General

Rolling Moonsault hits 6 times, and gets +2% each level, so you're essentially doing +12% more damage with each point, you get 3sp a level, so you're doing +36% damage each level. If you don't think this is good, you cray cray. It has iframes too.

[quote=bluepower9]Why should we max rolling moonsault if these days we train at lhc and stuff and boss? Isn't moon better for normal monsters and ishtar better for lhc and bossing?[/quote]

Moonsault is great for LHC and Stronghold. It's strong and mobs them. It's especially good when you can pin them to a wall (not the edge of a platform).
A good combo for iFrames is Rush>Moonsault>LeafTornado>GustDive>Repeat. iFrames forever! Doing this on the bottom of Crockys has left me with 10 potions less than I started with after a few hours of training.

They say max moonsault early on because it will do a lot of dmg.
not only the skill itself but it increases the dmg of rising rush too.

I maxed DBG expert and Ancient warding and left 10 on AFA and maxing defensebreak now. after that, i think i go for rolling moonsault

I maxed rolling moonsault last because these days, its always LHC, so it won't even matter.

I went Ancient warding => DBG expert = > 10 AFA => 20 defense break => max AFA => Isthar ring => MW => spikes royal => lightning edge

[quote]and No we do not have a MAIN mobbing skill. If anything they're all mains and you should use them all.[/quote]

Ya we really use a combination of 3rd and 4th job skills.

[quote=wickedtmage]edit: BTW its Leap Tornado LOL, i always call it Leaf, not sure why.[/quote]

I call it leaf too. I am pretty dam sure when it was initially released it was "leaf" but it changed to "leap" over time? Either that or ALOT of people misread P as F. Weird.

OT: In terms of placing 1 SP on Rolling Moonsault, the others have already given you the benefits of doing so. Now maxing Moonsault is a different story. If you have limited funds(which I'm pretty sure doesn't matter anymore with the deflated books) or have a hard time looking for books then Moonsault (if I recall correctly) does not require masterybooks.

I would probably advise you to max your passives before you start maxing your active buffs (this is ofcourse after you've placed a point in all the useful skills). So somethign like AFA>DBG Expert>Warding>Moonsault. Reason being your passives have an effect on all your skills not just one (or two in the case of moonsault) [Edit: So you're on the right track].

and No we do not have a MAIN mobbing skill. If anything they're all mains and you should use them all.

@MapleAddict47
just put 1 pt in rolling its pretty usless to max i think i maxed it by 170~180s
what u shud do is
max dual bow gun expert then
max ancient warding
then adv final attack
then then ishtars ring
then defence break
then spikes
then MW
after all those u shud then start maxing rolling
then ligntning edge

Max AFA, don't ever maxing Lighting Edge also. Yes, Maxing Rolling Moonsault is way more effective for mobbing than Stunning Strikes because Rolling Moonsault also gives us invincibility

I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MERCS
YES.

OT: What them two said. ^-^

I never used it at all after 120ish, moon hits way harder, and more mobs also.

Stunning Strikes maxed:
At max level (20), hits 4 enemies with 4 arrows, doing 126% damage each, and an 80% chance of stunning for 6 seconds

(Total Damage = 2016%)

Rolling Moonsalt:
Level 1: Active Effects - MP Cost: 54, Damage: 142%, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Number of Attacks: 6
Passive Effects - Rising Rush Damage: +12%

(Total damage = 6816%)

At lvl 1 it hits more mobs, and with higher attack % than Stunning Strikes, it hits 8 enemies 6 times, compared to stunning, 4 enemeies 4 times.

edit: BTW its Leap Tornado LOL, i always call it Leaf, not sure why.

@MapleAddict47: Rising Rush -> Rolling Moonsault -> Leaf Tornado x2 not only does a lot more damage, but it hits a lot more monsters.

[quote=Broccoleh]I would try to get AFA maxed out now, for the significant amount of damage that it gives you.

There's no point in adding to Lightning Edge or Spikes Royale right now, because the tiny boost + cooldown will not be worth wasting the skill points this early on.

Most people max Moonsault because that's what you'll most likely be using at LHC. At level 1, it's already stronger than Barrage, and as you increase the level, the speed that you kill LHC mobs will go up and up. Ishtar's ring is only used in 1/2 mob situations. Between the 2, it's your call what you want to max, or you can try to level them up side-by-side. I did Moonsault first because I just used it more at LHC or Stronghold.

EDIT: [b]tldr:[/b] What @IcicleArrows said.[/quote]

[quote=wickedtmage]Its deffinetly the only real mobing skill youll have at that level, thats why the importance. A nice combo is, rising rush, Moon, then in the air finish with leaf.
I can 1 combo most mobs with this combo.

BTW a cool trick, is to make a macro for leaf, with leaf 2 times. Most of time youll have enough air time to hit twice with leaf.[/quote]

I see... but isn't stunning strikes our main mobbing attack?

Its deffinetly the only real mobing skill youll have at that level, thats why the importance. A nice combo is, rising rush, Moon, then in the air finish with leaf.
I can 1 combo most mobs with this combo.

BTW a cool trick, is to make a macro for leaf, with leaf 2 times. Most of time youll have enough air time to hit twice with leaf.

I would try to get AFA maxed out now, for the significant amount of damage that it gives you.

There's no point in adding to Lightning Edge or Spikes Royale right now, because the tiny boost + cooldown will not be worth wasting the skill points this early on.

Most people max Moonsault because that's what you'll most likely be using at LHC. At level 1, it's already stronger than Barrage, and as you increase the level, the speed that you kill LHC mobs will go up and up. Ishtar's ring is only used in 1/2 mob situations. Between the 2, it's your call what you want to max, or you can try to level them up side-by-side. I did Moonsault first because I just used it more at LHC or Stronghold.

EDIT: [b]tldr:[/b] What @IcicleArrows said.

Isn't it so you have a mobbing move which isn't Stunning Strikes?
So you can combo it with Rising Rush?