Surge Zero Deathblade Skills

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The nimble Deathblade cuts through her foes with ease, using both dual-blades and a longsword as her weapons of choice. This highly mobile assassin excels at using charge skills in rapid succession to deliver heavy hitting blows to her enemies. Deathblade comes in two playstyles, Surge Zero and Remaining Energy.

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Surge Zero: Skill Descriptions, Tripods, Gems and Runes

Skill Descriptions

Burst Icon Surge Zero's main DPS skills are all charges. Within those, some provide great Death Orb generation. Her other skills grant party Synergy, serve as movement tools or damage fillers.

2.1.

Synergy and Movement Skills

Dark Axel is a push immune skill that serves as a reposition tool. With High Axel, you can jump over even Legion Commanders!
Maelstrom increases your Death Orb build-up via Orb Control and grants Attack / Move Speed buffs to yourself and party. Crucial to use before big gauge builders like Soul Absorber & Void Strike.
Spincutter is a low cooldown Synergy skills, providing +3% increased damage and an additional +9% to positional attacks.

2.2.

Damage Skills

Blitz Rush is our second highest DPS skill, only behind Surge itself.
Earth Cleaver serves as our Counter, Destruction & decent Stagger skill. On top of all of this it has a tripod for push immunity, it's an insanely packed skill in your kit.
Wind Cut is your best Surge stack builder due to its lingering hitbox, genrating up to four stacks. It also has an extremely low cooldown.
Soul Absorber generates a large amount of gauge and contributes a slightly less amount of DPS than Blitz Rush.
Void Strike is your fourth strongest skill and provides a little less gauge than Soul Absorber.
Moonlight Sonic isn't a positional thus won't benefit from Master of Ambush. This said, it's still a solid filler that can replace Dark Axel if you aren't in need of the mobility.

Tripods

Your main priority for tripods should be increased Orb generation and damage increases on your DPS skills. While some cannot be leveled at all, you also have the option of leaving low priority at around level 3-4 until you're able to level them further.

Skill Name	Tripod 1	Tripod 2	Tripod 3
Maelstrom	Orb Control (High)	Dark Order (Medium)	N/A
Spincutter	Open Weakness (N/A)	Quick Prep (Medium)	Triple Spin (N/A)
Dark Axel	Swift Fingers (Low)	Tenacity (N/A)	High Axel (N/A)
Blitz Rush	Vital Point Hit (High)	Dark Charge (High)	Shadow Rush (High)
Soul Absorber	Swift Fingers (Low)	Fist of Darkness (High)	Halve (High)
Wind Cut	Quick Prep (High)	Sustain Enhancement (Low)	Thick Sword Energy (N/A)
Void Strike	Orb Control (High)	Void Zone (Low)	Dark Dimension (N/A)
Earth Cleaver	Push (Low)	Weak Point Detection (Low)	Earth Explosion (Low)