Blade and Soul to release Warlock class and more

Just one month after Western release and Blade and Soul is releasing more content, along with the much asked for Warlock class on March 2nd.

Just recently content was released that included Mushin’s Tower, a level-based single player challenge with seven floors, and the new content landing on March 2nd, adds an eighth floor which is the final floor. The eighth floor features Mushin himself and promises to be a high level of difficulty for any player.

The update additionally features a new heroic level labyrinth type dungeon that can be played by groups of four or six players. After each boss encounter, a different path will open up, adding a lot of replay value to the dungeon and adding that extra challenge every time.

The Warlock class is definitely going to change the flow of PvP in the game, as it is a highly popular choice in the current eSports tournaments. Last year’s finals featured a Warlock vs. a Force Master with the Warlock winning by 4 – 1. It is rumoured that after the tournament many participants deleted all their characters and made Warlocks instead. Hugely popular in Korea, the Blade and Soul eSports offer massive cash prizes to the winners, not on the scale of Dota 2, but still sizeable amounts of money.

Featuring a dagger similar to the Assassin the Warlock uses mid-range spells and talismans to summon apparitions, shoot projectiles and use binding spells. This makes it slightly similar to the Warlock class in World of Warcraft but obviously with Blade and Soul’s unique style of combat. You can check out the Korean video of the Warlock here.

The speed of the updates shows a commitment to the game by the publisher to quickly bringing the Western version in line with the Korean version, which has already been out several years, so you can expect a lot more is on the way!