GSW n Finale?

say, did this topic happen in the past?
what do you think about those skill combination?

 

probably one of the worst tbh, the last thing you wanna be with gsw is stuck in one spot for a good few seconds, the start up and finish animation do get a good boost from high motion but i wouldn't say its worth it unless the boss is predictable

 

i did this. the trade-off is not worth the minimal gain.
this might change with the new guard/evasion system, but as it is now it's not good.

 

There's the burger mage, and I also made one in my signature. Basically I use magic device to use resonance and do consecutive finales and use gsw to speed up the cycle. It's meant to deal highest damage overtime by boosting the motion speed of the cast of both finale and maximizer. You need the perfect situation where you're not much at risk of getting hit by any attacks. I named the build "magic artillery" since it basically fires off magic from stationary position. Its situational, but it packs a punch if you have the perfect setup of a party. But if you die, you die.

Pretty much an afterthought since I had a lot of skill points on my finale mage. And the resonance is pretty neat in terms of mp flexibility. Now I'd just reset it for skills like stone skin thats more practical for wider range of battles.

Maybe I should revisit this and made a gameplay video of it since at that time My phone was crappy to record videos.

 

I see, personally, I like the effect when i do finale and evade an attack at the same time (maybe my real luck are too high).
evasion mage maybe not a bad build but it has so much drawback, noted*

 

That animation boost is not worth it. Still stuck at casting for 3 sec with negative resistance on top of that. It is more like asking to die.

 

Right!
Still waiting for that ‘1-time evasion’ that was to be allowed during finale..

Its like Devs like to tease (and annoy..!) their player base..

‘Close..but not close nuff’
‘There..almost there..oops! You missed it :b’
‘Here~ have some salt to your already salty wounds ’

It would allow quite a bit of flexibility~!
-w-; ) had it been implemented, more than half the deaths (of mages) would be saved x’3

 

I tested it and I'm amaze how much faster is everything. Imagine finale with swift tag but with smite damage and also it can speed up everything! (mp charge, brave aura etc..). The downside is you'll die to almost all aoe's but I'll take it (because i'll die anyways even without gsw lol).