Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido. What's the diffrence?

Digito

So as I'm just going into actual Martial Arts ingame, I'm wondering what each of the three styles do. And which one is the most newbie friendly?

**Fractor**

All the styles are easy to get used too. Kung Fu is the speed one, Karate is the power one and Aikido is the throwing one. Choose the one you like the most.

**RemagDiv**

None of them are really more "newb friendly" than the rest.

Kung Fu uses many states to confuse your opponent and uses the Speed technique (blue)
Karate uses brute force to damage your opponent and uses the Power technique (red)
Aikido is a good tank with some states and uses the Grab technique (green)

I personally like Kung-Fu the best.

**Shinryu**

Karate!

It's really personal choice though, especially with the CR coming up. After that it may make a bigger difference. Unless you are doing a lot of PvPing, they will all serve you well. SMILEY

FrayJack

Karate is the best for low level RSIs (Strongest attacks/Usually
highest rolls) but once you get to level 50 I find it turns to Aikido
as I can generally get about 20 or so more points in my roll when I am
using the aikido style. However if you dont like the look of Karate,
Kungfu is the other good starter one however make sure you have a ton
of IS.

**L0kie**

also once u get to 50, ull find ur going to want to start mixing the abilities, cuz each tree has its adavantages and disadvantages

DragonStorm

A good tip is, just load up Power Shot (on the awakened tree) I guarentee you will NEVER run out of IS!

It can be used once every 60 secs, and can restore up to 100 IS a go.
And tbh, Ive never had it restore less that 70, usually 80 or 90!

I use KungFu when I'm going MA, and its easy. Just spam your abilities, especially Misdirect Punch when you get it! Once you hit with that, you've won plain and simple, because it blinds :smileywink:

And then just keep it going, spamming your other abilities, hitting with Power Shot once you get to about half IS (better to do it now, jsut incase!)

**Denary**

Kung fu for levels 10 - 30 until you can get the 9 MCT combat pants because of the misdirect punch which completely rocks. from levels 31 - 49 karate for the damage and for level 50 I wersonally use aikido because of the tomo nage. with CR2.0 hackers will have to put up with roll out vs tomo nage and I usually roll 310's - 340's

Hackers prepare to die

**krytical**

Sorry to bust your bubble, but Tomo Nage requires Off Balance in CR 2.0.

**Denary**

"OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELEIVE YOU JUST SAID THAT"

thats really just !%^$*£ my day that has. it's just so stupid why make the only ability for MA's to definetaly stop hackers from rolling out been turned into an ability that requires summat I'm gonna have to use sidekick combo now and hope to god that it works

vivi44

Karata is virtully mostly power with a few status changing attacks.

Kungfu Is more of speed but less damage but every single attack deals a status changing effect. A majority of them are powerlessness. Its the most commonly used when beginging MA.

Akido is more defensive then anything. It gives some buffs that give you toughness and heal you slightly. It has a decent amount of powefull attacks and attacks that cause status change as well.

stuporfluous

u will be happy to know that roll outs can be contested now (ie they're real rolls, if a hacker loses the roll out roll, they aren't rolling out)

pack-hunter wrote:
"OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELEIVE YOU JUST SAID THAT"

thats really just !%^$*£ my day that has. it's just so stupid why make the only ability for MA's to definetaly stop hackers from rolling out been turned into an ability that requires summat I'm gonna have to use sidekick combo now and hope to god that it works

**Denary**

Thats what I am looking forward to but when CR2.0 goes live on the servers I'm going splitting mine between melee accuracy and thrown accuracy purely because MKT totally rocks

PurpleIodine

Well ive been back since last week... after leaving MXO around when SOE took over... and when i had my level 37 i mainly used karate... and mixed it with kungfu.. just for its machien gun punch.. in interlock i used karate.. and used machien gun punch in the beggining of every fight.. and i used that to make me powerless while i used karate to take em down..tho ther are probaly other ways that may be better.. but i used that way.. and i kicked *CENSORED* in duels.. and in missions...it was easy win for me

Antcrist

Well, what is the difference, cause i'm master in both karaté and Aikido, i believe soe don't like karaté, or, that karaté is bugged!!

here is two picture taken from me only switching karaté and aikido !! i think they want to kill karaté!!

Sorry, i don't like kung fu, but as any one can see, Karaté deal really more damage than Aikido!!

we can see that this two martial arts are both really well balanced !!!

you can see that i don't believe what i had said two line before!!!

Give me back my Karaté!!!

Well, cuase know, Karaté is the martial art of easy target, i advise you to not use it!