Bladesworn

“

"Concentrate and execute."

Dedicated to the art of wielding the dangerous Canthan gunsaber, Bladesworn employ the meditative Dragon Trigger technique to strike down their foes with devastating slashes and point-blank blasts.

— In-game description

Bladesworn is an elite specialization for the warrior unlocked with the End of Dragons expansion. Bladesworns have employed the advances of Canthan Dragonjade tech to combine a sword and a gun to create their gunsabers. With cartridges loaded with amber from trees in the Echovald Forest, these weapons cut with explosive power.

Bladesworns steady their minds and replace the traditional warrior adrenaline and Burst attacks with flow, which they store during combat. They pause to concentrate and channel this flow into their gunsabers to then unleash a devastating Dragon Slash unsheath attack while firing all cartridges to increase its speed, cutting through enemies even faster than the blink of an eye, annihilating most enemies in a single hit. When unsheathed, gunsabers combine the strength of blade and gun to cut nearby enemies and shoot those far away.

Bladesworns have learned armament skills which focus on improving their damage and flow rate. Additionally, many bladesworn attacks use ammunition, charges that can be consumed to use that same skill again with no recharge, gaining benefits when consuming these charges. They can also wield pistols in their offhand, used as a melee weapon to fire all cartridges in an explosive point-blank shot. Bladesworns excel at damage dealing and can also support their allies with boons.

List of bladesworn skills

See also: List of warrior skills

Profession mechanic

“

Calm before the storm.

— Bladesworn

Flow (the horizontal bar) is gained at a rate of 2 per second while in combat, denoted by the Positive Flow buff, and decays quickly when combat ends. Attacking will not generate flow, and flow cannot be used for core warrior burst skills. Skills and traits that generate adrenaline will have their adrenaline gain converted to flow. The first line of Bladesworn adept major traits can increase this positive flow by one stack and Flow Stabilizer can increase it by an additional two. Each stack of this positive flow buff provides 2 flow per second, meaning the maximum total flow per second is 8, from four stacks; one stack by being in combat, one from an adept major trait, and two from Flow Stabilizer.

When Dragon Trigger is activated, the Bladesworn begins channeling to convert flow into charges (the bullets above the flow bar) at a rate of 5 flow per charge, every 0.25 seconds, resulting in up to 10 charges being gained in 2.5 seconds at the cost of 50 flow. Flow is still gained as normal during this channeling process, so it is possible to continue gaining charges after your flow reaches zero, or even end up with more flow than when you started channeling. Tactical Reload doubles the number of charges gained per interval without increasing the flow drain.

#	Skill			Description
F1	Unsheathe Gunsaber		10	Unsheathe your gunsaber to gain new skills. Changes to your weapon recharge rate affect this skill.
F1	Sheathe Gunsaber		10	Put your gunsaber away and return to your normal weapon set. Changes to your weapon recharge rate affect this skill.
F2	Dragon Trigger	0.25¼	8	Prepare to use Dragon Slash. While channeling, you drain flow. Each interval increases the charge level of Dragon Slash. This skill is canceled if you move.
Dragon Trigger
1	Dragon Slash—Force	0.5½	1	Burst. Slash foes in front of you, ending Dragon Trigger. This attack consumes all charges to deal more damage.
2	Dragon Slash—Boost		1	Burst. Dash forward while slashing all foes in a line, ending Dragon Trigger. This attack consumes all charges to deal more damage.
3	Dragon Slash—Reach	0.5½	1	Burst. Slash to create a blade of air that strikes foes in a line in front of you, ending Dragon Trigger. This attack consumes all charges to deal more damage.
4	Triggerguard		1	Gain aegis. Using this skill will not end Dragon Trigger.
5	Flicker Step		0.5½	Blink to a location. Using this skill will not end Dragon Trigger.

Weapon skills

#	Skill			Description
Pistol
4	Gunstinger	0.5½	15	Quickly step forward to strike your foe while reloading your gun. Restores ammo to skill 5.
5	Dragon's Roar	0.5½	1	Fire all the barrels in your hand cannon to deal damage to foes in front of you. This skill consumes all your ammo when fired and pushes you back slightly based on the amount of ammo expended.

Bundle skills

#	Skill			Description
Gunsaber
1	Swift Cut	0.5½		Chain. Slash your foe, then fire off a ranged shot. Foes hit by the initial attack take less damage from the follow-up shot.
1	Steel Divide	0.5½		Chain. Swing your gunsaber and fire a second shot. Foes hit by the initial attack take less damage from the follow-up shot.
1	Explosive Thrust	0.75¾		Chain. Hit your foe with a final, brutal stab, and fire a shot that causes a secondary explosion. Foes hit by the initial attack take less damage from the follow-up shot.
2	Blooming Fire	0.75¾	2	Slash with your blade and fire a grenade shell that shatters on impact, releasing a series of explosions.
3	Artillery Slash	0.75¾		Consume all charges to launch a single shell from your sword that explodes on the first enemy hit. Deals bonus damage and applies different effects based on the amount of charges consumed.
4	Cyclone Trigger	0.5½	1	Spin and block enemy projectiles. Strikes all foes in melee range, and then fires shots at foes out of melee range.
5	Break Step	0.5½	1	Lunge forward with explosive force, damaging enemies at your starting position.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill				Description
Combat Stimulant		0.75¾	1	Armament. Heal yourself and enter Stim State. When Stim State expires, you are healed again. Using this skill while in Stim State grants boons.

Utility

Skill				Description
Flow Stabilizer			1	Armament. Increase flow rate and gain fury. If you already have fury, gain additional flow.
Overcharged Cartridges			1	Armament. Your next few explosion attacks deal more damage. Using this skill while you already have stacks of Overcharged Cartridges causes you to use Detonate Cartridges instead.
Detonate Cartridges			0.5½	Expends your remaining charges by throwing them at the ground in front of you, launching and damaging foes. Explosion radius increases based on the number of charges spent.
Electric Fence		0.5½	1	Armament. Throw a device that leaves behind a wall of energy, blocking projectiles and crippling foes that pass through it. Foes that are already crippled become immobilized.
Dragonspike Mine			20	Armament. Evade backward while dropping a mine that cripples foes. This skill recharges Dragon Trigger.

Elite

Skill				Description
Tactical Reload		0.5½	30	Armament. Reload ammo on all of your bladesworn skills. Your next Dragon Trigger generates more charges per interval.

List of bladesworn traits

See also: List of warrior traits

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Pistol Proficiency		You can wield pistols.
Minor Adept	Gun X Sword		Gain access to the Gunsaber as an alternate weapon set, but lose the ability to swap to other weapon sets during combat. Adrenaline is replaced with flow.
Major Adept	River's Flow	5	Incoming healing increased. Healing yourself increases flow rate. Regeneration effects do not trigger flow rate increase
Major Adept	Swift as the Wind	5	Movement skills grant swiftness and increase flow rate.
Major Adept	Unseen Sword		Swapping weapons strikes all nearby foes. Will not activate out of combat unless an enemy is within range
Minor Master	Dragonscale Defense	8	Gain boons when entering Dragon Trigger.
Major Master	Unshakable Mountain		Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill grants barrier.
Major Master	Fierce as Fire		Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
Major Master	Lush Forest	1	Using the first round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all warrior skills. Does not affect the recharge of Unsheathe Gunsaber, Sheathe Gunsaber, and Dragon Trigger.
Minor Grandmaster	Guns and Glory		Gain ferocity for a short duration when you hit with an explosion. The effect stacks duration.
Major Grandmaster	Immortal Dragon		Dragon Slash heals you for a percentage of the damage dealt. Gain protection whenever you convert flow into charges.
Major Grandmaster	Unyielding Dragon		Dragon Slash becomes unblockable and ignores blindness. Gain might whenever you convert flow into charges.
Major Grandmaster	Daring Dragon		Dragon Slash has a lower maximum charge level and consumes more flow per charge, but its damage per charge is increased. Grant alacrity to nearby allies when you use Dragon Slash.

Lore

“

Advances in Canthan technology have yielded a fusion of firearm and longsword: the gunsaber. Only the bladesworn can handle such a volatile weapon.

— Official site

“

Advanced Canthan technology has created a...unique weapon, fusing a firearm and a martial longblade to brutal effect. Exclusive to warriors, the gunsaber uses cartridges infused with magical, enriched amber from the heart of the mines in Echovald Forest, delivering energy to both the blade and the wielder while giving them unprecedented power.

— Elite specialization lore

Notable Bladesworn

• Minister Li
• Detective Rama

Associated items

• The Keenest Cut
• Bladesworn's Pistol
• Breech Loaders

Related achievements

• Specializations: Adept Bladesworn — Begin training the warrior's bladesworn elite specialization. (5)
• Specializations: Master Bladesworn — Completely train the warrior's bladesworn elite specialization. (10)
• Specialization Collections: The Keenest Cut — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the bladesworn's pistol, the Keenest Cut. (3)
• Specializations: Ministry-Approved Bladesworn — Purchase these 3 trinkets from the strike rewards vendor. (2)

Gallery

Promotional material

• 

  Teaser

• 

  Revealed concept art

• 

  Still frame from the reveal video

• 

  Still frame from the reveal video

• 

  Promotional official icon

Icons

• 

  Official icon

• 

  Official icon

• 

  Wiki icon

Notes

• Bladesworn loses traditional weapon swapping in combat, as the gunsaber is the second weapon for this specialization.
• Adrenaline is renamed as "flow", and constantly generates while in combat. Skills that grant adrenaline will either boost flow regeneration or give a flat flow boost.
• With the gunsaber equipped, it can be charged with flow into blasting attacks up to 10 points.
• The Bladesworn NPC "Jadestream" Shun can be found in Lake Lutgardis in The Echovald Wilds.

Trivia

• Uses Onyx Lion pistol skin in the spotlight video.
• The concept art features a norn in draconic armor with Breech Loaders gauntlets, and wielding their gunsaber.
• The bladesworn may occasionally shout one of these lines when using the following skills:

Trigger	Voice Line
Activating   Dragon Trigger	The dragon waits. Calm before the storm.
Reaching maximum   Dragon Trigger charges	Locked and loaded! You've already lost! Total concentration.
Using any Dragon Slash skill	Dragon slash! The dragon's steel.
Using   Dragon Slash—Force	Force! Feel its strength!
Using   Dragon Slash—Boost	Boost! Fast!
Using   Dragon Slash—Reach	Reach! Incoming!
Using   Flicker Step	Not there anymore! Think faster!
Using   Gunstinger	Reloading! More ammo!
Using   Flow Stabilizer	Concentrate. Centering.
Exiting combat.	Sigh It's over.

External links

• Bladesworn spotlight on YouTube

References

---

Warrior