Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

I'm looking forward to making one of these as well as a Priest in the future.


As far as my Blade Master, here's the build I'm looking at:

http://oldmanclub.co.cc/asps/act5/bladem...QDlLFiHlll

As you can see, I'm going with a dual mastery of Beam Sword and Zanbato (yes, I realize how expensive the LS will be, but I like speed and after reading about going with dual masteries, they balance fairly well with Zanbatos).

Anyways, what should I do with the remaining 626 skill points? Tempered Attack is an option I've thought about, but since I'll be going with two weapons, I don't think it will be needed as if I only used one. I also thought about maxing Upper Slash, Ashe Forke, and/or Charge Crash, but eh. s: Any suggestions are appreciated.

Well it depends on if you want to be a PvE oriented WM(<_<) or a PvP oriented WM(Why most people make WM's.)

If you want to be PvE oriented, maxing Tempered Attack+Upper Stab is fine. So is keeping level 7 Sword Storm and maxed RDS.

On the other hand, if you go with a PvP build, that level 7 Sword Storm is going to be a problem. You'll want 5 WWS(Wave Wheel Slasher) as well as its cancel. Level 1 Bloodlust is nice as well, you can get both or choose one. Maxing Upper slash is essential so that you have more launch strength. Level 3 Guard and its cancel are necessities as well. That leaves you with about 201 SP. (With level 7 Sword Storm and level 11 RDS.)

Now with that 201 SP you have the option of getting Charge Crash and its cancel, which is heavily debated among WM's. In PvP it's generally only used as an approach, since Triple Slash, WWS, and Guard are usually better defensive options.
I don't reccomend getting the cancel since there are very few situations in which it is actually better than Triple Slash in terms of defence. Offensively, the cancel is useless since you're using it as an approach. Also, the extra points in Charge Crash hardly add any damage because it doesn't scale well. I reccomend dumping the remaining points into Ashe Fork since your going with a dual Zanbato build, to get the most out of Zanbato mastery. The shock wave is HUGE when its maxed, but with this build you're not going to be able to max it.

If you took RDS down to 5(Minimum prerequisite for Sword Storm.) you'll have extra SP to use on Ashe Fork. I highly reccomend doing this because RDS doesn't scale very well and the points that are pumped into it don't make much of a difference. You still can't max Ashe fork(Level 17)

Now, Sword storm...It's pretty much useless in PvP but its nice to have in PvE. You have the option of leaving Ashe Fork at 17 or maxing it while taking 2 levels out of Sword Storm. This is your call; either choice isn't bad. Ashe Fork for PvP and Sword Storm for PvE.

Alternatively, you could take points out of Draw Sword to max Ashe Fork while keeping Sword Storm at 7. Draw sword doesn't scale very well, just like RDS and Charge Crash, but its a lot more useful than both in PvE, and the extra points still help in PvP. Once again, your call.