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One of the popular aspects of the game is that skills can be activated by using button combinations, much like in a fighting game. Want to punch right through a crowd of enemies? Hold FORWARD + Z. That enemy is only vulnerable to magic damage that only your grenades can provide? FORWARD, UP + Z. Once you memorize all the unique combinations, you won't need to use as many hotkeys to activate skills, freeing up your hotkey slots for more important uses.

*** Mage doesn't seem to have one that fits this motif, but elementalist might be this magic style, not using any advanced magics but rather more simple magic types, or the battle Mage, who has to use magic but forgoes many spells for a focus on using their weapon.

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The Witch's Devolution Flyswatter can turn defeated enemies into Goblins, giant Tau Beasts, or the ever-annoying Hunters. However, these transformed creatures will fight for you, except for the Hunter, who immediately targets you.

** The Priest.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byvP4F0YQ6k Does it mean the anime version?]

** The eponymous Bwanga of Bwanga's Camp gets some attention, particularly in non-English communities.

* [[Barrier Change Boss]]: Guardian Aegis of King's Relic switches between a blue and red aura, absorbing as well as ''reflecting'' magic and physical attacks respectively, plus the [[Annoying Laugh]].

* [[BFG]]: The Gunner can equip this type of weapon. The Launcher specializes in them. ("Subweapons")

* [[BFS]]: The Slayer can equip this type of weapon, known as the "Zanbato" weapon class.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: The Mage can equip this type of weapon.

* [[Bloody Murder]]: Pretty much the definition of the Berserker Slayer sub-class. He goes so far as to duel-wield by crafting another sword '''''out of his own blood!''''' It is never explained how he does this.

** Goliath, Atlas, and Titan, bosses of the Scoria Core dungeon. Look at all of them [http://wiki.dfo-world.com/index.php?title=Giants here] [[Sarcasm Mode|for your convenience.]]

** The mobs of first three rooms of Noire Ferra, an Ancient Dungeon in Aphelia Post.

** And then here are the cursed melting knights in the first room of Reshpon, an Ancient Dungeon that makes Noire Ferra sound pretty easy to decontaminate (maybe).

** Crusaders have a buff called "Revenge of Light" that causes lightning to strike anything that deals magic damage to the buffed person.

** A rare rosary also grants a passive that does something similar, although not nearly as dependable or powerful.

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: The game never shows the gunner reloading, [[Most Annoying Sound|except when he's in his in-town idle stance]]. Yes, the gunner keeps reloading his own gun without even firing it, as if he's just swapping out the same two clips of bullets.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Lorianne. "I have everything, except things I don't!" [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|She's also one of the highest ranking Mages in the academy.]]

** Even for a game published by [[Nexon]], this goes beyond the pale - credits spent often have a random component to the rewards earned.

** As of Rebirth there is no longer a random component in buying avatars. Everything else with random components on the other hand...

** "Excuse me! Where are you going?"

* [[Cherry Tapping]]: Practical given the arcade gameplay in which not getting hurt is primarily based on player skill. Can show up for unusual reasons, such as the game's rating attack accuracy leading to low-level Mages using pure staff combat.

* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: ...unless you have enough Life Tokens to continue. You can also beg for someone to spend their life token on you, if they're nice enough.

* [[Cute Witch]]: The Mage in general. Especially if she chooses to become a [[Department of Redundancy Department|Witch]]

* [[Degraded Boss]]: Several, most notably in the early dungeons.

* [[Die, Chair, Die!]]: Breakable objects can contain items, buff-giving fairies, traps, or enemies. There are even quests later on that require you to break specific objects, and a few others that require you to not break specific objects.

** In the North American version, you used to need about 1.5 times the EXP to level up compared to the Korean version. They helped this out a little by fixing it with a patch, but it's still not on the same level as the Korean version. (Read: English DFO has the Second exp "scaling". Korea has the third, it's the current exp in Dungeon Fighter Online, cut in half.)

* [[Disability Superpower]]: Slayers that become Asuras make a [[Deal with the Devil|deal with Kazan]] and become blind in exchange for [[Sword Beam]] powers and [[Aura Vision]]. This does [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|not stop]] them from being afflicted with the sight-related conditions in the game, such as the Darkness status effect and missing constantly when the lights turn off.

** Gunners have a male and female version with varying levels of distinction in play style.

** Fighters have a [[Spear Counterpart|Male]] version with even more deviations in style than the gunners.

** Ice Pick Shavante and Beast Master Luger at The Ridge.

** Scoria Core is a Triple Boss.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Thieves, combined with [[Reverse Grip]]

* [[Elemental Powers]]: The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|elementalist]] can choose between water (ice), fire, light (lightning), and shadow, usually sticking with two main elements.

** The first NPC you escort turns out to be a total badass capable of wrecking everyone's shit without any assistance from you, while a latter quest involves a lost Mage/girl in a dungeon filled with octopus monsters though. She doesn't attack, but does teleport randomly around the area. It's understandable that she keeps both hands over her lower [[Naughty Tentacles|region]] until you kill all the enemies.

** The fourth quest involves you finding a Slayer and escorting him through a dungeon with literal [[Demonic Spiders]]. By the way, the Slayer's very low leveled (Lv. 20) and will always try to fight. The game notes the [[Never Be a Hero|inexperience]] of the Slayer when you get the quest.

** The Berserker gives one out when he activates the Frenzy buff.

** The Priest [[Shining Goodness|of all people]] gets one when he casts the Furious Grab spell.

* [[Flash Step]]: Practiced by Rogues, Monks and Male Fighters.

* [[Floating Continent]]: The Behemoth area, courtesy of a [[Giant Flyer|flying]] [[Turtle Island|whale]]

** Gunners who advance to the Launcher subclass gain a laser rifle as their signature damage-dealing move. It can be charged as well, bringing it into [[Wave Motion Gun]] territory. The recoil from firing it causes the user to slide back quite a distance.

** Blade Masters can equip [[Laser Sword|Lightsabers]], and a unique spear for Battle Mages is a Beam Spear.

* [[Fun Personified]]: Mages.

* [[Gainaxing]]: The Fighter, as well as the Thief, although some avatar costumes avert it.

** The 3525: series is particularly aggravating on the principle it kills your dungeon run without actually killing you, which makes you auto-fail quests that require you to beat the boss under certain criteria. To date, Nexon America has not found a fix, even though there is a topic dedicated to it on the boards.

** A new one has popped up since the Rebirth patch: Some call it the no-drop bug, others refer to it as simply "The Curse". The afflicted player will not see any items or gold drop ever, aside from the occasional quest collectable or Ryan Cokes. This will affect the entire party if one of them happens to experience this bug. Many fans suspect something from Nexon as they have not acknowledged this bug as even existing yet after a couple of patches, even though the forums always have a thread about it.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: The elementalist is the most extreme example, though other classes like soul benders and mechanics may qualify.

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: From the Grappler description: "The Grappler is adept at grabbing and throwing her opponents, oftentimes into other opponents." The Priest also gets a skill that amounts to "Grab enemy, throw enemy forwards, hopefully into more enemies."

* [[Hand Cannon]]: Gunners can equip this kind of weapon, though it it's more of an [[Arm Cannon]] rather than a large handgun. It also behaves more like a shotgun than anything else. Played straight in the fact that there are several very large handguns available for higher-leveled gunners.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Bakal the Apostle of all people! How? {{spoiler|He saw his own death at the character's hands, but didn't know when it would happen. He arranged for an invasion of Empyrean and the use of Sky Castle to push the people of Arad into becoming stronger.}} When the characters encounter him in Otherverse {{spoiler|He correctly guesses that you're from the future, and wonders if you're strong enough to do him in after all his work}}

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Light Castellan Sieghart is most certainly ''not'' a good guy.

* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: If you try to select Mage when creating a character, you will see the warning: "Mages exchange fragility early on for great power later in the game. This class may not be suitable for beginners."

** There is an epic quest that requires giving up a large amount of disassemble by-products, and several drops in exchange for a [[MacGuffin]]. You then run this [[MacGuffin]] over to another NPC who you pay a ridiculous amount of money for a One-in-Four chance of getting the required object.

** A related mission has you doing the ''exact same thing'', except now you have to get 5 items that have either a 1/2 of 1/4 chance of dropping. These items are disconcertingly similar in appearance to burning piles of refuse.

* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: Most enemies explode into chunks when killed. [[Fist of the North Star|Even when punched to death.]]

* [[Magic Knight]]: The Priest class, but also the Soul Bender, Asura, Nen Master, and Battle Mage subclasses (and possibly the Spitfire).

** The Priests are slow moving, but are hard to kill. They can also dole out as well as they receive. The Crusader subclass' Plate Armor Mastery makes the already strong Plate Armor grant an even greater defense bonus, and their buffs can take up most of the slack in magic defense. They also have a skill which makes them completely invulnerable to physical type damage for a short period. Finally, they can heal themselves on a short cast time.

*** The Exorcist subclass is even better/worse, if they go with a melee build. Almost ALL of their attacks have huge range, hit like a bladed locomotive, and grant super armor. They are also the best counter for [[Hit and Run Tactics|evasive]] witches, as their axe can hit incredibly high.

** The Monk is an inversion of this, tossing away their weapon and instead beating their opponents to death the old-fashioned way; with [[Flash Step]] and [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]].

** The Grappler also qualifies, but is not nearly as slow as the Priest.

** The puppeteers in Sky Tower really like calling your character an asshole.

** The Asura would like you to shut the fuck up while he casts Spirit Crescent.

* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Male Rangers never go anywhere without their smokes.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Monsters get many colors to choose from.

** The Fighter's parents were killed by monsters.

** And the Slayer killed his own as a result of possession by Kazan, poor kid.

* [[Suplex Finisher]]: The Fighter's Grappler subclass has two of them. One of them is the Spiral skill at level 35, which involves the Grappler reaching out and grabbing '''EVERY ENEMY''' in the immediate radius area around her, then jumping up and spinning in the air, then slamming them into the ground ala [[Street Fighter|Zangief's Atomic Pile Driver]]. At level 40, the Grappler gets the Cyclone Suplex skill. The grappler grabs an enemy, then proceeds to suplex them numerous times by spinning around them like a wheel, [http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3392/endlesscanadiandestroye.gif (as shown here with a Japanese wrestler using a... blow up doll...] before jumping into the air and kicking them into the ground.

* [[Sword Beam]]: Slayers, particularly Asuras; they start small, but work up to a [[Kill It with Fire|wave of lava]] and a Wave Motion Sword.

* [[The Unpronounceable]]: In Empyrean, mermaid (or is it Mermaidea?) names are long and hard to pronounce, which is why one cute little mermaid on Bahn Hafen is nicknamed Coral, who has a friend named Quong'qng.

* [[Trapped in Another World]]: The Mage and Gunner stories describe this.

* [[Wolverine Claws]]: [[Overly Long Gag|The Fighter can equip this type of weapon.]]

* [[World of Badass]]: Arad's so badass that groups of superpowered adventurers sweeping through armies of evil minions is considered a part of the daily routine.

** Brawlers can snare enemies with a net, pulling them into brick range while immobilizing and weakening them.

** Witches do the same with their Black Manteau, but it has less range and knocks enemies down. This is a great setup for the [[Baleful Polymorph|Devolution Flyswatter]].