mode, draining your green then red health but also reinforces your dodges. These now deals 2 hits forward and backwards but 4 hits when going left or right, doubling your elemental damage. Also note that you can’t get healed by your allies during Extreme Demon Mode.
The spinning attack is replaced with a high jumping attack, better than Storm Style’s forward sommersault. The sommersault is replaced by the original forward attack.
Daily bonus
The Daily bonus reduces your health consumption while in True Demon Mode. It also reduces the stamina consumption of Demon Mode by 50%. With the Peerless skill, this consumption is reduced to 33%
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