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Is the most important supportive spell for survivability Protect? If I were to get one slot for IA, should I use it for Protect or Spark of Life?

Should I not use haste? I've read it's bad for1H+Heavy

Haste is less useful for 1H Heavy. It does boost your survival a bit, so it's really situational, as you shouldn't have issues with survival anyway.

I don't do 1H Arena, but I maintain a 1H set for RE, and spark is a good IA choice, because unlike the other buffs, it's the only one that could "run out" before it's duration. This means if you proc spark frequently, it's a lot better to IA spark, as it's a permanent spark effect.

You could abuse that with OFC to do early PFU RE. The trick is to cast (almost all) supportive buffs including haste, then start hitting / curing until you reach ~210 OC. Activate Spirit stance -> OFC for a wipe. If they burst'd you to low health (~30%), keep hitting and let spark proc. On top of tanking a large hit with a bit of HP and SP, you also get a strong defensive buff for ~2 rounds.

Is it just me or occasionally arena runs is 3x as hard as it normally is?

Some runs I get sparked at the first round, had to cure ~2x a round (early on), and getting nuked every other turn down to 30%.

Some I hold down a single key, and wouldn't even take more than 10% damage per round. Feels like a forced death/ difficulty spike for no particular cause, no gear/level/difficulty change, at all.

Do you have any specific arena in mind?

nothing in particular. The one just now was To Kill A God. I cleared in reverse from End of Days, and it was relatively uneventful.

It wasn't last round or anything, it's very early on. Suddenly they all start hitting like a truck from the first round. I've noticed that yesterday, even the ~30 rounds sometimes feel the same.

Edit: Happened again at Exile, ran out of mana due to non-stop need for cure and died. Took ~same damage in 57 rounds as I took on my entire End of Day run.

This post has been edited by ihatenamingthings: Jan 27 2019, 07:08

Well, today is holy day. So with the right monster in that round that should explain it.

damage is mostly piercing, little to none magic damage though?

How do you determine which monster to kill/weaken/silence first? I'm trying out RE @ IWBTH, and sometimes I just get killed instantly,

Should I configure monsterbation so that hp bar length is relative to HP, and kill of weaker monsters? As for silencing, do I do that based on their mp bar or sp bar or both?

damage is mostly piercing, little to none magic damage though?

Well holy day is about holy damage, magic or physical. But when the damage was just from piercing attacks i would say, that your block and parry rng just let you down. I suggest get more of both and of course dont forget your mitigations.

How do you determine which monster to kill/weaken/silence first? I'm trying out RE @ IWBTH, and sometimes I just get killed instantly,

Should I configure monsterbation so that hp bar length is relative to HP, and kill of weaker monsters? As for silencing, do I do that based on their mp bar or sp bar or both?

You mean when there are just normal monster around? Not at all, sometimes i kill from the top, other times i kill from the botton, but that has more to do with where my mouse cursor is at that time as with what monster i encounter. When you get killed instantly, you are playing on the wrong difficulty. Use a lower difficulty, get stronger and try it again after you got stronger.

Thank you for your reply. So you mean I should set arena at difficulty for which I don't have to debuff monsters to survive?

Also, do you have some idea about the block change and parry chance one can achieve around lv300? Right now my block and parry chances are 43.5 and 24.9 %, respectively.

Thank you for your reply. So you mean I should set arena at difficulty for which I don't have to debuff monsters to survive?

Yes.

Also, do you have some idea about the block change and parry chance one can achieve around lv300? Right now my block and parry chances are 43.5 and 24.9 %, respectively.

Ehm, around 300? No, sorry. I dont remember, that is just too long ago. But i suggest, dont just look at your block and parry, also look at your MM and PM. Because block and parry can fail, and when you dont have a good defense, those monster attacks can and will kill you. Block and parry are good and important, but they are not everything that keeps you alive.

Thank you for your helpful comment. My PM and MM are 60 and 55 %, respectively. My armors are Exquisite plate with no shielding, and their percentile is like -70% since they are from like four years ago XD. I'm looking into Free Shops to see if I can rent some free gears, but unfortunately I already used my request for shared free shop yesterday for potions (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Tbh, i would really not suggest using shielding place, except as a shorttime solution until you get a full power armor set. It will may take some time, but just be patient, you will get there. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

It's 2H, could be resist RNG playing trick on me, but the damage range is absurd. I either live at ~5% HP for 3 turns in a row (purposely did that to proc spark), or I get sparked at 80% in 2 turns. It's anyone guess how much damage they do, though I started seeing candy dolls (still better than those god damn shadowcats), and it seems that very specific monsters is dealing all these damages. I could leave 1 alive, and it would potentially chunk almost as much off my health as all the others combined while I click on it :/

Oh, but you cant escape those shadowcats, they are everywhere. *sigh* (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Well, that sounds to me like a hole in your mitigations. So i would say forge it. Other may disaggree, but it worked for me. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Tbh, i would really not suggest using shielding place, except as a shorttime solution until you get a full power armor set. It will may take some time, but just be patient, you will get there. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Haha thank you. Any idea how much would it cost to get a full power armor set? Is it better to get piece by piece that are worthy of soulfusing or get affordable sets every 50 levels or so?

Haha thank you. Any idea how much would it cost to get a full power armor set? Is it better to get piece by piece that are worthy of soulfusing or get affordable sets every 50 levels or so?

At your level and in credits? I have no idea, sorry. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) And personally i would say when you find a piece, and you plan to use it for a longer time, fuse it, when you find a piece and you have plans to replace it in the near future, dont fuse it.

At your level and in credits? I have no idea, sorry. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) And personally i would say when you find a piece, and you plan to use it for a longer time, fuse it, when you find a piece and you have plans to replace it in the near future, dont fuse it.

Yea, main issue with getting a piece is because my level is too low (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)( I can't seem to find good items for my level because most items are leveled at least 450ish

Yea, main issue with getting a piece is because my level is too low (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)( I can't seem to find good items for my level because most items are leveled at least 450ish

Yeah, that is a problem, but tbh, at you level all i did use was selfdrops. Except of a single exq rapier everything was selfdrop until i was allready close to 400. It may take a while, but it is possible to do this. I mean i still use two selfdrops in my current set.

Yea, I guess if I get less greedy and sticky to doable difficulty level, it will be alright lol. I'm trying out if I can handle Nintendo arena and IWBTH RE right now .

Yea, I guess if I get less greedy and sticky to doable difficulty level, it will be alright lol. I'm trying out if I can handle Nintendo arena and IWBTH RE right now .

I know the feeling, i really do. But i really suggest to dont get a bigger bite than you could chew atm. You will be able soon enough to do them with ease. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)