- "—With that haughty smirk, that vexing yet childishly adorable little smile of hers, displayed on her face for the world to see, for the world to know that she will not bow to anyone, not even a commoner who had accidentally stepped on her heels and ruined her clothes, she raised her sword heavenwards! "I, the daughter of Antoinette de Castellane, challenge you to a duel!""
- ―RemingtonAlyx
Duelist is one of eleven Unique-tier that costs 5 Godlike Tokens in CRITICAL STRIKE.
Appearance[]
Duelist class comes with light armor that covers most of the body as well as a scabbard. It wields a rapier as its weapon.
It also has some sort of cape behind the right half.
Overview[]
Summary: Quarter-zoner, half-rushdown, quarter-tank. A jack of trades, if you will.
Duelist is a high reach class that can do massive DPS with stun as well. Duelist may not be used by many, but has excellent damaging capabilities, being able to Stun and fully negate damage for a short period of time. It also has a unique capability of healing instead of taking damage by using an ability, letting Duelists sustain combat for a while. Along with percent damage and a relatively formidable moveset, Duelist is essentially a rushdown Brawler with pseudo-Tank elements, as well as an effective zoner. It also has insane combo potential, and is viable in most situations.
However, there are some very obvious flaws of Duelist. First of all, its mobility move can be punished and if you miss the recast timing, you basically waste the move. Also, this class has virtually no ranged attack whatsoever, having as much range as classes such as Warrior, Berserker, and Charger. This class also somewhat fails at being a rushdown as well as a zoner, and it doesn't help that some of its moves reduce its mobility for short periods of time.
Strengths[]
- Effective in 1v1s
- Good combos, better than some people would expect
- Has a counter that doubles as a unique heal.
- High skill ceiling, allowing for major damage to be dealt if played correctly.
Weakness[]
- Bad Crowd Control capabilities
- High skill floor, outright hostile to beginner players.
- Mediocre defensive capabilities. (Depends.)
- Requires precise timing and movement prediction
Movesets[]
| Attack | Name / Preview | Description | Damage | Status Effect | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Rapier Slash
 |
Slash and deal 12 damage. | 12 | N/A | 0.5s |
| AB1 | Lunge
 |
Lunge forwards and deal 8 damage. Upon hitting an enemy, recast within 1s to lunge again. | 8x2 | N/A | 4s |
| AB2 | Sustain Guard
 |
Slow down, assuming a defensive stance with your rapier and becoming unable to use other abilities/attacks for 1s. Damage from every attacks will be negated and converted into HP, at a maximum of 3 HP. |
N/A | N/A | 5s |
| CRT | Judgement
  |
Slow down for 1s, then jab forward, 10% of the enemies max HP as damage. If recasted within a 0.1s time frame at the end of the ability being charged, then the jab will deal 20% of the enemies Max HP as damage and applied Stunned to the target. It will also refresh this abilities cooldown up to three times. On the third time, knockback will be applied to the target. If recasted early, only deals 5% of the enemies Max HP as damage. |
10 (Standard)
20 (Perfect Recast) 5 (Failed Recast) |
Stunned
(Target)/ N/A |
5s |
| Attack | Name / Preview | Description | Damage | Status Effect | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Duelist Slash
 |
Slash and deal 12 damage. | 12 | N/A | 0.5s |
| AB1 | Rapier Lunge
 |
Lunge forwards and deal 8 damage. Upon hitting an enemy, recast within 1s to lunge again. | 8x2 | N/A | 4s |
| AB2 | Reflect Shield
 |
Add an armor to yourself and reflect projectiles with the damage being 5 less. Shield will break after several reflects or after 3s use. |
5 (Redirect) | N/A | 5s |
| CRT | Equalizing Assault
|
After 1s delay, dash and slash around twice, dealing from 10-21 damage based on user and target health differences. | 10-21 | Stunned
(Target)/ N/A |
5s |
Tips[]
- Your AB1 can deal 16 damage, hit them twice! You will probably dash out of their attacks anyway.
- Judgment can always instantly be cast, so if you're in a predicament, use judgment and instantly after go into your guard.
- If you're at low health, don't worry too much. You have Sustain Guard to give back small heals (don't rely on it!) and Judgement to deal solid chunk damage.
- Duelist in general doesn't have a lot of range, keep that in mind when fighting ranged and Burst classes.
- When fighting against classes slower than you, use judgment to keep stunning. Slower classes also probably have higher health, which plays out nicely.
- Try to pick out people by themselves, Duelist is very good in 1v1s and you have a high chance of finishing your target quickly.
- Your AB2 is best in two situations: when the opponent is charging up an extremely predictable move, and when the opponent is using a multi-projectile attack. It only lasts 3s though, so use your AB2 while planning to immediately dash away.
Combos[]
CRT > AB1 / ATK > AB1 (recast) / ATK
- A common combo for Duelist that deals a lot of damage.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Previously, in CS5, Duelist was permanently purchased with a gamepass that costed 50 Robux.
- Used to have an ability that was called "Reflect Shield" that reflects projectiles, this was removed and replaced with Sustain Guard not long after the rework of Knight, which at the time also had projectile reflection.
- The reflect shield was red.
- Also used to have 90 HP in CS4.
- Appears to be similar to League of Legends "Fiora" and could easily have been inspired by it.
- Duelist's origin is probably from Critical Edge, the abandoned game EpicCritical created. It was once announced in Facebook, and the armor and weapon handles are all white, except blades are red. (Image lost due to EpicCritical's Facebook account deletion)
- It wasn't Attack on Titan reference, never was.
- Duelist is one of the few classes to ever appear in a Critical Strike fanfiction, that being Raison D'être by HiroariHourai.
Update History[]
- Early v5.0.0: Reworked.
- v5.8.6.
AB1 Recast requires first AB1 to hit.- AB2 Heal per hit reduced from 5 to 3.
- Charged CRT stun time reduced from 1s to 0.5s.
- Charged CRT Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s.
- Uncharged CRT Cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s.
- v5.9.5b:
- CRT Reworked: Charge for up to 1s, then thrust forwards, dealing 10% of the opponents MaxHP as damage. Recasting within the last 0.1s will deal 20% of the opponents MaxHP as damage, resetting CRT’s cooldown and stunning the target. Cooldown can be reset this way up to 3 times, and on the last use it will deal knockback. Casting too early will only do 5% MaxHP as damage.
v5.9.7:
- Base: Max HP reduced. (100 -> 90)
- ATK: Reduced damage. (12 -> 10)
- Duelist will no longer be able to completely stat check most classes in the game.
