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About me:
Hello, my name is Tyrannicide. I started playing Elsword in 2014. My first character is none other than Raven, he's a Nova Imperator now and he has always been my main since I first created him. This is the character I spent 85-90% of my Elsword playing time to play as, so I'm most effective when playing as this job.
Introduction:
You're now playing as the Imperial path of 3 Raven jc path.
Nova Imperator is not as good in swordplay as Furious Blade, and arguably less powerful Nasod Arm than Rage Hearts. On the plus side, he having higher quality sword and more skilled in swordplay than Rage Hearts and more powerful Nasod Arm than Furious Blade. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As you can see in the example above, Nova Imperator is the more versatile path, employing a more diversified weaponry, striving to achieve the balance between different weapons and combat philosophies, because each having their own merits and limits, compared to the much more specialized (and polarized) Furious Blade and Rage Hearts paths when compared to each other. In other words, not putting all the eggs in the same basket.
One unique mechanic of this path is the employment of "Overheat" system, which allowing you to increase damage outputs to your attacks and other benefits like temporary buffs etc., but at the expend of your own HP, so it can be considered a double-edged instrument. Many of his passives also involving the Overheat mechanic, alleviating the harm of Overheat and at the same time encouraging you to Overheat to gain extra benefit, beside the normal damage increase.
Raven background story:
At his young age, Raven lost his biological father, who was a formidable warrior himself. Subsequently, he was adopted by General Cronwell - one of Velder military's top brass, his unknown original last name was changed to match his new family, and since then he was known as Raven Cronwell.
General sent Raven to one of the prestiged Velder military academy because Raven determined to follow the same path as his deceased father. There he learned about soldiering and commanding, and outside of his classes, was further mentored by a tactical genius - Owen Felford, his best friend.
*War flashbacks*
Later in his life, he found his well-known Crow Mercenary Knights and fought in many wars to protect the nation. The nobles were green with envy because of Raven Cronwell and his group's meritorious achievements over the years, they sought for a way to get rid of him. Raven Cronwell effectively became a victim of his own success, was framed by his "friend" Owen and after a show trial, he was sentenced to death for a crime he never commited.
Before the date he was due to be executed, he was rescued by his fiancee, together with his comrades. They went into hiding, but Owen hunted for them with overwhelming number. The Crow Mercenary Knights was ambushed and slain to a man. Raven was gravely wounded, his left arm was lost, the only thing left for him was to die.
Then the Nasods found him, they revived and then modified his body. Raven was reborn to an augmented human, an experiment of King Nasod - test subject3173 137. He was brainwashed and forced to follow their orders through the implants placed on his body by the designations of the Nasods, working as the mercenary leader of Black Crows - a group of augmented human who was mind-wiped to forget their past selves and followed the Nasods.
One day Raven - under Nasod's control - intercepted Wally's Airship which was about to invade and loot Altera Island for its rare technologies, got the ill-gained Ruben's El crystal from Lord Wally's hands and sent it to King Nasod. He later was confronted by members of El Search Party, and through combat, they helped him to regain control of himself and escaped the influences of the Nasods.
Determined to right his past wrongs when under the Nasods, he volunteered to join El gang to help find the missing El shards and defeating the forces of evil. He's very dedicated to atone for the sins of... King Nasod, *sigh*.
Weapon Taker:
This path embodying "an old idea made new": improving by building upon the firm foundation already laid down in the past. Raven became mercenary leader in support of El Search Party, similar to how he was used to be mercenary leader under Velder Kingdom and Nasod Kingdom. The Nasod Arm was already good in generating and firing fiery energy-based attacks, he upgraded it in that direction to capitalize on its full potential. He also made a new, modern blade to make it much more effective, not wanting to waste the swordplay skills he had been training himself up until that point and combining with his new combat doctrines in combination with the new Nasod Arm.
Veteran Commander:
Some men just want to watch the world burns. Others provide the matches. The Veteran Commander falls under the second category.
Raven realized the new Nasod Arm when operating having the side effect of generating too many heat, when using it too much in a succession without giving time to dissipate the heat, which in the long turn could prove to be destructive to the arm and his body itself. He further upgrading his equipment to make them more effective and at the same time limiting the side effects from overheated Nasod Arm. He gathered multiple exotic components from various sources to make the most out of his Nasod Arm's strength. After completing upgrading the Nasod Arm and with further training, Raven became the distinguished Veteran Commander.
Nova Imperator:
"For the first time in history we have a chance to steal fire from the gods". - Adam Jensen, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Raven intended to push the strength of the Nasod Arm, mechanical and cybernetic implants even further. But his human body wouldn't be able to endure and containing such power. He didn't hesitate to sacrifice organic parts of his bodies to make spaces for further augmentations, so he can truly pushing his power and abilities to another limit. As military leader supporting El Search Party, he determined to never again losing any comrade when he still drew breaths...
Changelog:
March 18, 2018: created guide.
March 19, 2018: wrote Abbreviations/Concepts, Anger of Raven and Taker/Mercenary.
March 21, 2018: done with Overheat mechanic and Weapon Taker section.
March 28, 2018: done with Veteran Commander section.
March 30, 2018: done with Transcendent Veteran Commander section.
April 1, 2018: done with Nova Imperator section.
April 12, 2018: done with Gears of war and El Resonance Point sections.
April 16, 2018: done with Recommended builds section.
April 18, 2018: done with Auxiliary resources (consumables, buffs...) section.
May 2, 2018: done with Strategies and other information.
June 13, 2018: done with tactics when dealing with specific dungeons and/or bosses.
July 3, 2018: added Hellfire and Giga Prominence Force skills, adding Master of Warfare changes after patch. Light fix regarding IC-I skill.
July 16, 2018: fixing regarding Skill stacking being removed and replaced with All skill damage. Adding consumables. Change skill slot.
August 5, 2018: done with guide to 3 first dungeons of Varnimyr region.
November 10, 2018: updating the guide after patches. Changes to Heavy trait of skills, Focus Strength, Flames of Victory and Master of Warfare passives change...
April 6, 2019: updating Veteran passive, El Resonance system's options, adding consumables.
September 7, 2019: updating skills, adding newly added skills, tweaking recommended builds (skills section).
September 13, 2019: Added Mod Igntion Crow: Incinerator and Mod Breaking Fist.
October 23, 2019: updating Mercenary Behavior, Last Resort and Master of Warfare passives.
Table of Contents |
Overview - About the Author - Introduction - Raven background story - Changelog Abbreviations/Concepts |
Mercenary/Taker - Character system: Anger of Raven - Commands - Skills Weapon Taker - Character system: Overheat - Commands - Skills Veteran Commander - Commands - Skills Transcendent Veteran Commander - Skills Nova Imperator - Commands - Skills |
Gears of war _ Skill slots _ Secret Dungeon sets _ Henir set _ Heroic sets _ Elrianode sets _ Apocalypse Type - Void weapon Gears of war (continue) _ Accessories _ Titles _ Elements El Resonance system Recommended builds _ Skills _ Gears Auxiliary resources (consumables, buffs...) _ Self-benefiting consumables _ Throw consumables _ Elixirs _ Buffs _ Miscellaneous |
Strategies and other information _ Strategies _ Necessary information Tactics when dealing with specific dungeons and/or bosses _ Gate of Darkness _ Secret dungeons _ Heroic dungeons _ Henir's Time and Space _ Elrianode _ Varnimyr _ Add's energy fusion theory Credits |
Hello, my name is Tyrannicide. I started playing Elsword in 2014. My first character is none other than Raven, he's a Nova Imperator now and he has always been my main since I first created him. This is the character I spent 85-90% of my Elsword playing time to play as, so I'm most effective when playing as this job.
Introduction:
You're now playing as the Imperial path of 3 Raven jc path.
Nova Imperator is not as good in swordplay as Furious Blade, and arguably less powerful Nasod Arm than Rage Hearts. On the plus side, he having higher quality sword and more skilled in swordplay than Rage Hearts and more powerful Nasod Arm than Furious Blade. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As you can see in the example above, Nova Imperator is the more versatile path, employing a more diversified weaponry, striving to achieve the balance between different weapons and combat philosophies, because each having their own merits and limits, compared to the much more specialized (and polarized) Furious Blade and Rage Hearts paths when compared to each other. In other words, not putting all the eggs in the same basket.
One unique mechanic of this path is the employment of "Overheat" system, which allowing you to increase damage outputs to your attacks and other benefits like temporary buffs etc., but at the expend of your own HP, so it can be considered a double-edged instrument. Many of his passives also involving the Overheat mechanic, alleviating the harm of Overheat and at the same time encouraging you to Overheat to gain extra benefit, beside the normal damage increase.
Raven background story:
At his young age, Raven lost his biological father, who was a formidable warrior himself. Subsequently, he was adopted by General Cronwell - one of Velder military's top brass, his unknown original last name was changed to match his new family, and since then he was known as Raven Cronwell.
General sent Raven to one of the prestiged Velder military academy because Raven determined to follow the same path as his deceased father. There he learned about soldiering and commanding, and outside of his classes, was further mentored by a tactical genius - Owen Felford, his best friend.

*War flashbacks*
Later in his life, he found his well-known Crow Mercenary Knights and fought in many wars to protect the nation. The nobles were green with envy because of Raven Cronwell and his group's meritorious achievements over the years, they sought for a way to get rid of him. Raven Cronwell effectively became a victim of his own success, was framed by his "friend" Owen and after a show trial, he was sentenced to death for a crime he never commited.
Before the date he was due to be executed, he was rescued by his fiancee, together with his comrades. They went into hiding, but Owen hunted for them with overwhelming number. The Crow Mercenary Knights was ambushed and slain to a man. Raven was gravely wounded, his left arm was lost, the only thing left for him was to die.
Then the Nasods found him, they revived and then modified his body. Raven was reborn to an augmented human, an experiment of King Nasod - test subject
One day Raven - under Nasod's control - intercepted Wally's Airship which was about to invade and loot Altera Island for its rare technologies, got the ill-gained Ruben's El crystal from Lord Wally's hands and sent it to King Nasod. He later was confronted by members of El Search Party, and through combat, they helped him to regain control of himself and escaped the influences of the Nasods.
Determined to right his past wrongs when under the Nasods, he volunteered to join El gang to help find the missing El shards and defeating the forces of evil. He's very dedicated to atone for the sins of... King Nasod, *sigh*.
Weapon Taker:
This path embodying "an old idea made new": improving by building upon the firm foundation already laid down in the past. Raven became mercenary leader in support of El Search Party, similar to how he was used to be mercenary leader under Velder Kingdom and Nasod Kingdom. The Nasod Arm was already good in generating and firing fiery energy-based attacks, he upgraded it in that direction to capitalize on its full potential. He also made a new, modern blade to make it much more effective, not wanting to waste the swordplay skills he had been training himself up until that point and combining with his new combat doctrines in combination with the new Nasod Arm.
Veteran Commander:
Some men just want to watch the world burns. Others provide the matches. The Veteran Commander falls under the second category.
Raven realized the new Nasod Arm when operating having the side effect of generating too many heat, when using it too much in a succession without giving time to dissipate the heat, which in the long turn could prove to be destructive to the arm and his body itself. He further upgrading his equipment to make them more effective and at the same time limiting the side effects from overheated Nasod Arm. He gathered multiple exotic components from various sources to make the most out of his Nasod Arm's strength. After completing upgrading the Nasod Arm and with further training, Raven became the distinguished Veteran Commander.
Nova Imperator:
"For the first time in history we have a chance to steal fire from the gods". - Adam Jensen, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Raven intended to push the strength of the Nasod Arm, mechanical and cybernetic implants even further. But his human body wouldn't be able to endure and containing such power. He didn't hesitate to sacrifice organic parts of his bodies to make spaces for further augmentations, so he can truly pushing his power and abilities to another limit. As military leader supporting El Search Party, he determined to never again losing any comrade when he still drew breaths...
Changelog:
March 18, 2018: created guide.
March 19, 2018: wrote Abbreviations/Concepts, Anger of Raven and Taker/Mercenary.
March 21, 2018: done with Overheat mechanic and Weapon Taker section.
March 28, 2018: done with Veteran Commander section.
March 30, 2018: done with Transcendent Veteran Commander section.
April 1, 2018: done with Nova Imperator section.
April 12, 2018: done with Gears of war and El Resonance Point sections.
April 16, 2018: done with Recommended builds section.
April 18, 2018: done with Auxiliary resources (consumables, buffs...) section.
May 2, 2018: done with Strategies and other information.
June 13, 2018: done with tactics when dealing with specific dungeons and/or bosses.
July 3, 2018: added Hellfire and Giga Prominence Force skills, adding Master of Warfare changes after patch. Light fix regarding IC-I skill.
July 16, 2018: fixing regarding Skill stacking being removed and replaced with All skill damage. Adding consumables. Change skill slot.
August 5, 2018: done with guide to 3 first dungeons of Varnimyr region.
November 10, 2018: updating the guide after patches. Changes to Heavy trait of skills, Focus Strength, Flames of Victory and Master of Warfare passives change...
April 6, 2019: updating Veteran passive, El Resonance system's options, adding consumables.
September 7, 2019: updating skills, adding newly added skills, tweaking recommended builds (skills section).
September 13, 2019: Added Mod Igntion Crow: Incinerator and Mod Breaking Fist.
October 23, 2019: updating Mercenary Behavior, Last Resort and Master of Warfare passives.
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