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@snowboy8: I DID read my skill aswell, and it DOES say 77% dmg reduction on lvl 1. Stop blaming basil.

@snowboy8: I'll say it again: I meant to say at lvl 1, but screw that, might be typo...might be glitch.... But yeah there's your friggin ~70%
L2read more comments than the ones you want to read.

MesoGuard absorbs a flat rate of 50%. The only way to boost that is MesoMastery, which not an option for Phantoms.
Hence why PowerGuard would be better.

@ulllll: Please dont post misleading info.
@empiresun: Always 50%, the higher level, the less mesos lost.
EDIT: Basil skiills are screwed up for bandits. LOL

Lvl 1 meso guard blocks 23% dmg not 77%. The description may not be very clear but it wouldn't make sense otherwise.

[quote=SacredSealed]50%*
SHEESH[/quote]

calm yourself! I meant to say at lvl 1! It has 70% reduction, its atleast what the description says
Edit: actually 77%, just checked out the skill here on basil.

[quote=ulllll]mesoG at lvl has 70% dmg reduction[/quote]

50%*
SHEESH

[quote=snowboy8]power guard is better, it blcks the same aount of dmg, doesnt waste mesos and reflects 100% of the dmg. also, im betting you will die, not matter what you think.[/quote]

mesoG at lvl has 70% dmg reduction

@ulllll: PG wont waste 10k mesos everytime you get hit.
@umatacemombre or w.e. has I frames, like bstep. If you time it, you can avoid any move.
Dunno if it works at ark, but it does at zakuum.

240k range, 35% boss ..had around 8~9 minutes left

300k range, 35% boss, maybe 16~17 minutes left

my cl two shots the summons

When I get the arrow debuff on me, ark does 17k dmg on me if I don't use meso guard, so yeah...its useful

[quote=ulllll]Just died a couple of times, not really that hard but of course...i HAVE Done ark several times on my merc with less avoid chances
My CL with a 70k range/140% boss dmg was just a bit too slow btw :][/quote]

Was it lvl 30?
but by what he said, probably 100k+ and 80%boss.

In this situation, meso guard does NOT help.
There are no 1/1s.
Arks max move cannot be stopped without iframes/moved like smokescreen.
And with 100k range, you will most likely have 6k+ avoid, making you about immune to arks damage besides dr/max move.

Just died a couple of times, not really that hard but of course...i HAVE Done ark several times on my merc with less avoid chances
My CL with a 70k range/140% boss dmg was just a bit too slow btw :]
Edit: meso guard helps too

Just pemobre when it uses the cap hitter, when it goes blue, it drs, 50k with 70% boss should be right.
Also, make sure you can kill off the mobs fast. Aka chain lighting

Trying to kill me* its kinda hard to die actually...doing it right of course but I lack some dmg still on my lvl 173 phantom with 140% boss dmg and a clean cane xD

I would say 150k with 130%+ boss damage.
You need to have very strong magic attack (Be able to mist and do a lot with CL or Paralyze) for the summons.

You have to also take into account that Ayk is going to be killing you non-stop so you need a lot of damage to be able to keep up with it.