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Lukshad wrote on 2014-05-06 07:26
Since Merlin's Shyllien Knuckles are staves as far as skills go, can they receive reforges that come on staves too? I only reforged mine until I got ele 6 and it didn't take too many to get there, so I never had the opportunity to see anything interesting-which is good, of course.
But yeah, I'm just curious if anyone's gotten casting speed or something on a pair.
P.S. Could Used be enchanted on a pair of Merlin's? I'm assuming so, but I don't know.
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ironwoman wrote on 2014-05-06 09:13
No. You can still get magic attack though.
And the enchants are also knuckles type, not staves.
This is the big reason why it's not considered a great weapon. The best you can do with this knuckle is really to just get ele 6 and make it your max damage knuckles, but if you're trying to do serious magic with this weapon, it won't happen.
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Lukshad wrote on 2014-05-06 16:01
Whaaaat? So the only reason is has the Staff tag is only because of the skills, not enchants or reforges? I thought those tags were there primarily so you have an idea of which enchants are useable.
I still love the Merlin's though, since I've never been the kind of player to partake in pissing contests. If I can pull my own weight in endgame content, then I'm ...well, content. :whistle:
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ironwoman wrote on 2014-05-06 16:53
Quote from Lukshad;1218971:
Whaaaat? So the only reason is has the Staff tag is only because of the skills, not enchants or reforges? I thought those tags were there primarily so you have an idea of which enchants are useable.
I still love the Merlin's though, since I've never been the kind of player to partake in pissing contests. If I can pull my own weight in endgame content, then I'm ...well, content. :whistle:
Don't trust wiki on everything. There are still contents that are false, this being an example.
The problem with this knuckle is that your magic damage will be MUCH lower than if you were using other magic weapons... meaning you probably won't be able to "pull your own weight" in end game content, whatever that is for you.
This knuckle is a good candidate for secondary/tertiary weapon, but definitely not primary due to its limit in magic.
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Yuuki Asuna wrote on 2014-05-06 17:19
Content that's not elemental immune is trashed with ele 6. Anything immune requires a party >4 wherein you're most likely going for synergistic support/teamwork. Thus the utility of something like thunder stun for a party mate to crisis then swaping to charging strike to counteract agro on said puppeteer becomes huge and your DPS aren't going to mean shit when everything is two-thirds dead from crisis+SR+BS. I you're using magic as a primary, you'll most likely be using gunner and firebolt in lord and not using an elemental reforge. So other than black dragon or MA, I really don't see where that 2-hander damage is going to be important.
tl ; dr The OP is going to pull their weight regardless of what content they're running.