Post by Ryukengan on Oct 28, 2016 15:46:41 GMT
skeewi First time reading this thread, the theory is good but you focus too much on the MP part, MP won't be a problem once you obtain Dream Song, the problem will be keeping up your HP if you have so much VIT because every song costs 10% max HP, however you won't get any -SD from Dream Song since you won't allocate any points into DEX with your builds. My recommendations would be to use Lamia/Dragon Claw (depending on if you want to go for STR or AGI as your main stat) and/or Huge Cherry Blossom up. For party play your best bet would be to use Huge Cherry Blossom and any ranged weapon as going close range with a Minstrel will just cause more trouble if you don't have a lot of Evasion. So AGI/CRT/VIT or STR/CRT/VIT, passionate song will already cover you with +100% ASPD so you wouldn't need AGI if you go for a sword build imo, you don't even need Armadora if you use Wild Dance abilities and Maelriel/Cerbela. A couple of possible loadouts:
AGI/CRT/VIT "solo" type:
Songs: Dream, Joy and Sorrow, Warrior/Passionate Song (Warrior for 1000+ evasion, passionate to kill faster), Life/Nostalgia can also be good options. In party all songs can be useful obviously
Dragon Claw III
Ultimi III s Iniliba (can use whatever armor you want)
Spin Shield/Barbarotita II/HCB up (Spin Shield for auto attacking, Barb to spam songs/dnewt if you happen to be in pt, HCB for even more survival) or any damage additional of your choice
Any spec you want, Ring of Rush would be good
pro: Very effective solo play, if you don't get one shot or hit by a ton of magic attacks you can kill it pretty much
con: Not as effective in party because you have to go melee for auto attacks so you must spam Dragonewt for damage contribution or go tank
STR/CRT/VIT "solo" type:
Songs: Dream, Joy and Sorrow, Passionate Song, Life/Nostalgia can also be good options. In party all songs can be useful obviously
Lamia III / Any bow of your choice in pt play
Ultimi III s Iniliba / Armadora (can use whatever armor you want if you have anything else with +10% ASPD like Wild Dance/Maelriel/Cerbela)
Barbarotita II(III soon)/Arelta up (more survivability for a bit less damage)/ Dai up (if you have Mamonea and spare tech abilities) or any damage additional of your choice / HCB up if you want to keep auto attacking in party
Myrica Wristlet / Adamantite Arrow when using bows or any damage special equip if you don't need the VIT from Myrica
pros: Can get very tanky with a tank set and won't die easily during party play, can keep auto attacking in party and gets access to a variety of bows for very strong dragonewt song potential and auto attacks in party
cons: Can't solo as much as the build above and is more expensive
I personally recommend STR/CRT/VIT build as soloing shouldn't be your focus as a Minstrel if you really want to be able to solo efficiently look for another class but both of these builds will let you grind every mob in the game. The second build is more suitable for party play and can fill more roles in a party. The Claw build can fill tank (easier to survive, more difficult to keep aggro) and support while the Sword/Bow build can fill tank (easier to keep aggro, more difficult to survive), support and DPS. Survival in a party if you're the tank shouldn't be a problem with a resu spam bishop anyway though so yeah, STR/CRT/VIT is what I recommend.
AGI/CRT/VIT "solo" type:
Songs: Dream, Joy and Sorrow, Warrior/Passionate Song (Warrior for 1000+ evasion, passionate to kill faster), Life/Nostalgia can also be good options. In party all songs can be useful obviously
Dragon Claw III
Ultimi III s Iniliba (can use whatever armor you want)
Spin Shield/Barbarotita II/HCB up (Spin Shield for auto attacking, Barb to spam songs/dnewt if you happen to be in pt, HCB for even more survival) or any damage additional of your choice
Any spec you want, Ring of Rush would be good
pro: Very effective solo play, if you don't get one shot or hit by a ton of magic attacks you can kill it pretty much
con: Not as effective in party because you have to go melee for auto attacks so you must spam Dragonewt for damage contribution or go tank
STR/CRT/VIT "solo" type:
Songs: Dream, Joy and Sorrow, Passionate Song, Life/Nostalgia can also be good options. In party all songs can be useful obviously
Lamia III / Any bow of your choice in pt play
Ultimi III s Iniliba / Armadora (can use whatever armor you want if you have anything else with +10% ASPD like Wild Dance/Maelriel/Cerbela)
Barbarotita II(III soon)/Arelta up (more survivability for a bit less damage)/ Dai up (if you have Mamonea and spare tech abilities) or any damage additional of your choice / HCB up if you want to keep auto attacking in party
Myrica Wristlet / Adamantite Arrow when using bows or any damage special equip if you don't need the VIT from Myrica
pros: Can get very tanky with a tank set and won't die easily during party play, can keep auto attacking in party and gets access to a variety of bows for very strong dragonewt song potential and auto attacks in party
cons: Can't solo as much as the build above and is more expensive
I personally recommend STR/CRT/VIT build as soloing shouldn't be your focus as a Minstrel if you really want to be able to solo efficiently look for another class but both of these builds will let you grind every mob in the game. The second build is more suitable for party play and can fill more roles in a party. The Claw build can fill tank (easier to survive, more difficult to keep aggro) and support while the Sword/Bow build can fill tank (easier to keep aggro, more difficult to survive), support and DPS. Survival in a party if you're the tank shouldn't be a problem with a resu spam bishop anyway though so yeah, STR/CRT/VIT is what I recommend.