Best crafting BS type for a noob?

So, I need help...I have a bs tec waiting for a reset but idk which type to choose and im afraid of wasting all that prof leveling time in a risky job.
Whats is the most profitable and efficient BS type right now?
BS VIT/TEC tank?
BS STR/DEX 2H?
BS +finale?
I even saw a Tenryou BS on yt.
Whats the safest choice for spina and leveling in the future? Or is it all the same in the end?

 

new lvl cap will come soon and everyone is ready to ditch their +17 stats equipment.
1) Vit Bs is fun and easy to leveling. The concept being the tank is remain same but lacks of being effective from pure tank. You can focus on resistance build.
About armor price, 1s armor is quite cheap now.
2) Str BS/Dex also good too, for crafting 2h and 1h, leveling just same but lacks of punch since you will spent most of sp on bs skills. My str/dex bs dont use
buster. Leveling it quite a pain too since i dont have hp xtal (roga/ico). The 2h price didnt change that much lately and for ohs price. I m not sure. Well,
most of player use dw now.
3) Int Bs, i dont know much about it.
*overall, if they released a better equipment (high pots, high atck), you can get a good spina. About leveling, its just still same just less effective from the full
build.

 

For production BS I think vit bs is easiest to grow and make money with. If you have a 250 vit smith and crafted 2s adventure garbs or 2s forest wolf garbs you can make easy money early on.
Unlike other more specialized smiths who craft only 1 thing well for a specific build type armor smiths make armors that can be used by all.
If you picked up pomie knucks during the previous download event you could also make your semi "tank" semi dps as well. With 175 cap you could easily max the dps skill for knucks and have left overs. It might not have enough for battle skill tree but it can change when future caps are released.

Str/Dex smiths comes at a close second for me. Not only because it can craft the most 2h, 1h, bows, bowguns but because it can also use what it makes as its weapon class. If you have access to tier 4 skills you can make pretty much any dps type with your str/dex smith. My Dex/Str smith uses a bowgun and cf for dps.

Int bs makes the least money currently. Compared to other weapon builds staffs and md give the least utility/damage in a 1v1 boss rank battle. Cast time is simply too slow for its main dps magic skill. Stats for staffs are cheap and easy to obtain (unless if its for a staff fu). Like a tank smith int smiths have the ease of leveling because it doesn't require expensive gear to get it capped or deal major damage.

 

Can i ask, did u allocate any tec to your dex/str smith? Or do i need to add any tec to my str/dex bs? resetting my blacksmith from full str/tec to str/dex, but thinking if i have no tec will my success rate be affected and i get more failures when crafting?

Also one question, if i reset all my skills on a blacksmith will i lose my proficiency and have to start over again crafting and leveling my prof?

Thank you

 

profiency will be lowered to 50.
anything above 50 requires the anvil/bottle skills and will be lost along with the skills.

 

Yes, you'll have lower success rate but higher potential gain when crafting.

This is only true if you craft once after resetting before putting points back in the skills.

 

So guys, I did a vit bs semi tank. How do I profit? Like, the cost of the materials to make the armors its actually higher then the selling prices. Should I just invest and gamble until I hit a 2s?

 

Better to farm the mats instead of buying them or look for an armor that sells for more than the materials needed to craft it. Soldier Arm and probably Empress Garb as well aren't worth buying the mats to craft because unless you get at least 1 slot the materials cost more than the armor sells for(not sure about Empress Garb but it's a fact for Soldier Arm, the chrome alone sells for more than the no slot armor).

 

This... also, don't forget about Holy Robes, they're not out of the running yet... heck even Diomedea Suit is hanging on by a thread, though not many pay any attention to it...

 

My suggestion is go for STR(250)-DEX(rest) and use bow as weapon. Why?

1. With VIT-BS you can only really get spina if you crat a 2slot armor, which is very ultra rare. NoSlot armor will not cover your whole production cost if you converted it into spina (material from monster/boss+material from production, 1 slot armor would cover it all or barely cover your whole production cost. With 250 STR you can craft many types popular weapon (at least for current update), which are: 2h, 1h, bow, & halberd. Unlike VIT-BS, when you craft weapon with STR-BS, at the very least the production cost will be covered most of the time, since slot on weapon is not really matter for some people and the minimum price for zero weap atk bonus can cover some of your cost most of the time.

2. As for why go for bow and not 2h or 1h? That is because the damage of CrossFire doesnt really have significant difference compared to the full DEX build, and bow playstyle is relatively safer then 2h, since you are not investing any point in vit. It is true you can play 2h without any point in vit, but in my opinion comparing bow without vit and 2h without vit, bow is safer to play with less risk. And CF have higher demand in most party nowadays.

3. Why just not going with DEX(250)-STR(rest) if i will use bow as weapon? With full DEX you have good crafting potential with: bowgun, katana, 1h, & bow. 1h & bow are just the same, katana sells good its pretty popular weapon anyway. But bowgun, even though it still sells and people do use it, but people will very much prefer bow than bowgun, and bowgun prices is relatively cheaper than bow.

Take your time to think about what you will make. My general suggestion for every wanna be BS is just make a BS that also use your main character weapon, so you will not need another set of gears. Good Luck & Have Fun in creating your very own BS.

 

Desandra, do you put points into TEC? Isn’t TEC important in getting a successful craft?

 

It's useful for raising prof level but not a necessity for crafting since you lose potential if you put too much in Tech.

 

I didn't know this...

IIRC, TEC raises 1 difficulty for every 2 stat points invested while DEX requires 6.
Since these 2 stats work in a similar way, do you think DEX also increases the success rate of crafting but at lower rate than TEC?

Sorry for necro...

 

no, it does not

 

Full tec and Dex for Refine ?

 

No, Dex does nothing for refine only Tec and Luk personal stats do. Use 255 Tec for 0-C/B and 255 Luk for C/B-S.

 

what's the use of the prof level?

 

Prof lvl helps with success rate in crafting and allows to reach higher recipes. Has no use in refine or statting.

 

Only for crafting ?

 

Yes