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9 Dragons - Kung Fu in Game |
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 Kung Fu - KungFu Overview
Kung Fu is a martial art that allows the artist to summon one?s vital energy to perform feats of combat that are far beyond the capabilities of an untrained warrior.
You can check how many Kung Fu techniques you know by opening up your Kung Fu window (Shortcut Key:S). Kung Fu techniques you have trained appear in color, and may be placed into a toolbar quickslot with a right click. Any Kung Fu moves that you have learned, but have not yet trained at a training ground, will be depicted as grey icons.
If you click on a Kung Fu icon you will get a description of its combat specifications and additional requirements.
Levels of Kung Fu are called Cheng. The more you use a certain Kung Fu technique the better you will become at it. Raise the Cheng of your Kung Fu by using it to defeat opponents and you will quickly see evidence of this.
Active Kung Fu techniques are those techniques you can learn that consist of three moves when mastered, but only one upon completion of your training. You will be able to perform the first move of the technique as soon as you learn the skill. When you reach Cheng 3 and Cheng 5 of each technique, you will unlock, and automatically execute, the second and third moves of the technique as you witnessed them during your training. Once activated, an Active Kung Fu technique remains the attack of choice until manually discontinued.
Chi Kung skills, which utilize Vital Energy for healing or for long distance attacks, will also gain power and evolve as your Cheng (skill level) increases.
You may choose to limit an otherwise advanced technique to either the first move or the first two moves. The desired number of moves can be set or re-set by using the small arrow buttons located beneath a technique that is registered in a quickslot, to the left or right side of the technique?s Cheng (skill level) indicator. |
Kung Fu Training
Different types of Kung Fu require different training methods.
Kung Fu skills can be trained at a local Martial Arts School or at a Clan?s Kung Fu Training Ground. Once you have learned a Kung Fu technique, make sure you are equipped with the correct type of weapon, seek out a training dummy, and attack it as you would an opponent.
Rounding, Channeling, and Casting skills can be trained at a Chi Kung Training Ground. Once you have learned a Chi Kung technique, enter the training ground, settle into a meditative pose, free your mind and concentrate on the revolving target.
Finishing, Charged, and Smashing skills can be performed without any training.
Kung Fu training begins when you double-click on a training dummy. During the course of training, you will learn to unlock all three related moves of a technique. Once completed you will be able to use the technique against your opponents in The Land. But know that training is much different than real world experience, Grasshopper. At first you will only be capable of delivering the first move. |
Lightfoot Technique (Hyper-running)
When successfully learned, Lightfoot Technique allows you to run very quickly over vast distances.
Unlike other Kung Fu techniques it can be used while you are in Peace Mode.
Once you have learned the technique, register it in a quickslot. To use it, click the icon once and then press and hold the Left Alt key on your keyboard. You can change direction with the right mouse button or your keyboard?s arrow keys. |
Chi Breathing
Each Cheng Achievement Level consists of 12 Cheng sub-levels. At each new Cheng Achievement Level you will need to learn a new Chi Breathing Technique before you can advance to the next level.
This increase in your Chi circulation will allow you to learn newer, stronger techniques.
When you have advanced the full 12 levels of a Cheng, a prompt to learn the next Chi Breathing technique will appear before you.
When you accept this prompt, a Chi breathing mini-game will begin. If you complete the mini-game with minimal errors and within the allotted time limit you will advance, if not, you will be given another opportunity soonafter. Know also that those who complete the training faster will be rewarded with extra Chi.
You may receive deadly wounds if you are attacked during Chi Breathing, so please make sure you are in a safe location before accepting the prompt. |
Rage and Berserk States
When you score Critical Hits in combat, small dots appear in the Experience Circle in the upper left of the screen.
When the dots have filled the circle all the way around you enter Rage Mode. In this mode your defence is reduced but your attacks will do more damage.
When you are in Rage Mode you can choose to enter Berzerker Mode by double-clicking the rage icon within the Experience Circle. This will lower your defence even further but will grant you exceptionally powerful attacks. |
Kung Fu Fighting
To perform Kung Fu you must first switch from Peace Mode to Combat Mode.
You will repeat a basic Kung Fu technique on a selected target unless you cancel it. To use a Charged Kung Fu Technique, press the shortcut key and you will see your Vital Energy flowing as you power up. Once you release the key your charge will be cast. Most Charged Kung Fu techniques require a cooldown period before they can be recast.
Smashing Kung Fu techniques are more powerful than Active Kung Fu techniques and work in the same manner as Charged Kung Fu techniques. They have specified cooldown times and once you have used them you will then revert to your last Active Kung Fu technique.
Finishing Kung Fu techniques are the only long range Kung Fu moves available to warriors. Pressing the shortcut key will power up these techniques and once you release the key your charge will be cast. Please note that Finishing Kung Fu techniques cannot be used if the enemy has closed within a certain range.
Rounding Chi Kung techniques, like palm blasts, are favored by Chi Kung users because they cast instantly and require no cooldown time. Casting Chi Kung techniques, which may be even more powerful than Rounding Chi Kung techniques, take longer to cast and require cooldown periods. Pressing the shortcut key will power up these techniques and once you release the key your charge will be cast. Channelling Chi Kung techniques are similar to Rounding Chi Kung techniques because they cast instantly. Though once begun, the Channeling Chi Kung technique will be cast continuously until it is cancelled or until the caster?s store of Vital Energy is depleted. |
Mastery
Your Kung Fu grows much stronger if you can master your weapon.
You gain one Mastery Point (to be allocated to a weapon specialty) each time you character levels up one Cheng (an example would be rising from Losing Self 1 to Losing Self 2). Each time you advance to the the next full Level, you will gain three Mastery Points (an example would be rising from Losing Self 12 to Gathering Chi 1).
You can allocate these Mastery Points to any weapon specialty as you see fit, but it would be wise to match your preferred specialty to your future Clan Role. If you are undecided, know that you can reset these masteries when you choose your Role for the first time. |
Learning Kung Fu
Kung Fu techniques can be learned from either a Sifu at a local Martial Arts School or from a Clan Master.
In order to learn Kung Fu techniques from a Clan Master you will need to have the required Clan Contribution Points and achievement levels for the technique you wish to learn. Gain Clan Contribution Points from a Clan Elder by donating useful items to your clan. Check the technique?s requirements by double-clicking any technique offered in a menu by a Sifu or Clan Master.
Once you have learned a Kung Fu technique, you will still need to train it before you can successfully use it in combat.
In some instances, Kung Fu knowledge can be absorbed through the reading of special books called Tomes. If you should be so lucky as to discover such a Tome, see if you can read it and you may discover that you have learned some new Kung Fu. |
Mind Coordination
To efficiently recover your depleted Life and Vital Energy you will need to meditate.
The time it takes you to fully recover will depend on the type of meditation you know, and how badly wounded or depleted you have become. If you are attacked during meditation you run the risk of suffering deadly wounds equal to the amount of Life yet to be restored. Your concentration will be immediately broken and you must quickly rise and defend yourself.
Deviant Clan disciples are prone to attack warriors while they are meditating. So be very careful where you choose to meditate. |
Combat Mode and Peace Mode
Your character has two modes during play, Combat and Peace. To fight or use Kung Fu moves you must switch to Combat Mode.
You need to be in Peace Mode to perform certain tasks (such as reading a Tome or Opening a Stand). The Lightfoot Technique will operate in either mode.
Switch between Peace Mode and Combat Mode by pressing the Tab key or by clicking the icon in the center of your quickslot toolbar. |
External Wounds and Internal Wounds
There are two types of wound that you can receive in 9Dragons, Internal and External.
Untreated External Wounds prevent you from recovering your full amount of Life during meditation, and Internal Wounds have the same effect on your recovery of Vital Energy. The seriousness of your wounds are shown as numbers to the right of both your Life (red) and Vital Energy (blue) bars.
To treat your wounds and recover full Life or Vital Energy you will need to request aid from an NPC Doctor at a Clinic, use items which can be purchased from them, or seek a player with advanced healing skills.
Wounds occur in combat following Critical Hits from opponents, or from being attacked during meditation or Chi Breathing.
Some monsters excel at inflicting wounds rather than damage, so be on guard at all times. |
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