I am just curious as to how the skills Frenzy and Guts work.
Are they activated or passive?
Do they stack with eachother?
Do they continuously consume mp they was viscous stance does?
Do they fade as soon as your hp goes over 20% or do they have a duration?
One increases pdef (guts), the other increases P attack (frenzy). Saying thy stack would suggest they affect the same stats... but you can use them at the same time.
No its a one off cost to use it.
I believe you just need to be below the HP level to activate it. You can then get a bunch of heals and the effect will still be there until it wears off.
Guts and Frenzy are exclusive buffs. You cannot have both active at the same time. However, so long as your HP is below 30% at the time of activation you can use one right after another...if you start the second before the first wears off the first one will be overridden by the second. You will still need to wait for both to refresh normally however.
Also, unlike earlier chronicles, the effect of each skill will stay in effect even if your HP are brought back up above the 30% mark. (You can't cast the other until your HP drops down again however.)
I believe the current duration for both is 90 seconds each. Not sure on the refresh though, but I think its 20 minutes. (Basically the same as a Tanks UD or a Daggers UE skills.)
They are both 'activated' skills. That is, they do not automatically activate. You have to trigger them. They only use a set amount of MP at activation though. (They don't drain like a toggle.)
Activate the the one of your choice guts or frenzy, at 30% HP. After activation you can be healed up to 100% HP without losing the buff. The buff lasts for 90 seconds. Refresh time for skill from time of activation is 360 seconds. Guts and Frenzy cancel each other so if you activate one then activate the other you will lose the one you activated first and have to wait the full refresh time.
Best way to use this is Frenzy first and immediatly activate Rage (have a healer on hand that knows to heal you when you activate Frenzy) Toggle on Focus and Viscious Stance. Also if there are stunners near you can activate lionheart. When Frenzy and Rage have expired (90 seconds after activation) turn off your focus and Viscious Stance. You can opt to activate Guts during your Frenzy refresh time, however I like to save that in case I get into life or death situation.
no no, the refresh rate is MUCH better than UD or UE. At lvl 70+ with regular buffs you could have a Destroyer/Titan tanking and have either guts or frenzy the entire time by alternating between them. The refresh rate with haste 2 and tallum heavy is like 5-6 min. However if you have Dance of Fury and a Sword Muse (SwS) with Song of Renewal its re-use is like every 3 min. If you quickly equip a dagger then use Frenzy/Guts the re-use is even lower. With Sword Muse lvl 78 song of champion I'm sure a Destroyer/Titan could theoretically have Frenzy/Guts at all times. Also its a good idea to save Battle Roar for after you activate Frenzy/Rage as it will heal you quite a bit. The effect is low at lower lvls but once you reach 70+ it will heal you by a lot.