ShiKage's Big Bang Paladin Build

Ground Smash feels like a skill that's like trying to merge PS and SB into a single attack. However, IMO, and from areas and places I've been, there are times when I've ran into mobs of 4 or more monsters at once, usually very strong monsters.

Plus Final Attack might actually not miss it's target. Most monsters I've seen that have an invincibility period, are few and far between, like Elder Wraiths and one of the Showa town goons. Most that I've seen can be attacked repeatedly and FA does work as intended at it's given effect activation.

They changed every monster and a lot of maps, so prior experience really isn't useful. For one thing, you can't train on monsters above your level anymore, so there's an upper limit on how strong the monsters you attack will ever be. It's tough to judge damage on Tespia, but I think my Page was always doing 2hkos with Ground Smash vs. similar level mobs. You don't get into very strong monsters that take a lot of hits to KO until the 10x mobs - by which time you'll definitely have CB at a decent level.

And Final Attack was changed as well, pre-BB it will always hit the same monster as was originally attacked, post-BB it works as a separate attack with its own hitbox, and if nothing's in range it misses. It's actually possible to turn around between CB and FA firing off, if you time it right, and attack monsters on both sides.