Fiona general guide.

• Invertex wrote on 2010-09-23 00:22
  You don't need a special build for the Bear. Tossing items is pretty useless as the bear will probably trample you when you're unable to sprint or dodge. Str means you do more damage per short combo while stam means you don't have to wait as long before starting a new combo. However, solo-ing the bear is mostly running around, so Stam is a non issue (from what I've done anyways) and it's more of an endurance run then anything (thus making the slight damage increase from Str negligable).
• asmoron wrote on 2010-09-23 02:43
  where does standing guard factor in?
• katalystx wrote on 2010-09-23 07:15
  so umm. are lvling cloth and light armor proficency no-noes?
• jovicklee wrote on 2010-09-23 08:25
  I can't help but notice you don't mention Strength Mastery at all anywhere in your guide.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-09-23 11:56

  Quote from asmoron;163690:

  where does standing guard factor in?

  
  I'm sorry, I don't understand the question here.
  
  

  Quote from katalystx;163866:

  so umm. are lvling cloth and light armor proficency no-noes?

  
  Cloth = no.
  Light Mastery = yes. Ranking it to E for Savage Set is a good idea, since it's a good Fiona set, and will last a bit. After that you can leave it there forever, or rank it to B when needed for the -dontrememberthename- set.
  
  

  Quote from jovicklee;163870:

  I can't help but notice you don't mention Strength Mastery at all anywhere in your guide.

  
  I forgot about it, just noticed. Thanks for letting me know. Will add info in a bit.
  For the meantime, rank D needed for weight mastery (needed) and rank A recommended, but for damage skills it's a better idea to rank Smash Mastery first imo.
  
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  P.S: Robust Echeloch vid added. White Tyrant is next I guess.
• Razazriell wrote on 2010-09-23 16:34
  Oh. Not something super important but you mention the Sling shot brothers throwing up. While its probably just as gross they don't throw up. They sneeze on you.
• john775 wrote on 2010-09-23 18:07
  Great Guide, helped a lot while levelling my Fiona.
  
  Regarding Smash Mastery, I had checked the vindictus wiki earlier, and was pretty excited for this skill, as it seemingly added a ton of stun chance to smash attacks (said 30% at max rank). I recently got it ingame, and it's not adding as much as the wiki said it would (only 1% chance per rank up so far). Is the wiki wrong? Or does smash mastery get better?
  
  I've been using the Sprint Smash a lot (thanks to your guide, I had no idea this was even possible lol) and while I love it, the stun chance seems rather low. Does this get better later on? This really seems like the only fast move Fiona has, as building up to an Amaranth Kick takes ages, and I was hoping this would be a staple of Fiona gameplay/pvp, but the low stun/dmg at the moment almost makes me not want to waste the stamina on it.
  
  Also, I was just wondering how Fiona holds up later in the game?
  Is blocking/tanking useful later on? While I've seen it's uses during boss fights so far, isn't it just better to dodge? Not being able to counterattack smash attacks makes me feel less useful than a Lann on some of these boss encounters.
  I imagine counterattack and heavy stander could make her fairly formidable in PvP, but her lack of speed and no real damage until Amaranth Kick might keep her down. Do Fiona's shield skills play a big role in pvp? Does her high stun chance give her an edge?
  
  Sorry for all the questions, I'm pretty clueless about the late game, any answers will be a help. Thanks again for the great guide :)
• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-09-23 18:57

  Quote from Razazriell;163942:

  Oh. Not something super important but you mention the Sling shot brothers throwing up. While its probably just as gross they don't throw up. They sneeze on you.

  
  
  Oooh so that's mucus 8D yummy. Will change.
  
  

  Quote from john775;164019:

  Great Guide, helped a lot while levelling my Fiona.
  
  Regarding Smash Mastery, I had checked the vindictus wiki earlier, and was pretty excited for this skill, as it seemingly added a ton of stun chance to smash attacks (said 30% at max rank). I recently got it ingame, and it's not adding as much as the wiki said it would (only 1% chance per rank up so far). Is the wiki wrong? Or does smash mastery get better?
  
  I've been using the Sprint Smash a lot (thanks to your guide, I had no idea this was even possible lol) and while I love it, the stun chance seems rather low. Does this get better later on? This really seems like the only fast move Fiona has, as building up to an Amaranth Kick takes ages, and I was hoping this would be a staple of Fiona gameplay/pvp, but the low stun/dmg at the moment almost makes me not want to waste the stamina on it.
  
  Also, I was just wondering how Fiona holds up later in the game?
  Is blocking/tanking useful later on? While I've seen it's uses during boss fights so far, isn't it just better to dodge? Not being able to counterattack smash attacks makes me feel less useful than a Lann on some of these boss encounters.
  I imagine counterattack and heavy stander could make her fairly formidable in PvP, but her lack of speed and no real damage until Amaranth Kick might keep her down. Do Fiona's shield skills play a big role in pvp? Does her high stun chance give her an edge?
  
  Sorry for all the questions, I'm pretty clueless about the late game, any answers will be a help. Thanks again for the great guide :)

  
  
  First of all, I can't answer any pvp questions as I was unable to play pvp properly in Korean servers due to lag.
  
  Regarding Smash Mastery, you read that wrong. Damage increases by 30% at rank 6 while stun change increases by 9%
  
  Sprint Smash shines when it crits, most of my sprint-smash crits end up stunning most bosses. And you can almost-always squeeze in one or two sprint-smashes for the extra chance of stunning.
  
  It won't always be as easy to dodge, and there's always a chance to counter-attack on most bosses (exception are raids mostly, in this case you'll be taking a large shield with you).
  Also, Blossom is really powerful, and can be done fast.
  Here are some vids that may interest you:
  Episode 6 boss, you can see Heavy Stander giving advantage here, and how counter attack stuns often, something Lann wouldn't be able to do.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_JWBI39qU
  Red Tyrant, with large shield, heavy stander allows you to stay close to the enemy and keep hitting him.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiNyDOATDUo&feature=channel
  
  There was also this vid I can't find now, everyone was struggling to dodge and getting hit mostly, while Fionas kept using Heavy Stander.
  Also, durability won't be as much of an issue at higher levels.
• john775 wrote on 2010-09-23 21:42
  Thanks for the response Bakuryu. Yeah it seems Vindictuswiki has it backwards for smash mastery (Damage of all smash skills increases by 9%.
  Chance of knocking down opponents with a smash skill increases by 30%.) That would've been nice though :)
  
  Those vids are amazing, I'm surprised that Fiona can just spam heavy stander like that without much durability loss (looks like none, maybe thanks to campfire). I tend use Amaranth Kick a ton, these Korean players tend to stick with just the lower hit combos, might have to try that.
• asmoron wrote on 2010-09-24 01:01
  excuse me i mean Standing Endurance, the skill
  
  

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• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-09-24 01:53
  Ah, another skill I still have to add info. I will work on the missing skills tonight or tomorrow early, kinda busy, haven't even played much vindictus lately =<
  That skill is pretty good, can save your skin several times. It only costs 350AP (total) to get it to Rank A. But you shouldn't worry too much about it until later, when you have more places to farm AP. And it isn't very useful until later, when the game isn't as easy, rank 9 is good then.
• DLMyst wrote on 2010-09-24 22:24
  How do you get the blossom skill?
• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-09-24 23:41
  Kristie gives the story quest at level 30.
  
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  Guide update: More skill information.
• Narc wrote on 2010-09-25 00:26
  I'm going to have to let you know that I made this account solely to thank you for making such an awesome thread (though I'll probably stick around). Thank you
• Paladuck wrote on 2010-09-25 01:46
  thanks for updating :) i look at it every time before i use my AP lol