The Female Fighter Compendium

What Is A Grappler?

Skills

Buff Skills

Passive Skills

Example of Talismans/Runes

Enchants

Avatars & Emblems

What Is A Grappler?

"Masters of grabbing techniques, these Fighters are invincible when it comes to close-quarters combat. They use their strong backs and feminine flexibility to grab and lift their enemies, tossing them as if they weigh nothing. Their Spiral skill that enables them to slam their enemies into the ground from midair looks as magnificent as it is deadly. They strive to maintain their feminine beauty while walking the masculine path of the Fighter."

Grapplers are

Main Stat: Strength

Damage Type: Physical Fixed

Weapon Type: Gauntlets or Tonfas

Armor Type: Light Armor

Range: Close

Survivability: Medium-High

Difficulty: Medium-Hard

Skills

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My Recommended Build

Buff Skills

Overwhelming Grab

Level Acquired: 15

Recommended Level: MAX

This is your main buff. It increases your attack for basic attacks and grab skills. It also gives you Super Armor during all of your grab animations and gives your grab skills a 100% hit rate so you can never "Miss!" Note: Miss in the sense of the mechanics of the game. You can still physically miss grabs via user error.

Passive Skills

Grappler Light Armor Mastery

Automatically acquired when advancing into a Grappler. Increases Strength, Spirit, Max HP, Max MP, MP Recovery, Hit Recovery, Physical Critical Chance, and Physical Defense when you have Light Armor equipped.

Grab Cannon

Level Acquired: 15

Recommended Level: MAX

Makes your Basic Attacks, Dash Attacks, and Jump Attacks scale off of Independent Attack. Also causes your Grabs to do a strike attack if they are immune to grabs.

Sliding Grab

Level Acquired: 15

Recommended Level: MAX

Enables you to slide during your grab animations to slide toward an enemy and grab them.

Intense Takedown

Level Acquired: 15

Recommended Level: MAX

Increases Basic and Skill Attack as well as the size and damage of the shockwaves of your grabs. Also increases Seismic Crash's attack.

Power Slam

Level Acquired: 20

Recommended Level: MAX

Increases Basic and Grab Skill Attack and also increases Physical Critical Chance.

Grappling Technique

Level Acquired: 35

Recommended Level: MAX

Causes Seismic Crash, Neck Snap, Shoulder Tackle, and Joint Smash to be affected by the buffs of Power Slam, Overwhelming Grab, Grab Mastery, and Chain Grab. It also alters certain skills to allow you to better chain your grabs together. Allows Suplex to be canceled into Elbow Shock. Reduces Elbow Shock's enemy launch strength and decreases its post-cast delay. Keeps enemies downed for a longer duration after Air Steiner. Lets you cancel into Air Steiner or Air Clutch after Spirals slam attack. Causes enemies to bounce off the ground after Air Clutch's slam.

Grab Mastery

Level Acquired: 50

Recommended Level: MAX

First Awakening Passive. Increases Basic and Grab Skill Attack, Physical Critical Chance, Hit Rate, and Evasion Rate during grab animations.

Chain Grab

Level Acquired: 75

Recommended Level: MAX

Second Awakening Passive. Successful grabs cast a buff for 30 seconds increasing your Basic and Grab Skill Attack.

Turn Heel

Level Acquired: 75

Recommended Level: MAX

Alters certain Grab Skills into Attack Skills. Affects Wild Cannon Spike, Cyclone Attack, Giant Swing, and Hurricane Super Plex.

The Ultimate Stable

Level Acquired: 100

Recommended Level: MAX

Neo: Awakening Passive. Increases Basic and Advanced Skill Attack, excluding Suplex and creates additional effects for Suplex and Shoulder Tackle.

Active Skills

Suplex

Level Acquired: 10

Recommended Level: 1

Not much different from the description on the Home page, but with Grab Cannon the Grappler pushes forward a force shockwave. After Neo: Awakening the Grappler's students will come for an assist. Against grabble enemies Lexy will perform a Moonsault Press, bouncing them off the ground slightly. Against ungrabble enemies Lucy will perform a Drop Kick that extends hold time. Has Invincibility Frames. TP in Suplex will increase its own damage, as well as its shockwave's range and damage.

Fling

Level Acquired: 15

Recommended Level: 1

Grabs the enemy and you can hold them in place or throw them in a direction of your choosing by pressing the key again with the arrow keys. Leveling Fling increases the hold time, but in end game content enemies will ignore the hold anyway so it's not worth leveling. With Grab Cannon, the Grappler pushes forward a force shockwave. Even with Grab Cannon you can still do the hold portion. Press the key again to Grab Cannon. Has Invincibility Frames during the throw animation (or the Grab Cannon). During the hold animation it will only have Super Armor. TP in Fling increases its damage.

Chain Connection

Level Acquired: 20

Recommended Level: MAX

Use Chain Connection after Grab Cannons to chain them together or into Neck Snap. This increases hold time and helps you combo all of your skills together. You get 3 stacks and it recharges a stack every 9 seconds. The additional hits from Chain Connection also immobilize enemies. If you're on the ground, then the hit is a shoulder strike. If you're in the air, then you perform a spinning kick. If you hit the key again after the spin, you slam back into the ground. The extra slam doesn't consume a stack. Chain Connections also have Invincibility Frames.

Neck Snap

Level Acquired: 20

Recommended Level: 1

SNAPPIN' NECKS AND CASHIN' CHECKS. There's not much different here compared to the normal Fighter version on the home page. For Grapplers, Neck Snap has a slightly longer immobility duration and its damage scales off Independent Attack. TP in Neck Snap increases its damage.

Shoulder Tackle

Level Acquired: 25

Recommended Level: Preference

A forward slide that shoulder bashes enemies. On contact, can be canceled into non-aerial grab skills or Joint Smash. You can charge it and the longer that you do, the faster it travels and the further you go. At a full charge, it also grants you Super Armor. After Neo: Awakening you'll always have Super Armor and it can also be used in the air to perform a downward dash. Shoulder Tackle's a really good skill, but unfortunately Grappler just doesn't have enough SP to max everything. Therefore, you pretty much pick between Shoulder Tackle or Elbow Shock to max and then SP dump the other one. Personally, I prefer maxing Elbow Shock because I use it way more often. TP in Shoulder Tackle increases its damage and reduces its charge time.

Elbow Shock

Level Acquired: 30

Recommended Level: Preference

Slams your elbow into an enemy and sends them flying. Can also pick up downed enemies. Casts a Grab Cannon against enemies that can't be grabbed. TP in Elbow Shock increases its damage.

Air Steiner

Level Acquired: 30

Recommended Level: 1

Grabs enemies in the air and slams them down into the ground. Enemies that can't be grabbed get kicked off of. If you miss, then the cooldown will only be 1 second instead of its usual cooldown. You can also use it after skills that leave you in the air, like Cyclone Suplex. Has Invincibility Frames during the grab animation as well as during the kick portion of the Grab Cannon. If you don't combo into another grab from the grab cannon, you can be hit in the air during the falling animation. TP in Air Steiner increases its damage.

Joint Smash

Level Acquired: 35

Recommended Level: MAX

Elbows enemies and then jumps up and knees them. If you hold forward, you can dash forward a short distance with the elbow attack. After the knee attack, you can cancel into Tornado Kick or any of the aerial grab skills (including Cyclone Attack and Hurricane Superplex with Turn Heel). TP in Joint Smash increases its damage.

Spiral

Level Acquired: 35

Recommended Level: MAX

Gives

Cyclone Suplex

Level Acquired: 40

Recommended Level: MAX

First

Wild Cannon Spike

Level Acquired: 45

Recommended Level: MAX

Leaps

Giant Twister

Level Acquired: 50

Recommended Level: MAX

Another

Air Clutch

Level Acquired: 60

Recommended Level: 0 or 1

Shoots

Cyclone Attack

Level Acquired: 70

Recommended Level: MAX

Consumes

Giant Swing

Level Acquired: 75 (Requires Second Awakening)

Recommended Level: MAX

Second

Torbellino

Level Acquired: 80 (Requires Second Awakening)

Recommended Level: MAX

Charges

Hurricane Super Plex

Level Acquired: 85

Recommended Level: MAX

Charges

Radiant Wing Driver

Level Acquired: 95 (Requires Neo: Awakening)

Recommended Level: MAX

Charges

Queenly Finale

Level Acquired: 100

Recommended Level: MAX

Neo: Awakening Active.

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Sample Skill Rotation

Solo Ispins Run

Solo Warpath Run

Talismans & Runes

Talismans

Giant Hurricane

Recommended

The finishing attack now generates a twister for 1.5 seconds.

Pulls surrounding enemies to the center of this twister.

The twister hits 15 times. Its total attack: 15% of original Skill Attack.

[Normal] Always throw enemies at the front of you.

[Turn Heel] The finishing attack gathers its targets in one place.

Cooldown -10%

Attack +15%

Reasoning:

Rapid Move Cyclone

Recommended

Spinning Count +5

Spinning speed +30%

Spinning Attack -40%

Movement Speed +100% while spinning

Spinning shock wave range +30%

Finishing shock wave range +30%

Grab Cannon Attack +13%

Grab Cannon shock wave range +30%

Finishing Attack +59%

Additional Grab Cannon Attack +19%

Cooldown -10%

Reasoning:

Accelerated Spiral

Preference

Attack +12%

Grabbing range +30%

Shock wave range +30%

Jump/downward strike speeds +30%

Movement Speed +30% during the jump

The smashing attack holds its targets after they're slammed onto the ground.

Additional Attack +17%

Cooldown -12%

Reasoning:

Extreme Sonic Boom

Preference

Explodes as soon as you grab an enemy.

Explosion count +7

Explosion Attack -44%

Explosion speed increased.

Holds the grabbed enemy for 1 second after the explosions.

Can also be used in midair.

Can be canceled into Joint Smash after it hits.

Can be used during Cyclone Suplex's finishing motion.

Attack +19%

Reasoning:

Hyper Cannon Spike

Not Recommended

[Basic] Rock creation count +2

Finishing attack range increased.

Enables you to move after the first rock is created.

[Turn Heel] Attack +10%

Shockwave range +25%

[Basic] Finishing shock wave attack +28%

[Turn Heel] Additional shock wave attack +21%

Reasoning:

Max Hurricane Attack

Not Recommended

[Basic] Grabbing motion removed.

Immediately spin where they stand, and then charge.

Use direction keys during the spin to change charging direction.

The spinning motion pulls surrounding enemies.

[Turn Heel] Attack +11%

Detects and crushes the strongest enemy within range in front.

Instantly applies the Chain Grab effect.

[Basic] Attack +23%

[Turn Heel] Additional Attack +20%

Press the skill key again after the attack to quickly land on the ground.

Reasoning:

Sky Empress Clutch

Not Recommended

A successful grab resets Air Steiner cooldown.

Attack +21%

Hit the Attack/skill key repeatedly while spinning to increase spinning speed.

Reasoning:

Runes

Your choice of Rune will change depending on which skill you want to invest your damage into. You should coordinate this with your Skill Title and your Weapon Avatar, but the colors will always be the same. You want Terra Cotta and Second Pact for the damage increases and Guardians for the Cooldown reduction. For Grappler, Cyclone Suplex and Giant Swing are great choices when combined with Skill Titles and Weapon Avatars. Spiral is another alternative, but it's not as good.

Example of Talismans/Runes

I have a Cyclone Suplex Title.

Enchants

Weapon

Recommended: Pure Paidion/Monster of Light Python/Mad Rike/Volt MX3

Elemental Damage +15

Cheaper Alternative: Golden Beryl Bead

Elemental Damage +13

Note: You can pick whatever element you want.

Head/Shoulder

Recommended: Horrendous Astaros

Skill Attack +2%

Physical Attack +10

Strength +40

Physical Critical Chance +5%

Cheaper Alternative: Eternal Flame Captain Stark

Skill Attack +1%

Physical Attack +30

Physical Critical Chance +5%

Top & Bottom

Recommended: Neiser the Black Dragon

Independent Attack +90

Strength +60

Cheaper Alternative: Ispins Bead

Independent Attack +70

Strength +40

Belt

Recommended: Freezing Ice Dragon Skasa

Skill Attack +2%

Physical Attack +10

Strength +40

Physical Critical Chance +3%

Cheaper Alternative: Rage Dragon Brute/King Destroyer

Strength +100

Shoes

Recommended: Rage Dragon Brute/King Destroyer

Strength +100

Cheaper Alternative: Machine Revolution Bead

Strength +90

Accessories

Recommended: GB-1 Haps/Queen Destroyer/Abyss Walker/GB-4 Dirigent

Elemental Damage +35

Cheaper Alternative: Ispins Bead

Elemental Damage +30

Even Cheaper Alternative: Golden Beryl Bead

Elemental Damage +25

Note: You can pick whatever element you want.

Sub Equipment

Recommended: God of Chaos - Ozma

Independent Attack +110

Cheaper Alternative: Golden Beryl Bead

Independent Attack +55

Magic Stone

Recommended: Destructive Berserk Dragon Hismar/Vengeful Ozma of Chaos (bead only)

All Elemental Damage +30

Cheaper Alternative: Ispins Bead (1/month per account)

All Elemental Damage +30

Earrings

Recommended: Dark-eyed Sarpoza/Pureblood Devastar

Strength +150

Cheaper Alternative: Golden Beryl Bead

Strength +125

Please note: These enchants are my suggestions based on what are best, but they won't always be as affordable. Something important to know is that there are Golden Beryl beads for every equipment slot, but personally I only find them worth it for the ones I listed. Also, Nen shouldn't struggle with Critical Rate, but if you do need it, then you can replace your Belt or Shoes enchant with the dual Intelligence/Magical Critical Rate enchants.