Knight of Cygnus: Soul Master

I guess I worded that sentence badly. I didn’t mean get no mastery at all. I meant getting 21 soul blade is more important than simply maxing out mastery first.

I don't really get that. The biggest flaw in warriors up until 35-36 is their low hits. .

I really wouldn’t worry about having low hits considering you have a possible 20 W. ATK bonus from the blessing skill combined with the extra AP and the fact that soul blade is stronger than slash blast. It shouldn't limit your training.

Slast Blast is perfectly acceptable as a mob attack, it's what every other warrior class uses all the way up to their 70s and what Crusaders and White Knights use all the way up to their 120s. .

But this is a Soul Master and not a WK/Crusader. A 2nd job soul master plays nothing like a normal second job warrior.

Lack of mastery prevents you from training as efficiently due to the chance that it may take you 5+ hits to kill whatever you're training on when you're unlucky enough to get low hits.

I trained just fine without max mastery and soul blade. Faster than I would have with slash blast.

The only reason I think Soul Runner is more important than mastery first is due to the improved movement it allows you. And movement is the only thing I'd sacrifice Mastery for that early in 2nd job. Being able to get to monsters faster makes it worthwhile.

Why bother travelling to the monsters when you can hit them at a distance with soul blade.

but the low hits are one of the first things I want to get rid of. I may yet sacrifice one or two points in Soul Runner to get Mastery even earlier. Won't know for sure until I'm actually playing as it though.

If you want soul runner then it’s an all or nothing skill. The distance in early levels is pathetic and the Mp consumption is ridiculous. You should max it out or not put any points in it at all untill later levels.

is it really? i thought the most critical thing for warriors was that stupid minimum of 40 damage. you already have a skill that hits 130% to 6. you dont need to replace it that early.

I think you are really under estimating soul blade. It has a horizontal and vertical range you could only dream for with slash blast. It lets you train effectively on maps normal warriors can’t.