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Players who love using tanks would already be familiar with a lot of the Destroyer’s toolkit, thanks to his straightforward role in Cross Worlds. However, players might want to study his toolkit carefully to ensure their Destroyer dominates the mobile MMO.
The Destroyer: Defense Is The Best Offense
Being the archetypal tank in Cross Words, the Destroyer is best suited to protect the party from various threats by staying on the frontlines and securing aggression towards themselves. Their healthy slate of strong attacks keeps the enemy’s attention on them, and their playstyle ensures the team’s defenses are constantly up to maximize protection. Here are some considerations when building a Destroyer:
Damage is good: A lot of the Destroyer’s buffs rely on them being damaged in order to work, encouraging a bit of recklessness in engaging in combat to secure performance. Players need to be wary of which buffs they have activated to maximize their battlefield presence and avoid any risks of having to leave to heal. Secure continuous aggression: Like other tanks in other games, the Destroyer is geared towards securing continuous aggression in order to constantly defend the team. Aside from taunts, the Destroyer can consistently deal high damage to attract the attention of foes. This playstyle is of course extremely risky, which means players need to stay on their toes to keep the Destroyer well-protected.
Core Class Skills: Aggression Is Defense
The Core Class Active Skills of the Destroyer is dedicated precisely to catering to their straightforward combat playstyle. Their skills are designed specifically to obliterate foes with precise strikes, ensuring they remain a threat through sheer force alone. Although not immediately aggro-stealing, the Active Skills focus primarily on threat generation. Here are the key components of the Destroyer’s build:
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Whirlwind: A staple move in the Destroyer’s arsenal, this attack makes the Destroyer spin around quickly and attacks everyone caught beside him. This is perfect for whenever the Destroyer finds himself surrounded by foes. Brutal Strike: This attack is a nifty crowd control move, wherein the Destroyer slams his hammer forward and knocks down enemies in front of them. Enemies caught in the slam get additional damage. This is a great way to leave enemies vulnerable against the rest of the Destroyer’s team. Leaping Storm: A gap-closer, Leaping Storm is a great opener to a Destroyer aiming to attack first. This attack slows down enemies for at least three seconds when caught in this blast. When used tactically, Leaping Storm can help the Destroyer leap-attack enemies trying to attack an ally. (Ultimate) Hyper Strike: Serving as the Destroyer’s Ultimate Ability or Burst Skill, Hyper Strike summons a large hammer towards a particular area, potentially finishing off mobs or dealing massive damage to both elites and bosses caught in its area.
Other Active Skills: Expanded Protection
The other Active Skills of the Destroyer allow players to diversify their builds further, this time giving more defensive options for a more traditional tank build. When paired with his Passives and other Core Skills, the Destroyer becomes a menace to behold. Here are some Active Skills worth checking out:
War Cry: The primary taunt ability of the Destroyer, this releases fire damage around the Destroyer and taunts everything around him for three seconds. This causes them to target and attack the Destroyer, who then receives only 75-percent of the damage of the enemy’s basic attacks. Frost Shield: One of the more defensive abilities of the Destroyer, this releases a barrier of frost that surrounds him. This barrier is as strong as 15-percent of their maximum health and, when destroyed, will explode and slow down all enemies caught in the blast radius.
Passive Skills: Momentum Through Damage
The Passive Skills dedicated to the Destroyer are designed to ensure they remain on the battlefield for as long as possible. These skills allow the Destroyer to gather momentum through damage, improving his stats and his performance - and therefore generate more threat - the more he stays in combat in this Ni no Kuni title. Here are Passive Skills worth grabbing for the Destroyer:
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Oath Of Revenge: One of the most advantageous Passives to the Destroyer, this Oath allows them to sponge their way through attacks by getting a Movement Speed buff, an Attack Speed buff, and a Defense buff whenever they get damaged. Counter Slow: Another way the Destroyer can take advantage of their tankiness is to punish opponents who even try to hit them. Whenever enemies attack the Destroyer, there’s a chance that the enemy gets a reduction in Movement Speed and Attack Speed, hindering their damage output and leaving them wide open for counters.
Special Skills: Boost Damage Options
Thanks to spell books, the Destroyer can further expand their damage options beyond their short-ranged specializations within the blockchain title. With these additional spells, the Destroyer may be able to add a ranged component to their combinations, allowing them additional coverage to attack more foes and attract them to their general direction:
Thorn Trap: It’s always great for tanks to have their own share of crowd control abilities, and Thorn Trap is a neat way of stopping opponents in their tracks. Destroyers can dish out this move to summon thorns that damage and restrict opponents in an area, ensuring they don’t get to attack the player’s team without the rest of their allies being prepared for the attack. Blizzard: If not stun, slows are a neat way to secure the advantage on the part of defenders as this ensures their team can plug in faster combos for more damage compared to the enemy. Blizzard allows Destroyers to do this, as this unleashes an icy storm around them that slows down enemies while at the same time damaging foes.
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds is currently available on Android, iOS, and Windows.
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