2010-11-26, 04:53 PM
Polantaris Wrote:I had no funds for that entire character, and as a result was pretty weak. I had no attack potions, no zakum helm, no work glove, no anything. My sword was some level 60 sword someone found when they were training and had no use for it so they gave it to me. I would do 2k if I was lucky back then. Since monsters Post-BB later on simply have too much health to 1-hit, this tactic will continue to work (For me at least) later on in the near future. On my current JMS character, I intend to do the same tactic in B2 and C3 when I reach that point, which shouldn't be too far away.
Maybe it's just how I played. I've always had more success against monsters that take several hits, have a large spawn, where I just grab them all at once then beat the crap out of them until they die.
I played an unfunded Spearman and I found it significantly faster using 1 Ground Smash than maxed Slash Blast. Spears have longer initial range than Swords, Axes, and Blunt Weapons, but I still found it unreliable to try to Slash Blast because knock-back can easily put you out of range, and there's just too small of a timing between deciding Slash Blast and Ground Smash on mobs when they're not aggroed against you. At most, I 4HKO monsters with Slash Blast, which translated to basically 2 or 3HKO max. Ground Smash allows for a gigantic amount of mobility over Slash Blast since you can't actually Slash Blast in mid-air if you want to hit monsters.
There's definitely some use for Slash Blast, but Ground Smash is significantly better in terms of utility, especially considering the amount of effort required to use them. Final Attack gives almost no benefit to skills unless you're single-targetting, because the probability and damage is so completely unreliable to kill mobs with Slash Blast, you almost always have to Slash Blast or Ground Smash again to guarantee deaths, otherwise you're delaying spawn.
In terms of lure-killing, I don't see it particularly viable until 3rd job, in which case you have Charge Blow to kill with.