Masurao

Warriors of the katana. Some say true masters can wield multiple blades at once.

—Class description, Etrian Odyssey V

The Masurao is one of the new classes in Etrian Odyssey V. They focus on speed and power while sacrificing defense (much like the Ronin, Shogun, and Bushi classes of previous iterations).

Legendary Titles

Blade Dancer

The Blade Dancer has the ability to wield up to four katanas at once, with skills that hit more times depending on how many katanas they choose to wield. Naturally, they forsake even more of their defenses as they devote their equipment slots to weaponry, and gain a stronger Strength and Agility growth.

• Strengths: Unparalleled physical damage. Building wisely around Hell Slash results in a combo that can devastate bosses and FOEs.
• Weaknesses: The most fragile class in the game, even if supplemented with Vitality/Wisdom boosting katanas. Upgrading weaponry is also far more costly than upgrading armor.

Main article: Blade Dancer/Stats

Level	HP	TP	STR	INT	VIT	WIS	AGI	LUC
20	+2	+11	+7	+0	+0	+0	+5	+0
40	+3	+15	+10	+0	+0	+0	+7	+0
70	+5	+25	+17	+0	+0	+0	+12	+0
99	+8	+40	+28	+0	+0	+0	+20	+0

Blade Master

The Blade Master specializes in fighting with one katana. Many of their sword skills mainly involve being skilled at fighting one-on-one, to the point where they can deliver deadly critical hits even with their katana skills, and enjoy a more well-rounded stat growth.

• Strengths: Access to armor leads to reasonable durability for general game progress without sacrificing too much on damage output. Incredible damage numbers with a critical hit.
• Weaknesses: Underwhelming crowd control capability. Skills can be TP-intensive despite access to TP Up.

Main article: Blade Master/Stats

Level	HP	TP	STR	INT	VIT	WIS	AGI	LUC
20	+9	+4	+3	+0	+3	+3	+0	+3
40	+12	+6	+4	+0	+4	+4	+0	+4
70	+20	+10	+7	+0	+7	+7	+0	+7
99	+32	+16	+12	+0	+12	+12	+0	+12

Skills

Skill	Description	Type	Requires	Extra
BASIC
Katana Mastery	Raises physical ATK dealt with katanas.	Mastery	None
Peerless Demon	When an attack hits multiple times, the damage dealt increases per hit.	Passive	None	Lv5 and 10 increase damage bonus per hit.
Duel	Increases damage while attacking the same target as the previous turn.	Passive	None
Swallow Soar	Instant melee cut to 1 enemy. Follows up again after target takes their turn.	Katana	Duel Lv3
Armor Pierce	Melee stab attack to 1 enemy, lowering their physical DEF for 3 turns.	Katana	None	Lv5 and 10 increase debuff strength.
Haze Slash	Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. May induce sleep.	Katana	Armor Pierce Lv2	Lv5 and 10 increase sleep chance but reduce skill speed.
Air Blade	Ranged cut attack to 1 enemy.	Katana	None
Whirlwind	Melee cut attack 2-4 times to random enemies. Cannot hit the same target more than once.	Katana	Air Blade Lv3	Lv5 and 10 increase number of hits.
New Challenger	Lures enemies into battle, with higher chance of Rare Breed. May chain encounters.	Field	None	Max Lv5
High Ground	Raises physical ATK of user's line for 3 turns.	Support	None	Lv5 and 10 increase duration.
BLADE DANCER
Multi-Katana	Enables multiple katana use. Normal attacks may strike with all equipped katanas.	Passive	None	Subsequent strikes are weaker than the first.
HP Up	Increases maximum HP.	Stat Up	None
Reincarnation	On death, may revive at end of turn with 1 HP.	Passive	HP Up Lv3
Hell Slash	Follows up all attacks this turn with a melee cut attack to the same target. May hurt self and allies.	Katana	Swallow Soar Lv3	Lv5 and 10 increase maximum number of follow-up instances.
Reblossom	Katana skills may activate again. Chance affected by number of equipped katanas.	Passive	Hell Slash Lv3
Sacred Tetrad	Melee cut attack to an enemy for each equipped katana.	Katana	Whirlwind Lv3
Layered Bloom	2-8 random melee cut attacks across an enemy row. Slow to activate.			Damage increases with more equipped katanas.
Vast Flourish	Large number of random melee cut attacks across all enemies. Number of hits is a product of number of enemies and number of equipped katanas. Slow to activate.	Katana	Sacred Tetrad Lv3 Layered Bloom Lv3
Phys ATK Up	Increases cut/stab/bash damage.	Stat Up	None
Meteor Rain	Random melee attacks of random attributes across all enemies for each equipped katana.	Katana	Phys ATK Up Lv3
BLADE MASTER
Sword God	Increases critical rate of katana skills and damage dealt by critical hits.	Passive	None
Speed Up	Raises turn speed, hit rate, and evasion.	Stat Up	None
TP Up	Raises maximum TP.	Stat Up	None
Bolt Slash	Melee cut/volt attack to an enemy.	Katana	TP Up Lv5
Mirror Moon	May negate enemy physical attacks and counterattack with equipped weapon.
Foot Sweep	Melee cut attack to 1 enemy line, lowers evade rate for 2 turns.	Katana	Haze Slash Lv3	Lv5 and 10 increase debuff duration.
Helm Splitter	Inaccurate melee cut attack to an enemy. Ignores resistances.	Katana	Foot Sweep Lv5	Lv5 and 10 decrease accuracy.
Spirit Sword	Raises defense taken from an enemy hit by user's single-target attack this turn.	Passive	High Ground Lv3
Triple Strike	Up to 3 melee cut attacks to 1 enemy. Each hit may bind head/arms/legs.	Katana	Spirit Sword Lv5	Skill ends prematurely if a bind is successful.
Petal Scatter	Ranged cut attack to all enemies. Damage increases with fewer targets.

Trailer

The Masurao is Ready to Slice and Dice in Etrian Odyssey V Beyond the Myth

Gallery

Male Portrait 1

Female Portrait 1

Male Portrait 2

Female Portrait 2