Guide to pre-Awakening skills available here

The core attribute of the Striker is his easy chain combos. You can use different skills to make an effective combo and just learning to use one or two combos should be enough for you to grind.

Simply pressing the keyboard continuously will activate the combo. Use the preceding skill and keep pressing the associated button to activate the combo. It really is as simple as it sounds, but you should know when to enter the additional key commands to maintain the combo.

■ Primary Combo: Crimson Fang & Knee Hammer 

Crimson Fang

The chain combo that starts with Crimson Fang is probably the most widely-used combo. All skills in the combo can be learned at relatively low levels and the key commands are easy to enter. The Striker can level up easily with just this combo. The combo can be switched to another one smoothly.

Whirlwind is a powerful skill that you can use to end the combo with. The skill can also stiffen and float the enemies to deal additional damage. If you don’t have enough HP left, use Roaring Tiger instead to end the combo.

Knee Hammer 

Knee Hammer is especially effective when you want to approach your targets fast since the skill has the Forward Guard effect. Rock Smash, the skill that comes after Knee Hammer, has a bound effect that can knock down the enemies and deal additional damage. The Crimson Fang Combo usually follows after the Knee Hammer combo.

Hidden Claws is another skill that follows Knee Hammer. Hidden Claws decreases the enemy’s DP, which allows the Striker to maintain the combo and deal massive damage. The key commands are easy; just keep your finger on the Left Mouse Button and the skill will go out smoothly. Also, the animation for Hidden Claws is shorter than that of Knee Hammer, which allows for faster attacks. Use the Crimson Fang combo afterwards to keep your combo going.

■ Other Useful Combos 

Use Adamantine when you don’t have enough WP

Adamantine does not require any WP. The combo with Adamantine will stun the enemies and then bind them, preventing the enemies from retaliating. The bound effect will allow the Striker to deal additional damage with Down Attack. Like the other combos, this combo usually precedes the Crimson Fang combo.

Rage Hammer & Wolf’s Fang

Use Crouching Wolf when your Shards are full to gain additional buffs for other skills. Rage Hammer and Wolf’s Fang are the two skills that gain a damage increase buff from Crouching Wolf. Rage Hammer will hit the targets one more time, and Wolf’s Fang will hit them two more times. Also, the wind blast from Wolf’s Fang will turn gold.

Wolf’s Fang can stun the enemies that are immune to bound, so it is good to use the skill in end-game grind spots.

■ Hidden key commands and PvP combos

Canceling Fist Fury and Taebaek (Grand White) Kick

Fist Fury is a skill with 4 hits in total, but you can cancel the first and second hits using a secret key command. Use Fist Fury right after Poisonous Teeth to cancel the first and second hits. If you want to cancel the third hit, use the skill during the “uppercut” motion while you’re using Whirlwind.

Taebaek Kick also hits 4 times and the first 3 hits can be canceled through a hidden key command. If canceled, the last hit (charged hit) will go out immediately.

PvP combos with Crouching Wolf and Twisted Collision

The primary combos with Crimson Fang and other various Crowd Control skills can be used in PvP. Stun the enemy with Adamantine, and pull the enemy towards you with Crouching Wolf. Use Evasion to avoid getting hit, and attack again with Knee Hammer and Flow: Mass Destruction. Knee Hammer can stun the enemy and Flow: Mass Destruction will deal massive damage to the stunned enemy.

Twisted Collision can hit the enemy while they are floating, but it is hard to attack multiple targets at once. The skill can be pretty useful in PvP since most PvP is 1vs1. Use Fatal Smash and Strikethrough after Twisted Collision to deal more damage.