question about lvlng stating char

As the title says whats the best way to lvl stating n crafting chars currently at lvl 160 .

 

Venena till about 200 would be the best option. Seele, Viola, finstern till 205.
I recommend making each blacksmith fit it's stats with skills.
Vit blacksmith you can use as a tank and use recovery on ailements, str/dex can be bow or 2h, halberd crafter halberd skills, katana crafter dual wield or katana skills, and tec maybe a mage since you can make it an int Smith too and use int as second stat. That way leveling won't be too difficult or you getting accused of having low damage for being a blacksmith because damage not so different from a pure dps build if you match stats with skills, unless you a vit Smith using bow which isn't a good idea.

 

It depends on the build. If you're a tech>anything Smith (I'm personally tech>vit) then I'd suggest grabbing finale then filling in Smith/alchemy skills. The reason for this is that even with somewhat crappy gears finale will still deal an alright amount of damage. (where if you took like meteor ths you would hardly deal any). You can mostly level at venena and in the lack of a tank you can use this set of equipment to be an agro holder and effectively leech without leeching
Charm belt (30% agro)
Guidance lantern (25% agro)
Esca shield (30% agro).
Set your combo to impact>finale (Swift) and unless there's a full tank in either party you should be set for holding agro

If your a crafter blacksmith then you fill in your weapons of choice DPS skills. This works because in the case of most Crafters their stats are the same as their dps. (for example str/dex can effectively craft ohs ths bow and bg or anything else that uses str, dex, or both.). The only case this doesn't work well is katana because they use agi for crafting but their build is dex and str. For a katana crafter you're better going for a ds shining cross build (if you can afford it)

 

Katana crafter is agi=dex, you can use knux and goliath punch is a decent dps skill now

 

Yeahhh. Really the biggest thing is you're missing cd from str so any character meant for crafting katanas is going to be a bit weaker in the dps department ^^". I said dw because I've seen it still do somewhat decent damage even with an odd stat choice like that but if Goliath punch works well without the cd from str definitely go for it

 

You will get low pot with str-agi on katana crafter, str agi is for halb crafter.

 

gosh, people not even considering Agi>Dex Gun fu build. Bowgun gains better stat than Knuckles and with Gun fu, you can make chariot as secondary dps. Mana is not even an issue here and it does not eat much sp.

well this is just my opinion.

 

People often forget one thing or another. This is why the forum is a good place for exchanging ideas.

 

For me, I started out as a mage with NPC equipment and spam Finale all the way to 200 since I'm poor. I maxed my INT and add some DEX for CSPD. For MP, I just ate food from friends. After reaching 200, I reset my stats and skills for free and I'm now currently planning my skill allocation for BS Vit.