Alexias says:

It isn’t necessarily true that the older characters(Elsword, Aisha, Rena, and Raven) are left in the dust. Rena’s case was already explained.

Let’s start with Raven. Raven isn’t that easy to use. You need to know what skill to use, and when to use it, when to strike, and watch for your health if you’re playing as VC, and his burn debuffs hurt like hell. BM is one of the fastest class in-game.(he even has a passive to increase it further.) And dear god RF, especially someone with Piercing/Water 3, he hits like hell, adding to the fact that he has one charging skill that you can’t mana break on.

Now as for Aisha. Once you can use her correctly(bonus points if you can use Memorize correctly), she’s a force to be reckoned with. You can pretty much imagine just how powerful EM still is in PVP, even with all the nerfs she was given(added to the fact that her main form of attacking, XZZ, was giving a damage nerf and reduced knockdown rate but can gain more mana in exchange. We all know that an EM with full mana is dangerous.) Pretty self explanatory here actually.

As for VP, she is one of the hardest class to play correctly in-game, but once you get to play her correctly, she’s pretty easy to master.(ONCE you get to play her correctly, that is.) She was given nerfs, sure. She could make it up with having more skills she can easily memorize(Hell Drop and Hell Stone.) Her Shadow Body got nerf so you can’t use Z attacks while under its effects? Then let everyone hit you while charging(added to the fact that you’re in Stoic the whole duration.) while using Mana Shield, which offsets the damage. Then another that she has the highest possible mana in-game.(Limited Mana Management? bring it on. Just be sure to have high awk charge.)

And then there’s DW. She has a lot of skills that stun. She becomes stronger with more mana, has a good buff, and can absorb either your hp or mp. And once she’s inside Magical Makeup, you know you know you’re supposed to attack with caution. And even if you don’t, she can charge mana.

Now as for Elsword. He’s the most underrated character in this game even though he’s the titular character. It doesn’t mean that he has an Easy difficulty in using him makes him easy to master. In fact, he’s one of the hardest. Many just don’t realize that. You need to know how to use his Blue and Red Aura correctly. And using Iron Body at the correct time is crucial.(bonus points if it’s noted.) Also when playing him, be sure that you’re the one being chased, not the other way around. Use hit and run tactics when necessary. You need to use EVERY SINGLE ABILITY he has. If you have to run, then run. Who cares if the opponent berates you for it? You need to find some way to cover his weakness. This is especially true against LK, has limited ways to attack enemies from a distance. Oh and last thing, anticipate your opponent’s moves.

LK’s combos look easy, what now with his IP push added. But as easy as his combos are, you can easily predict what he’s gonna do. But he’s one of the toughest classes in-game, and can easily dish out powerful attacks in a few seconds once he caught you in his combo.

Now for RS. At first I thought that he’s easy to use. Well……..HE ISN’T. You just don’t spam >>ZZX, there’s more to that. >>ZZX spamming will get you killed if the opponent knows to backstep and wait for you stop in front of him. You also need to keep your opponent from knocking down. He’s had it harder in continuing a combo than LK. But he can catch his opponents easier with his ranged attacks. That and his buffs make him dangerous.

As for IS. He can move fast. Make use of it. Do not spam Sword Shield every single time. Your opponent will not come to you in that case. You need to know how and when to strike, where to strike, and get into an aura mode as quickly as possible. And try to keep your opponent from being knocked down. He’s the middle of both LK and RS if you noticed and the most fragile class of Elsword.

Oh and every class is powerful, some are just too difficult to use.