Since I’m a Mage and the staple of my usually attacks are useless against Uroboros, I now need some advice on how to approach it skill wise. Here’s a list of my current skills.
Melee/Range skills
Charge rN
Combat Mastery rC
Counterattack rF
Critical Hit r1
Defense rE
Ranged Attack (Human) rF
Smash r8
Windmill r1
Magic skills
Blaze rB
Fireball r5
Firebolt r1
Icebolt r1
Ice Spear rA
Lightning Bolt r1
Magic Mastery r1
Mana Shield r6
Thunder r1
Now I’ve been thinking about two possibilities.
1. I rank Blaze to r1. Then I’d use Blaze and cc Firebolt against Uroboros. (369 AP)
Pros:
Builds on my current skill set.
...... I don’t know what ells goes for it.....
Cons:
High mana use
Immobile during casting.
Immobile after Blaze
Elemental wand damage nerf
Low non-knockback damage from Blaze (An assumption)
I dislike Blaze, because with my lag (700ms average) it’s very hard to use
2. I rank Smash and Combat mastery to r1. (333AP)
Pros:
Higher damage
Mobility while loading skills
Uses SP rather than MP (leaving all for mana shield)
Trans more effective (Almost doubles damage)
Cons:
Spending AP in a different build than my main build
Needs a good weapon to maximizes damage
I feel like option 2 is better, but it does bother me a little bit that it’s not in my main build. But then again I’d have gotten them to r1 eventually anyway.
Does anyone have some extra advice or comments?
I have enough stocked up AP to complete ether of the in 2 weeks time. I also did some sums and my Max Firebolt damage is 915, compared to this table of what my average melee damage would be:
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Unfortunately I have to go for a while, but I'll be back as soon as I can. Thanks for any advice.