I have no idea what skill should I put into next.

It's still pre-BB here. I maxed every skills except:

Elemental Boost - You need to have 15 points to make it become a bit more useful. Problem is Elemental Boost 20 is goddamn rare. In the past two years of my maple life, I've seen it only two times. Both of the time, I thought " I'll see it again when I need it". I was wrong. (Currently, I have put 1 point in it.)

Twin Octo - See Elemental Boost, except it'll never be useful at all since I don't call it when I grind.(1 point atm)

Hyptonize - lol (still, 1 point. For lulz)

Awakening - I'm not in any HT team, nor do I want to be in one.(1 point atm for small chance of my friend calling me into HT team)

My corsair is lvl 177 right now. My pre-BB target is 180. Means I'll have 9 points I have no idea where to put. What do you think? Which one should I put them in?

Or maybe keep it there in case there's something nasty occurs in BB?

If you don't have MW30, save for that?
otherwise, I'd go for octo - It's pretty dang nice after BB - worth casting when it's a high level.

Eh. If it doesn't matter to you now it won't matter when BB comes anyway since you'll get a reset. Just put them into octo. You're 177, so you obviously boss a lot and i see your pictures in the boss kill thread. Octo will help your kill speeds.

Am I in a time warp?

I find octo pointless for training, no point in it whatsoever. It just adds DPS for bossing.

Either mw30 points or use elemental boost. I find that skill underrated, it's really nice.

Okay, octo it is then. Thanks.