Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

I NEED BATTLE MAGE HELP.

So I was messing with the Korean planner again (because ASPS isn't updated with the new skills). Turns out I can max both Full Swing AND Chaser Press but at the cost of Battle Groove. Is this worth doing? If not, which one would be worth maxing, Swing or Press?

Only reason I considered dropping Groove is because I don't even know how it works. SI apparently fixes it as to where the buffs stay active even after the combo ends but there is no indicator as to how long that even lasts. At least with Chaser buffs there's a buff icon, Battle Groove doesn't have that. It's confusing as hell.

Stop. What are you doing. No. Stop. You don't need anything higher than 1 press. Full swing and Meteor Dash are apparently really good to max post patch. I'm still not sure how I want mine to be, but press has no purpose being higher than 1. Unless you're Sera's magic based bm.

Well, I got my regular skills down (dropping Water Chaser, it was nice while it lasted), but I'm a bit lost on the EXes... I originally had EX Full Swing, Mana Shield, Palm Blast, Chaser Upgrade, Good Hit and Strength. Then I noticed that I might need INT for Supersword and Chaser press and after looking into EX Punto Wave, it looks like a good investment. But I'd need to sacrifice Good Hit and Palm Blast for both of those. I'M SO CONFOOSED. :c

Here's what I'm getting:
3 Str bonus
3 Hit Rate
3 Elemental Attack
3 Palm Blast
2 Chaser Upgrade
3 Punto Ex
6 Full Swing Ex

Apparently mana shield EX sucks pretty hard, so it's ditched in favor of elemental attack bonus, which ups our chaser damage. I still am iffy about elemental attack bonus. Might be better to substitute good training bonus or int here. We'll see.