A: The whole match was one unexpected moment after the other. I had a pretty bad start, and the fact that I was still able to land the first grab and force him to V was surprising to both of us. After we both missed the second time around and traded some damage, I knew I had the gear to kill him in one combo, so I would say the most exciting moment was landing the second grab and getting that "this is it" feeling watching his health bar chunk away.

 

 

A: There's a reason I'm the only Succ warrior who bothered to sign up for the tournament. Awakening has several advantages - a larger variety of CC, which means both more options to engage AND less chance that a resist will ruin your combo, better slows, better addons, way more animation cancels, shorter cooldown on grab, and an iframe that can be used every TWO seconds instead of FIVE, which is absolutely massive. I actually "downgraded" my Succession grab to the regular one just so that I could match the cooldown of awakened warriors for this tournament. All of these things will for sure be a liability against other opponents, but Succ is my thing so I'm gonna stick with it and see how far we can get.

 

 

A: I'm honestly pretty terrified at pretty much everyone who is still in the tournament. Warrior has always been a big ego class with EXTREMELY talented players. I've seen particularly nasty PvP compilations from Sphierro and Goldsteinburg on Youtube. For my next match against Sonii, I already went to his twitch page (BiceptimusPrime) and checked out his gear - at 310/390 AP/DP, it's possible I will not be able to kill him in one combo, but he will certainly be able to one combo me. 

 

Q4: If you could go toe-to-toe with a competitor in the EU bracket (Warrior or any class), who would you choose and why? 

 

A: Obviously I would fight Shortcakes (Greatglory aka Snowlav) from the Shai bracket. Someone has to stop these tiny fiends from terrorizing the countryside.

 

 

A: Preawakened warrior was my favorite combat in BDO. I love being able to charge right into the action, single out a specific target, and narrowly escape with a sliver of health. Succ warrior is a bit of nostalgia from the old days, and also just a bit of an underdog thing. There are already a lot of really well known, really high skilled Awakened warriors, so playing Succ is a way to stand out on a much less popular spec. Warrior is the oldest class in the game, and while that sometimes comes with disadvantages in terms of performance, it has a certain flavor & soul from the early days of BDO that is still very unique compared to the classes that came after it.

 

 

A: I'm going to spend it all on costumes, extract them for cron stones, and gamble the entire fortune enhancing Distortion earrings.