Brawler Set up for the Not So Rich (less than 3m) [level 160]

Lets face it. It's easy to be OP if you have Money...

I've played many games all my life. Dominating economy was always one of the easiest things for me to do.

The most fun I ever had playing any RPG game was...How can I make a useable character on a budget for the average not so rich player? I loved creating these gear and stat builds to help other players that just want to enjoy the game and not have to deal with making money all the time to make 2 slot items. Using my research so far, I present any not so rich who want to play brawler and have a max level character. Some gear may take some time to farm, but does not require much Spina Expenditure


A few things people should note on Brawler:

-It is much easier to get Damage Via GEAR than it is via STATS.
-Attack /Motion Speed and Proration are a Brawlers Best Friend
-Because of the low innate damage of Brawlers, maximizing MP to use short smite combos are easiest ways to keep up damage and not get stuck
-Due to the fact that brawlers have to be in your face most of the time, it is best to maximize either evasion with a dagger or resistance with a shield, to increase surviveability
**Personal opinion, I prefer shield because RNG is unreliable and Pdef is awesome**


A few personal opinions of mine regarding brawlers:
-Aggravate and Strong Chase are kind of useless. Sometimes it gets in the way of possibly regenerating MP from Shell break. Do not put to these skills
-Chariot, While strong suffers from the potential to completely MISS on faster targets. However, it is still a necessary skill vs bosses that use lots of spikes
-Shield is the superior subhand choice due to higher possible resistances, Vulcan shield being awesome, and PDEF
-Shukuchi is a must so close in distances quicker

Assumptions -
1. We will not get lucky on CB, prices are average.
2. All gear will be either NPC Crafted, Mob found, or cheap craft options

Onto the GEAR! Here I will explain what type of gear you should invest in and why

Spoiler: Gears!

Weapon -> Lil Empress Knuckle (About 500k investment from Refine, +30k with cheap Xta or +700k with more expensive XTA)
This Weapon is Amazing. High Crit, Element, Some Atk, and guard break! Farm it. Get it to Plus C and get a slot on it!
XTA -> Pillar Golem or MP250 Crystal. Pillar is a around 700k right now with the right seller, but is a beast of an XTA.

total Cost (550k to 1.2m)

Sub Hand -> Vulcan Shield to Plus D (maybe 250k from Refine)
What an amazing item.
Crit, Accu, and ASPD.


Armor -> This slot focus should be to maximize damage while keeping costs low

Custom Armor, Atk 6%, Agi 6%, Crit 14 (100% with 60 pot armor) Cost around +250k for Armor and +100k for Stat (with summer event)
Non summer Event should focus on getting Assassin Garb with Slot.
Refine to Plus D (250k)
XTA -> Focus should be MP or Damage here! Getting up to Ornlarf is expensive, so we will forgo it and use our STAT points to get HP here.
MP 250+ xta

Total Cost -> (300k)


Additional -> On this slot, we can go two routes
If we want to maximize our Damage, we will forgo crit here and add crit in stats
If we want to maximize our HP, we will forgo damage here and get crit gear here

For damage - Cheapest is Traveler Cape with slot (10k?)
Best grindy option is Ninja Hat NPC crafted until plus Slot
If go this route, put stats to crit

For Crit - Shaved Ice Hat while its cheap (100k with slot or get from event)
If no event, use gust goggles for extra accur
If go this route, put stats to HP

Wild card - Jiangshi hat (10k for with slot)
why??? Gives lots of resistances and extra mp to be more spammy
If go this route, put stats to crit

XTA (Mp 250) and refine to D

Total Cost -> (300k to 500k)

Special -> 3 cheap routes
1. Machina ring, can give more MP
2. Mistletoe, can give more Defenses
3. Dark Knight, Minus Aggro and dodge (Cheapest option)

Since we are Full AGi, we have plenty of ASPD to spare. Don yeti will give us some much needed ATK Back

XTAS -> 1. Don yeti + Agi 5, crit, or Minotaur
2. Don yeti, + MP 250
3. Don Yeti

Total Cost -> 150k to 600k

***NOTE, Can be done without Don yeti if you want your 1k (5% motion speed) will lose a lot of atk though


Gear Cost TOTAL! -> 1.3m TO 2.6m

Most people by level 160 should have that much if not more just by selling boss grinds.


Total Crit from Gear -> 51 to 71 crit + 25 Base = 76 to 95 crit
Total MP from Gear -> 1k to 1.75k

Spoiler: Skills!

Martial -> 97 SP
6 to smash
6 to bash
10 to shellbreak
10 to chariot
10 to sonic wave
10 to Rush
20 to passives
10 to Chakra


Magic -> 23
7 to impact
1 to mp charge
*Short Spike Combos

Monofu -> 6
1 to Shukuchi
*Closing into Distance

Shield -> 30
10 to shield mastery
10 to force mastery
10 to magic mastery
Extra Resistances and HP

Knight -> 20
10 to Pdef -> Main source of Heal and Survival

Battle -> 20
10 to crit up
The damage scaling for the other passives is too low. Not worth the SP

Optional SP ->
Quick Aura for more aspd
War cry +9 for more dmg

Spoiler: Stats!

First things first, You gotta get FULL AGI! This will be our basic damage, aspd, and dodge.

We will ignore Dex because the pay off is too little. Crit damage from Str is an Optional Damage boost, but I will ignore it for Crit and HP since we are not using Ornlarf.


Depending on your Gear output, distribute your stats between Crit and Vit.

Spoiler: Total Numbers

The following numbers are costs and stats of those gear cost set ups


Using the lowest cost setting of 1.3m (Lil empress, Custom, Traveler, Dark Knight)
1481 ATK
100 Crit
155 Crdmg
1460 MP
43 Phys Resistance
43 Magic Resistance
7.5k HP
85 stab
AMPR 26



Using the max damage route Cost of 2.6m (Lil Empress, Custom, Ninja, Machina)

1512 Atk with some pierce
100 crit
158 crdmg
1100 MP
7500 HP
43 Phys Resistance
43 Magic Resistance
85 Stab
21 AMPR


Using Crit Gear Route With cost of about 1.8m (Lil Empress, Custom, Shaved Ice, Machina)
1442 atk
100 crit
158 cdmg
1360 MP
11k HP
43 Phys Resistance
43 Magic Resistance
85 Stab
23 AMPR

Using Max Resist Route Cost 1.5m (Lil Empress, Custom, Jiangshi, Mistle)
1442 ATK
100 Crit
155 CDM
1610 MP
8k HP
59 Phys Resistance
59 Magic Resistance
85 Stab
26 AMPR

If you had a budget of under 3m, which set up would you go for?

I would personally go with the Jiangshi Hat Because I love being able to take hits.

 

**Side note, if you have a slightly higher budget, you can find some cheap old FC armors to boost your damage even further as well as weapons.