What is the best dpm for Shadowers?

Title pretty much says all. I've been deciding between PP + Savage blow (on shadow partner of course) + meso explosion vs. Full charge assassinate (on shadow partner). Both seem to deal a whole lot of damage, but which one is better?

So what is exactly is the best dpm for shadowers? (It will probably be different depending on the boss and if so which one will be better on certain bosses ie: Zak, HT, bodyguard?

Thanks in advanced for the replies

Title pretty much says all. I've been deciding between PP + Savage blow (on shadow partner of course) + meso explosion vs. Full charge assassinate (on shadow partner). Both seem to deal a whole lot of damage, but which one is better?

So what is exactly is the best dpm for shadowers? (It will probably be different depending on the boss and if so which one will be better on certain bosses ie: Zak, HT, bodyguard?

Thanks in advanced for the replies

Full Charge Assassinate is best DPS, however 1/1's will drop your mp to 0, so don't use it at bosses that use 1/1's.

Best DPS is:
- Bstep/EnhancedSBlow Combo + Enhanced Pickpocket + Enhanced Meso Explosion. (Single Bosses)
- Bstep/BoT -or- Steal Combo + Enhanced Pickpocket + Enhanced Meso Explosion. (Multiple Bosses like CwK and Targa+Scarlion)

You can further boost your DPS with Venom and Dark Flare

Full Charge Assassinate is best DPS, however 1/1's will drop your mp to 0, so don't use it at bosses that use 1/1's.

Best DPS is:
- Bstep/EnhancedSBlow Combo + Enhanced Pickpocket + Enhanced Meso Explosion. (Single Bosses)
- Bstep/BoT -or- Steal Combo + Enhanced Pickpocket + Enhanced Meso Explosion. (Multiple Bosses like CwK and Targa+Scarlion)

You can further boost your DPS with Venom and Dark Flare

at scartar I like to Bstep + SB only because I think it provides better meso build up than just BStep + BoT.

at scartar I like to Bstep + SB only because I think it provides better meso build up than just BStep + BoT.

It does. Savage Blow gives six times as many coins as Band of Thieves. You'd have to hit six targets to get the same number of coins.

at scartar I like to Bstep + SB only because I think it provides better meso build up than just BStep + BoT.

Oh crap, I forgot that Scar/Targa wdef up a lot, yeah, you need MOAR coins indeed...

Fully charged assassinate is almost guaranteed to be better in theory, being about twice better than bstep+sb. In practice, you may hit the damage cap and exact 8 second is hard to time.

Thanks for the answers guys, yea i had a feeling full charged assasinate would deal some heavy dmg. However this wouldn't help too much with monsters who do super weapon defence (1 dmg) such as Zak or monsters who dispell. What would you suggest for stronger bosses such as Bodyguards, Zak, HT, Czak?

Thanks for the answers guys, yea i had a feeling full charged assasinate would deal some heavy dmg. However this wouldn't help too much with monsters who do super weapon defence (1 dmg) such as Zak or monsters who dispell. What would you suggest for stronger bosses such as Bodyguards, Zak, HT, Czak?

Just use Bstep+BoT or Bstep+Steal, these are your ranged multi-hit combo's.

If Meso Explosion has a 1 second delay, wouldn't it be better? Compared to 8 seconds for fully perfectly timed Assassinate.