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For staff, are economizer and arch mage the most desirable?

No, just try to get the highest amount of Penetrator and Spelleaver you can get, the rest is not important.
If you want to play @PFUDOR Penetrator5 is highly recommended.

For staff, are economizer and arch mage the most desirable?

Most desireable are Penetrator and Spellweaver.

-Penetrator is great for any mage because of the additional counter-resist, as if monsters resist a spell, the damage will be reduced and it will take more turns to kill it, affecting your survivability and clearspeed.

-Spellweaver is good for any mages as well, but specially for holy and dark because of the longer cast times. It directly affects a mage's survivability, as they will take less time to cast and will take less hits from monsters in the process.

-Economizer can be good for holy and dark mages because of mana costs, but when you are going mage in the first place, you have to stop minding the mana and consumables costs, as your main goal should always be the fastest clearspeed possible instead of saving up resources.

-Annihilator can be good, but if a mage can already one shot monsters with normal attacks, then criticals will just overkill monsters and use a slot that could be used for penetrator or spellweaver on your staff.

-Archmage can be good, specially for destruction suffixed staves, but you have to let go of penetrator or spellweaver to be able to get it. A tanky mage might consider getting it instead of the casting speed, but if they can already one shot monsters, then there's not much point to exchanging tankyness for more damage.

This post has been edited by Kinights: Apr 28 2017, 14:54

It's good to point out that if you wish to play with the Niten Ichiryu fighting style, you will have to go into your weapons Item Worlds to get the max Overpower potency possible on each, so you can deal with the monsters' parries, which is the biggest issue players that use 2H, DW and Niten have to face.

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For your armor, the only option for heavy would be power armor, and you would need to have your attack high enough to kill all enemies in the round with 1~2 hits, so they don't have the chance to attack you, as you will be lacking in defenses, with no evade nor resist, only able to deal with some physical attacks with your parry.

The only option for light would be shade armor, as it has no burden, so it won't affect your evade chance. It will allow you to fight in higher difficulties even if your damage isn't enough, as you will have evade, resist and parry to deal with monster attacks.

It's still good to point out that you might suffer if your damage isn't high enough in higher difficulties, as when monsters have more health, it's advised to use rapiers and estocs for the penetrated armor weapon proc, which is quite helpful to reduce your total cleartime as a melee.

If you don't mind a longer cleartime though, then just try your best to optimize the style and have fun with it. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Swift Strike is bad for 1H because currently it just acts as a defense measure.

The faster you attack, the less enemies can attack you, and as 1H doesn't really need to be even more tanky, it's better to have the lowest possible attack speed, so enemies can attack you and you can have the chance to counter them, thus dealing more damage per turn and having a faster clearspeed.

This is also the reason why most 1H players don't use haste, unless they start taking more damage on deep Item World and Grindfest runs, where even Shadow Veil might be necessary if the player's defensive stats aren't high enough.

The best potencies for a 1H player currently are But5/Fat4 or But4/Fat5, so you can have the highest possible damage to reduce your cleartime.

Swift Strike isn't needed as 1H is already tanky enough, and Overpower isn't needed as 1H has the Overwhelming Strikes buff, which gives you more than enough counter-parry.

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For your armor, Juggernaut 5 isn't really necessary for casual 1H players that don't do full Grindfests or long Item World runs, as the damage taken isn't high enough to make cure be used often.

If you do full GFs or long IW runs already, or at least plan to do them, then it's a good potency to aim for, but if you are mostly a casual player that plays only on the daily Arenas, then if you don't get Jug on your armor, no need to reforge it.

It's also good to point out that if you are going to reforge, it's better to already have a decent end game equipment that you won't change for a long time, so you don't waste money on a piece that you will switch soon.

appreciating share the valuable experience，i won‘t be forget it: get as more overpower potency as i can and i choose shade armor for my Niten Ichiryu set build but no power armor cause in my option dealing too much damage at short time not good for get enough overcharge energy also limited by skill CD mechanism.
somehow i am still need learning and i have my fun， thank you (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

@sigo8: Thanks, worked perfectly.

As a 1H+shield, is it worth the ~500k to pick up OFC for doing longer grindfests (150+) and M/L/P IWs? I play 90%+ in PFUDOR

As a 1H+shield, is it worth the ~500k to pick up OFC for doing longer grindfests (150+) and M/L/P IWs? I play 90%+ in PFUDOR

Yes. It's cheap, and often useful to get out of tight spot.

As a 1H+shield, is it worth the ~500k to pick up OFC for doing longer grindfests (150+) and M/L/P IWs? I play 90%+ in PFUDOR

If you just play hovering while doing something else(reading, watching videos, etc.), then OFC is only good for doing faster Random Encounters and clearing some annoying rounds on deep IWs or GFs where you have to cure often.

If you play fully focused on HV and can shoot OFC whenever it's available, then it's quite a good investment, but you will need to have damage high enough for it to fully clear monsters on higher difficulties.

you will need to have damage high enough for it to fully clear monsters on higher difficulties.

around his level 7~7.5k is enough, worry not. he should have it already.

If you just play hovering while doing something else(reading, watching videos, etc.), then OFC is only good for doing faster Random Encounters and clearing some annoying rounds on deep IWs or GFs where you have to cure often.

This doesn't make any sense, if you can switch target (and you need to do it since automatic attack is bannable) you can also press one button to clear the round.

Perfect solution would be to do something else without ruining the experience by also having to move the mouse up and down (humans aren't done for multi-tasking, if you watch something and play you're not concentrating on what you're watching, if you enjoy something give it your undivided attention).

Anyway, 1H without OFC is like Scremaz without his love for boobs.
They're so good together that it's inconceivable to have them separated.

i cannot help but K+ing you, sir.

Just talking from my own experience.

This is how I play:


It took me some time to get used to playing while reading, but I can do it just fine nowadays, as it became even simpler using CracklingCast.

I use the arrow keys to go through the page while hovering in the HV window, so I can't use the keyboard to cast OFC.

btw, i just noted that the font used is different with the particular skin you're using (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Can someone explain how crackling cast differ from hoverplay? it seem to be a lot more complicated

around his level 7~7.5k is enough, worry not. he should have it already.

My 1h damage is only ~5.8k

My 1h damage is only ~5.8k

ah. your gears?

ah. your gears?

legendary balance rapier, equisite/mag power armour of (not slaughter), except chest which is reg plate

I picked up a new rapier of slaughter and M Power gloves of slaughter, but I need ~2k soul frags to fuse and use.

legendary balance rapier, equisite/mag power armour of (not slaughter), except chest which is reg plate

I picked up a new rapier of slaughter and M Power gloves of slaughter, but I need ~2k soul frags to fuse and use.

ah ok. then you should reach that treshold eventually, it's only a matter of time.

ah ok. then you should reach that treshold eventually, it's only a matter of time.

current stats and gear

Legs and rapier are 10/10 potencies (SSx3 Butcher x1 Fatx5)

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This post has been edited by Scremaz: Apr 28 2017, 20:25

lol. you have more crit chance than me (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

lol. you have more crit chance than me (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Do my stats and gear make sense, more or less? I'm looking to replace everything with *of slaughter, but it takes time and credits. I really only have int for the spirit boost; I am in spirit stance all but maybe the first monster of a series