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Level 1 Barrage vs Double Upper? - cronnoponno - 2011-01-16
I just got to level 120, and I'm going to get 1 ST, 1 DS, and 1 SI with the starting SP. But when I reach level 121, should I use 1 SP to put into barrage? I'll only really need it to kill that last straggler in a mob, but if double upper is a better choice then I'd rather not get it. Even 1 SP is important to me.
Also, I hear energy orb is a much better skill than I originally thought it would be, I thought it had that CL reduction system?
Level 1 Barrage vs Double Upper? - Link - 2011-01-16
Level 1 Barrage is much, much stronger than Double Upper, but Double Upper is much faster. It's up to you, really. Personally, I'd get it.
Yes, Energy Orb has the damage reduction per mob thing. I believe it's a 10% or 20% reduction per monster. It's not really great until Lion Heart Castle comes out. There really isn't much use to it with the way the game is now. Worry about it later on, after you've maxed Dragon Strike, Super Transform, and maybe Demolition and Counter Attack.
Level 1 Barrage vs Double Upper? - ZeekFox - 2011-01-21
If you're straight DPSing a monster that can be stunned and pinned, Barrage and Double Upper could be close in damage. I'd say Barrage takes about twice as long to use as Double Upper, so it's 6 hits of 246% damage verses 4 hits of 305% that crits more on successive uses if not bossing.
But Barrage has three major advantages. First off, it has about the same range as Energy Blast does, rather than the terribly short range Double Upper has. The second important part is that Barrage won't be used if there's no target within range, similar to how Energy Drain works. And lastly, you get those wonderful invincibility frames. A lot of attacks will go right past you at bosses, and for the ones that do weapon defense and start taking 1's *coughZakumcough*, you can use Barrage to just dodge hits. XD