New Character Laby:
-Fighter character
-Uses Mirror called Nisha
-Can enhance commands using special resource
-Auto awaken when awakening beads fill up
Teaser Video – Journey
(Illustration is 1st line, 1st job)
1st path: Fighter Concept (skills that activate using commands)
2nd path: Focuses more on Nisha
3rd path: Summoner concept
Laby levels up through unique story, dungeons, npcs, towns(or something akin to towns) separate from rest of the El Search Party.
11 Laby specific dungeons
New Bosses
New NPCs
Other upcoming updates/news
UI Revamp
Chung Voice Webtoon
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That QoL auto-awakening, tho
Since she wields a mirror, I start to doubt she is a demon. Maybe an elemental or spirit or something along those lines.
I guess we’ll get to know her specied in 5 days at the latest
I don’t know about being forced into awakening. Most people save that for the right moment to freeze enemies in PvP or even PvE. I wonder if her auto awakening will even have a screen freeze or will it just activate it self like an effect…
It says that LABY Auto-awakens upon all 3 Beads filled tho.
Notice that its just below the “New char: Laby” list.
So the fuck is Laby now? Alice in Wonderland type shit Kog quit smoking your damn blunts. Fucking hell
more like Alice with martial arts….
Please tell me Laby won’t be a disappointment fighter compared to DB. If not, secondary main and I throw my bitching out the window.
Logic: im biracial
Laby: im bigender
What happened to the cute little slime? WHAT HAPPENED?!!! QAQ
I’m pretty sure it’s not a slime.
Well, I would say it’s like a black snow bunny spirit thing but…Whatever happen to it q.q…
Well – KoGs need some good motivation for character after all… “They killed my bunny – I’ll kill whole their kind”
John Wick in a nutshell…. I like it.
http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2017/07/john-wick-puppy-still-thumb-700×379-183113.jpg
You talk like you know it all, heh.
That dark creature is Nisha, her mirror.
they made her a fighter…. Hey Endgame, this is apparently soviet russia so the loli is coming to punch you…
also, that UI is starting to give me persona 5 vibes…. then again, i didn’t see some things coming so it fits…
Also…
I FUCKING CALLED IT. LABY CAN ONLY LEVEL UP IN HER OWN DUNGEONS…. PRETTY MUCH WITH OTHER LABY… GOD FUCKING DAMMIT KOG!!
She only has 11 Laby specific dungeons. That ain’t covering her up to level 99, that’s for sure. They’re probably more unique scenario dungeons, but you’ll still have to bridge the gap between them with normal dungeon like everybody else.
Yeah. In fact, I bet she still has access to all of the normal dungeons, she just also has extra dungeons only she can enter that the story sometimes takes you to.
It said “separate from the rest of the El search party”.
Meaning she might not get exp from the dungeons we have already…
Uh. No.
Yes, these new dungeons appear to be “separate from the rest of the El Search Party”. Because they’re probably dungeons telling Laby’s B-side plot that leads up to whenever she meets them. Probably in Elrianode.
But again, there are only ELEVEN of these separated dungeons. Unless they expect us to grind 9 level in each on of these dungeons till 99 when she catches up with the ESP, these dungeons are likely only there to tell Laby’s side plot while she will still have to run out normal dungeons in order to fill in the level gap between each plot point.
honestly, i can’t see them locking her out of the SD content, elrianode/heroic content, and Varnymr content either. but before that point, it’s very possible to have her level up to lv99 with just those 11 dungeons… they pretty much force us to jump from 90 to 99 using SDs… so who’s to say they don’t have the same concept for the Laby based stages…
and actually, if what was said was true, they’re gonna meet her in feita cause they return there. if so, my guess is that they find the entry point that the demons had and go back to feita that way (they did fight Ran’s number 2 after all so it kinda fits…)
but this still comes down to what they decide to do, cause we’ve all seen that they can make good decisions and some pretty shit ones…
So in Feita, but after Elrianode? Interesting.
Cute lil girl doing fighter shit
WHAT ARE YOU? NANOHA?
If she has her own dungeons, does she have her own titles, gear, etc.
This is interesting yet also potentially tragic.
While I WOULDA prefferd KOG polishing things that are there, I gotta admit they are seemingly putting hella effort into Laby, unlike Ain who was just shoehorned into the game.
Also fighting loli, can’t say I didn’t c that one coming, also can’t say I’m not interested, if Lu can wear gauntlets as big as herself and Chung a cannon about his size then its not rly that farfetched.
You have no idea how glad i am that you were born to put all of my thoughts into words.
Bless you.
That second paragraph was just YES!
Shoehorning? Did you mistake that with Rose?
They made an entirely new story concept only available to Ain and have him solved several plot holes here and there. While also using him to make Elsword the character somewhat lore relevant as protagonist again.
Nope. Ain was definitely shoehorned.
You can’t organically work in a character that was there from day one if there were no hints of his existence whatsoever besides some glowing orbs in the last ending video they made.
For once… I actually agree with Endgame.
Rose had the excuse of not being part of the main party so she was basically off in the shadows until she officially joined.
Ain however, they retconned him into the plot cause it was originally Elsword, Aisha, and Rena at the beginning and then KOG suddenly tosses Ain into the beginning with them about 9 characters later.
That’s one of the biggest retcons in the game…
Is it really a retcon, though? It was explained that the cast don’t remember Ain because he manipulates their memories, plus they didn’t undo anything that was previously in the story, so…
As I remember, judging by arts, Chung actually in pretty good physical shape so its ok for him to wield cannon (and his Freiturnier armor gives him some additional power, probably). And Lu tearing opponents with sharp claws (at least in lots of her attacks). Besides, you need to put MUCH more strength to deal equel damage by punch, compare to hitting someone with cannon or slice someone with sharp nails. Grappler Laby lame – but whatever. People will like her 1st path no matter what, I guess.
While I main Chung, he’s rly not any more built than anyone else in the Le Gang, not to mention that he was super fragile physically since he was smol, is just his backstory says he trained a lot.
Is kinda like the Knuckles the Echidna dilemma, at face value u’d have to take Sonic Team’s word that he was super strong, until Sanic Buk where he got a more bulky design.
And well ye shoehorning m8 have not been the best word, while it was strange, the way to explain the Le Gang not being capable to retain memories of him was atleast clever, reminds of Noragami.
And while I like TB, Rose ofc was shoehorned, trying to keep her origin and linking it to Els with KOG’s quality of writing would only turn into dissaster (Also Rose is more faulity programmed than Winner’s Match mode, so ye, shoehorned in every aspect).
What a disappointment. I was hoping there will be something unique and fun – we could get plants/triffids queen and instead we got this… Grappler? For real? Oversweet pink haired girl in evening dress that almost cross the line of loli smashing enemies with powerful fists in face?? And in trailer she uses pink explosive ball (mirror skills I guess) – very original. Last hope on summoner path. To say at least something good, I like how background and mobs looks – reminds me old good elsword designs.
You mean you’re disappointed that we got a fighter type that practically everyone was begging for? I fail to understand your logic.
Besides, they did something unique with the grappler-type fighter by adding the mirror, which we’ve (or at least I’ve) never seen a grappler use before.
First – not everyone wanted grappler at all. Second – we already had WS, who relies on hand-to-hand combat a lot. Third and main – thats all even not that matter, what really matter, that she is not fits to grappler character in any possible way! Make any sort of muscular brutal halfnaked male grappler – I wouldn’t say a word – but pink haired fragile almost loli squeaking grappler?? Are you for fucking serious?
No, WS was a KICKING class, she never used her hands except for her bow. Laby actually punches fools into oblivion, in addition to kicking.
“Are you fucking serious?” Where was that question when they made a loli demon lord whose gloves turn into giant claws? Point is, pretty sure she’s a demon, and demons are stronger than average humans, and have abilities humans usually don’t have so yes, a pink-haired loli demon can be a grappler with a floating magic mirror. And no, she’s not fragile. Not physically, anyway. Her emotional frailty is another question entirely.
Oh c’mon. Kicking, punching – that’s all barehand fight. Do we need individual a class for every martial art? Like one for taekwondo, one for boxing, one for karate, one for aikido, one for judo, one for mma etc? Lu – having “demon hand” – thats another story and she doing wounds with nails a lot – it not requere so much strength if nails sharp (and I never said her power source design was that good – its just not that BS as Laby’s).
Where they said she is a demon? Stop assuming. And even if she will be confirmed as demon thats not changing anything, because first – not all demons are strong, there pretty lots of demons that weaker than humans. Second thats still BS excuse – she looks like almost child, she looks tender and feminine, she squeel. No one fcking care if she demon or even god on a paper – thats looks lame to her being grappler and its 100% shity design decision. Hold your fan feeling already and stop excusing that nonscence.
Rena was suppose to be base as an Archer, she using kick is just a path she decided to take while still retain her ranger origin (her even though mostly relies on kicks still has a passive to improve her bow to regain resources and improve its power).
Laby is suppose to be base as a Fighter type, the path she take after that would define her fighting style around “Fighter”.
Also, shitty design for you and others but a lot of people still like it so complaining doesn’t really help, draw up your design and mail it to them or something.
What that “retain her ranger origin” means and for whom if around 90% of her combos and skills are kicks? She still fits to close combat fighter and we got second one even so we don’t have a lots of amazing staff and weapons realised yet – like how long people waited for scythe class for example (and don’t even try to tell about Ain here).
“Complaining”. Here we goes… Complaining is when I’ll say that weather too rainy or too sunny. When I talk about update in created for that purpose comment section its not complaining its an opinion. I’m not trying to turn off those people who like her 1st job design or anything – thats their right. (Btw unlike majority of empty “wow cute!”, “hype!” and others wet fan comments, I try to put at least some argumentation and analysis – if I like or dislike anything).
In general thats huge problem of modern generation – many people have that distorted mindset. If you’ll put any sort of healthy criticism, people will call you “complaining, bitching, being salty or toxic”. And from that kind of overtolerate people we’re having consumer society that don’t care what kind of lazy sh1t any sort of media developers try to feed them. Thats why we see degradation everywhere.
Hollywood conveyors and remakes? – We take it
Microtransactions in singleplayer boring grindy games? – wow thank you
Same type of shitty cliche anime series school harems with lolicon and dense af MC? – woooow the best.
How naive it’s to think that KoGs care about someone’s random person ideas and designs. And there’re pretty lots of people creating amazing designs, characters and staff. But company care only about pretty simple things nowdays – to maximise income and minimise consumptions. Why do you think we have pvp disbalance for ages, lots of cashgrabing and lazy content, and never fixing bugs? Nothing will help atm, and I’m here not as an empowered game saviour. Just a random bored commentator who try to entertain himself and forum with thoughts while waiting for updates.
She isn’t sweet, she’s pretty violent. Also, we don’t need another Eve.
I feel like she’s going to be a gorilla.
I just hope they don’t follow the hitbox trend I’ve been seeing since Lu/Ciel.
Like seriously, hitboxes on new characters are BAD. You can’t even with ain because people just jump out your combo. Same with Ciel.
Glad to see someone else point this out. Main reason why I quit Luciel and couldn’t get into Ain, wonky normals make them a nightmare to use in PvP.
In my experience it always seems like when I try to combo on newer characters, people just jump right out half the time, but when other people combo me with them I am locked right in.
Still less annoying than the bullshit Eve mains can pull though. Especially Code: Sariels.
Some hitboxes are bad on old and mid characters too. And on NA it’s more often problems about opponents connection delay. (that’s actually often happens in any online games)
Hitboxes are fine, hitstuns are what need to be changed. Regardless, plenty of Ains can just spam XXX and hit a decent portion of the map or stomp with its ridiculous hitbox and hitstun. His Z attacks are pretty much worthless, ill give you that. But otherwise his hitboxes are busted.
Because those characters with bad hit box on their Zs actually have good X buttons and most of them are range commands. What’s the point of sword-wielding chars if Ain could use his projected swords as well as them while having range commands?
Ugh, that voice is going to wear on me.
Looking forward to the Laby exclusive dungeons/story. Finally an actual side story instead of “the Ruben experience” again.
So, is she a she at the end?
Cause i was really digging that bigender/genderless idea
By the way it is, it’s a she. First line looking to be the tomboy, reversed trap path as a fighter.
dat revamp UI looks like adapted from persona 5 game
I said basically the same thing further up…
nice UI revamp
Loli brawler yeet
ok but what if “she” is actually a he? ultra bara bearded muscle dude for 3rd incoming (?
No
why not? it would be a nice change for once
Already got that for two of the April Fool’s events.
nah, but a real trap playable character, not just an AF joke
If you want to play a trap, play Chung’s first path.
already do, but with that bulky armor, people still failing to see him as a guy is something actually impressive
no, we need a true trap that makes you wonder about it, something like the accesory npc’s from most towns!
My Iron Paladins have costumes that make them look less like a trap and more like a young boy.
We’ve already got Chung who is sometimes mistaken for a girl. Plus I do NOT want an actual trap character that actually dresses like a girl in the canon.
This is good, I am content, though I am rather curious how they will apply the new UI to other characters with special gauges, hell! I don’t even see Elboy’s gauge…
December 6, the day before Super Smash Ultimate. Nice
lol they planned that out.
Nintendo has virtually no presence in South Korea outside of Pokémon.
I doubt Tra5h is even a blip on anyone’s radar.
The only thing i can take from the video is the freaking music at the end . As always i have to be somewhat objective… and im doing so with the content we alredy have
The ”Recon” avoiding they’re doing this time by now is the most silly i could have seen.Her ”event” dungeon is not even a dark forest , is a Lake on the EVENING with monkey shadows on it, if upcoming dungeons are being like such isn’t like the recon is worse than what they just did
At some point Laby has to Join the El Search Party (Probably in 2 Years as Rose did out of her Hate) but her separate story makes unlikely on she having quotes on any of previous/future dungeons (wich again is breaking the scheme of the whole game) again making their effort silly and evidently not worked on. I mean , Varnymir came out 5 Months ago , would y’all tell me that she got a developement of less than 3 months?
Story aside , she’s not demon as most of us thought but still has a kind of Concept out of Lu so… where’s the point, also if she uses her fists… What weapon we’re enhancing to +7 then reset?. Auto awakening from what i can tell just sounds awful but lets wait to see how that works out… for finishing this part might i Say either She’s All Might from BNA (since her Wind punch revealed skill) or Goku (since auto awaken).
Whole purpose of this ”Winter” update (aside from leaving without content any decent player that gives a sh** about new character) is sparing a month or two of work and seeimgly they’re using it into this ”exclusive” dungeons for… what? lvl 30-45? Bethtera Revamp? At the end it’ll be all for nothing and leaving up a lot of players with quitting feelings… yet again. Finishing up , goddam we’re getting another silly annoying loli, holy Talos
KOG is just trying to milk the playerbase as much as possible with as little effort as possible as they start pushing KurtzPel.
Remember what happened to Grand Chase when Aima was getting ready for release?
And then Aima flopped with Grand Chase wiped off the map?
KOG had so many failed launches already. If they decide to kill off yet another game without knowing how the next will fare, then they’re just dumb as fuck…
Those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
As little effort as possible? They are making all new dungeons for this character, a whole new story, are revamping the UI, are taking the time to give her first path combo based skill attacks somehow, and you are talking about low effort? This update is chunky.
Agreed, Anon. Heck, I’d argue that Laby has more on release than any other character had on their release.
And when was the last time KOG actually put effort into stages?
How can we be sure these new stages won’t be at least 50% recycled assets?
How can we be sure they aren’t just old stages with new enemies like Closers has done for the Wildhunter characters?
And most importantly, what is there in terms of content for players who don’t want to play a shark toothed little shit with a high pitched voice?
1. Because we have actually seen a little bit of some of the new stages and they aren’t just old stages, nor do they have old enemies so far.
2. They are doing an event dungeon to get timed complete recovery potions rather easy, and a free premium currency giveaway.
OH!!! SEE!!! NEW DUNGEONS!!! *Tap skill. CLEAR… Oh men…
Sorry but who is the point of new dungeons if the skill clean is alive?
The history is welcome, and Laby same, but if KOG don’t change the ”metagame” of skill clean ALL PVE IS DEAD BECAUSE IS BORING.
KoG know the problem and tried this: “Skills that activate using commands”, but if Laby can enter in PvE with anothers characters she can’t do anyting in all PvE (All anothers characters need’s to fix the skill clean)
Here’s some corrections. The event dungeon ISN’T the the Dark Forest. Well, it is, but it’s the OUTSKIRTS of the Dark Forest. So we’re still not in the deep of it. But, even then, the Dark Forest is called the Dark Forest because of demon energy related stuff. Not just because it is literally dark.
We’ll have to see when she does release. But she is more likely likely still going to be able and probably still has to play our normal dungeons and will have quotes for them. She only gets 11 unique dungeons, those 11 dungeons aren’t gonna cover the level for the 58 dungeons there are between Ruben and Elysion. There is a distinction between story and gameplay, or else why would 2/3 of our characters start in Ruben?
Her weapon is a Mirror. Which she does use for her ranged attacks. Just as Rena’s weapon is a bow but she still does kicks.
Ugh….. she’s so fucking hideous. Even moreso than Lu. The shark teeth is what puts her over.
AND the entire first page of the KR website fanart section is now entirely Laby pictures. Grr.
Pixiv is already getting some too… Rule 34 ones as well…
Hell, someone already drew a daki design and put it on patreon… They work faster than I thought…
It’s 1st job, bad costumes and/or hair are practically a tradition.
That new base job artwork is the one I had in mind.
The one where she’s smiling and exposing those chompers.
Oh, but I guess anything can be kawaii and moe these days…..
Screw you, she’s adorable!
her 1st class looks like a lower-class lesbian
… She looks like a tomboy, that much is true, but you can’t “look” lesbian, because your sexuality doesn’t affect your outward appearance.
tell that to transvestites
I also think this is just funny cause you know at least some players will migrate from Lu to Laby…
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=71823350
Laby is another lesbian that nobody calls a lesbian
Just like Elesis
And Rose (all four paths are literally the types of lesbians you can encounter!)
Tomboy? The fuck outta here.
Uh… Not all tomboys are lesbians.
Elesis is a lesbian?
…..Elbrat is a girl?
elesis is a lesbian actually
But Elesis wants Elbrat.
So unless Elbrat was a reverse trap that fooled us for 11 years, how is Elesis lesbian?
There is literally not one canon piece of material of Elesis wanting sex with her brother. Granted, there’s no proof she’s a lesbian either, and why anyone even cares is beyond me. Hell, for all we know she’s bisexual, and it would still affect nothing.
“Skills that activate using commands”… Good for those that used to complain about this game requiring 0 skill to clear dungeons… I’m good with current single button click style tho… As Bluhen main it’s already challenging (and fun) enough…
I’m more curious & excited to see the 2nd path…
honestly, until people got more overpowered crap, 12-8 was actually challenging cause it SERIOUSLY encouraged people to actually combo. that or use regular actives instead of spamming special actives.
they actually did a few things that would get players to do better in gameplay. like Ran attacking from anywhere so you can’t run as often, and solace’s true ending where you had to learn to dodge for once…
it’s just that power creep eventually throws all that out the window…. until people stop using such overpowered crap (it’s why I go so far as to remove my weapon in a dungeon at times), the game is gonna seem easy.
why learn mechanics after all when you can just leeroy jenkins with a +12 and tons of skill damage increase and win?
And then there are the dungeons where powercreep alone just doesn’t work, and you need to both powercreep and know the mechanics.
@MagicSpice I’m completely with you. But a narcissist +12 like Vafflin will still say “PvE takes 0 skill” all the while refusing to let go his +12
Buff Aisha
Buff and rework Aisha’s command and give Oz Sorcerer a mono-hit bravery skill.
Buff and rework Aisha! Make awakening free to reuse in any time for Oz Sorcerer (like Ain do) and give awakening charge buff for her passive.
short hair…………she look like a trap JUST
my elsword rating gone down 10 places are u happy now endgame???
She’s a reverse trap
“Laby levels up through unique story, dungeons, NPCs, towns(or something akin to towns) separate from rest of the El Search Party”
I believe that, at the difference of the other characters, she wins experience/levels talking with NPCs (the first time) and doing quests instead of just killing mobs here and there.
Is the idea I had because Laby seems the type of girl (doubt if she is human, demon, or spirit) that lived isolated on the forest and just now is getting out of it, with the large amount of people that she can meet.
I honestly doubt it, but we’ll have to see.
I would of preferred a male to be the fighter class but whatever. Might still try her out because I wanted to play a fighter class for a long time now.
It’s finally time for my boy Chung to get a webtoon.
I hope a revamp in the intire UI, not only in that bars. The window UI needs a revamp.
Oh, hey. Another loli for me to play with… huh? Excuse me for a moment, someone by the name of “FBI” is knocking on my door.
Endgame might be ready to arrest you too, cause he hates pedos…
Actually for the most part I hate lolis more than the pedos themselves. I feel bad for the pedos who recognize they have a sickness and struggle with it as they cannot tell a single soul.
But if the pedos are also alt-righters (Which a lot of them are these days, they’re easily radicalized for some reason.), THEN I hate them more. You’ll be hard pressed to find anything I hate more than Nazis.