2009-08-13, 12:43 AM
Outside of the area of effect practicality of Soul Driver, and the pure damage per cast, which are the main usages, you need it to be level 18 on mobs of 6 to out-dps Soul Blade, and maxed to out-dps on mobs of 5.
The greatest damage yielding build is 30 Soul Driver first, followed by max Combo and then 11 Soul Charge if you can't train on Holy Weak mobs.
If you can or intend to train on Holy Weak mobs, you should have 26 Driver, followed by either max Soul Charge or 15 Combo and then the other, depending on what level you can train at these monsters. So unless you can Hime starting between 79 and 86ish, I recommend you place 15 Combo first, and then max Soul Charge.
This build would allow for the maximum 8 mob training, as well has 5 orb Combo and maxed advantage for Soul Charge. Alternatives would place more stress on maxing Soul Driver, which would render all your other attacks weaker by way of lowering Soul Charge or Combo's levels.
Of course, there is also the alternative of not training with Soul Driver, in which case Combo, followed by Soul Charge would yield the best results. The only reason I can consider for this would be to Boss Rush PQ using solely Power Strike.
The greatest damage yielding build is 30 Soul Driver first, followed by max Combo and then 11 Soul Charge if you can't train on Holy Weak mobs.
If you can or intend to train on Holy Weak mobs, you should have 26 Driver, followed by either max Soul Charge or 15 Combo and then the other, depending on what level you can train at these monsters. So unless you can Hime starting between 79 and 86ish, I recommend you place 15 Combo first, and then max Soul Charge.
This build would allow for the maximum 8 mob training, as well has 5 orb Combo and maxed advantage for Soul Charge. Alternatives would place more stress on maxing Soul Driver, which would render all your other attacks weaker by way of lowering Soul Charge or Combo's levels.
Of course, there is also the alternative of not training with Soul Driver, in which case Combo, followed by Soul Charge would yield the best results. The only reason I can consider for this would be to Boss Rush PQ using solely Power Strike.