Easy question for all the expert soulhounds around... With new Gracia final update we can use a lot more magic than before, therefore our nukes are stronger and quicker. BspsS are insanely expensive... but I always carry some in case things get messy... but I want to know... do I really need the bsps (ofc they are better that's no point in discussion)...
Since we can melee and nuke... can we please discuss about the pros and cons of sss?
I mean, I could buy less ssS and spend some adena in spsS... and nuke and melee to optimize resources while grinding... has anyone done this? Thanx for the help ^^
I always melee with an occasional nuke hear or there to pull distant mobs.
I just go +4 or +5 Str and use SSS. If u use too many nukes, you will have mana problems , unless you have a recharger.
All in all, with +5 STR you will kill mobs at a fast rate with just regular swings. Another think I would do , is use a +6 Plate leather set. They are not that expensive to make believe it or not.
The +6 plated leather gives u the ++++ STR as well as Mdef as high as a Drac set. To make this setup work best, you need top lvl VR obviously and Greater Shield. You will plow through mobs like a hot knife through butter.
Now, listen to me carefully. When you hit 76-77 range, go to toi 10. Take a BD and SE with you. You can duo with the BD and get really really good exp. Yes, the mobs might be light blue, but that does not matter. At zero vitality I was getting around 70 k per angel. Since they are blue, they were easy to kill. Please try this setup and tell me how u like it.
I did ToI from 76 all the way to 79.
I think cbsps are the only overly expensive spirit shots in game. I did a comparison once between a nuker and a melee of the same level. Killing the same 4x mob (no race/element bonus or penalties involved) and the only grade shot which far exceded the other in terms of price to killing a mob was Blessed C. I can't remember the difference between physical and magic but it was something like 5x as more expensive per mob to use cbsps.
Ty for both of your advices... so far I went from 95% of lvl 76 to 12% of lvl 77 hunting in HS in duo with a SE. Stigma of Shillen is the BEST debuff ever, it makes me 3 or 4 shot the mobs there and I fly. I will, however try to follow Kronk's advice, since I like to kill angels >=)
No one know everything about this class, not even Kronk. He's far more experienced than the rest of us, I know, and he's a great player and a good friend here in L2 but he's also discovering this class like the rest of the players.
When I wrote to 3-4 shots I meant Meleeing, not nuking, but just fyi, yesterday I 3 shooted a nuker (nuking him only with SoP ^^). We are not true nukers, we are not true daggers... but ****! our nukes hurt so bad and cast so fast and ****! our crits trigger so many times and hurt so baaaad ^^
Soul of Pain is so fast now you can play as nuker really... with pot drops or recharger it's fine. Shot cost can add up tho ofc. For me I'm fairly lazy with my SB so a Shining Edge to the back is the easiest, most efficient way to do the most damage imo, it's only one skill; vs two nukes or dm+cm.
Here's the thing that works best for me in pve. I use death mark, then I surrender dark, then use death mark. That does ridiculous damage. Now it will help to go ++ chance on death mark, but with that and check mate you can really reduce your mp costs. Now if you really want to save some dough. Just use Death mark, then surrender, then keep up your furious soul, and just beat the hell out of the target. When i do this I crit the mobs in HS for about 1800-2000. Doesn't get any cheaper then that.
I got used to the new gracia system now... the best small party so far I've found is a SE and a SWS... the SE for buffs and ofc cast stigma on the mob and the sws keesp 4 songs (vitality, ww, critical rate and any other) ans that's like a walk in the part in HS.
I only will keep my bsss for pvp, coz with se buff (including wm 2) and a single magic haste potion from store I can nuke the mobs for over 1500 without spirit shots about 3 or 4 times before the get to me, so when I'm about to hit them with the rapier they are usually almost half dead ^^