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Wa - skill/hyper build ?

So far, this what I done/plan to do (WA in 120s).

In nutshell:
1st: Everything but Breeze Arrow.
2nd: Everything but Gust Shot.
3rd: Everything but Pinpoint pierce.
4th:
1 point in both attacks and Trifling Whim, and Emerald Dust,
Max Bow Expert,
Max Albatross Maximum,
Max Trifling Whim,
Max bell-looking buff skill,
Max SE
Max MW, or Vortex
Max Song in wherever bossing/hypers maxed.

Speaking of hypers... all of them seem to be good choices.
2 into Trifling Whim (enhance + double chance),
1 into Mob2+ vortex,
2 into Song (ignore guard + boss) ?

I'm mainly unsure about which hyper skills to get. I tried searching around a bit on basil but I can't find a thread on them.

September 7, 2013

7 Comments • Newest first

Althazir

Just for the sake of reference, here's what I decided for my skill build:
Bow Expert --> Albatross Maximum --> Trifling Whim --> Sharp Eyes --> Wind Blessing --> CoC --> Spiral Vortex --> Sky Song --> Emerald Enhance

I wouldn't even be surprised if people say to max SE after AM, since WAs have pretty lackluster critical rates compared to other classes, SE helps with that a lot.

Reply September 8, 2013
cccurrified

[quote=airforce1]@cccurrified Albatross Maximum is [b]significantly[/b] (read: WAY WAY WAY) better than BE for damage. SE > WB as well. I'll have to run the numbers to decide on TW placement, but I suspect you should move it back (behind SE?).[/quote]

Welp. Read this after I maxed BE, AM (I maxed those two anyway, considering how I started at lv120 so it doesn't really bother me) and TW .
I guess I'll max SE instead of WB though... advisable to go for MW (well, CoC now) right after, or WB instead for survivability? I doubt that I would join any party, just plain solo boss/train.
Thanks .

Reply September 8, 2013
airforce1

@cccurrified Albatross Maximum is [b]significantly[/b] (read: WAY WAY WAY) better than BE for damage. SE > WB as well. I'll have to run the numbers to decide on TW placement, but I suspect you should move it back (behind SE?).

Reply September 8, 2013
bluebomber24

[quote=BreakerLoves]20% Damage for Song> 20% PDR[/quote]

That is not true 100% of the time. It depends on the players current boss/total and the mob's PDR

Reply September 8, 2013
TheDStar

Just dump three Hyper Points into Trifling Whim.

Reply September 7, 2013
cccurrified

[quote=bluebomber24]For Hypers what I have said in another thread:

IMO, the smartest thing to do is to just max the Spiral Vortex Damage Boosters. If you have points left, put it in Trifling Whim. The reason for this is that 1v1 in training occurs like 20% of the time or less when training. In bossing Sky Song should be enough for most bosses the typical mapler will face.

When you want to Magnus/CRA/Hecaton/Empress/Dojo or any hard boss that acutally has good drops and is beatable then you reset hypers and boost your 1v1. Keep in mind that there are no hard bosses that are easily beatable and at the same time have good drops due to 1) Potion Pot being fixed and 2) Magnus/CRA don't drop goodies.[/quote]

Alright, thanks a lot .

Reply September 7, 2013
bluebomber24

For Hypers what I have said in another thread:

IMO, the smartest thing to do is to just max the Spiral Vortex Damage Boosters. If you have points left, put it in Trifling Whim. The reason for this is that 1v1 in training occurs like 20% of the time or less when training. In bossing Sky Song should be enough for most bosses the typical mapler will face.

When you want to Magnus/CRA/Hecaton/Empress/Dojo or any hard boss that acutally has good drops and is beatable then you reset hypers and boost your 1v1. Keep in mind that there are no hard bosses that are easily beatable and at the same time have good drops due to 1) Potion Pot being fixed and 2) Magnus/CRA don't drop goodies.

Reply September 7, 2013 - edited