Originally Posted by Electricity Gone Human  |
| I wonder if /DRK and Absorb-MND for Savage Blade with a Martial Anelace would be a decent substitute for MND, Seeing that there's not much MND gear appropriate for Weapon Skills (Errant Pigaches are just outright SILLY with what I can salvage from my current gear). Maybe I'll try it out tonight before Dynamis. |
If you're /DRK Savage won't come near Vorpal without 300% TP, it just won't. Believe me I've run all these WS' into the ground. Also regarding /DRK, don't forget that Absorb-VIT is your friend.
| Originally Posted by Electricity Gone Human |
| A Spirits Within @ 300% TP is fine too. Probably won't make any difference with the Martial Anelace, but it would be hilarious if it did. |
If you're fighting something where a 300% Spirits is going to do more than 2 100% Vorpal/Eviscerations that isn't a Jelly or Elemental, you probably shouldn't be meleeing it.
| Originally Posted by Electricity Gone Human |
| I'll also have to do some tests on Campaign Mobs to see how well I put out Vorpal Blades with a Mensur Epee on /DRK and/or /BLU, if I ever get a hold of one. |
Campaign is a bad place to test out, WS's are kinda weird there. I put up more damage as RDM/RNG doing Sidewinder than anything else.
Regarding the OP, tailoring towards the MND mod, and practically any secondary WS mod for any sword WS ever unless you have capped fSTR is pointless. As Armando said, in equal amounts STR will always add more damage, that's it. Also, Savage Blade just sucks with less than 300 TP. It is only slightly better than Fast Blade at 100 and 200 TP, it's just a shit weaponskill to begin with that generally has more value as a Light opener than as an actual source of damage. If you're /NIN most times you'd be better off using a Dagger for Evisceration. Multi-hit critical WS' are just more powerful by design.
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Side note: Armando level RNG or something and help me figure out wtf is up with Detonator!
