What sword should I buy

Im looking to have THS as my main character. I would like to focus on buying a sword first.

I have no idea what crystas should I look for(I see most people have either Gwaimol, Tyrant Machina, or Mardula) and what sword(Anniv Sword IX, Lil Empress or etc.) and what stats the sword should have.

Which sword should I buy, my budget is 16m or what potential(all I know is that this affects statting) should I buy the sword at for the best stats? Im sorry if the information I provided is lacking but I have no idea what to do aside from farming spina.

Or should I buy/do something else, I really dont know what to focus on because I am slightly new at this game

 

What you already have also affect what u buy next. I'm not a THS main player, and only uses boss drop for it. For me good armor come first as i can use it for my other character too. But priority might change depending on your situation.

 

I would keep that spina and wait. The next in line craftable items are from pyxtica and pyxtica has a 2h sword that will be craftable with a higher base attack than 4th Anniv, 430+ base, I can't remember the exact number.
So that means 4th anniv swords price will drop by alot once it's released and people start crafting and selling it , so if you buy a 4th anniv sword now you will lose spina once the new 2h sword is released.
If you wait you can purchase a 4th anniv for really cheap, 2s +S for probably about 10m since weapons values decrease once a more powerful one is released and everyone sells their old equip to replace with the better or you can save up more and buy a more powerful 2h with more attack with the new pyxtica 2h.

Regarding crystas, gwaimol+mardula is sorta the standard and if one slot go for gwaimol and stats for 2h would be atk10% str10% cdmg10% cdmg 20, if you not using beserk then I recommend atk10% cdmg10% cdmg20 cr20.

 

My other character is a production class (Synthesis Skill tree Maxed) and I plan to max the Blacksmith Skill tree when I have enough levels. So I have 2 characters overall

Should I buy that sword in the future with stats these said stats or is letting someone do the statting cheaper? Also how many potential will I need for this?

 

You can buy in the future or buy a 4th anniv with those stats and xtals for cheap. Not very long till its craftable.
If you have a friend or know someone who stats that you can trust it might be a little cheaper but I think if you search on cb or shout you can find a decent one with stats and refine +S one slot around your price range, price all depends on the attack of the weapon, the more attack the more expensive. Pot 70+ should be okay for those stats but refine is also important, so you could buy one refined already with no stats but then it is risky to get statted, many scammers xD
I suggest searching here on forums for a statter if you go that route. But yeah those said stats are the best if you plan to own one 2h.
Anyway im blabbering...my advice is wait a bit but if you really need a 2h then buy one.

 

IIRC, u will get total 4 character slot for free. Also, your synth character need to lvl too, so will be needing equips too.
The way you do your production character is not the best. You wasted a lot of skill points on unneeded skills

 

I use a10cd10cd20cr20aggro-15 2hs gives more freedom and doesnt bind the char to maintain berserk and astute.

 

What if after I max Prof limit in BS and Synth, and use the book of oblivion to get more points? Also what are the uneeded skills? isnt the Proficiency skill tree on both Blacksmithing and Synthesizing required?

 

I meant to say after maxing my Synth and BS skill tree, I would use Book of oblivion here which wont make me need to invest skill points on the top part of both of these skill trees. I feel like I made a mistake here and want to salvage it by doing this. Dont wanna make a new character because I already have 4lock at 100% rate.

My stat distribution is Tech and then Dex which my main purpose is to transfer dyes and craft potions to sell. I thought of making my production multipurpose by maxing both skill trees(I probably did something wrong here). What type of Blacksmith character is viable here?

 

If your target on alchemist tree is just to get 4 lock, you only need 20 skill points on the bottles skill. All the bottles skill has the same effect. Depending on how much your current alchemy proficiency is, you can adjust the skill point invested in it so you don't lost any proficiency.
Blacksmith on the other hand has 3 different branch with different requirement. Refining just require 255 tec. Statting require 255 tec and the character be at lvl cap (at multiple of 10) for best stat you can put on the equipment. Crafting need non tec stat depending on what you want to make. Only crafting need the anvil skill with statting getting some benefit if you have high proficiency without it becoming a requirement.
Both bottles and anvils skills have same effect on their respective proficiency. Max proficiency level is 50 + 5*(number of skill point in the respective bottles or anvils skill). You can adjust the skill points added there so that you can meet whatever maximum you targeted.
Edit: IIRC, you will lose the proficiency higher than maximum allowed by the bottles/anvils if you start crafting without sufficient level in them.

 

I use to have a dedicated tec character for synthesis statting refining, but since statting need bs proficiency now, my most experienced crafter is now the statter as well, bringing my tec down to synthesis refining. ^_^

 

Hey Karin, sorry for disturbing you. version