fandomhigh | Teamwork Training and Combat Skills; Thursday, Second Period [09/05].

"Last week," said Ignis, being the one to start the class of this week, "we mostly focused on teamwork, with a small bit of the combat on the side. This week, our focus is going to be entirely on the combat, with incorporating the teamwork aspect next week. In fact, this week, we'll be breaking down the elements of our specific team and exploring them separately, because, though it may initially seem antithetical to the whole concept of teamwork, focusing on your individual strengths can sometime be beneficial to when you eventually bring them to a team."

"Exactly," Gladio agreed with a firm nod. "The real key there is that you don't cling to that individual mindset once you've got a partner or two, and knowing how to synergize your skills with theirs, but that's going to be a lot harder if you're not already working from a solid foundation for yourself."

"So this week," Prompto flashed a bit of a grin for how smoothly this was all going; lead by example, baby!, "we're going to be splitting up into three different groups based on what you feel is the best combat style for you. Gladio here is going to be the brute strength offensive, Ignis is going to be more focused on finer details and finesse, and I'm, obviously," he pulled out a pistol and give it a demonstrative twirl around his finger, "going to head the ranged attack group."

"Now, clearly," Ignis offered, "these are far from the only classifications for types of fighter, and you may very well not fit into any of them yourself. Perhaps something to explore a bit later, or within whichever group you feel is closest to your style. We are clearly basing this one our own strengths and what we feel we can bring to you with the most confidence, but adaptability is also a big part of understanding your combat style, as well, from both your side of things and ours."

"So take a moment," Gladio concluded, "and think about which group you want to work with today, and keep in mind that this is just sort of getting started, we're going to be mixing it up big time in the weeks ahead, but, for now, since we're just getting started, go with what you're most comfortable with, and that's what we're focusing on. Any questions before we split up? Or are you guys pretty much ready to jump right into it?"

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Below are the threads for each style of combat they'll be focusing on, so jump on in where you feel you fit best, and start exploring it with your given instructor or teammates!

(With probably way more OCD than we'll ever need)

For those of you who like big swords and they cannot lie. Or just feel that their combat style is...we'll call it pro-active. The tanks. The guys who like to just get out there and do a lot of damage, take a lot of damage, and really barrel through the enemies!

"The brute force," Gladio offered, once his group was gathered, "has a tough and important job, and while there's a lot of focus placed on individual strength, you're probably going to depend on those other guys even more than they're going to depend on you. They're the ones who are going to allow you to focus on what's in front of you, so if you don't have a good team backing you up? You run the risk of missing a lot. They got your back so you can focus on your front. Now, let's get into it. I wanna know why you guys think you make a good brute force, and where you really shine, so don't be afraid to show me some stuff, we've got plenty of time, space, and weaponry here. So let's go, Brute Force. Lemme know what you got."

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Jon looked between the different groups, grimaced, and stepped into this one. Look, he wasn't exactly a tank, but he was even less the other things.

"I, um. Well, I don't know any ranged weapons, and I'm very bad at finesse. I don't exactly hit hard, but I'm really hard to kill. So." Here he was.

"I am assuming," said Ignis, once everyone had gathered in their respective choices for the day's lesson, "that you've come to this group because you consider yourself more of a strategical, decisive fighter than brute force, but you also like to be more involved than a ranged fighter would likely be. Or some variation thereof. The style of fighting I will be focusing on is one that considers possibilities and weighs things accordingly before acting. It's things like considering your enemies weaknesses before you strike, it's taking details like terrain and weather into consideration, it's perhaps knowing ways to dehabilitate your enemy by striking their weak spots, be that in physical combat or in resources and other methods. In a group setting, this can also involve knowing ways to support your tank. Are they in need of curatives? Are they struggling with an opponent and need you to swoop in to give them a hand? Do you need to hold other assailants at bay while they focus on a specific one? Things like that: analyzing the situation and then acting according with swift decision and finesse.

"I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences in this style of fighting, especially as you've chosen this one as where you feel most comfortable, and I'd also like for us to take some time to work on precision targeting: mapping out where on an opponent certain blows will be most effective, and then practicing hitting those marks with your weapons of choice. So please, by all means, let us hear what your thoughts are, and then we'll get to practicing."

"Hi," Gray said with a wave. "Because of my...condition I can't get involved in a drawn out battle. I'll fall asleep and get stabbed. It's happened before. So I'm trained in stealth." And assassination, but he was withholding that information. "Basically anything where the objective is to get in and get the job done fast, that's what I'm best at. So I figured this is the best place for me."

"And I would firmly agree," Ignis said with a nod. "And I suppose swiftness would be key, with your...condition; less likelihood of falling asleep on the job, quite literally. Are there any other methods you might employ, to help mitigate this condition from affecting a situation where your teammate might be depending on you to follow through with a certain important task?"

"I mean," Gray said. "Massive amounts of stimulants? But even that doesn't work if Sloth decides I'm going down. It's..." He yawned. "Exhausting."

"Alright!" Prompto chuckled a little bit, clapping his hands and shooting off finger guns (you know, before getting to the actual guns!) at his group. "Our ranged fighters! Our gunslingers and arrowflingers and, you know what? Ballista buddies, too! We're the ones in the back doing what we can for the guys on the front line! Now, obviously, what you need to know is what kind of weapons are going to work in a situation and most importantly? Your aim. Because if your big brute of a battleaxe is struggling with a few guys and you wanna get a good snipe off of one of them to lighten the load a little bit, you really wanna make sure you don't miss! So we're actually going to be focusing a little bit on target training and familiarizing yourself with these kinds of weapons if you're still kind of new to it, especially with a lot of distractions going on, because, believe me, when things get brutal out there, focus is key.

"So lemme know what your experience with ranged weapons are, if you've got any particular styles of fighting you lean toward, any experience or things like that, and then we'll just get right into it once we've covered all those bases, yeah?"

"Can't say as I've done much fighting - not for real anyway," Nell said. "But I am a mighty good shot with a handgun or rifle."

Teamwork Training and Combat Skills; Thursday, Second Period [09/05].

Class Activity: Combat Style Groups - TT&CS, 09/12.

Group One: Brute Force Offense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Re: Group One: Brute Force Offense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Group Two: Tactical Support Defense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Re: Group Two: Tactical Support Defense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Re: Group Two: Tactical Support Defense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Re: Group Two: Tactical Support Defense - TT&CS, 09/12.

Group Three - Ranged Support, TT&CS, 09/12.

Re: Group Three - Ranged Support, TT&CS, 09/12.