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Lol kay but nerfed drk Is still much stronger than aran though so.....

I was thinking to make an Aran to just try out the class too, but do you guys recommend them?

[quote=mla123]Dks are getting a nerf so not The best idea to make one of them. While Aran with little funds does a lot of damage. I have a level 105 Aran and ok %str stuff from now and I'm almost hitting 100k lines with my polar bear[/quote]

True dark knights are getting nerf but Dark knights are still superior to arans even after the nerf. Why? because arans can't solo Chaos Vellum and Hell Gollux and I've seen it myself even with max capping. Dark knights nerf is only 20% out of 100% from crossurge, so they would only lose 20% damage. They would also lose time duration on sacrifice and increase cooldown for beholder, which can be make up for 50% buff duration. This is not a big downgrade, they only need to fund a little bit and dark knights can still hit a ton of damage as close to arans with 8 lines by gungnir and less than twice the amount of their damage output due to losing 20% out of 100% damage from crossurge.

@LightZero Ah, okay, that makes sense. I do like the Aran playstyle as well. And thanks for the clarification on Beyond Blade, Ayumi's guide wasn't so clear on that.

Well I used to main aran and then I started playing drk and then I quit. The Drk nerf isnt that huge, bossing skill spam decreases a bit and you will do 90% of whatever you do now. Not really a big deal seeing how hard they hit. Bossing wise Drk is better in the sense that they can actually do more lines, have magic crash, they can 'die' and then they can die (second life and all -something arans don't have), but drk does have less abnormal resistance which can cause issues something, although not too big a deal.

If I were to choose between the two, I'd choose aran though because it's more of my playstyle. It's relatively more 'active' and combo system is cool. Drain is not on par with drk, and we have no way to avoid dr if by accident you hit it but still it's playing style is what kept me going and I wish they would do more lines. I recall the last revamp adding one line to your beyond blade or final blow (i forget). The major disappoint for me that led to switching was not being able to spam tempest. I liked making it snow wherever I went even though its not a bossing skill ;n; (was an op mobbing skill ) Now I have to wait for a cooldown so I can cool monsters down (hahahah drumroll pls! no?oh well)

Beyond blade is a 3 hit combo that follows final blow. Unlike old arans where you had to triple hit then final blow and then beyond blade, new arans can just final blow then use BB which is an improvement dps wise. If you try using BB without FB then it won't work

Yeah, I played some my Aran today, I think I might feel towards it again. I have like 62k range on it and I hit 500-600k per line on final blow (bear paw). I'm just wondering about the Aran's future though, will it be worth funding for bossing or are Arans irrelevant for bossing nowadays?

@oregonman94 Yoo.

EDIT: Can someone clarify what exactly the hyper skill Beyond Blade does? I know it adds attacks after final blow, but is it also like a skill on its own where I can add it to a button and spam it?

aran = more dps since drks getting HUGE and i mean a HUGE nerf. really huge indirect nerf to phantoms too.
just go for aran, plus arans have a fun play style/

Dks are getting a nerf so not The best idea to make one of them. While Aran with little funds does a lot of damage. I have a level 105 Aran and ok %str stuff from now and I'm almost hitting 100k lines with my polar bear

Try making a Drk up to ~120 and then decide which one you enjoy more and want to main