2011-07-06, 10:57 PM
Your chaos 4th job is terrible advice, since final cut has nerfed to hell and no longer gives passive bonuses to the other attacks.
The most efficient skill build for chaos training for 4th job is as follows.
120
1 blade fury 1 sharpness 1 venom
I know you said venom sucks, but still, you're not going to be one shotting monsters at LHC anyway. It'll give a tiny increase to your overall damage output even at level 1, and that makes it worth it.
Then max sharpness, then max blade fury,then max thorns.
Sharpness is basically old thorns, but passive, and at max it gives the following bonus.
Level 10: Crit Rate: +25%, Minimum Crit Damage: +20%
So you're basically sitting at 30% crit rate, 40% if you have a critical ring.
On average, 1/3 of the hits from blade fury will crit.
And then you max blade fury, because its your main mobbing skill in fourth job, and it does damn good damage.
Level 30: MP Cost: 65, Damage: 165%, Number of Attacks: 3, Max Enemies Hit: 6
With maxed mirror image, that's 994.5% damage per cast for one monster, and its delay is comparable to what upperstab used to be.
Then you max thorns, which gives you maximum benefit due to its +30attack bonus that stacks with other attack potions AS WELL AS its 90% knockback resistance.
This is huge.
Not getting tossed around the map as you attack is amazingly good for training, plus if you're in a party with a bishop who uses bless, since bless stacks with other buffs now, you've got 30+15=45 extra attack that you can stack with any other attack buff used on you, OR attack potion that you use.
After that its really down to personal preference, I believe, but those are the three core skills that definitely need to be maxed early on after chaos.
The most efficient skill build for chaos training for 4th job is as follows.
120
1 blade fury 1 sharpness 1 venom
I know you said venom sucks, but still, you're not going to be one shotting monsters at LHC anyway. It'll give a tiny increase to your overall damage output even at level 1, and that makes it worth it.
Then max sharpness, then max blade fury,then max thorns.
Sharpness is basically old thorns, but passive, and at max it gives the following bonus.
Level 10: Crit Rate: +25%, Minimum Crit Damage: +20%
So you're basically sitting at 30% crit rate, 40% if you have a critical ring.
On average, 1/3 of the hits from blade fury will crit.
And then you max blade fury, because its your main mobbing skill in fourth job, and it does damn good damage.
Level 30: MP Cost: 65, Damage: 165%, Number of Attacks: 3, Max Enemies Hit: 6
With maxed mirror image, that's 994.5% damage per cast for one monster, and its delay is comparable to what upperstab used to be.
Then you max thorns, which gives you maximum benefit due to its +30attack bonus that stacks with other attack potions AS WELL AS its 90% knockback resistance.
This is huge.
Not getting tossed around the map as you attack is amazingly good for training, plus if you're in a party with a bishop who uses bless, since bless stacks with other buffs now, you've got 30+15=45 extra attack that you can stack with any other attack buff used on you, OR attack potion that you use.
After that its really down to personal preference, I believe, but those are the three core skills that definitely need to be maxed early on after chaos.