ShiKage's Big Bang Paladin Build

Why is GS vs SB such a hot topic? To get full use out of Slash Blast, you have to bother luring. Why the heck are you luring? Everything dies in two hits. You can literally hold down whichever arrow key, your jump key and Ground Smash to clear an entire platform without stopping, including whatever spawns in your way. FA's garbage spread on activation doesn't make up for Slash Blast's shortcomings. The number of maps where Slash Blast's extra mob hits would've outpaced Ground Smash training can be counted on one hand, which I already mentioned. And not by that much because some of those maps have platforms. Platforms you don't have to climb up to if you jump cast GS. So it doesn't really win there, either.

Slash Blast training is significantly slower than Ground Smash [up to 1.5% slower every 10 minutes @ Francis' Puppets], anyway. That adds up. I was there. I tried it. It was bad. Deal.

EDIT: Improved Fundamentals was Maxed. Points taken out of booster.

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Skills that look nice on paper almost always aren't the case in real usage and real scenarios. Ground Smash looks nice on paper.....

Look at my ridiculously unrealistic and biased scenario. Please don't take into account the time wasted getting the mobs in such a perfect position. My math that says slash blast is better.