2012-02-28, 03:46 AM
Having mained a demon slayer, I don't think I'd put it at the top of the list for bossing. (Then again, I haven't had a F$@%ING Dark Metamorphosis attack buff, which could change things pretty drastically.)
While demon slayers do have skills that increase boss damage and ignore huge amounts of defense, I found the speed of such attacks is so poor, it does not even come CLOSE to competing with something like Hurricane or Ishtar's Ring, given similar stat equipments.
This also depends on the boss though..... Bosses like Zakum that have a bunch of appendages and summons hoards of monsters all the time made me feel a bit more useful. When it's pure 1v1 bossing, though, eh.......
Some things to consider, though; I was not willing to fork out 250mil+ for Demon Impact 30, which would have increased my boss damage a bit--but not to the extent of it being comparable to a high DPS skill. And again, dark metamorphosis. ughfhudsgaksdasda;ld.
This is mainly if you're just focusing on pure damage abilities though... I'd put demon slayers pretty high on ability to survive boss battles--High HP and a buff that doubles your defense as well as granting 80% status resistance goes a long way. Combined with high leveled Willpower, a buffed up demon slayer can become practically immune to things like seduce, which can be insta-game-over for a lot of the high DPS classes.
While demon slayers do have skills that increase boss damage and ignore huge amounts of defense, I found the speed of such attacks is so poor, it does not even come CLOSE to competing with something like Hurricane or Ishtar's Ring, given similar stat equipments.
This also depends on the boss though..... Bosses like Zakum that have a bunch of appendages and summons hoards of monsters all the time made me feel a bit more useful. When it's pure 1v1 bossing, though, eh.......
Some things to consider, though; I was not willing to fork out 250mil+ for Demon Impact 30, which would have increased my boss damage a bit--but not to the extent of it being comparable to a high DPS skill. And again, dark metamorphosis. ughfhudsgaksdasda;ld.
This is mainly if you're just focusing on pure damage abilities though... I'd put demon slayers pretty high on ability to survive boss battles--High HP and a buff that doubles your defense as well as granting 80% status resistance goes a long way. Combined with high leveled Willpower, a buffed up demon slayer can become practically immune to things like seduce, which can be insta-game-over for a lot of the high DPS classes.