How to Unlock Swordmaster Archetype and Best Skills

The Swordmaster is an Adept Archetype from the Warrior lineage in Metaphor: ReFantazio. Learn how to unlock the Swordmaster Archetype, its skills, weaknesses, and resistances!

Swordmaster Archetype Overview

Swordmaster Overview

Swordmaster
Type	Adept
Archetype Lineage	Warrior
Unlocked From	Strohl
Bond Rank Required	Rank 3
Besides multi-target attacks, it also possesses skills to increase basic attack damage, to help rely less on MP.

Weakness and Resistances

How to Unlock Swordmaster Archetype

Reach Rank 3 With Strohl

MAG costs can differ depending on your Bond Rank with Followers!

Upon reaching Bond Rank 3 with Strohl, players can unlock the Swordmaster Archetype by studying it at the cost of 8000 MAG, as well as reaching a certain Archetype rank, should it not be a base Archetype.

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Swordmaster Skills

Skills Learned Through Rank Leveling

Lv.	Skill	Type	Description
3	Slash Dodge	Passive	Increases Evasion against Slash attacks.
8	Rising Slash	Slash	Deals medium physical Slash damage to all enemies.
12	Raging Edge	Slash	Deals heavy physical Slash damage to all enemies.
20	Martial Lore	Passive	Increases basic attacks' power by 50%.

List of All Skills

Hero Passive Skill

Skill	Type	Description
Barge Past	Hero Passive	Being hit by an enemy attack during overworld combat will not trigger battle with enemy advantage.

List of All Hero Passive Skills

Synthesis Skills

List of All Synthesis Skills

Swordmaster Archetype Lineage

All Archetypes Under Warrior

Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides

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All Archetype Guides

Basic Archetype Lineage

List of Archetypes
Seeker	Mage
Warrior	Knight
Thief	Masked Dancer
Summoner	Berserker
Healer	Gunner
Brawler	Faker
Merchant	Commander

Adept Archetypes

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