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Got an interesting scenario.





I am fast approaching 160, so I would finally get my bossing ability maxed, Demolition. Now my next step is either getting Maple Warrior 19, or Snatch 30. If I get Maple Warrior, it'll add about 80 STR, which is the equivalent of about 11.5 extra attack (predict ~850 STR at 167 with level 19 Maple Warrior up). This adds extra damage 100% of the time.

Now on the flip side, there is the ability Snatch, which is a weaker Dragon Strike (600% x 6), but grabs enemies to me (a la Monster Magnet), and stuns. The spamability is only slightly slower than an unboostered Flash Fist. The stunning though can make things easier, as I can stunlock with Snatch, and crit with Dragon Strike. This only adds damage 50% of the time.

I am wondering if the potential of having nearly two Dragon Strikes every 2 seconds is worth only getting the damage boost 50% of the time, versus a steady 11.5 attack boost from Maple Warrior, which I can benefit as soon as 166-167, versus 170 for Snatch.





Long story short, which will boost my training speed more?

I think it all breaks down to DS+blast+11.5atk VS Snatch+DS.

Does Snatch+DS combos perfectly with each other? This is not a problem if you can kill in snatch+DS+snatch, but if you need a 2nd DS, there could be a little delay before you can use it.

And how well can you DS+blast? If you can do it fairly easily, it might not be too bad compared to maxed snatch, with the help of 11.5atk 100% of the time.

But I would say go with snatch, new skill is always fun, and it doesn't look like a bad choice at all. After all MW19 is only 11.5atk, if it doesn't make you kill in less hits, it's pretty much worthless(in training).


Edit: Oh and I feel that all xforms skills are only a little bit better than normal skills, without any significant boost, which kinda sucks for investing so much points in.