DEXless to Low-DEX Craven conversion path

But the issue I've been running into is that, despite feeling as though I've got upper-rank gear (if anything, I do think I'm above the average in that regard), I'm not foreseeing being able to achieve the incredible numbers in attack power that some of the Low-DEX Night Lords have been gaining.

In being able to attain an 80+ attack claw while, at the same time, wearing an attack cape, shoe, and pendant, wouldn't the sacrificed 70 LUK be an incremental loss at most?

When fooling around with the ubiquitous Night Lord Damage Calculator, I can always find higher numbers when calculating Low-DEX builds. To compete while still remaining DEXless I'd have to spend multiples of the money that a Low-DEX character does.

Perhaps I'm missing something, hence why I created this thread. Is there some important factor that I'm overlooking here, or are there any calculations you could present to prove otherwise?

Depends if you've got MW30 or not, you're forgetting the fact you could be MW dependant which saves a few points into your LUK pool (?)

However, I don't think you'll be sacrificing 70 Luk, my Nightlord has only 66+79 (145, could've lowered more) dex base with a non-scrolled zakum helmet, and has attack shoes, cape, gloves, pendant, belt, No mask (It's Maple Warrior dependant). If you're curious, my dex structure is on the flaunting thread.

I think with your high wealth status, you can easily make it being a dexless craven user while at the same time gaining those 15~25 atk points. Switching your LUK robe for a DEX robe, LUK earrings for DEX earrings, purchase 35+ dex helmet, 4 Ancient of STR rings & Aura, 7+ dex nose and as for the mask, I didn't even have one, so make that your own choise.

Keeping your base dex to 25 would be much better because your LUK points will sustain high when casted Maple Warrior. So goodluck~