Gladiator and Duelist in High Five — HF guide to the Gladiator class line

Gladiator in HF at a glance

What the class was like before High Five and how it plays on the older chronicle is covered in the Interlude Gladiator guide. This page is HF only: shorter reuse times, one more charge, and dashes and a disarm on top.

How to get the Gladiator classes

Eight masters can change you to Gladiator, among them Hannavalt and Klaus Blackbird. Our copy of the High Five datapack has no quest scripts, so check the requirements of the mark quests and Saga of the Duelist against the 2nd class walkthrough and with the NPCs on your server.

Glad charges in High Five

Sonic skills only work off charges. In HF there are four ways to build them, and the Duelist's cap went up from seven to eight.

In the Mobius build, sonic strike damage goes up by 20% for every charge beyond the first, counting what you had before the strike: Triple Sonic Slash with a full eight hits noticeably harder than with exactly four. So top the pool up before striking, and fire Sonic Storm and Sonic Buster, which don't consume charges, while the pool is full.

How to play a glad in HF

Single target. Close in with Rush (up to 400, 3-second reuse), then rotate: Triple Sonic Slash (5-second reuse), Double Sonic Slash and Triple Slash (3 seconds each), with auto-attacks in between that feed you charges through Sonic Mastery. Hit Sonic Focus once the pool drops below four. Keep Vicious Stance on: crit damage +609, with a small MP drain every 5 seconds.

Packs. Sonic Storm hits a 150 radius from 500 range, Sonic Buster hits enemies in front of you in a 200 radius on a 2-second reuse. Both need two charges but only burn Energy Stone, so carry stones by the hundreds. At 83 you add Rush Impact: a 600 dash and a 4,224-power strike on enemies in front of you with a 9-second stun, 20-second reuse.

Stun and disarm. Hammer Crush only works with a blunt (power 2,411, 9-second stun, 3-second reuse) — for PvP people keep a one-handed blunt in the inventory. Rush Impact stuns without a weapon swap, and from level 80 Weapon Blockade strips the enemy's weapon for 5 seconds (base chance 70%, 15-second reuse).

Monster types. In HF, Detect Animal Weakness, Detect Plant Weakness, Detect Beast Weakness and Detect Dragon Weakness all give the same +30% damage against their monster type for 600 seconds, 3-second reuse. Before a spot, turn on the one that matches the local mobs — only one stays up.

What does not stack

• All Detects, Detect Insect Weakness from Warrior, Eye of Hunter and Eye of Slayer are one buff type. Detects are level 1, the "Eyes" level 2: an Eye removes any Detect, and a Detect won't go on over an Eye. Two Detects or two Eyes — the last one applied stays.
• The glad's Battle Roar stays at level 1 from Warrior (HP +10% for 600 seconds). The Prophet's Bless the Body shares its type and will remove it, while Battle Roar won't go on over Bless the Body level 2 or higher.
• Hammer Crush and Rush Impact share a stun type with Shield Stun, Stun Attack and Thunder Storm from other classes: only one stun stays on the target, so in a party with a stunner there is no point stunning the same target.
• War Cry (P. Atk. ×1.25) only shares its type with Destroyer and Berserker self-buffs — nobody puts those on a glad, so it conflicts with nothing.

Buffs for leveling

Attack speed also matters to a glad for the sake of charges: Sonic Mastery fires through Focus Sonic on a 10-second reuse, and the more often auto-attacks land, the sooner the next charge comes once that reuse is over. How to keep songs up in a party — see the Warcryer HF guide.

Gladiator skills by level

1–20 · Human Fighter

Up to level 20 there is only one attack skill for a sword or blunt — Power Strike; its levels open at 5, 10 and 15. Mortal Blow is for daggers and Power Shot for bows, so the glad has no use for them.

20–40 · Warrior

Warrior has no dual mastery: until 40, fight with a two-handed sword and Power Smash or a polearm and Wild Sweep.

40–76 · Gladiator

The full Gladiator tree in HF costs 82,640,000 SP. Order: Triple Slash and Dual Weapon Mastery → Sonic Focus and Sonic Mastery → Double Sonic Slash and Triple Sonic Slash as they open → Sonic Storm and Sonic Buster for packs → armor mastery (Heavy Armor Mastery — P. Def. +79.3 or Light Armor Mastery — +81.3) → War Frenzy and Duelist Spirit. Level Hammer Crush, Fatal Strike and Sword/Blunt Weapon Mastery only if you actually fight with a blunt or a sword.

Divine Inspiration books: Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Original Language Version) drops from Krokian Padisha Sobekk lv. 74 and Death Lord Hallate lv. 73 (56%), Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Manuscript) from Baium lv. 78 (100%) and Antharas lv. 79 (50%). Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Modern Language Version) and Ancient Book: Divine Inspiration (Original Version) don't drop from monsters — look for them at your server's merchants.

Duelist — 3rd class skills in HF

The whole 3rd class costs 670,750,000 SP, almost twice as much as in Interlude. The most expensive are Symbol of Energy (150 million), Weapon Blockade and Rush Impact (100 million each), Sonic Focus level 8 (80 million), Sonic Barrier and Sonic Mastery level 8 (60 million each). Skills marked "scroll" are learned with a Forgotten Scroll and cost no SP. Take Sonic Rage and Braveheart first, then Sonic Focus with Sonic Mastery at 79 — the eighth charge is one more strike's worth without an extra cast; leave Symbol of Energy for last.

Glad skill enchanting

From level 76, 2nd class skills enchant up to +30 along one route. The chance is high on the first steps and drops towards the last ones.

Strikes also have element routes (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth Attack) and Duel, and Hammer Crush has a Chance route for stun chance instead of Power. Duelist skills enchant only partly: Eye of Hunter and Eye of Slayer — power or duration, Master of Combat — P. Atk. +95 with a sword or duals, your choice, Braveheart — 1,150 CP. Triple Sonic Slash on power goes first: it is your main single-target strike.

What changed in High Five

If your server runs Freya or Gracia Final

The High Five datapack marks Sonic Mastery and Weapon Blockade as new in High Five, and Rush and Rush Impact as carried over to the glad from other classes. Freya and Gracia Final most likely don't have them: without Sonic Mastery, charges come from Sonic Focus, plus Sonic Rage for the Duelist, and you walk up to the target. We have no data of our own for those chronicles, so check reuse times and SP at the trainer on your server.

Gladiator gear

The glad's main weapon is dual swords: Triple Slash, Double Sonic Slash, Triple Sonic Slash, Sonic Rage and Weapon Blockade only work with them. HF adds S80 and S84 to the Interlude grades, so gear opens at levels 20, 40, 52, 61, 76, 80 and 84. Attack values and set bonuses come from the High Five datapack; the sets themselves are what players usually recommend.

1–20 · no grade

20–40 · D grade

40–52 · C grade

52–61 · B grade

61–76 · A grade

76–80 · S grade

80–84 · S80 grade

84–85 · S84 grade

Where to level a Gladiator in HF

The zones come from player guides, while the monsters in them were picked from the High Five datapack: the ones with the most XP per point of HP, plus two items from each one's drop (chance at x1 rate). A Warrior with a sword fights monsters one at a time, while with a polearm Wild Sweep hits the pack in front of him; from level 43–49, as Sonic Buster and Sonic Storm open up, the glad does better in zones where monsters stand in packs.

Level 20–40

Best for a Gladiator: The Pilgrim's Necropolis and Catacomb of the Heretic — the most XP per HP, tied with each other; Necropolis of Sacrifice — level 20–30 monsters, the place to start right after Warrior; The Ant Nest — Mithril Banded and Brigandine D-grade set parts in the drop.

5 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Fortress of Resistance	Ol Mahum Lord lv. 34	Bone Arrow 20.7%, Suede 8.28%
	Ol Mahum Marksman lv. 28	Greater Healing Potion 6.32%, Animal Skin 13.91%
	Ol Mahum Captain lv. 30	Durable Metal Plate 0.12%, Steel 0.92%
Forgotten Temple	Rakin Undine lv. 30	White Tunic Pattern 0.52%, Dark Stockings Fabric 0.74%
	Roxide lv. 32	Bronze Helmet 0.17%, Aspis 0.24%
	Ritmal Swordsman lv. 29	Bronze Helmet 0.13%, Aspis 0.18%
Orc Barracks	Turek Orc Warlord lv. 30	Spinebone Sword Blade 0.16%, Stone of Purity 0.46%
	Turek Orc Archer lv. 27	Steel 0.72%, Recipe: Mace of Judgment 0.11%
	Turek Orc Skirmisher lv. 28	Puma Skin Shirt 0.11%, Puma Skin Gaiters 0.17%
Cruma Marshlands	Marsh Stakato lv. 29	Greater Healing Potion 2.55%, Cord 2.59%
	Marsh Stakato Worker lv. 31	Scroll: Enchant Armor (D-Grade) 0.31%, Coal 9.17%
	Marsh Spider lv. 34	Tiger's Eye Earring Stone 1.36%, Recipe: Brigandine Helmet 0.5%
Wasteland	Gigantiops lv. 35	Leather 2.51%, Animal Skin 15.06%
	Puncher lv. 34	Recipe: Sage's Worn Gloves 0.69%, Coal 6.79%
	Granite Golem lv. 33	Mithril Banded Gaiters Material 0.55%, Mithril Banded Mail Material 0.42%

Level 40–52

Best for a Gladiator: Cruma Tower — the most XP per HP; Garden of Eva — second for XP per HP; Catacomb of the Branded — Seal Stone from every monster in the table.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Necropolis of Worship	Gigant Commander lv. 45	Green Seal Stone 70%, Red Seal Stone 70%
	Nephilim Priest lv. 51	Green Seal Stone 70%, Blue Seal Stone 70%
	Lilim Magus lv. 51	Green Seal Stone 70%, Blue Seal Stone 70%
The Enchanted Valley	Unicorn lv. 49	Plated Leather Fragment 0.8%, Plated Leather Gaiters Material 1.2%
	Satyr lv. 48	Dwarven War Hammer Head 0.28%, Cursed Staff Head 0.29%
	Valley Treant lv. 47	Bec De Corbin Blade 0.41%, Crafted Leather 0.38%
Pirate Tunnel	Zaken's Elite Pikeman lv. 43	Half Plate Temper 1.38%, Plate Gaiters Part 2.14%
	Pirate Zombie lv. 44	Body Slasher Blade 0.13%, Scythe Edge 0.13%
The Forest of Mirrors	Mirror lv. 49	Stiletto Edge 0.22%, Soulfire Dirk Blade 0.22%
	Taik Orc Captain lv. 44	Chain Gaiters Part 1.52%, Chain Mail Shirt Material 0.75%
	Harit Lizardman Grunt lv. 51	Earring of Seal Gemstone 0.7%, Necklace of Mermaid Teardrop 0.53%

Level 52–61

Best for a Gladiator: Devil's Isle — the most XP per HP; The Enchanted Valley — second for XP per HP; The Patriot's Necropolis — tied with Catacomb of the Apostate, Seal Stone in the drop.

5 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Necropolis of Devotion	Sepulcher Guardian lv. 60	Sprite's Staff Head 0.22%, Heavy War Axe Head 0.22%
Tower of Insolence	Ghost of the Tower lv. 60	Avadon Gaiters Material 0.51%, Zubei's Gaiter Material 0.51%
	Hallate's Seer lv. 60	Sprite's Staff Head 0.21%, Heavy War Axe Head 0.21%
Outlaw Forest	Oel Mahum Witch Doctor lv. 55	Ring of Seal Gemstone 1%, Necklace of Seal Chain 0.6%
	Hunter Gargoyle lv. 52	Earring of Seal Gemstone 0.7%, Necklace of Mermaid Teardrop 0.53%
	Oel Mahum Warrior lv. 54	Asofe 0.13%, Mold Glue 0.13%
Anghel Waterfall	Harit Lizardman Matriarch lv. 55	Eminence Bow Shaft 0.33%, Recipe: Zubei's Helmet (100%) 0.15%
	Harit Lizardman Warrior lv. 53	Full Plate Helmet Design 0.56%, Full Plate Shield Fragment 0.88%
	Harit Lizardman Shaman lv. 54	Divine Tunic Fabric 0.3%, Divine Stocking Pattern 0.48%
Fields of Massacre	Wretched Archer lv. 55	Eminence Bow Shaft 0.2%, Mithril Ore 1.25%
	Grave Predator lv. 59	Mithril Ore 1.15%, Metallic Fiber 1.64%
	Doom Scout lv. 56	Dark Elven Longbow Shaft 0.17%, Stone of Purity 0.34%

Level 61–76

Best for a Gladiator: Tower of Insolence — the most XP per HP, with Dark Crystal and Tallum set parts in the drop; Wall of Argos — second for XP per HP; Catacomb of the Witch — Seal Stone and monsters from level 61.

5 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Hot Springs	Hot Springs Nepenthes lv. 75	Carnage Bow Stave 0.44%, Life Stone - Level 70 0.22%
	Hot Springs Flava lv. 74	Bloody Orchid Head 0.4%, Life Stone - Level 70 0.2%
	Hot Springs Yeti lv. 75	Bloody Orchid Head 0.4%, Crafted Leather 0.83%
Silent Valley	Changed Creation lv. 74	Common Item - Sealed Dark Crystal Leggings 0.12%, Sealed Tallum Leather Armor Pattern 0.31%
	Shaman of Ancient Times lv. 75	Forgotten Scroll - Evasion Haste 2.04%, Common Item - Sealed Dark Crystal Boots 0.14%
	Chimera Piece lv. 72	Common Item - Sealed Phoenix Ring 0.22%, Sealed Phoenix Earring Gemstone 1.04%
Archaic Laboratory	Great Chaos Golem	Mold Lubricant 1.11%, Asofe 1.86%
	Scout-type Golem No. 28	Mold Lubricant 0.46%, Metallic Fiber 6.64%
Forest of the Dead	Bone Slayer lv. 68	Bloody Orchid Head 0.25%, Asofe 0.5%
	Requiem Lord lv. 68	Halberd Edge 0.25%, Mold Hardener 0.11%
	Requiem Priest lv. 71	Bloody Orchid Head 0.27%, Life Stone - Level 67 0.18%
Swamp of Screams	Splinter Stakato Drone lv. 69	Life Stone - Level 67 0.14%, Coarse Bone Powder 1.62%
	Needle Stakato Soldier lv. 72	Bloody Orchid Head 0.2%, Enria 0.16%
	Needle Stakato lv. 70	Sealed Dark Crystal Boots Lining 0.32%, Sealed Tallum Boots Lining 0.32%

Level 76–80

Best for a Gladiator: Imperial Tomb — the most XP per HP by a wide margin; Forge of the Gods — third for XP per HP, plus Imperial Crusader parts; Hall of Flames — second for XP per HP, but there are few monsters.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Wall of Argos	Disciples of Authority lv. 76	Infernal Master Blade 0.24%, Tallum Blade Edge 0.24%
Ketra Orc Outpost	Ketra Prophet lv. 80	Sealed Armor of Nightmare Pattern 0.34%, Sealed Majestic Plate Armor Pattern 0.34%
	Ketra Commander lv. 80	Soul Bow Stave 0.48%, Mold Hardener 0.38%
	Ketra Orc Medium lv. 80	Dragon Grinder Edge 0.39%, Animal Bone 2.16%
Varka Silenos Barracks	Varka Silenos Medium lv. 80	Soul Separator Head 0.51%, Mold Hardener 0.36%
	Varka Silenos Great Seer lv. 80	Soul Separator Head 0.55%, Enria 0.67%
	Varka's Prophet lv. 80	Sealed Robe of Nightmare Fabric 0.47%, Sealed Majestic Robe Fabric 0.47%
Silent Valley	Giant's Shadow lv. 79	Common Item - Sealed Boots of Nightmare 0.13%, Common Item - Sealed Majestic Boots 0.13%
	Forgotten Ancient People lv. 77	Common Item - Sealed Phoenix Ring 0.31%, Sealed Phoenix Earring Gemstone 1.5%
	Nonexistent Man lv. 78	Common Item - Sealed Dark Crystal Boots 0.16%, Common Item - Sealed Tallum Boots 0.16%

Level 80–85

Best for a Gladiator: Antharas' Lair — the most XP per HP; Hardin's Academy — second for XP per HP; Stakato Nest — Dynasty parts in the drop.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Plains of the Lizardmen	Tanta Lizardman Summoner	Sealed Moirai Leather Legging Piece 0.22%, Sealed Moirai Stockings Piece 0.22%
	Tanta Lizardman Berserker	Sealed Moirai Gaiter Piece 0.15%, Life Stone - Level 82 0.19%
	Tanta Lizardman Soldier	Sealed Moirai Shield Piece 0.31%, Sealed Moirai Sigil Piece 0.31%
Monastery of Silence	Divinity Magus	Sealed Vesper Sigil Piece 1.64%, Sealed Vesper Verteidiger Piece 1.64%
	Divinity Protector	Sealed Vesper Necklace Gem 1.69%, Sealed Vesper Ring Gem 3.91%
	Ascetic Solina	Leonard 0.21%, Mold Lubricant 0.54%
The Giant's Cave	Lesser Giant Soldier	Orichalcum 1.48%, Leonard 2.2%
	Lesser Giant Mage	Dynasty Bagh-Nakh Piece 0.66%, Recipe: Greater Blessed Spiritshot (S) Compressed Package(100%) 0.14%
	Lesser Giant Elder	Dynasty Bow Piece 0.68%, Recipe: Shining Arrow (100%) 0.3%
Swamp of Screams	Male Spiked Stakato	Dynasty Knife Piece 0.24%, Mid-Grade Life Stone - Level 80 0.18%
	Spiked Stakato Sorcerer	Sealed Dynasty Breast Plate Piece 0.31%, Sealed Dynasty Gaiters Piece 0.9%

Gladiator dyes

STR boosts every glad strike; DEX while leveling means attack speed. In PvP, DEX is traded for CON: more HP and longer survival against stuns and daggers. A single dye gives at most +4, and a stat can't go above +5 from dyes — which is why the third dye in each set is a weak one.

Subclasses for a Gladiator

A subclass opens once the main class reaches level 75; how many subclasses you get and whether quests are needed depends on the server.

• Glad as the main class. You can pick from 28 2nd classes as a subclass: every one except your own, Overlord, Warsmith and the Kamael classes. People usually pick whatever solo play is missing: Bounty Hunter for spoil, Warcryer or Prophet for self-buffs.
• Certificates. In High Five a subclass brings skills to the main class. A glad usually takes Emergent Ability - Attack (P. Atk. with duals, certificates from subclass level 65), Master Ability - Attack (+27.9 with duals, from 75) and Warrior Ability - Boost CP (CP +738.3, from 75). Only the main class learns them.
• Glad as a subclass. Any class except the Kamael ones (and the Gladiator itself) can take Gladiator as a subclass; the certificates for that subclass go to the main class, not to the glad.

The Gladiator in the Olympiad

The Olympiad is for nobles only, and only on the main class. Under the Mobius settings you get 10 points at the start of a season and 10 more every week. In HF the Duelist has a wider Olympiad toolkit than in Interlude: Rush Impact — a dash with a 9-second stun, Weapon Blockade — the enemy goes 5 seconds without a weapon, Final Secret — PvP damage ×1.3 for 30 seconds, Sonic Barrier — 10 seconds of invulnerability and debuff protection, Braveheart — 1,000 CP every 150 seconds. Keep War Frenzy on for the whole fight, and save Lionheart (150-second reuse) for the opponent's stuns and sleeps. Against melee damage dealers there is Riposte Stance, but it cuts attack speed ×0.8 — only turn it on when you are the one being hit, not the one hitting.

All Gladiator skills

The full Gladiator and Duelist tree in High Five — skill levels, SP and MP:

Other classes are in the Lineage 2 classes section. Where Lineage 2 High Five servers with rates are opening right now — see the list; for other chronicles, browse the L2 server catalog.