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Death Step is a leg-based fighting style added in Update 13 that can be learnt from Phoeyu, the Reformed. It is the upgraded variant of Dark Step, honing it.
While this style is equipped, Enhancement stages are based on the player's legs instead of their arms while activated. This is entirely visual and provides no buffs apart from regular Enhancement buffs.
Abilities
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Rocket Kick | The user dashes forward. If the dash makes contact with an enemy, the user will kick them backwards. If the dash or the enemy makes contact with a surface after being hit, it will make a dent in the surface that lasts for a few seconds.
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Mas. 100 | |
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Wind Bullet | The user kicks the air, creating a wind bullet. If the bullet makes contact with something, it explodes, dealing knockback and damage in an AoE blast to nearby enemies. | Mas. 200 | |
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Vermillion Drill | The user releases a barrage of kicks towards their cursor, and ends with a powerful downwards axe-kick if an enemy was caught in the barrage.
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Mas. 300 | |
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Devil Flames | Ignites the user's leg[s] on fire, increasing Death Step's damage by 1.25x for around 40 seconds.
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Mas. 400 |
Requirements
In order to learn Death Step, the player needs a few requirements:
Obtainment
Library Key held by a player
Pros
- Second highest damage fighting style in the game while Devil Flames is active [Highest damage if count all burn damage].
- The second highest combo potential fighting style[Mainly because of its C move being one of the highest stun move of fighting styles]
- Insanely high damage with the fire tick damage that Devil Flames leaves behind [over time].
- X has good AOE, C has great stuns and Z has good travel distance if held.
- Excellent for PVP and bounty hunting for its range, damage, and great combo potential.
- Fast-paced moves.
- Fixes most of the things that made Dark Step, bad, such as larger range, bigger AoE, and the faster set of moves.
- X has more damage sometimes, when its closer.
- Not hard to get
Cons
- The V move has the highest mastery requirement in the game.
- Requires Double Devil of it's predecessor, Dark Step, in order to have its own double ignition.
- Z doesn't break Observation. X only breaks Observation if the projectile hits the ground.
- Hard to hit opponents from afar.
- C move is a bit hard to land in PvP if your opponent is moving.[You got to be about the exact same area as your enemy is in]
- Activating Devil Flames will make you unable to use attacks for about 2 seconds.
IMPORTANT: To get double devil legs on Death Step, you NEED double devil legs on Dark-Step. If you only have 1 leg on Dark-Step, then you will only have 1 leg on Death Step. Just activate the V move on Dark-Step 100 times to get double devil legs. Then re-equip Death Step, and you will have double legs on it as well.
Tips & Tricks
- Using this with Ghoul's V3 ability will allow you to use Devil Flames infinitely.[Bug not patched, use it before it is!:D]
- Simply, activate Devil Flames, and when it runs out use Heightened Senses to be able to use your moves at 40% cooldown, then use Devil Flames again..
- This is the one of the best fighting styles for killing Sea Beasts, as all attacks can do damage to it.
- If you change your fighting style while Devil Flames is active, it will never run out. It doesn't provide any buffs to the fighting style you changed to, though, and is purely visual.
- When using the Z skill on the edges of the volcano at the Magma Village, the crater created will be purple.
Combos
- Base combo: C + Z + X.
- Shadow Z + Yama X + ShadowV + Death Step C [Hold] + Death Step Z + Death Step X [one shot 99% of the times]
- Dragon C [ hold ]+ Yama X + Death step C [ hold ] + Death step Z + X + Dragon Z [ High Damage Output ]
- Death step C [ Hold ] + Death step Z + Death step X
- Spikey Trident Z,X + Serpent Bow X + Paw V,X,Z + Death Step C,Z,X
- Death step C [ Hold ] + Tushita Z [ Hold ]
Important
- When doing a combo with Death Step C, make sure to have a move that always blocks the opponent from turning Observation on mid-Vermillion Drill, as there are good players who can turn on Observation mid-combo and escape, effectively turning your combo against you.
- You can use Cyborg's V3 ability to avoid this, or alternatively Acidum Rifle's X move is a good example of a move that does this.
Damage
Z move: B+
X move: B+[Sometimes A]
C move:C-[Hold:A+]
WITH FLAME:
Z move: A+
Z move INCLUDES FIRE: A+/S
X move:A+[Sometimes S]
X move INCLUDES FIRE:S[Sometimes S+]
C move:C+[Hold:S+]
C move INCLUDES FIRE:B[Hold:S+]
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