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† Cypherian's Legacy Build †

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A couple of years ago? How could you start when DW wasn't even in the game? DW arrived around 1.5 years ago. So it isn't really a "couple".

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a couple is 2 years. it was back in 2015. dont be so specific. its 2017. technically a couple.

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Introduction:
This is the conceptual build of how one of the successful DWs in the game today (me ehehehe), came into fruition.
Everything I will include here were parts of the building of what is seen now in my build.
Alot have taken inspiration and deviation from this build since it was conceived.
Ever since I started the AMPR Build a couple of years ago, alot have doubted yet have turned to see the benefits and light of my build.
After DW release, many have tried yet have failed to find light of the DW, but given the circumstances(after spending $200 on resets),
I never gave up and along the way, found a build that suited my playstyle since before DW release, which was a sustain build that could DPS and Solo.
And with this build, I managed to popularize the use of AMPR.

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Concept:
This build was built under the pillars of Sustain and Speed and Adaptability
1. Sustain being the high hp and mp pool and high hp and mp regen.
2. Speed being the fast-paced actions and immediate responses based on the flow the battle.
3. Adaptability being the ability to change combo sets and responses depending on what you are facing.

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Things To Consider:
Damage
-Damage wise, DW isn't the best in DPS, unless you're into long combos that deal high damage, which is for me against what a DW should be.
-It's built more in sustain damage than burst damage.
-High auto attack damage potential, personally hit 14k auto attacks.
Stats
-Stats make or break a DW. The way you allocate stats can make you tilt from one point of the scale to the other. Balance is the key to all things.

Combos
-The way you make a combo should be based around how you tackle an objective. Because bosses, minibosses and events can't be controlled, you know what is? Your combos. Not one combo can be used to its full potential on every boss.

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Stat Allocations:
Full Dex (Shittiest Build)
-Only Raw Damage comes to mind, most of the newbs think of only building a single stat build on a DW given the notion that other weapons like 2h, Knux, BG, Staff(Double stat but depends on build) scale off only on one stat, and that other weapons like 1h, Bow, Mdev scale off two stats but the other can be laid off til the end.
-Only good in early game, useless in mid to late game unless you go tanky, invest in AGI or STR

Double Stat Builds
Dex Agi
-Scales to Mid and Late Game, For the Utility/Tanky builds because you'd have to get both CDMG and Crit Rate for equipments, don't really have to rely on damage boosting xtals and adds because you'll mostly prioritize for HP and Evasion. Going a damage-y route while surviving because you have high dodge, good evasion, high enough hp to not get one shot.
Dex Str
-Scales to and for Mid Game, Damage Built, you can ignore the flat cdmg you can get from equipment stats, and get a balance of cdmg and crit rate so you can crit more, and deal damage more. Add in a bit of HP and Reflex/ Flash Blast and you'll be good to go since Flash Blast damage scales like a normal skill, having a form of functional survivability.

Three Stat Build
Dex Agi Str
-Personally my preferred build, and as a I always say, Get DEX to an amount until you're satisfied with your ATK stat, Prioritize either AGI then STR or STR then AGI to 100 or 150, depending on how much you want. My Rule is, Focus on Dex then Balance out AGI and STR. Of course this scales til Late Game. If permitted, we get up to two stats maxed and half of a stat.
- +254 Points per stat, and a half of that, you get around 635 stat points, I'd probably invest getting 200 points in each, then the rest to either Vit or Crt.

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Equipment:
Pretty standard equipment build to be honest, since you there's not much variation you can get.
Either you're running a broken stat build, or a single stat build.

For Main Weapon
Always get ATK%.

Variations you can get are:
1. ATK%, CD%, Flat CD.
2. ATK%, CD, CR, CR%
3. Atk%, CD%, Flat CD, CR. (Varies between ATK 4%/CDMG 7% or ATK 7%/CDMG 4%)

The first two are available right away in this stage of the game.
The last one is a gamble but will be available by the time we can get 50+ Pot on a 1h, which is worth getting.

Sub Weapon
Stats that work on sub are WEAP ATK, Stability, Element.
Refine affects Weapon ATK Value so get it to as high as you can.
Based on what I read, a +S can get you x2.25 of the Weap Atk it has.

For Custom 1h stats.
Getting ATK%, Crit, CDMG is useless on sub because it will not work.
I personally use a 105~106 +B Ice Brand with Elem and Trash stats, by trash stats I mean random negas, even getting negative STR%, DEX% or nega Max HP/MP won't work.

But if you want to use it for Main weap.
Get it stats like
Element, %DMG to Opposite Element, Atk%/CDMG/CDMG%/Crit or any other variation you want.
For a standard sub weapon, without elem.
Get. TOMAHAWK. 120 Base Weap ATK. Outweighs the 40% Stability it has.

How Stability works on your damage:
For Normal Attacks, Each hand deals a different amount of damage based on your stat allocations, and the corresponding Stability.
I've noticed this because I use a Tomahawk on sub, and the damage of the left hand fluctuates more than the Main weap which has 80% Stability.

For Skills, Based on my observation, the stability it takes into account is an average between the Main and Sub Weapon.
Tested it out on Warmonger multiple times all on full proration.
The Maximum Damage I could deal with a Fire Elemental Ice Brand with 80% Stability and a Tomahawk is both 26,000.
The Lowest Damage I could deal with Ice Brand is around 20,000.
While the Lowest Damage I could deal with Tomahawk is around 15,500 to 16,000.

So with 26,000 as a Base Max Value.
We can calculate the Stability by Dividing the lowest possible damage by the Base Max Value
So Tomahawk dealt 15,000 lowest:
15,500 / 26,000 is roughly 0.6 or 60%.
and with Ice Brand dealing 19,000 constantly:
20,000 / 26,000 is 0.8 or 80%.

I haven't tested yet if Stability% as a custom stat on sub affects the damage because the highest you can get is 3% and is barely noticeable.

For Armor.
Always go Light Armor Remod. For Evasion.
Stats you can get are:
1. Crit Crit% CDMG CDMG%
2. ATK% Crit CDMG
3. Stat% Crit Crit% CDMG
4. ATK% Stat% Crit.

I advise getting the 1st option.
You get more ATK from the stats you put and the weapon you get anyway.
So it's better to prioritize on Crits for your armor since ATK% eats double the pot it needs on weap, which is a waste of stats you can get.

Add Gears:
Since this is a sustain build, more closely to building AMPR.

I suggest you get:

Magic Scarf: 100 MP, +3 AMPR, for the MP and AMPR.

Ear Cuffs: 4 AMPR and Resistances, opt for this if you think you have high enough MP.

Two Headed Snake Crown: 4 AMPR and 200 MP, a better version of Magic Scarf.

Since getting double AMPR from MP and Bonus AMPR.
It's better to get a high MP Pool and Bonus AMPR.

Special Gear:

Warrior Bangle: 100/200 HP and 3 AMPR. Same concept to getting Ear Cuffs, if you think you have high enough MP, get this.

MP Talismans (Dex Talisman, the 500MP Choco Ooze Ring, 350MP Choco Ooze Ring). More MP, More AMPR. Opt for this if you don't want to get MP Xtals and want to get Damage Xtals.

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Xtal Choices:
Weapon:

For Damage-y builds get BKOD, Ganglef

For more MP, get Pillar Golem

For AMPR and HP, get Zega.

Armor:

Standard would be Boss Roga for more HP

Jade Raptor of MP and AMPR.

Cerberus if you want more damage.

Add Gears:

Pumpking for AMPR.

Silver Roar, for AMPR.

Twilight Dragon for more Damage.

Warmonger for more Crits.

GD Yelb for more ASPD and Damage.

Rings:
Honestly you'd just get AMPR for Rings.
So either Eerie, Shining Gentleman, Viscum, or Silver Roar.

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Skill Allocations:
This build relies only on Dual Sword and Sword Skills.

Sword Skills:
Hard Hit: 5~10
Astute: 10
Trigger: 10

Sword Mastery: 5~10

Hard Hit can be either at level 5 or 10, more damage and more flinch at level 10, good damage and a good combo starter at level 5.

Astute is good damage source and crit booster, so you need to get it at 10.

Trigger, I recommend you get this at level 10, for Damage and AMPR.

Sword Mastery, same concept as getting Dex, get this to a level where you think your ATK stat will be enough for you.

Dual Sword Skills:
All Passives at Level 10
Dual Sword Mastery, Dual Sword Control, Godspeed

Twin Slash: 5~10
Spinning Slash: 5~10
Phantom Slash: 10
Cross Parry: 5~10
Charging Slash 5~10
Shadow Step: 10
Reflex(Optional), Flash Blast(Optional)

Twin Slash is your early to mid game damage skills, so you'd get it at 10, but it falls off to the transition of the late game, and you'd maybe restat it to 5.

Spinning Slash is a good damage source from mid game to end game. It really doesn't do much early on so you probably won't get it at or leave it at level 5, but around mid game, it deals tons of damage, consider getting it to 10. The main damage source isn't from the initial hit, but from the DPS of the tornado.

Phantom Slash adds more damage per level, with a good amount of proration and being well timed, it can do tons of damage and save your a** a couple of times.

Cross Parry, the only thing that changes per level is the amount you get from the Buff if you successfully parry any sort of physical damage. Around a 10% increase in ATK and ASPD. at level 10.

Charging Slash is a good source of damage if you're planning to build unsheathe. A good disengage skill too.

Shadow Step, Has 12m range at Level 10. Lessened MP Cost at Lvl 4 and Lvl 7. Best Chase Tool, AMPR Buff, Crit Buff for the Next Skill similar to Trigger's Motion Buff.

Other Skills:
Survival:
HP Regen 5
HP Boost 10
Fighter's High is optional but at level 10, with around 4,000 HP. You regen 4HP Per Second, Which is a good amount considering you'd kite alot and weave in and out in between attacks,
MP Regen 5
MP Boost 10
Sober Analysis scales off your Natural MP Regen, so if you wanna get this, don't get Nega MP Regen from custom stats.

Magic Skills:
MP Charge, Level depends on your preference, since in this build, I mostly build high cost Combos and regen them up with my high AMPR, but after fights and nothing to hit, you don't a chance to regen any MP, so getting this at level 1 would be good.

Battle Skills:
ATK Up, 5~10, same concept with getting Sword Mastery
Whack, 10%-ish chance to increase the damage you deal, I don't know the amount but it's also a pre-req for Crit Up
Crit Up, 10, getting this at 10 is like getting 5% CDMG and 5% Crit Rate, so it's a must.

Guard Skills:
Light Armor Mastery, 5~10, at level 10, doubles the evasion you get from having Light armor Mastery, so 20 Evasion just by having that is worth the points.

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This is the build I use to build upon my legacy.
Probably the last build I will post of it... or maybe until Level 4 Dual Wield Skills are released or at End Game.
Who knows...
It's time for a new generation to rise.
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Cypherian how about combo? Long combo? I dont have any combo
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Cypherian how about combo? Long combo? I dont have any combo
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try out your own combos.
my build revolves around high ampr so i can prorate and regen mp at the same time so i dont need long combos, only short nuke combos.

Straight forward All Cons combos, and an Astute Phantom nuke combo

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try out your own combos.
my build revolves around high ampr so i can prorate and regen mp at the same time so i dont need long combos, only short nuke combos.

Straight forward All Cons combos, and an Astute Phantom nuke combo
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If i use phantom it with smith or cons?

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If i use phantom it with smith or cons?
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Well, Smite of course.
Also, just to add to what Cyph said, see the list of skills and see how the work against a boss. For example, Spinning is VERY useful on BKoD because his fractional attacks count as an autoattack, and Knockback has the ability to stop any autoattack without it counting as an interrupt, saving you some HP (and Revitas). For bosses that are immune to Knockback, Spinning will work more as a DPS tool for bosses that are slow or stationary.

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Well, Smite of course.
Also, just to add to what Cyph said, see the list of skills and see how the work against a boss. For example, Spinning is VERY useful on BKoD because his fractional attacks count as an autoattack, and Knockback has the ability to stop any autoattack without it counting as an interrupt, saving you some HP (and Revitas). For bosses that are immune to Knockback, Spinning will work more as a DPS tool for bosses that are slow or stationary.
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I want ask something now, someone use phantom with smith but it cost just 1mp, how to be like that._.? If im think about it phantom and smith is cost 8mp

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I want ask something now, someone use phantom with smith but it cost just 1mp, how to be like that._.? If im think about it phantom and smith is cost 8mp
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That's because they use Save tags. Save tags allow you to have MP stored in a "bank" depending on the skill you put the tag on, and that "bank" will be used before your actual MP.
The problem with this is that the Save tag decreases your damage drastically (a Smite skill does 150% of its normal damage; a Smite skill after a Save skill will only does 90% of its normal damage), and you don't want that for a nuke skill. To compensate, people make long combos in order to mitigate the Save tag's penalty, but long combo is slow and often ruins proration, so you don't want that either. Plus, you don't need the tag either: this build is focused on maintaining the proration in a pendulum-like equilibrium (DW have pretty strong autos and Trigger gives its user the ability to auto cancel, and their skill damage isn't too shabby either, especially after the update, so they manipulate proration to have a pretty strong boost from both ends) and have AMPR to regenerate mana quickly, so the Save tag's use is limited to chaining buff skills.
And Smited Phantom will only cost 8 MP if it's the last skill in the combo. If you put another skill after it, it will cost 4 MP again (but the skill after Phantom will have a 50% damage reduction).

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That's because they use Save tags. Save tags allow you to have MP stored in a "bank" depending on the skill you put the tag on, and that "bank" will be used before your actual MP.
The problem with this is that the Save tag decreases your damage drastically (a Smite skill does 150% of its normal damage; a Smite skill after a Save skill will only does 90% of its normal damage), and you don't want that for a nuke skill. To compensate, people make long combos in order to mitigate the Save tag's penalty, but long combo is slow and often ruins proration, so you don't want that either. Plus, you don't need the tag either: this build is focused on maintaining the proration in a pendulum-like equilibrium (DW have pretty strong autos and Trigger gives its user the ability to auto cancel, and their skill damage isn't too shabby either, especially after the update, so they manipulate proration to have a pretty strong boost from both ends) and have AMPR to regenerate mana quickly, so the Save tag's use is limited to chaining buff skills.
And Smited Phantom will only cost 8 MP if it's the last skill in the combo. If you put another skill after it, it will cost 4 MP again (but the skill after Phantom will have a 50% damage reduction).
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Oww thanks alot, sorry for long explain. I understand now thanks

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Can u post your combo for more understanding?

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Damn! You, sensei have restored my faith in dual weild...
I was thinking of deleting my Assassin dw because the auto-attacks lock me in 1 place giving me inability to move away in time away from 'red aoes'
but after reading your guide 'Neva-eva'!
Awesome Guide!
Thanks A Lot!

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But can it get support rank off a 2h warcry spam?

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Im following this guide and it works really well for soloing normal bosses. However the low hp (3k+1k) Really kills me str8 for bosses in nightmare mode. how do i perform a off-tank role in this scenario?

Also any tips on how to attack animation cancel efficiently. sometimes im only able to auto att cancel once for the combo with spinning slash while other times i can do it twice(Spinning slash,Shadow step save ,trigger slash swift)

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what helpful information. Tysm ^^

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For reasons I could no longer remember, I had Hard Hit at 8 and Sonic Blade at 5 for Blade branch. Probably another guide I followed before quitting months ago.

Do I move those 3+5 skill points or just keep chugging along till I save enough orbs for a rare chance of reset?

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For reasons I could no longer remember, I had Hard Hit at 8 and Sonic Blade at 5 for Blade branch. Probably another guide I followed before quitting months ago.

Do I move those 3+5 skill points or just keep chugging along till I save enough orbs for a rare chance of reset?
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save for reset. or if youre at a level below 100, better remake ur char. i also used sonic blade as a pseudo shadow step before shadow was released

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Teach me pls to dual wield a 2H Sword

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bump the new additonal Grecia mask is a better version of two headed snake crown and a 1s is cheap

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Share combo pls !

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Cypherian said: ↑

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† Cypherian's Legacy Build †
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╚═════════════════════╝
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Introduction:
This is the conceptual build of how one of the successful DWs in the game today (me ehehehe), came into fruition.
Everything I will include here were parts of the building of what is seen now in my build.
Alot have taken inspiration and deviation from this build since it was conceived.
Ever since I started the AMPR Build a couple of years ago, alot have doubted yet have turned to see the benefits and light of my build.
After DW release, many have tried yet have failed to find light of the DW, but given the circumstances(after spending $200 on resets),
I never gave up and along the way, found a build that suited my playstyle since before DW release, which was a sustain build that could DPS and Solo.
And with this build, I managed to popularize the use of AMPR.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Concept:
This build was built under the pillars of Sustain and Speed and Adaptability
1. Sustain being the high hp and mp pool and high hp and mp regen.
2. Speed being the fast-paced actions and immediate responses based on the flow the battle.
3. Adaptability being the ability to change combo sets and responses depending on what you are facing.

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Things To Consider:
Damage
-Damage wise, DW isn't the best in DPS, unless you're into long combos that deal high damage, which is for me against what a DW should be.
-It's built more in sustain damage than burst damage.
-High auto attack damage potential, personally hit 14k auto attacks.
Stats
-Stats make or break a DW. The way you allocate stats can make you tilt from one point of the scale to the other. Balance is the key to all things.

Combos
-The way you make a combo should be based around how you tackle an objective. Because bosses, minibosses and events can't be controlled, you know what is? Your combos. Not one combo can be used to its full potential on every boss.

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Stat Allocations:
Full Dex (Shittiest Build)
-Only Raw Damage comes to mind, most of the newbs think of only building a single stat build on a DW given the notion that other weapons like 2h, Knux, BG, Staff(Double stat but depends on build) scale off only on one stat, and that other weapons like 1h, Bow, Mdev scale off two stats but the other can be laid off til the end.
-Only good in early game, useless in mid to late game unless you go tanky, invest in AGI or STR

Double Stat Builds
Dex Agi
-Scales to Mid and Late Game, For the Utility/Tanky builds because you'd have to get both CDMG and Crit Rate for equipments, don't really have to rely on damage boosting xtals and adds because you'll mostly prioritize for HP and Evasion. Going a damage-y route while surviving because you have high dodge, good evasion, high enough hp to not get one shot.
Dex Str
-Scales to and for Mid Game, Damage Built, you can ignore the flat cdmg you can get from equipment stats, and get a balance of cdmg and crit rate so you can crit more, and deal damage more. Add in a bit of HP and Reflex/ Flash Blast and you'll be good to go since Flash Blast damage scales like a normal skill, having a form of functional survivability.

Three Stat Build
Dex Agi Str
-Personally my preferred build, and as a I always say, Get DEX to an amount until you're satisfied with your ATK stat, Prioritize either AGI then STR or STR then AGI to 100 or 150, depending on how much you want. My Rule is, Focus on Dex then Balance out AGI and STR. Of course this scales til Late Game. If permitted, we get up to two stats maxed and half of a stat.
- +254 Points per stat, and a half of that, you get around 635 stat points, I'd probably invest getting 200 points in each, then the rest to either Vit or Crt.

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Equipment:
Pretty standard equipment build to be honest, since you there's not much variation you can get.
Either you're running a broken stat build, or a single stat build.

For Main Weapon
Always get ATK%.

Variations you can get are:
1. ATK%, CD%, Flat CD.
2. ATK%, CD, CR, CR%
3. Atk%, CD%, Flat CD, CR. (Varies between ATK 4%/CDMG 7% or ATK 7%/CDMG 4%)

The first two are available right away in this stage of the game.
The last one is a gamble but will be available by the time we can get 50+ Pot on a 1h, which is worth getting.

Sub Weapon
Stats that work on sub are WEAP ATK, Stability, Element.
Refine affects Weapon ATK Value so get it to as high as you can.
Based on what I read, a +S can get you x2.25 of the Weap Atk it has.

For Custom 1h stats.
Getting ATK%, Crit, CDMG is useless on sub because it will not work.
I personally use a 105~106 +B Ice Brand with Elem and Trash stats, by trash stats I mean random negas, even getting negative STR%, DEX% or nega Max HP/MP won't work.

But if you want to use it for Main weap.
Get it stats like
Element, %DMG to Opposite Element, Atk%/CDMG/CDMG%/Crit or any other variation you want.
For a standard sub weapon, without elem.
Get. TOMAHAWK. 120 Base Weap ATK. Outweighs the 40% Stability it has.

How Stability works on your damage:
For Normal Attacks, Each hand deals a different amount of damage based on your stat allocations, and the corresponding Stability.
I've noticed this because I use a Tomahawk on sub, and the damage of the left hand fluctuates more than the Main weap which has 80% Stability.

For Skills, Based on my observation, the stability it takes into account is an average between the Main and Sub Weapon.
Tested it out on Warmonger multiple times all on full proration.
The Maximum Damage I could deal with a Fire Elemental Ice Brand with 80% Stability and a Tomahawk is both 26,000.
The Lowest Damage I could deal with Ice Brand is around 20,000.
While the Lowest Damage I could deal with Tomahawk is around 15,500 to 16,000.

So with 26,000 as a Base Max Value.
We can calculate the Stability by Dividing the lowest possible damage by the Base Max Value
So Tomahawk dealt 15,000 lowest:
15,500 / 26,000 is roughly 0.6 or 60%.
and with Ice Brand dealing 19,000 constantly:
20,000 / 26,000 is 0.8 or 80%.

I haven't tested yet if Stability% as a custom stat on sub affects the damage because the highest you can get is 3% and is barely noticeable.

For Armor.
Always go Light Armor Remod. For Evasion.
Stats you can get are:
1. Crit Crit% CDMG CDMG%
2. ATK% Crit CDMG
3. Stat% Crit Crit% CDMG
4. ATK% Stat% Crit.

I advise getting the 1st option.
You get more ATK from the stats you put and the weapon you get anyway.
So it's better to prioritize on Crits for your armor since ATK% eats double the pot it needs on weap, which is a waste of stats you can get.

Add Gears:
Since this is a sustain build, more closely to building AMPR.

I suggest you get:

Magic Scarf: 100 MP, +3 AMPR, for the MP and AMPR.

Ear Cuffs: 4 AMPR and Resistances, opt for this if you think you have high enough MP.

Two Headed Snake Crown: 4 AMPR and 200 MP, a better version of Magic Scarf.

Since getting double AMPR from MP and Bonus AMPR.
It's better to get a high MP Pool and Bonus AMPR.

Special Gear:

Warrior Bangle: 100/200 HP and 3 AMPR. Same concept to getting Ear Cuffs, if you think you have high enough MP, get this.

MP Talismans (Dex Talisman, the 500MP Choco Ooze Ring, 350MP Choco Ooze Ring). More MP, More AMPR. Opt for this if you don't want to get MP Xtals and want to get Damage Xtals.

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Xtal Choices:
Weapon:

For Damage-y builds get BKOD, Ganglef

For more MP, get Pillar Golem

For AMPR and HP, get Zega.

Armor:

Standard would be Boss Roga for more HP

Jade Raptor of MP and AMPR.

Cerberus if you want more damage.

Add Gears:

Pumpking for AMPR.

Silver Roar, for AMPR.

Twilight Dragon for more Damage.

Warmonger for more Crits.

GD Yelb for more ASPD and Damage.

Rings:
Honestly you'd just get AMPR for Rings.
So either Eerie, Shining Gentleman, Viscum, or Silver Roar.

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Skill Allocations:
This build relies only on Dual Sword and Sword Skills.

Sword Skills:
Hard Hit: 5~10
Astute: 10
Trigger: 10

Sword Mastery: 5~10

Hard Hit can be either at level 5 or 10, more damage and more flinch at level 10, good damage and a good combo starter at level 5.

Astute is good damage source and crit booster, so you need to get it at 10.

Trigger, I recommend you get this at level 10, for Damage and AMPR.

Sword Mastery, same concept as getting Dex, get this to a level where you think your ATK stat will be enough for you.

Dual Sword Skills:
All Passives at Level 10
Dual Sword Mastery, Dual Sword Control, Godspeed

Twin Slash: 5~10
Spinning Slash: 5~10
Phantom Slash: 10
Cross Parry: 5~10
Charging Slash 5~10
Shadow Step: 10
Reflex(Optional), Flash Blast(Optional)

Twin Slash is your early to mid game damage skills, so you'd get it at 10, but it falls off to the transition of the late game, and you'd maybe restat it to 5.

Spinning Slash is a good damage source from mid game to end game. It really doesn't do much early on so you probably won't get it at or leave it at level 5, but around mid game, it deals tons of damage, consider getting it to 10. The main damage source isn't from the initial hit, but from the DPS of the tornado.

Phantom Slash adds more damage per level, with a good amount of proration and being well timed, it can do tons of damage and save your a** a couple of times.

Cross Parry, the only thing that changes per level is the amount you get from the Buff if you successfully parry any sort of physical damage. Around a 10% increase in ATK and ASPD. at level 10.

Charging Slash is a good source of damage if you're planning to build unsheathe. A good disengage skill too.

Shadow Step, Has 12m range at Level 10. Lessened MP Cost at Lvl 4 and Lvl 7. Best Chase Tool, AMPR Buff, Crit Buff for the Next Skill similar to Trigger's Motion Buff.

Other Skills:
Survival:
HP Regen 5
HP Boost 10
Fighter's High is optional but at level 10, with around 4,000 HP. You regen 4HP Per Second, Which is a good amount considering you'd kite alot and weave in and out in between attacks,
MP Regen 5
MP Boost 10
Sober Analysis scales off your Natural MP Regen, so if you wanna get this, don't get Nega MP Regen from custom stats.

Magic Skills:
MP Charge, Level depends on your preference, since in this build, I mostly build high cost Combos and regen them up with my high AMPR, but after fights and nothing to hit, you don't a chance to regen any MP, so getting this at level 1 would be good.

Battle Skills:
ATK Up, 5~10, same concept with getting Sword Mastery
Whack, 10%-ish chance to increase the damage you deal, I don't know the amount but it's also a pre-req for Crit Up
Crit Up, 10, getting this at 10 is like getting 5% CDMG and 5% Crit Rate, so it's a must.

Guard Skills:
Light Armor Mastery, 5~10, at level 10, doubles the evasion you get from having Light armor Mastery, so 20 Evasion just by having that is worth the points.

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This is the build I use to build upon my legacy.
Probably the last build I will post of it... or maybe until Level 4 Dual Wield Skills are released or at End Game.
Who knows...
It's time for a new generation to rise.
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Can this build help me solo present boss like imiticia or ecb
I would love to see it
Madara Uchiha, May 30, 2017

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