A few Hero questions

Hey, as I'm going to be a Hero soon, I was wondering about a few things regarding Brandish vs my current skills. At what level Brandish is it worth replacing Power Strike and FA with? How about Slash Blast and FA? And at what point should I stop using finishers? Any help would be appreciated.

Pure DPS, you require 6 Brandish to outdamage Power Strike + Final Attack on Normal (6), I believe. However, if I recall correctly, if you consider the 6th orb of Advanced Combo plus Finisher releases, you require 8 Brandish + Panic to out DPS Power Strike + Final Attack + Panic.

As soon as you can hit two monsters, you should use Brandish to mob. Technically speaking, 10 Brandish out-DPSes Slash Blast on mobs of 5, but that's not practical in the use of a mobbing skill, strictly speaking. If you need to KB large mobs, you can still have a use for Slash Blast, but just know that it sucks hard for damage.

As for finishers, outside of bossing, it's usually about practicality. If you're going to use Finishers though, know that charging more than 5 orbs is wasting time, and you get more damage out of it Panicking at 5~6 orbs, and recharging 1~5 again, than charging more and then using a Finisher.
Bossing-wise, it's agreed that the higher your Orb Count + Brandish Level, the less likely you're doing more damage by Finishing, though I don't believe it has been effectively proven yet.

Level 28 Brandish + 1 AC outdamages PSing+Panic/Brandishing+Panic


Once it hits 3 hoever, use it to kill since you will be at mob areas normaly.

As soon as you can hit two monsters, you should use Brandish to mob. Technically speaking, 10 Brandish out-DPSes Slash Blast on mobs of 5, but that's not practical in the use of a mobbing skill, strictly speaking. If you need to KB large mobs, you can still have a use for Slash Blast, but just know that it sucks hard for damage.

im not so sure about this bit, especially if youve got 1 AC. coma is pretty damn amazing, and the faster you charge the more you use it. 10 brandish alone may out dps slash blast + fa alone, but if you consider that you can coma maybe 1.3x as often using slash blast with 1 ac...

i admit im very curious to see some calculations on it, but since im over the level where itd matter to me i dont wanna take the time to do it myself.