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Primate Murder -> RE: Returning player - untouched since mid 2019 (5/20/2023 23:46:09)
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Ok, let's see if I can help.
For a purely offensive playstyle, I would suggest 250 Int/Cha/Luck. Fully untrain Dex and End; thankfully, the process has been streamlined to just a few clicks.
Next, you'll want to finish the advanced Vampire quest. This unlocks a second no-drop armor Vampire Transformation, which is a pretty badass armor with a qc stun and an Evolved Form that pays sp+mp for increased damage and lifesteal.
Several of the classes have been revamped. The one you want most is Necromancer. It's a tier 3 class with 20+ skills including several nukes, resource regeneration, and a variety of status inflictions.
Sidenote: Necromancer title locks out the best Paladin skills, but if you ever find yourself fighting a really strong undead, title change takes just a few mouse clicks, so maybe it's worth leveling as well.
Weapons
For your no-drop element, I'd probably suggest using energy as it lacks exceptional shields and weapons. Also, don't forget to align your Awe special to PWD!
Arcane Cutlass of Combustion gives your Pyro Bloodmage nuke 30% extra damage. Actually, there's a variant for every element, so feel free to grab ones for water, earth, and dark, if you have the spare URs. If not, Blackbones and your Bloodblades could fill their place.
Keep Airenal's Lance for wind.
Your Mystic Blade of Frostval Past can give you one very powerful ice nuke.
If you get Lumenomancer Bloodmage, Retro Golden Axe is pretty good at healing your sp/mp. If you keep to WKZ, Alchemical Unity can stack some pretty nice blinds.
Armors
Pyromancer and Hydromancer Bloodmages remain pretty much unmatched after all these years.
Cryo and Terra Bloodmages are the strongest options, damage-wise, but both cost URs. Horo-Show is a good second choice for ice, and Fall Dryad is a spellcaster armor with a compressed autohit spell (great synergy with Grakma Warhorn's berserk!).
The new Infinite Dark Caster is another astonishing UR. It loses out somewhat in terms of pure damage, but its mp sustainability is through the roof; to be used with potency pet+guest if possible. Taladosian is a more f2p option.
Lumenomancer Bloodmage is, again, the armor with the strongest light nuke. WKZ is a close second, and Paladin is unmatched if you plan on fighting undead.
Necromancer for darkness, of course.
For your utility slot I would suggest Generalist's Robe, solely for use with Gandolphin.
Shields
Samukematsuri Buckler from your Vault restores a bit of sp each time you're hit. Grab Titan's Fall after you acquire Bun-Banneret pair for massive damage on block.
Celtic Wheel and Accordion are still the best in slot.
Defender of Frostval Past can come in useful if you're facing a monster nuke.
Your Darkovian Bulwark compresses earth/dark.
Scarab Shell has a toggle to lower monster MRM, boosting the accuracy of your spells and mosquito pet/guest.
Troposhield (token) is the closest thing we have to old standard CIT. It has substandard defences, but with each attack attempts to inflict ~43% EleVuln for earth, fire, and energy elements.
Spells
Poelala, of course.
Pridelord guest. It gives -18 Status Potency; with Spotter Drake (or another Pridelord) that's a whooping +30 to any status you attempt to inflict on the monster.
Mosquito guest deals minor damage, but recovers your hp/mp/sp based on damage dealt. The damage is minimal, but with two Mosquitoes you'll recover most of a standard spell's mp every turn.
Bun-Banneret gives you omni-elemental DefBoost. Unfortunately, it'll still be ~3 month before it returns to the Void, so for now use Spectral Chains until then to double up on your Blade of Frostval Past's EleVuln.
Purple Rain has been nerfed, but it's still a pretty useful thing for those battles you expect to last more than 1-2 turns.
Invincible Heart is a copy of an older Frostval Rare, and it gives you 99% damage resistance for 1 round (with several turns of cooldown). You basically cancel the monster for a round and do whatever you want.
Gandolphin (for use with Generalist Robes' Imbue Lore) gives you a little extra survivability.
Pets
Poelala and Lepre-Chan, of course.
Lust and Envy boost your LS rate for fire and earth attacks by 40%. That's 50% chance total of your attack being a Lucky Strike.
Mosquito and Bun-Banneret, pet clones of the guests mentioned above.
Spotter Drake gives -12 Status Potency.
Underwyrmling toggles to attack monster sp, which can come in really handy against certain bosses.
Miscs
Essence Orb, naturally.
Prime Chaos Orb. This is your first priority. It comes with a qc skill that scrambles monster resists, which means you effectively get your elecomp on all those armors for free!
Rejuvenating Necklace restores a bit of mp each time you cast a spell. You'll want to replace it with Z-finity Gauntlet of Mind (token) when it comes along for a qc 1/turn conversion of hp -> mp.
Grakma Warhorn gives you Berserk, which is pretty much the largest spell damage boost you can get. Use with Helm of FP's bth booster or Fall Dryad's autohit spell.
Helm of Frostval Past for a qc bth boost.
Shadowfeeder Pendant remains a highly useful misc, particularly in conjunction with Purple Rain.
Optico gives you another +10 Status Potency. (also a qc skill to boost your mosquito/underwyrmling pets, but make sure to use Helm's bth boost beforehand)
Summoning Stone is another item you'll want to get once you acquire Bun-Bannerets, as it gives MRM and deals noticeable Harm damage to the monster when you block.
Hope the info's useful, and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions!
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