Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

Well, regarding the tonfa vs gaunts thing, I hear ya on the speed. I switched between tonfas and gauntlets on my grappler pretty constantly. At the higher end levels though, I just stuck to gauntlets. The power and +skills on 'em make it worthwhile.

K SO. You're grabby. That's good. The only thing I can say about that is to just keep track of the cooldowns on each grab. Find a certain flow and just stick to it. On a basic enemy, my grappler usually just alternates between suplex, fling, neck snap, and the odd airsteiner. Basically, if you don't watch what you're doing, you run into a mob expecting to grab 'em and be saved by invincibility frames... And get your face bashed in shortly after 'cause lolcooldown. Speaking of invinciblity frames, elbow shock! I know you have it! Use it more often! It's extra damage and invincibility frames that have, on more than one occasion, saved me!

In regards to spiral, Iunno whether you know this or not, but if you hold down the skill button, you jump higher with your grabbed mob before hitting the ground. Sometimes it's just uselessly flashy to do so. Other times, it gives you the height you need to aim your landing right on another mob. I'd go on, but I'm sure you already know just how great and awesome spiral is...

Cyclone suplex. I can see why it's appealing to use that in a mob, 'cause dem shockwaves. But you have to be very careful when you decide to do so. Besides the fact that you're not invincible at all during the entire attack, it has some serious start up lag. If a monster is quick enough to attack you, you'll take damage. Plus, as per the usual business of getting hit by an attack when you have super armor, you'll slow down a bit. That is to say, it'll take even longer to start up your attack. If a mob is fast enough, it can literally kill you before cyclone suplex even begins. I've had it happen before. Thus, I usually use it as either single target damage, or a last ditch attempt at mob damage.

All that's really left to say is:
A) Be careful with seismic punch. That after-punch delay can get you murdered.
And B) Try not to approach with airsteiner too much. Only do so when you know it's off cooldown.

Hope that was of some help - I can post a video of my grappler doing a run somewhere if you'd like.

Wow. Thanks a lot for all the advices. I already started using elbow shock more before reading your comment, but I really learned a lot from this ^^