Cius Warren

Cius Warren Race: Highlander Class: Fighter Fighting Style: Self-Taught Style Weapons: Two-Hand Swords Armor: Heavy Armor Favorite Food: Kokuryuu Starting Equipment: Two-handed Sword, Leather Armor, Leather Helm, Leather Greaves Starting Stats: Level 7, 40 SP A brusque and battle-loving warrior, Cius can always be depended on to stir up a ruckus, as he puts it. As with all swordsmen, Cius can be quite a powerhouse in battle, but he's also one of the slowest characters in the game. His normal attack has one of the largest ranges, plus it's deceptively accurate - though slow, it's not easy to be hit out of. He has some nice techniques (they tend to be slightly better versions of Ratix's), but not as much variety as Ratix does. He has a different class of sword, though, so he can equip things Ratix can't (and vice versa). Ability-wise, Cius can play wildly differently depending on the Talents you get when you start, though he does tend to be good at Smithing and Cooking. Do try to get Originality, though! Getting Cius: Cius will join you in Hot and you can keep him if you wish.

Rift Wave
Learned: L.9; 5 MP; Range: Short
Cius throws up blue energy in a circle around him. Seems to have a bit more range than Ratix's version. Can be useful when you're surrounded by enemies. It's pretty fast for one of Cius's techs.

Spirit Blast
Learned: L.13; 7 MP; Range: Short/Long
Cius goes up near the enemy and shoots out a circle of light towards it. Good for early on in the game, but not that great for a long-range tech, since you have to get in short range to actually use it! It can only hit one enemy, too.

Twin Slash
Learned: L.18; 10 MP; Range: Short
An excellent technique; Cius flies towards the enemy flashing his sword. A good execution of this technique can get 3-4 hits. If you miss, though, be prepared to be pounded, since Cius has to get right up into the enemy to pull this off. One of Cius's faster techniques.

Shock Sword
Learned: L.22; 9 MP; Range: Short
Has nice range, and can hit twice. Cius sticks his sword out towards the enemy and hits it with a vertical lightning bolt. Takes a bit long to set up, though.

Blaze Sword
Learned: L.27; 11 MP; Range: Long
A pretty good tech. Cius will go up to the enemy, smack it with a flaming sword, and shoot out a bunch of fireballs in all directions. The fireballs travel pretty fast, and the smack itself can hit twice. Still, there are better ones, especially considering how long this one takes to set up.

Flash Whirl
Learned: L.31; 11 MP; Range: Short/Long
A medium-to-good technique. Cius goes right up to the enemy and shoots out a large ball of fire; if the ball misses, it can travel straight across the battlefield! It rarely does, though. If he didn't have to get so close, this'd be an excellent technique.

7-Star Blaze Sword
Learned: 7-Star Secret Skill, from Blaze Sword; 19 MP; Range: Short
A powered-up version of Blaze Sword; in this version the hits are much stronger, the fireballs are larger, faster, and more numerous. A very good technique.

7-Star Shock Sword
Learned: 7-Star Secret Skill, from Shock Sword; 17 MP; Range: Short
Basically just a powered-up Shock Sword that hits with two bolts of lightning. Not all that great.

7-Star Twin Slash
Learned: 7-Star Secret Skill, from Twin Slash; 22 MP; Range: Short
An excellent skill! Basically a powered-up Twin Slash, but the hits do 2-3 times as much damage. A four-hit combo from this can decimate most monsters.

Dragon Whirl
Learned: Sacred Beast Secret Skill, from Flash Whirl; 11 MP; Range: Short/Long
Basically a powered-up Flash Whirl followed by a dragon that flies out along the length of the battlefield. Good, but not as good as Turtle Wave.

Turtle Wave
Learned: Sacred Beast Secret Skill, from Rift Wave; 13 MP; Range: Short/Long
An excellent technique; Cius causes a large amount of yellow explosions in and around the enemy. Good for several hits; the enemy usually can't dodge it very well. Good for tight quarters.

Tiger Blast
Learned: Sacred Beast Secret Skill, from Rift Wave; 15 MP; Range: Short/Long
A great skill. Cius runs to the enemy and turns into a white tiger and blows three very powerful energy balls straight across the battlefield. Can do some major damage. Again, you have to go up close, unfortunately.