Raven2 adds Warlord class for control-focused frontline battles

Raven2’s Grand Festival update did more than add another melee option. It introduced the Warlord as a frontline playstyle shift, a spear-wielding commander built to pull fights out of shape instead of simply standing in the way of damage.

Netmarble’s development team framed the Warlord as Raven 2’s fourth melee class, themed as a great battle commander who dominates the battlefield and subdues enemies. The class uses a spear as its primary weapon and leans into disruption tools that change how a party moves through PvP and mass-battle content. Its kit includes Slow, Pull, Taunt and Stun effects, plus ally buffs, area-of-effect basic attacks, and target-marking or primary-target effects that help focus fire in organized fights.

That matters because the Warlord is not just another damage sponge. Netmarble described it as a defensive class that protects the front lines with buff skills and high defense, while also drawing in and taunting enemies and strengthening itself to hold position. In practice, that makes the class feel closer to a battle conductor than a pure tank: it can force enemies to commit, pin key targets in place, and create cleaner windows for allies to follow up. The studio also said balance adjustments were still being worked on ahead of release, which suggests the class arrived with room to be tuned as players started pushing it through real encounters.

For accounts already invested in Raven2, Netmarble softened the commitment with a Class Change event. The event ran from after the 5/26 maintenance until 6/23 at 19:59 UTC+0, and the Class Change Token: Event could be purchased with gold by characters level 50 or higher during that window. That made the Warlord much easier to test without locking a character into a permanent identity decision.

The update also bundled in Warlord Growth Support from after the 5/26 maintenance until 6/23 at 19:59 UTC+0. The Growth Support Chest included a Protector of Darkness Holy Garment summon scroll, a Rare Familiar summon scroll, and a Combat Commander’s Spear. That spear came with a time-limited collection effect that granted Accuracy +1, ATK +1 and MP Recovery +3, a small but useful incentive for players trying to get the new class online quickly.

The rest of the Grand Festival patch reinforced the same message: this was a celebration built for progression, recovery and experimentation. Raven’s Castle arrived as a solo event dungeon with 5 waves, the Tower of Chaos cap rose to 50 floors, and event participation could also deliver a Legendary Familiar and a Legendary Holy Garment at level 60. After Raven 2’s global launch on October 22, 2025, and its original Korean opening on May 29, 2024, the Warlord now gives the game a sharper frontline identity, one built around control first and raw trading second.