[DW] Khia's Blade Dancer guide: Now you're playing with power!

gate is a problem area atm, flinch causes it to guard, which negates a ridiculous amount of damage.
unfortunately without hard hit we can't combo. I'm currently debating what skill to put 1 point in just for this boss (and if it's not better to just switch chars)
knockback glitches gate too, so it's not worth substituting hard hit with a level 1 spinning slash just for the offchance you kill your entire party : /
anyway gate's a problem.

you can get a NPC crafted flower band, ooze armor, adel swords and warrior bangle fairly easily.
but after the budget version, difficulty of attainment skyrockets. (and even budget needs eiree xtal)

apple drops from coryn (duece hamlet, level 19), fairy wing is from level 23? roars in ruined temple area 2, and burning liquid drops off all mobs in area 1 and 2 of the volcano (I recommend red slimes for chance at red dye additional)

another huge problem currently is getting the headband from big coryn, DW can't move during an attack, and this boss runs away 24 meters after throwing an aoe stun, with unlucky timing, this resets the boss (who has huge evasion)
I'm actually leveling an archer just to deal with that, as 5% stability is a huge gain.

Sorry if I was a little hostile ^^;

 

I see. Yeah gate is a very, very frustrating boss. I felt like a low level player in SAO trying to solo the Skull Reaper
I'm going to look into the NPC crafted equips tomorrow. I need to get a picture of each one's material requirements so I'll remember them.
I gotcha on the consumable drops. I'll grab a couple stack of each.
I've fought big coryn before. I have a lv60 archer that i used for that. I think I'll stick to her for the boss fights. My dw is lvl60 too.
It's ok.

 

soda potum in longyo canyon drops potum fin (15 for adel sword)
goblins near gate in crater drop goblin claw (25 for adel)
squires in land of chaos for big leaf x30 (flower band)
kijimu in athema ruined town for red petal x30 (flower band)
kijimu in strum road (or longyo) for petal x30 (flower band)
goblins in ruined temple for Small article x5 (warrior bangle)

and ooze armor you'll want from the boss - rare drop
eiree xtal from eiree xtal - takes a bit over 1000 kills on average.

I really need to add a section in the guide for locations and trouble areas >.<

 

I gotcha. I have an Adel sword (ns) right now as my offhand and a Sabre with an MP+50 xtal as my main. I'll try got join a pt for the farming Ooze armor. I farmed Eerie today about 50 times. Guess I'll make a day to get that xtal lol.

 

finally decided which skill to use in lue of hard hit for gate (and helps with big coryn too)
I totally overlooked knight skills >.< grab yourself assault attack, check the new combo order and hopefully you'll be a lot more successful on your next gate attempt.

 

Here's a solo warmonger for anyone interested in a rough estimate of results
I'm still uing 70 dex and I need to re-invest a few skill points, the gear I'm using should be pretty close to the casual build.

 

The thing I hate about dual wielding is that u can't dodge unless all attacks are done. Plus one sword without shield is faster and stronger than dual wield. If u ask me. Dual wield is for looks

 

get out of my thread.

 

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I think so too. However, from my experience you're supposed to Cross Parry red zones if your evasion isn't high enough as a DW.

Nice guide, but why Dual Wield if you're effectively a Blader (75% of your skills)? Seems redundant.
One other thing: unless DW stats follow different rules it is my understanding that Dex offers more to Crit rate on top of the 50% more to Atk than Str does.

 

100% more attack than strength 1 from strength, 2 from dex, 2 offhand from agi.
each skill has ONE additional bonus
str is cdmg, dex is hit, and agi is attack speed.

and if you *actually* read my guide, you'd know exactly why I chose blade skills yet use a sword as an offhand.
It's explained in the introduction FFS - but seeing as you struggle with it, here's a tldr;
DW has higher mana mana per hit, and only 1 DPS skill (with a really nice cdmg% attached to it).
as a nice bonus, DWC changes the dex needed for one hit to 3.7 instead of five (-0.3 for each level after 1)
this is easily a better investment in points than dagger skill's hidden arm.

I don't know why I'm replying to a troll who's quoting a troll (seriously), but whatever.

 

To get by without using Hard hit, I'd suggest this:
1) X-parry > Astute > Trigger slash > Twin slash > Spinning (all Consec)
Or if X-parry slows you down:
2) Astute > Spinning > Trigger slash > Twin slash
If you don't' mind using more than 1 mp, you could use 1) and smite the Twin slash

I know I am not ending any combos with Trigger slash to take advantage of the mp regen, which is against a lot of principles behind your build, feel free to swap it with Twin slash. I have my own reasons for the sequence that I have.

 

theres currently 1 point allocated to assualt attack specifically for gate. spinning slash is also a no go thanks to knockback glitching out gate and making it unreachable.
with my build you wont have points left for both cross parry and spinning slash anyway.
the entire point of this build is a 1 mana spam, so your suggestions, while nice, are a little out of place
I was using a variation with holy fist instead of hard hit for a while that also proved quite effective, though i recently stopped playing toram.

 

holy fist-sonic+consec-astute+smite-impact+consecutive = 2mp at first BUT since impact hits last it then causes further moves halfed so- twin slash then costs 1mp and then repeat sequence ... enjoy

 

DW will never be DPS or a good class...

It's a fan boy class - if you play for DPS forget DW even exist and remove them from existence

 

What Does The No Life version mean?

 

Good guide. But to many what if situations.

1. Why not get hp boost? I know the lack of skill points thing. But i think u can sacrifice other attack skills like twin slash or other. Astute trigger slash is enough right for low mp combos. Additional 1k hp will help i think. U cant always dodge or avoid red area. Theres some sitiuations that u cant.

2. How does weapon affect normal damage or skill damage for dw. Im confuse about adel sword if u can use 2 rapier with dex crit stats. Sorry im a newbie.


3. Dex gives 2 damage to main sword while str gives 1 to both which is 2 damage as well. So is there a difference they both give 2 damage. Does it affect skill damage or any other reason?

And what is ooze armor stats boss version. Also flower hairband boss version.. sorry dont know much about the fame im still a newbie.. i plan to use this guide as referrence. Thanks

 

@Khia no offense. I tried your build. As to the extent of getting it to 80 and adjusting it to a greater extent as much as i can. But i can say that this build is fairly adequate.
Why?
1. You rely on crit.
2. You rely on spamming.
3. The dependencies on pots is too high.
4. Str only stat isnt a viable build even if yoy have 50 dex.
5. Based on the equipment i used based on this build.
A. You have too little mp to dish out high damage combos. Ehich leads to.
B. Your auto>combo spam isnt viable because of proration. Since you rely on str to do damage and increase crit damage. You rely on proration to increase the damage dealt on your target, which you may fail to do because you cannot gather enough potential damage when you immediately expend it.

This is just my experience on your build. I may try and find improvemnts for it without the dependency on pots.

Thank you. Kudos to this build

 

That's the issue I had. I just couldn't kill things nor dodge red zones. This is a great build and does good damage, but as soon as you take aggro you're pretty much done. I just gave up and went to a 2h sword with a full str build. I deal massive damage with that character.

 

My core. Thanks (^_^)/