text: FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail Nikāḥ kitāba, otherwise known as katb al-kitāb or "celibate marriage," has become an increasingly common and preferred way of marriage for many young Muslim couples. A young man and woman may find themselves wanting to marry one another, but at the time are unable to live together. So instead of being engaged for long periods of time and making things difficult for the two, they choose to wed by nikāḥ kitāba. This practice is actually a tradition of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who married 'Ā'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, and delayed consummation until she was older. After over 18 months of being married by nikāḥ kitāba, today marks the day my wife and I will be having our wedding party (known as ruksathī in Indian-Pakistani culture) after which will begin to live our lives together forever, insha'Allah. After a wonderful year and a half of a beautiful relationship Allah blessed us with, we came up with what we feel is an essential survival guide for couples undergoing the same journey we just completed. If you are married by nikāḥ kitāba or will be in the future, then this list is for you. 1. Know your intention Unfortunately, having the correct intention is often overlooked as the typically cliché and skip-over introduction point to anything. However, here as much as always, you will find it to be critically important. You, your spouse, and your families have agreed to join together in marriage and delay living together until later. In addition to being a tradition of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, it may also serve as a means of worshiping Allah. You could have decided to practice other less sound relationship methods, but instead chose to perform nikāḥ right away. Always remember this goal of pleasing Allah, as remembering Him in times of good as well as bad will make it much easier to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. 2. Don't play games With long distance relationships, communication via the phone or internet may become your relationship's only lifeline. With such limitation, you're going to run into some roadblocks in getting important cues and messages through to your significant other. Since you have no avenue to use physical gestures to express your feelings, don't play guessing games with your spouse. If you're upset, just say it! Both of you don't want things to drag and the sooner you speak up, the sooner you'll find yourselves laughing together again. 3. Understand that your spouse has another life You may find yourself at times frustrated that your spouse is busy and can't speak on the phone, or they don't pick up the phone whenever you find the chance to call. Don't stress it. This is simply a natural result of having a long-distance relationship. Whether the distance is across the globe or across the street, understand if the other is busy or cannot visit. Always believe they wish they could talk to you or see you more, and never accuse them of the opposite. There may be things on the other end you just cannot see to understand why they are so busy (i.e. actual fatigue, stress with school or career, family responsibilities, etc). Understanding that your spouse can be busy will help during times when communication and visits are hard to get going. 4. Increase your relationship with your in-laws Use your time wisely to get to know not only one another but each others family while you're at it. Of course it may be difficult to remember your in-laws when all you can think about is the wonderful new person in your life, but don't forget the people that helped culture them in the first place. Make time to speak to in-laws on the phone, and remind your spouse to do likewise. When you visit one another don't only try to run off alone. Instead, spend time with your parents and siblings-in-law and build a relationship while everything is still sort of "casual". Making way for in-laws may require more effort than is needed for one's spouse, but it will only strengthen the bond between you two for the long-run. 5. Make effort to schedule physical meetings Not every couple in nikāḥ kitāba can easily visit one another, but if the means are there for you, take them. Physical interaction with one's spouse is very important, and must be a part of your relationship if the possibility exists. Sure you're limited to not being able to live with one another, but based on your agreed conditions in your marriage, make ways with your family and schedule to visit your spouse as much as you can. Being able to see one another can be one of the best ways to get through the time period which you have to endure before you eventually get to see each other every single day. 6. Strengthen your iman with your spouse You are undoubtedly going to find ways to visit one another, and even if you don't you will find yourself talking to each other every day. Remember that you're not just some random couple "dating" or in a relationship, you're married and you're Muslim. Therefore it's important to build your Islamic relationship with one another. Find local events, seminars, classes, halaqahs, or conferences and make plans to go attend them together. Buy each other Islamic audio CDs and books to read and discuss. Or, just take it back to the basics: maintain a consistent daily reciting of Qur'an and reading of the meaning to one another over the phone. Do something, anything; but just make you're sure doing it and doing it consistently. You can have the best emotional, mental, physical and family relationship ever, but without a solid spiritual foundation, everything else will collapse. 7. Be yourself Marriage can be a bit scary in the fear of wondering what the other person will think about your habits, tendencies, and weaknesses. However, one of its beautiful aspects comes when you are able to be yourself in front of your spouse just the way you are, and your understanding and acceptance of one another further strengthens your love. Don't try to hide behind formalities of what you think a spouse should or shouldn't do. This is the time to be who you are and let your spouse get to know the real you without the added pressure of living together. If your spouse becomes familiar with your actual self before your wedding party, the transition should be a lot easier when that cherished time eventually comes, bi'idhniAllah. Conclusion We hope you've benefited from this list for your current or future marriage. This advice is in no way exhaustive, and there are many other tips for couples in nikāḥ kitāba, so if you have anything else, please feel free to share it here. We ask Allah 'azza wa jal to bless all couples everywhere and give us all the ability to preserve our communities' relationships into the future, and that He makes marriage easy for those whom it is difficult and serve as a means to Jannah and His pleasure. FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail 43 Responses MR June 21, 2008 Mabrook Akhi! MashaAllah! 1 0 Reply iMuslim June 21, 2008 Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah dearest bro! First off, huge congratulations, alhamdulillah. I add my "ameen" to the dua above! Secondly, what a beautiful and very thoughtful gesture you made to write this entry, masha'Allah. Subhanallah, aren't we the ones meant to be giving you gifts? :) Thirdly, I know I am being all girly, but I found your advice and tips quite romantic. I can just imagine you guys making excuses to meet one another, even for a moment… {awws to herself} Okay, enough of the gooeyness! Just remember to emerge from the rabbit hole that most newly weds seem to disappear down into – we need you back on MM asap. ;) Salaams to the missus. Wa'salam Your sis 0 0 Reply Ruth Nasrullah June 21, 2008 Mabrook to both of you and congratulations! 0 0 Reply Mahin F. Islam June 22, 2008 Mabrook, Ameen to the du'as…I guess if there's any consolation to missing Sh. Yasir's class….this is it! We'll see you back in the Chi next Friday night insha'Allaah. 0 0 Reply jawwadsti June 22, 2008 Jazaks for the very well-written entry. You touched upon alot of issues that are vital for a successul marriage and are often regretfully overlooked in many relationships.. Mabrook and I will see u on friday inshAllah!!! salam 0 0 Reply AnonyMouse June 22, 2008 First of all: Mabrook! BarakAllahu lak, wa barakAllah 'alayk, wa jam'a baynakumaa fee khair :) Secondly: JazakAllahu khairan!!!!! This was definitely needed for myself… I particularly love point #6, since it can sometimes be tempting to just keep the focus on discovering more about each other rather than remembering the main thing you have in common: the Deen! 0 0 Reply abu_abdulla82 June 23, 2008 May Allah bless you for sharing this beautiful article 0 0 Reply Faiez June 23, 2008 Are you also going to have a Nikah Kitaba Janaazah Guide? 0 0 Reply Sharif June 23, 2008 I thought that this article would have a lot more comments… Anyways, Mabrook! May Allah bless your marriage. 0 0 Reply Aminah Muhammad June 24, 2008 Masha'Allah may Allah (swt) make it easy for you and your wife. I wish you all the happiness in the world! May Allah put barakah in your marriage. 0 0 Reply Angie July 1, 2008 Amin! Amin! Amin! barak Allahu lakuma wa baraka `alaykuma wa jama`ah baynakuma fi khayr! 0 0 Reply a muslim July 27, 2008 congrats!! one Q, but you cant have physical relations with your spouse as it's a celibate marriage right? so how can you meet each other, that will consummate the marriage. man, I'm confused or what! 0 0 Reply anon July 28, 2008 "So how can you meet each other, that will consummate the marriage. man, I'm confused or what!" Just because you're sitting together with someone of the opposite gender doesn't mean you're forced to rip each others clothes off and have sex, which is what consumamation of a marriage refers to. Consumation does not refer to two individuals "meeting each other" as you put it. It refers to sexual intercourse 0 0 Reply a muslim July 28, 2008 anon, dude, if twp people are alone together, it consummates the marriage regardless of whether you have sex or not. am i right? perhaps someone more knowledgeable can answer. 0 0 Reply anon July 28, 2008 "Anon, dude, if twp people are alone together, it consummates the marriage regardless of whether you have sex or not. am i right? perhaps someone more knowledgeable can answer" My apologies to everyone for my sheer analness right now, but if two people are alone that is not consumation. When people are referring to the consumation of a marriage it refers to sex. Taken from WikiIslam… "Further, a fluent English speaker will never take "consummate the marriage" to mean complete the marriage or enter the marriage, but will always understand it to mean sexual intercourse. It is the only possible understanding of the euphemism" "http://www.wikiislam.org/wiki/Consummate" (It spoke about consummation between Muhammed/Aicha but I figured it seemed relevant in this case) You could of course choose to use a different choice of words other than "consummate the marriage" and maybe your point would seem a tad more valid (although not really). On a side note, I really don't understand this celibate nikah business. There is absolutely no difference between this and just regular dating that nonmuslims do. If under Islamic rules and what not you are not allowed to date than this shouldn't be allowed either. It seems completely moronic. No offense to the author btw. I hope you have a wonderful marriage :) 0 0 Reply a muslim July 29, 2008 anon, I'm sorry but you're wrong from the Islamic perspective. I rest my case. 0 0 Reply mabrook July 31, 2008 Salam, Anon: isn't the reason dating is haram because the marriage contract has not been done? Well, once it's done, the 2 are technically married and can be alone. Why is that moronic? 0 0 Reply anon July 31, 2008 "Well, once it's done, the 2 are technically married and can be alone. Why is that moronic?" I find the idea of celibate marriages to be moronic. I think I read from AnonyMouse how her father marries people for the purposes of "halal dating" and so they can get to know one another. So what happens when people have done their "halal dating" and realize they can't stand each other. They just run off and get their divorces? How many divorces are they allowed to have? Technically, with this principle they can go on many "dates" and many divorces till they find one they are happy with. The entire thing seems like a trivilalization of the institute of marriage. Ridiculous. Either date or get married. Or get married, agree to stay married, and go on some dates like normal people in normal marriages. 0 0 Reply Coastam May 5, 2012 I tend to agree with you. Not living together after marriage,Katb al Ketab pre wedding, seems like a way to circumvent the rule against dating. It seems like a slippery slope. If university students were to institute this during their entire four years it would in essence be dating with the stamp of marriage. Marriage is providing a home for your wife and living with her, not just dating her. 0 0 Reply AnonyMouse July 31, 2008 I think I read from AnonyMouse how her father marries people for the purposes of "halal dating" and so they can get to know one another. I should have been more clear: it's emphasized from the beginning that the two parties have to do their proper research into each other, and that they go into the marriage with the firm intention that they are COMMITTED. It's not 'halaal dating' in that "oh hey, let's try it out and see how it works, if we don't like each other we can just divorce." Rather, it's a way for the two to get to know each other even if their circumstances/ situations don't permit them to live together immediately (as in the case of high school students). 1 0 Reply AbuAbdAllah, the Houstonian October 10, 2008 bismillah. khulwa, being alone with each — that is consummation of marriage in Islam. those of you in doubt can find many lectures by learned Muslims on-line, and at Emanrush (Sh. Birjas' Fiqh of Love), and at Ilmquest, etc. shaykh birjas put it very well in "Fiqh of Love" (recorded from the al Maghrib Course he taught): Muslims do not inquire about what goes on between a husband and wife when they are alone. and that is one reason the default position is that khulwa equals consummation. 1 0 Reply AbdelRahman October 14, 2008 bismillah. khulwa, being alone with each — that is consummation of marriage in Islam. those of you in doubt can find many lectures by learned Muslims on-line, and at Emanrush (Sh. Birjas' Fiqh of Love), and at Ilmquest, etc. shaykh birjas put it very well in "Fiqh of Love" (recorded from the al Maghrib Course he taught): Muslims do not inquire about what goes on between a husband and wife when they are alone. and that is one reason the default position is that khulwa equals consummation. Allah knows best, but this is the Hanafi opinion on the matter. I remember Shaykh Yaser Birjas distinctively saying (and I took the class twice ;-)) that being alone with the spouse = consummation isan opinion, and not the majority opinion. He made clear (if my memory is correct) that it is perfectly allowable under the circumstances of katb ul-kitaab to be alone with your spouse and to not have it considered consummation, wAllahu alam. 0 0 Reply AbuAbdAllah, the Houstonian October 14, 2008 innalhamdolillah. jazak Allah khayr for your post, AbdelRahman. if i misconstrued what Shaykh Birjas taught or made any other mistake or omission, the error was mine and not anyone else's. Rabbana laa tu'akhidnaa in-nasee'na aw akhta'naa. رَبَّنَا لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا that said, i wrote what i understood and recalled, so you've also given a good incentive for more study and review. :) 0 0 Reply skhan November 22, 2008 Hi i have been in nikah for three years. my nikah was arranged but i am still living with my parents as my rukhsati has not happened. my partner also lives with his family. the problem is that he doesnt talk to me i have tried my best to talk to him but he is not interested. if i ring him and say hi he immediantly hangs up. he wont reply to my text messages just simple ones like hi how are you? its been three years hes been doing this to me and i dont feel that anyone can be that busy to write 3 words on a text. My family dont mind that he doesnt talk to me becasue they feel thats how it should be. But i am so scared of getting married to him, because i have no idea about how he is like. what he likes/dislikes etc. i recently found out that he has a girlfriend who he has been seeing before and after our nikah. she knows that he has gothis nikah with me but i cant seem to do anything about it. His girlfriend gives me a hardtime she shows me pictures and text messages they have been sending to each other. My family know that he has a girlfriend but tell me that hewill change once he gets married but what if he doesnt? i cant talk to him about it because like i said he doesnt talk to me. i told his family but they refuse to believe me. Now i dont know what to do i just worry since my parents are planning to do my rukhsati in a couple of months. is there nothing that i can do? what rights do i have under a nikah? 0 0 Reply AnonyMouse November 22, 2008 Sister, you can contact a qualified Islamic counsellor who can help your situation by calling the Muslim Helpline: 1-800-550-MYHL May Allah make things easy for you, ameen. 0 0 Reply mulsimah November 22, 2008 Sister I recommend you delay the ruksati until you are sure. say Alhumdulilah you dont have ruksati. you dont want a child in this type of situation if its bad. do istikhara. get your parents to talk to his. confront him and say 'WAIT BEFORE YOU HANG UP I HAVE A QUESTION . and say do you want to go on with this marriage? ask him if he will continue to see his girlfriend. if he isnt giving you str8 answers its a good idea to get the elders involved. make a big deal. its your whole life. again you do not want a child involved. you should never expect that one will get better but always expect that it will get worse and be prepared fo rthat. 0 0 Reply SP November 24, 2008 We ask Allah 'azza wa jal to bless all couples everywhere and give us all the ability to preserve our communities' relationships into the future, and that He makes marriage easy for those whom it is difficult and serve as a means to Jannah and His pleasure. AMeen! So this post is about to hit its 6 month mark… can we see a part two? the after-rukhsati advice…or even an extended list of advice for nikkah-prerukhsatied couples to benefit from? This was indeed really beneficial. may Allah reward you 0 0 Reply Bint Afzal February 27, 2011 Just wanted to second this! JazakAllah khair brother. 0 0 Reply MR May 15, 2009 Hey Saqib can you put up some resources on nikkah kitaba (because your post is the number 1 result on google). Thanks! 0 0 Reply Adam September 10, 2009 great advice! 0 0 Reply Abdul At-Tawwaab September 19, 2009 AsSalaamu Alaikum, JazakAllahu Khairun for this Alhamdulillah. May Allah reward you greatly. Can anyone direct me to the conditions of nikah kitab? What do the conditions of the man need to be in order to be married. Where can I find this information in Qur'an and Hadith? InshaAllah, this is even more fuel and inspiration to take the Fiqh of Love class coming up soon inshaAllah. I'm engaged, in fact today is my anniversary of engagement, and am ever seeking if marriage is better than engagement at this time but I'm so concerned that my conditions may not be correct for marriage. If anyone could direct me to proper information May Allah reward you for your efforts. Alhamdulillah AsSalaamu Alaikum 0 0 Reply Celibate Marriage Survival Guide « The Journey to Marriage February 1, 2010 [...] February 1, 2010 in For Both | by Aisha by SaqibSaab [...] 0 0 Reply umm hurairah February 7, 2010 salam. Apparently, it is v common in todays world. With parents and culture demands and at times, material demands… no wonder such things exist. Allahu Akhbar! 0 0 Reply Coastam May 5, 2012 As Salamm alaykum The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, delayed consummation with Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, but that doesn't necessarily mean they lived separately. I don't know their exact situation, but I do know it is possible to live with someone and delay consummation of the marriage. Even if they did live separately, doesn't automatically mean that all Muslim couples with Katb al Kitab are allowed to live separately before the wedding. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, might have just been waiting for her tor grow up a little more, that's different than two college students living separately after Katb al Kitab. Muslims should ask scholars before getting into these kind of thing, it has the potential to be a slippery slope. 0 0 Reply saima September 30, 2012 salaam. just had a quick question… in the period of nikkah and ruksati eg 6 months gapAre the couple allowed to have sex?? without feeling guilty? if the husband wants to have sex is this permissible for the wife to do so? please get back . jazakAllah khaor 0 0 Reply Aly Balagamwala | DiscoMaulvi October 1, 2012 Dear Saima While I would still ask you to consult a local scholar, from what I have heard from various lectures, it is not considered appropriate to engage in sexual activity during this time and some schools of thought may even consider it disallowed for the couple to be alone behind a closed door. 0 0 Reply Jennifer December 29, 2013 Assalamu Alaikum. I thought the purpose of nikaah was for marriage, and the married couple can live together and have sexual relations in Halaal as natural married couples do. This article tells me that there is a celibate marriage before proper marriage. Has formal engagement been phased out? Can the couple choose not to live together and not have sex after nikaah? I thought nikaah was marriage…couple is married under the eyes of Allah…husband and wife have rights to one another. Why so confusing? 0 0 Aly Balagamwala | DiscoMaulvi December 30, 2013 Dear Jennifer It is best to seek a scholars opinion on this subject. -Aly 0 0 saima September 30, 2012 salaam. just had a quick question… in the period of nikkah and ruksati eg 6 months gapAre the couple allowed to have sex?? without feeling guilty? if the husband wants to have sex is this permissible for the wife to do so? please get back . jazakAllah khair 0 0 Reply Maria September 2, 2013 Awesome Article ! 0 0 Reply Rosemary December 9, 2013 Assalamu'alaikum Once you have done a nikah, you are married. At that point, everything that goes with marriage is halal. Like someone said, what happens if you do the nikah and 'date' and then decide I really don't like this person. What's the incentive to make the sacrifice to work towards maintaining this marriage. For the sister who's had her nikah for 3 years now to a person who has a girlfriend, I would say, kick, scream and yell to get out of that marriage. Obviously the guy does not want to be married to you. Living together is NOT GOING TO CHANGE anything. 1 0 Reply A Computer and a Webcam: Finding Muslim Love and Long-Distance Relationships in a Globalized World February 3, 2014 […] Although there is no data available on the number of Muslims that are in long-distance relationships, one can see the hype in online trends. These days there are posts sharing stories about long-distance love, tips on how to handle long-distance Muslim marriages, tips on how to remain positive in a long-distance relationship or recommendations to engage in katb al-kitab (celibate marriage). […] 0 0 Reply NikahExplorer.com June 2, 2014 This is very nice, we should consider this all when we are ready for marriage. 1 0 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply


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+ Best avoid in the game, practically untouchable in PvE
+ Beautiful skills with AoE slapped onto almost all of them
+ Strong and easy to grow
– No major advantage with PvP like massive defense and long range. Player skill is more required on this aspect.
– Said to have the lowest HP of all classes.
Pros: High Attack, High Defense Rate, Fast Skills, Good Defense
Cons: Hardly any range skills, High cooldown skills
Pros: Great Group Killing Skills, High Defense Rating, Lots of Knockdown/Knockback skills, Basically the solo class in the game
Cons: None
Misconceptions: Blades are NOT slower than katanas. Blades and katanas only differ in attack, magic attack, hit rate, and appearance.
AoE = Area of Effect (skill can hit more then one mob)
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First things first! Lets get rid of some misconceptions about bladers
There seems to be a lot of misinformation concerning Bladers and their performance in PvP combat. Here are some apparent problems bladers have.
1. Bladers have weak defensive capabilities in PvP
This isn't true. The logic used to argue this point, is that because combos assure 100% (or very near to it) chance to hit other players, defense rate is useless. Since you only combo in PvP, and since Bladers naturally stack tons of defense rate and little defense to absorb physical damage that gets through, they are weak defensively.
This logic is terribly flawed. If you watch two people that are fighting in PvP, and they combo each other to death, you are watching two terrible players play. No decent player will allow you to combo them in PvP. Fade Step disengages a players targeting. If you are in the process of comboing them you will immediately lose the target and lose your combo. Forcing you to stand immobile for a second. Additionally, dash and stuns can and should be regularly used to control the distance between yourself and your opponent to be advantageous to you. Skilled players will Fade Step, Dash to close distance, stun, attack, and Fade Step back out. Dealing damage without getting hit, and without risking being hit with a combo.
A simple Fade Step will prevent you from being hit with a combo in PvP, forcing your opponent to contend with your high defense rate, which will cause many misses by regular skills. Misses mean no knockback, knockdown, or stun effects. These are much, much more harmful then damage, since a downed opponent can be hit with a combo, and a opponent knockbacked can be kited by ranged attackers.
In skilled PvP, defense rate is better than defense, because it prevents knockdowns and other negative statuses, as well as damage, while defense only mitigates raw damage. If you play "kiters" defense rate is your best friend, as they don't combo and rely on attack rate to hit you.
Our class skill at Completer called "Intuition" gives bladers basic "Immortality" to attack rate PvP'ers and Monsters for the duration of the buff
I will explain what to do later for PvP against each class.
2. Bladers have no high damage single target attacks
This is true for low skill rank Bladers, and even to higher ranked Bladers to some degree. But it is largely irrelevant. Those arguing against Blader viability in PvP count this as a large mark against them, but in truth it isn't. Because what Bladers do have is quick attacks. A Blader has a variety of fast hitting and relatively hard hitting attacks to make use of. They also have some of the quickest attacks that cause knockdown and stuns. A blader is going to win a fight by staying untargeted. Closing distance, getting a few quick hits until a knockdown is achieved, then finishing off the opponent with a combo.
It's true that a lot of a Blader's abilities are geared towards AoE PvE, but they have other moves that are good for PvP. Lots of people assume that you can PvE and PvP with the same skill, but this isn't the case for the Blader class, which leads many to falsely believe that we don't have any good PvP moves.
Attribute Distrubution and Attribute Effects
As you can see STR and DEX are exactly the same for blader.
Don't worry about whether Blades or Katanas are stronger, it really doesn't matter.
Once you are high enough level and skill level you can wear both with no problem.
Its just a preference once you get to the higher levels.
Types of Bladers
There are two types of Bladers:
[*] The Armor "Heavy" Blader who takes advantage of the Osium Armor Set the warrior wears. This enables high defense.
[*] The Martial "Regular" Blader who takes advantage of the Martial Armor Set to enable him/her to dodge attacks with high defense rate.
Which to use
PvP: You will want to take advantage of the Warriors Osium Armor set in order to have more defense(This will probably become obsolete if and when you choose to use mithril)
PvE: You will want to take advantage of the Martial set because of the extra boost of defense rating it gives enabling you to dodge monster attacks in high level dungeons.
Things you need to know:
[*] Once again once you hit the Completer/Completer skill rank, You will have enough stats to wear both, so it won't matter. [*] Early in the game you will want to make STR your primary attribute cause if you level your skills enough you will gain 108 Str, 108 Int, 216 Dex.
Magic- Dex and Int
Sword – Str and Dex
Heres a table for you
In the end you get the following stat boost:
So make STR your primary concern in the early levels!!
First Off, this guide is based on MY experience of Cabal(European Closed Beta, and GSP Closed Beta 1&2). As always, there will be certian strategies/ideas that may be argued. But this is based on my findings, and knowledge gained from friends. Obviously I wont be able to get extremely detailed, but i will try my best to sum it up in a way that will get you on your feet as a successful blader in Cabal Online.
[The Skills]
First Off here is a rundown of the skills and descriptions of how effective they are.
Sword Rank (Novice)
Flash Draw:
This is one of your very first skills. At first it is Very useful, it is a 180degree knockdown but deals small damage. I recommend using it before using a more powerful skill (eg, Flash Draw -> Impact stab) in unison, the mob will take 2 hits and not hit you, providing you knock it down, At low lvls, this will often do the trick. Keep this skill for a while (until you can replace it with Rising Shot, which is your next knockdown) Do not bother lvling this skill above lvl 9 (the fastest cooldown). Also DO NOT purchase this skill, you will get it for free from the instructor on your second quest.
Impact Stab:
You start off with this skill, its a "piercing" skill which means it will attack through a mob. In this case it has a range of 1-2 which means it will attack up to 2 mobs in front, it will sometimes attack the mobs beside if you are surrounded close enough. This skill does fairly low damage, but at first you dont have much choice. Take it no further than lvl 9 (fastest cooldown)
Stab Slash:
Replace "Impact Stab" with this. Its basically an improved version of impact stab, and works very
much the same way, however it it a 2 hit skill and deals more damage.
Fade Step:
Not an attack or buff skill, but can be quite useful when dueling with others.
This is one of your basic evasion skills, if used correctly, it can get you out of tight spots. I recommend getting this skill if you plan on PvP. It will break target approx 1/3 of the time, also, when used in PvE it can often give you that extra second you pot up if needed. This skill caps out at lvl 9. So it wont waste a whole lot of skill points. Max it out.
Sword Rank(Apprentice)
This skill is not needed, It merely increases your chance of hitting, and for the most part is not usefull enough to warrant wasting a Skill Slot. When you will have a high hit rate anyways.During the final stage (double-transcender-maxed) your skill points will be more than enough so learn it or not, it entirely depends on your choice.But still, i never even learn this skill as this skill cannot stack with Intuition and Resist intuition but either of them can stack with this skill after level 140 rank up quest.After level 170 rank up quest Intuition,Resist intuition and concentration can be stack together.
This is your Second evasion skill, much like Fade step, it can be used in pvp, to dash to an running opponent (or dash away) Also with a lvl 9 cap, max this one out too.
Double Slash:
This is your second, 2 hitter skill. I would skip this and wait til triple slash (at this time you should have leveled up you stab and slash. and should be doing ok)
Though it's damage is absolutely not high, but a short casting time makes it a high "damage rate" skill !
Triple Slash:
Replace Stab Slash, with this skill, it is very similar yet again, however it hits 3 times, and more damage still.Take it at level 9.
Sword Rank(Regular)
Blade Force:
This skill is your first attack buff, it increases the damage of your swords.
Blade force, Blade aura and Soul blade all fall into the evolution category skills, means they cannot be stacked even after level 140 and level 170 rank up quest.
1) Skip this skill and save the alz.
2) Get blade force but do not up to high levels as it will be replaced by ''Blade Aura'' or ''Soul Blade'' since they cannot be stack together.
You can get this skill as it cost you 74,250 alz only.However, i recommend you to skip this skill and save up more alz for higher sword/upgrade level skills as they are very expensive
Death Cross:
This skill is amazing, your first skill that will be doing OK damage, it is fairly slow, but has a knockdown effect, you can replace Flash Draw with this.
It has relatively long casting time, so it's "damage rate" is quite low.
Take it to around lvl 9 again (fastest coll time)
Rising Shot:
Skip or get this skill, it is also a knockdown, only vs one mob, but does fairly nice damage too. Yet again, take it to lvl 9.
No AoE at all and does not do impressive damage.
Double Rising:
If you added "Rising Shot" replace it with this, its an improved version and thus does more damage, and in case the name diddnt give it away, it hits 3 times.Take it to level 9.
Stats – Crit Rate +10% – Crit Dmg +10% – Down +70% – Range 0~1 – Cast time 2.2 Sec – Combo time 1.3 Sec
Sword Rank(Expert)
Storm Grind:
Get this skill, its a great knockdown, vs 180degrees, it also has a nice crit dmg/rate. Take it to level 18 or MAX.If you leave it at lvl 9,you will also need to pump to lvl 18 or max it in late levels.Fast casting time,helps in combo.
Level 18 have a faster cooldown rate than level 20 (max)
I prefer level 18 for this skill for faster cooldown rate rather taking at level 20 7.2 sec cooldown rate !!
Storm Grind
Stats – Crit Rate +5% – Crit Dmg +20% – Down +75% – Range 0~1 – Cast time 3.0 Sec – Combo time 1.2 Sec
This skill is a dash to opponents skill, but very fast.Take it to level 12 for amp bonus.This skill it is quite useful in the early levels because people like to crowd around places.eg- Mosycthers and WriggleLeaf.
Having high "damage rate", it is popular in PvPs, especially useful for pursuing Force Archers!
Maybe, it should take to level 18 or max it after level 75 as it will helps you in bossfights
( Hit and Run )
Why not level 9?
Although lvl 9 was the fastest, as you go to level 10, the amp bonus appears, but the cool down shot up again. Then as you pump in another 2 points to lvl 11 or another 2 point to lvl 12, the cooldown reduces again, though not as fast as compared to lvl9, but at least you have the amp bonus.After level 12 the cooldown increase again, that's why is better to stop at level 12.
*Note cooldown for level 12 is faster than level 11.
Assault <- Assault Attack Amp appears on the skill from lv.10 +
Stats – Crit Rate +5% – Crit Dmg +20% – Range 0~4 – Cast time 1.1 Sec – Combo time 0.7 Sec
Hasing Dance:
Damage is not as good as any other attack skills from master above even with max level hasing dance.
Long casting time and cool down time is not worth to up it until level 20. Hence, take it at level 9, It does incredible damage, and hits 8 TIMES!!! not to mention it hits 200-280 degrees. Great AoE and might be one of your final skills.
Max = 8 sec ! cooldown
Level 18 = 6.4 sec cooldown
Pros – Lots of hits and knockdown
Cons – Long cast time
A very flashy skill, its good for PvE. I don't recommend it for PvP as the long cast time
and the knockdown isn't really useful for people in combo.
Force Kick:
This is VERY fast and with VERY long range of attack but the cooldown rate for this skill is too long so add to level 1 for PVPs and level 9 for war channel,pk.If you do not pvps,pk,warchannel i recommend you to skip this skill.
Force kick is useful in breaking combo/ knocking down.
For PVPs even level 1 or 9 is the same, cos usually you will only be able use one time in each PVPs due to its long cooldown.Level 9 cooldown 40 sec if im not wrong usually PVPs will end before 40 sec.So, just leave at level 1 for PvPs.
But if you going for war or pk channel level 9 would be a better choice as the fights can drag up to half an hour.
During combo-ing, the casting time is like 0.5sec, it is so fast that your combo will fail if you don't react fast enough and chain another attack immediately!!
PVP= Level 1
War channel,PK= Level 9
Iron Skin:
Get this buff and MAX it. It will give good HP and Defense.It can stack with Aura barrier
Sword Rank (A. Expert)
Mirage Step:
This skill is a great defense buff. Get it, and lvl it up to the max, you will see a lot of misses in PvE.
Round Cut:
This is a generic blade skill, and as such is not very useful, it hits 360degrees, but you have blader skills that will do that also, and much more damage. Dont waste skill slot on this.
Blade Aura:
This is your 2nd attack buff it is a stronger version of Blade Force. Increase your attack by even more!
Blade force, Blade aura and Soul blade all fall into the evolution category skills, means they cannot be stacked even after level 140 and level 170 rank up quest.
1) Skip this skill as and save the alz.
2) Get blade aura but do not up to high levels as it will be replaced by ''Soul Blade'' since they cannot be stack together.
However, I strongly recommend you to skip this skill otherwise you're going to dig yourself into a deep debt hole on purchasing higher rank upgrades/sword skills.
Congratulations, If you have skipped blade force and blade aura.
Mirage Grind:
Although it may not be fast normally, it is quite fast during combo-ing. Thus it is a high "damage rate" when used in combos and has been popular among those PvP-ers.It has 360-degree AoE so it is quite useful.
Get this skill and take it to the level 18 or max.Spend all your spare points on this. You will now have 2 of your final blade skills.
Level 18 have a faster cooldown rate than level 20 (max).
I prefer level 18 for this skill for faster cooldown rate rather taking it at level 20 9.1 sec cooldown rate !!!
Mirage Grind
Stats – Crit Rate +5% – Crit Dmg +20% – Range 1~1 – Cast time 3.8 Sec – Combo time 2.3 Sec
Sword Rank (Master)
Twin Moon Slash:
A long range attack with range 7 units.
Useful when taking on bosses in DT-cards and Mission-rooms.
This skill is very useful for boss kills, If you havent already leveled up your magic, i recommend picking this skill up, you aid in killing bosses (ranged) it does nice piercing damage also.It cross your blades in front of you, charge up, and shoot dual moons about the same distance as a dash would take you. This skill pierces, so it hits everything in a line in front of you. Take it to lvl 9 for fast cool time, and then leave it alone.
Twin Moon Slash
Stats – Crit Rate +5% – Crit Dmg +20% – Down +70% – Range 1~7 – Cast time 2.3 Sec – Combo time 1.9 Sec
Aura Barrier:
A more powerful version of Iron Skin.
This adds more DEF than Iron Skin, but the HP boost will be the same.
Take this to the max, it is your final Defence buff (Along with mirage step and iron skin)
Vital Interfere:
This could quite possibly be one skill that gives bladers an edge vs the warrior class. Vital interfere is a great stun. If used in combo, use it FIRST so as to have a higher chance to stun in pvp. In PvE, this skill will actually stun up to 6 mobs (if all close together) despite the misleading description. Do not waste skill points on this until you have leveled up your other final skills. This isnt a damage dealing skill, and should be considered ONLY a stun, but very usefull at higher lvls vs STRONG mobs, to give you 3 seconds to pot up or get a nice attack in.
Its success in PvP is approx 1/3.Take it to level 9 or 12. Level 9 have faster cooldown rate than level 12.Many bladers take it at level 12 for their combos.
Vital Intefere
Stats – Stun +70% (5 secs) – Range 1~3 – Cast time 1.0 Sec – Combo time 0.7 Sec
Sword Rank(A. Master)
Blade Cry:
With this skill, you stick your swords together, pointing straight up, spin around about 4-5 times, then swing out your blades to deal a full circle AoE that strikes very high damage to everything in a very large area.
Although it's damage(only a half of) the Grand-Master skill Blade Scud and having a not-so-high "damage rate", but they are still very common in PvP. Blade Crys are used as the last attack during PvP combos and, to me, is frequently used in PvE.
This is your 3rd final sword skill, Level 9 for speed and Level 20 for knockdown, and animation block.
it hits 360 degrees, and can hit some very nice crits.
Blade Cry
Stats – Crit Rate +5% – Crit Dmg +20% – Down +80% – Range 1~2 – Cast time 4.3 Sec – Combo time 3.8 Sec
Natural Hiding:
Do not waste slot on this skill as cannot stack with aura barrier and the effects is not as good as Instant immunity.
Sword Rank (G. Master)
Blade Scud:
This skill is a 6-7 hit succession that features an insane animation, if you land all 6-7 hits, it can instantly kill a mob.
As with any G. Master skill this does a lot of damage, Just like Blade Cry, take it to lvl 9 for speed and knockdown, or 20(max) for power (bearing in mind the cooldown will be approx 25 secs at max lvl)Although it has the longest casting time, but the damage done is horrible (about twice a Blade Cry).During PvE, I strongly recommend Lv.9 for convenience.
Blade Scud
Stats – Crit Rate +10% – Crit Dmg +10% – Down +90% – Range 1~7 – Cast time 4.7 Sec – Combo time 3.7 Sec
Soul Blade:
Take it to MAX.This skill is the final evolved version of Blade Force and Blade Aura, can increase your attack by 74 when maxed ! Cannot stacks with Blade force, Blade aura, intense blade. If you added blade force or blade aura delete it away and add this skill to max.
Instant immunity:
Take it to MAX.Instant immunity would be better than natural hiding, as it gives you total protection of 100% against knockdown,knockback,stun,Unmovable,Down Resistance, while natural hiding only provides you with 25% resistance to Unmovable Resistance when maxed, and both skills have the same duration time.But it cannot stack with mirage step.After level 140 rank up quest mirage step and instant immunity can be stack together so max both mirage step and instant immunity.This skill is useful in PVPs too.
Sword Rank (Completer)
Lighting Slash:
Number-wise, it has THE SAME sword-skill-amplification and extra-ATK as Blade Scud, but in practical it does a little more damage than Blade Scud.
Note that this one has only 3.0s casting time, so it's "damage rate" is higher than Blade Scud !!
Take it to level 9 as it's a skill that need to spam and it is the best damage skill for bladers. This skill is used in lots of PVPs and PVEs Combos.
Lighting Slash
Stats – Crit Rate +10% – Crit Dmg +10% – Range 1~3 – Cast time 3.0 Sec – Combo time 2.5 Sec
Art of Fierceness:
1) AoF adds damage to every skill except Lightning Slash and Blade Scud.
2) AoF adds damage to your normal attack as well. (except on dummies, strangely~)
3) AoF's additional damage is fixed and not multiplied by critical.
4) AoF's additional damage ignores defense.
5) AoF adds only about 1/4 of the stated damage against players.
Since we have a lot of spare points, we should take this skill to Max, although it is not a good buff but can stack with all your buff skills and Battle Mode 2.
Take it to MAX.This skill will gives you 90% dodge rate when maxed.It will helps you a lot in your PVEs and PVPs.With our high defense rate together with this skill maxed, we rarely get a hit.But for PVPs if your opponent have a high critical rate we cannot avoid their attacks because critical is a guaranteed hit.
So if you are facing an opponent having high critical-rate, your actual dodging rate will be MUCH lower than 90%..
But, this skill will be VERY useful when leveling in the high-level maps or challenging Forgotten Ruin's bosses!!
Awesome skill, i always use this skill when PvPs as well as dungeon quests.
Sword Rank (Transcencer)
Field of Fear:
Max it. This is the only DeBuff skill for blader, it will -150 DEF and -500 DEF_rate to your opponent when maxed
It has some AoE (i.e. affects other creatures nearby)
This is quite useful in killing bosses.
Time of effect = 30s (fixed)
Intense Blade:
Take it to MAX, If maxed it will gives you 25% skill amp, which means the better your attack, the more power it gets ! Intense blade cannot stack with blade force,blade aura and soul blade.After level 140 rank up quest soul blade and intense blade can be stack together so max both of them
If your ATK = 800
then 800 x 25% = 200
that means a +200 ATK boost
*Note: Intense Blade is not a evolution skill so it can stacks with either soul blade,blade aura or blade force after level 140 rank up quest.
Originally Posted by shermiee
this is to prove intense blade+soul blade can be stacked after 140 rank up.
For magic skills we only need to get 2 buff skills Regeneration and Resist Intension.
The spare point/slot for magic is too much so i recommend both Regeneration and Resist Intension to be MAX, although both of them cannot stack with some skills.
Max it, It is a evolution skill and does not stack with iron skin.+22HP per 2s, when maxed.This skill will help you to save some pots expense at low levels until you get Iron skin at Expert Rank.
Strengthen Body ( Iron Skin , Regeneration * )
( * = Evolution skills u cant stack tow of the same category )
Regeneration and Iron skin do not have the same category so they can be stack together after level 140 rank up quest and it is also recommend to max it by cabaleu players
Magic Rank(Master)
Resist intension:
Just leave this skill alone first until you have extra alz because upgrade skills/sword skills at Master/G.Master rank is very expensive.Max it, it is one of the "long-lasting" buffs that gives you a 10% Down, Knockback and Stun Resistance UP.But honestly that 10% is not significant at all and it cannot stack with Intuition and concentration.
For other magic(Cannon,Lance,Arrow,Blast) is not recommended, however you can still add those skills since we have too much magic spare point/slot and it can do high combos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUP0yBuVfLY (155 Combo with magic skills)
[Final Skills]
MAX out all these skills they will last longer, and will be much more effective (lvl 20)
Iron Skin:
Aura Barrier:
Mirage Step:
Soul Aura:
Intense Blade:
Art of Fierceness:
Field of Fear:
Instant immunity:
Resist intension:
These skills (Hasing Dance,Mirage Grind,Blade Cry and Blade Scud) you should Level to the max (20) for power or level 9 for speed(fastest cool times).However if you plan on having skills only level 9, i would recommend at LEAST leveling Mirage Grind to level 18,19,20 as you will struggle without having some power skills.
Hasing Dance or Double Rising or Natural Hiding
Natural Hiding can be consider after level 140 rank up quest when it can stack with aura barrier because the duration of instant immunity 15s/23s/30s/38s/45s (depends on your Job-level) and the cooldown is 300sec.You can cast natural hiding after instant immunity duration while waiting for the cooldown of instant immunity.
The damage of Hasing dance is not as good as any other attack skills from master above even with max level.
Hence, i recommend you to choose double rising or natural hiding between the 3 skills above.
Mirage Grind:
Blade Cry:
Blade Scud:
Twin Moon Slash:
Assault: Hit and Run (Bossfight)
Storm Grind:
Force Kick
Vital Interfere:
Lighting Slash:
MAX all these skills
Fade Step:
Total of 21 sword skills(Match the Maximum Sword slots at Transcencer)and 2 magic skills
Blader skills slots
WOW… thats a lot of skill point…
Blader buffs : Categories
– Strengthen weapon (Soul Blade* , Blade aura *, Blade Force * , Intense Blade )
– Strengthen attack skill ( Art of Fiercness )
– Strengthen Body ( Iron Skin , Regeneration * )
– Strengthen Equipments ( Aura Barrier , Resist Barier )
– Strengthen General Attack (Mirage Step , Instant Immunity )
– Strengthen Spirit ( Intuition , Resist Intension , Concentration )
( * = Evolution skills u cant stack tow of the same category )
All buff skills can be stack except evolution skills after level 140 and 170 rank up quests
Level 140: 2 Identical series of Buff can be used and overlapped
Buff Quantity Limit to 8
Level 170: 3 Identical series of Buff can be used and overlapped
Increase in ALL Buff Skills duration at level 40,80,120,150 rank up quest
Level 40: Buff Time 50% UP
Level 80: Buff Time 100% UP
Level 120: Buff Time 150% UP
Level 150: Buff Time 200% UP
Buffs can stack more than 5 at level 120,130,140,150,160 rank up quest !!!
ix. Level 120: Buff Quantity Limit to 6
x. Level 130: Buff Quantity Limit to 7
xi. Level 140: Buff Quantity Limit to 8
xii. Level 150: Buff Quantity Limit to 9
xiii. Level 160: Buff Quantity Limit to 10
Evoluted Skills List
Evoluted skills is a skill that cannot be stack with each other….. even after level 140 and 170 rank up quest
- Blade Force
- Blade Aura
- Soul Blade
- Regeneration
Sword Skills Cool Down Time
Cool down time for:
Level 10 – 12 follows level 5 – 7 respectively.
Level 13 – 15 follows level 3 – 5 respectively.
Level 16 – 18 follows level 1 – 3 respectively.
level 19 cd time = level 9 cd time x 2
level 20 cd time = level 5 cd time + level 9 cd time
the resultant value has error of plus/minus 0.1 depends on which skills. However, most sword skills do not have the error i.e the value is accurate.
***Note: Cooldown time for "Blade Scud" and "Lighting Slash" cannot be calculated using the formulas above***
Why sword skills is added to level 9,12,15,18 ?
As you can see sword skills were added to level 9 for the fastest cooldown rate.
Did you notice after level 9 every 3 subsequent level (lvl 12,15,18)the cooldown drop again. Yes, this is the reason why sword skills is at level 9,12,15,18.
Also, some sword skills that are recommended to level 18 than max for a faster cooldown rate.
I recommend to train both magic and sword skills?Why?
Every sword or magic rank up, we can get bonus status.
Punching is a good way to rank up both magic/sword and get bonus status from it.
What is the advantage of fast magic rank up?
The bonus status is given for every magic rank up make good use of it use the INT from the magic bonus status and get the INT requirements for level 10,20,30,40,50,60.
Additional HP,MP,DEX will be given for every magic rank up too.
For slower magic rank up
They need to add more INT to their status in order to get the INT requirements for level 10,20,30,40,50,60 and that amount of int plus all the magic rank up bonus status INT resulting too much INT.
Overall INT from Magic Bonus status = 40+14×4=96 INT (Novice to Transcender)
The INT you get from magic bonus status is more than enough.
Conclusion : Faster Magic Rank Up from level 1-60 = Use lesser INT extract potions
Mithril Katana
Attack Strength:109
Magic ATtack Strength:106
Blader Requirements: 240 STR / 60 INT / 360 DEX / Lv.115
Force Blader Requirements: 240 STR / 180 INT / 240 DEX / Lv.115
We only need about 60-65 INT
Extra Information Tables
BL- Blader
WA- Warrior
FA – Force Archer
FS – Force Shieder
WI – Wizard
FB – Force Blader
Upgrade Skills
Upgrade skills are passive skills that add to your abilities without even using them.
Vitality Mastery/Novice+ – A must have for any char – adds a lot of HP
Mana Mastery/Novice+ – Optional-
Pros and Cons
1)From master rank onward our skills takes a lot of mana, and so pots will go fast. If your mana pool is small, then your pots may not keep up with the mana usage.
2)If you wearing Vampiric gear and Mana gears you hardly even need to rely on mana pots and this skill.
3)Mana pots are cheap and auto-refilling.
Reflex/Apprentice+ – Increase defense rate- For PVE (if you like PVE more than PVP)
Sharp Eyes/Apprentice+ – Increase hit rate – Do not waste slot on this, since we already have enough hit rate
Offensive Sense/Regular+ – Increase physical damage - A must
Defensive Sense/Regular+ – Increase defense – For PVP (if you like PVP more than PVE)
Force Control/Regular+ – Increase magical damage – Do not waste on this since we using sword attacks not magic attacks.
Change Force (Sword to Magic)/Expert – Sword skill exp becomes magic skill exp – Optional
Change Force (Magic to Sword/Expert – Magic skill exp becomes sword skill exp – Optional- If you are punching, Magic to sword is good, but it does take away some bonus stats from the magic rank up.
Impact Control/G.Master+ – Greatly increase physical damage - A must
Damage Absorb/G.Master+ – Greatly increase defense – For PVP (if you like PVP more than PVE)It stacks with Defensive sense
Eyes of Mind/G.Master+ – Greatly increase hit rate – Optional (If not enough hit rate)
Sixth Sense/G.Master+ – Greatly increase defense rate - For PVE (if you like PVE more than PVP)
Ruling Force/G.Master+ – Greatly increase magical damage. – Do not waste slot on this skill, since we using sword attacks not magic attacks.It stacks with Force Control
**The G.Master upgrade skills can be stacked with the other upgrade skills, so you can actually have 2 attack upgrade skills, 2 defense upgrade skills, etc.
Here your choice depends on the following- PVP or PVE build
PVP Upgrades: Vitality Mastery, Defensive sense, Offensive sense, Damage absorb, Impact control and Sixth sense.
PVE Upgrades: Vitality Mastery, Reflex, Offensive sense, Sixth sense, Damage absorb, Impact control
If you add Reflex/ Sixth sense you gain more Defense rate and is more suitable for Martialset Bladers.
If you add Defensive sense/Damage absorb you gain more Defense and is more suitable for Armorset Bladers.
Overall upgrade skills available for each rank
Novice: Vitality Mastery, Mana Mastery
Apprentice: Reflex, Sharp Eyes
Regular: Offensive Sense, Defensive Sense, Force Control
Expert:Change Force (Sword to Magic),Change Force (Sword to Magic)
G.Master: Eyes of Mind, Six Sense, Impact Control, Ruling Force, Damage Absorb
The Effect for the same Upgrade skill STACKED ON
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PVE/PVP Combos
PvE (stunlock): VI-LS-SG-VI-BS-repeat
You need to time BS to knockdown just as stun from the first VI ends. The second VI in that combo is just a filler for timing. Even if you can't get the knockdown timing right, it is still a good stun combo. This has the best DPS to use in PvE IMO.
PvP: LS-BS-(continue with above stunlock combo)
The idea would be to spam LS as fast and as much as possible.
PvE (knockdown combo): SG-LS-BS-BC-repeat
Use this for bosses immune to stun. LS doesn't knockdown, but because SG is cast so quickly in combo, you will have time to deal some damage while the mobs are still kissing the floor.
LS: Lightning Slash, level 9 (best damage skill for bladers)
BS: Blade Scud, level 9 (has knockdown, comparable damage with LS with longer cast)
VI: Vital Interfere, level 12 (has 5.0 sec stun)
SG: Storm Grind, level 20 (has knockdown, fast cast in combo)
BC: Blade Cry, level 20 (has knockdown, and animation block)
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[edit] Palo Alto City Library Branches
[edit] HistoryVery early on in city's history did the citizens of Palo Alto push for a public library. The main advocates of the plan were the members of the Palo Alto Women's Club, and thought of the idea for a public library two years after the club had formed. The members of the club started to fully endorse the idea of a public library even before there was an available building to house the books. Undeterred by lack of land and support, the women held book socials in which people would come with books to donate of sell. The first event was so successful, that by the end of it, there were 200 books that were donated from private collections.
H.W. Simkins, a bookseller donated space to house the books on the shelves of his store creating what would essentially be, Palo Alto's first library. Members of the club would take turns to act as librarians throughout the day to help with the makeshift library. By 1899, the collection of books had reached 1115 volumes and included many classics and complete editions. The temporary headquarters for the library was then set up in the reading room of the YMCA (that was located on High Street and University). Yet the women, were not satisfied with the fact that the books had still not been given a permanent home.
In 1903, they decided to ask for a grant from the Carnegie foundation to establish a permanent library. The women were quickly able to raise the necessary amount of money and the full amount of matching funds was secured, so that on November 1, 1904 Palo Alto's very first official Library was opened on Hamilton Street, where City Hall now stands.
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[edit] 1904
The first library, the Carnegie branch, was opened where City Hall currently stands.
[edit] 1925
The second branch in Palo opened after a request from residents of Mayfield who had been annexed into the city and could no longer use the county branch.
[edit] 1936
The Mayfield branch Library was relocated to 2300 Wellesley Street and later renamed the South Palo Alto Library.
[edit] 1940
The Children's Library was donated to the city of Palo Alto from influential resident Lucie Stern.
[edit] 1958
On July 19, both the Main and Mitchell Park Libraries opened due to a bond issue of $700,000 approved of two years prior. The South Palo Alto Library was renamed the College Terrace Library.
[edit] 1968
The Carnegie branch was renamed the Downtown Library and was relocated to 420 Ramona Street.
[edit] 1969
City Manager George Morgan advised closing the College Terrace branch, claiming that it was too small and its location too secluded for it to be an efficient facility. The library however, reamined open.
[edit] 1971
The Downtown Library was moved to 270 Forest Ave. where it currently stands.
[edit] 1978
Palo Alto was facing a huge budget deficit due to a recently passed Proposition 13, which reduced the city's property tax revenue. In a plan to save $264,000, the City manager and former library director, June Flemming, recommended closing the College Terrace and Children's Libraries. This suggestion however, was opposed by many residents including the City Mayor at the time, Scott Carey
[edit] 1985
The Terman Park Library was opened.
[edit] 2002
When the School District reopened the Middle School that housed the branch, the city ended up having to close the library.
[edit] Debate Over Library Branch System
Although Palo Alto was able to set up a library system very quickly, it has struggled for years to resolve the ongoing dispute about the Library branch system. Spurred on in 1969 when George Morgan, the City Manager recommended closing the College Terrace Branch, due to its low book circulation, the issue has spanned close to four decades on whether Palo Alto should have such an extensively branching system. Residents have always found themselves split on the issue. Some say that although, the Libraries themselves need updating, the sytem should remain as is, while others, are in favor of centralizing the system so that there are only two major libraries with many resources, rather than five libraries with the resources spread between them.
Residents argue that a centralized system would allow for less money to be wasted on keeping small libraries open, instead focus on refurbishing the bigger libraries, which many residents believe are in a deplorable state as compared to the libraries in neighboring cities. In fact many Palo Alto Libraries have had to cut down on staffing and library hours, since money has to be divided between all five branches. Yet there are many residents who voice disapproval at such an idea. To them, the beauty of Palo Alto's Library system is that almost everyone is a short bike ride away from a library, and centralizing the system would greatly inconvenience the majority of the population. The majority of both sides, however agreed that the Palo Alto Libraries needed refubishing.
In 2004, after much debate, a bond measure was created that would rennovate the Mitchell Park Library Branch as well as its neighboring community center. The measure however, fell just shy of the necessary 2/3 vote, and Mitchell Park Library remained as is. In 2006, the city conducted a residential survey concerning the publics's opinion on the library sytem. According to the results, 56 percent of the responderssaid having the library's collections divided among multiple branches was either somewhat important or very important. 42 percent said that having library collections and services based in a single larger branch, limited collections in the smaller branches was important. Yet two- thirds of the responders said they would like homework centers and full staff in multiple locations. The survey although making clear in waht exactly the community was divided on, does not help encourage any future proposals. All through out 2006, the library debate made no progress as to fiding a solutions to the library problem.
Finally in early July, 2007, an audit was created listing 32 specific problems of the library system and bringing light to the inefficiencies and money waste such as understaffing during the busiest hours, and no common scheduling between the different branches. Another problem is the poor "hold" system. The audit recommends that these and other inefficiencies should be fixed before the community moves on to more far- reaching decisions concerning the libraries.
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[edit] References
[edit] Book Refernces
History of Palo Alto; The Early Years by Pamela Gullard and Nancy Lund
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The City of Palo Alto Website (http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/lib/default.asp)


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Delighted to see the competition in the marketplace. Waiting for the time-honored economic force to drive down the price of smart phone packages. Those of us with teenage kids can ill afford all the bells and whistles now, but thanks to competition, this will soon change and our grandchildren will look at us with faces of bewilderment wondering how this was ever an issue.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe is retaining his Republican predecessor's health and human resources secretary.
McAuliffe said at a news conference Wednesday that Bill Hazel is the best person for the job. Hazel has been a member of Gov. Bob McDonnell's Cabinet for the last four years.
Hazel enjoys bipartisan support in the General Assembly, where he will lead McAuliffe's effort to expand Medicaid under the federal health care reform law to cover an additional 400,000 low-income Virginians. The Republican-controlled House of Delegates opposes expansion, but McAuliffe said Hazel will be an "invaluable asset" in working with both sides toward his top health-care priority.
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Hasumura, Takashi and Fukuda, Takahiro and Whitby, Raymond L. D. and Aschenbrenner, Ortrud and Maekawa, Toru (2011) Low temperature synthesis of iron containing carbon nanoparticles in critical carbon dioxide. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13 (1). pp. 53-58.
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We develop a low temperature, organic solvent-free method of producing iron containing carbon (Fe@C) nanoparticles. We show that Fe@C nanoparticles are self-assembled by mixing ferrocene with sub-critical (25.0 °C), near-critical (31.0 °C) and super-critical (41.0 °C) carbon dioxide and irradiating the solutions with UV laser of 266-nm wavelength. The diameter of the iron particles varies from 1 to 100 nm, whereas that of Fe@C particles ranges from 200 nm to 1 μm. Bamboo-shaped structures are also formed by iron particles and carbon layers. There is no appreciable effect of the temperature on the quantity and diameter distributions of the particles produced. The Fe@C nanoparticles show soft ferromagnetic characteristics. Iron particles are crystallised, composed of bcc and fcc lattice structures, and the carbon shells are graphitised after irradiation of electron beams.
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