XoSofiya's (Let's Get) Physical Performer Guide: Difference between revisions

Hey! I'm Sophie :) I've been playing the dancer class since pre-renewal on PH RO ever since I was a kid. Played on and off, but was always spamming Scream/Tarot Card of Fate and dancing Please Don't Forget Me/Loki's Wail in WoE. While the (Physical) Performer classes don't have the highest DPS, they have decent damage, good range, and great survivability. This guide is more focused on the Dancer route since it's the class that i always played as, but it should also be applicable to the Bard route (with a few tweaks). The Dancer class is always gonna hold a special place in my {{#icon:994}}

1 shotting mobs using the right element/modifiers.

|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | Pros and Cons (Work in Progress^^)

| Can use HP and SP Absorb gears for easier farming || Needs to worry about Variable Cast Time (as compared to no cast time of Metallic Fury)

| Some physical gears have HP boosts built in so can be a bit tanky || Current gears are not that good yet (TDRC combo doesn't boost Rose Blossom damage much, only Rhythm Shooting. Need to test episode 21 gears if we can improve DPS further)

| Quick cooldown for single target skill Rhythm Shooting at 0.35 || Long skill cooldown for Rose Blossom at 0.7

| Rose Blossom damage decent enough to 1 hit Temple and Forgotten Time dungeons with right gears (but with MVP) || Needs HIT. Can struggle against certain MVPs with Agi Up

| - || | Skill is blocked by Pneuma and other similar skills

| - || | Lower DPS compared to Metallic Fury build <br>

+15 Endgame gears with MVPs: Metallic Fury DPS = 21.7b. Rose Blossom + Rhythm Shooting = 11b (with MVP Thanatos card but dummy defense is 0) <br>

| - || | The only other build that's considered meta where we can share our gears with is DcB DK. Magic build can share with lots of other classes

| - || | Needs 2 buttons to maximize DPS

* As you can see, the physical build for performers is like a niche build within a niche class. The meta build for performers is the magic {{#skill:5356}} build. Though even if the Ranged DPS is lower, single skill cast damage is good enough to farm all dungeons

* STA - 0* - For RES

* WIS - 72* - For MRES. Lots of magic skills in D1 and D2. Helps you tank a lot. Magic skills aren't gonna hurt and you can tank most skills (including Moskillro) in D2. Only problems are Earthquake and Dark Grand Cross (?)

* CON - 110 - FLEE, P. Atk, and Skill Modifier for {{#skill:5353}} and {{#skill:5355}}

| {{#skill:2420}} Siren's Voice || 5 || My favorite skill! Use for a chance to make enemies fall in love with you. They won't attack you or cast any skills while they're in love. Receiving damage cancels the effect immediately. Very useful when getting mobbed while playing solo. Monsters would follow you around but won't cast skills (ex. Depth 2 Salamander would still follow you but won't use Earthquake if you're alone). Just be careful using this skill in party plays. '''If a party member falls in love with you, any Group B song buffs that they have would be overwritten''' - '''Type: Group B Song'''

| Frigg's Song || 5 || Gives a huge HP buff to the whole party. '''This is not included in Group A or B songs which means it can stack with them'''! Always keep this buff up

* '''Group B Songs''' skills don't stack either. Just be careful with {{#skill:2420}} Siren's Voice and {{#skill:2423}} overwriting your main Group B Song buffs if you use them

| {{#skill:5360}} || 5 || Useful for inflicting a -RES debuff on monsters near you. Useful for mid-late game content, but is useless by endgame content with Boss Protocol monsters. Can just be used to recover AP

* A good skill rotation to be able to use both {{#skill:5351}} and {{#skill:5352}} in a quick interval (at max AP), is to use {{#skill:5351}} first, cast {{#skill:5364}}, {{#skill:5362}}, {{#skill:5361}}, and then cast {{#skill:5352}}

* I didn't max out some skills in this skill tree and just used the extra points on the Wanderer skill tree to get more useful (albeit situational) buffs. You can do what you want with the remaining skill points, but since some skills are useable only in PVP, it's up to you if you wanna level them up or not

| {{#skill:327}} || {{#skill:319}} || {{#skill:309}} || {{#skill:2350}} || {{#skill:2423}} || Frigg's Song

| {{#skill:329}} Fortune's Kiss || {{#skill:320}} || {{#skill:307}} || {{#skill:2351}} || {{#skill:2420}} Siren's Voice || ♡♡♡

| ♡♡♡ || {{#skill:320}} || {{#skill:310}} || {{#skill:2381}} || {{#skill:2431}} Lerad's Dew || ♡♡♡

| Upper Head Gear || Best in slot is +12 A {{#item:400540}} BUT damage for {{#skill:5353}} is still not that far from +12 A {{#item:400110}} and +12 A {{#item:400673}} || Best enchants for damage are {{#item:312743}} and {{#item:312703}}. But you can also get {{#item:312700}} or {{#item:312706}} for utility/survivability

| Upper Head Gear || +15 A {{#item:400540}} || Highest DPS is with +15 A {{#item:400540}} due to Rose Blossom + Rhythm Shooting "piano" combo. But if only using Rose Blossom, {{#item:400110}} has the potential to have higher damage specially when used with Beelzebub card and Sealed Beelzebub card (haven't tested fully, but almost sure of it).

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<s>For the costume enchants, it really depends on what you're lacking. There are times when the +15% additional physical damage to all sizes of {{#item:1000667}} and {{#item:25501}} out weight the +10% Ranged Physical Damage and +15% physical damage to all monster elements of the Stalker combo. It's up to you to decide on the costume enchants that you need for your specific build.</s> <br>

Now that we have the new 4th Class Garment Costume Stones, the Wanderer/Minstrel Stones with the {{#item:1001488}} is the best combo for us. The difference between the other combos is so big, you can actually just skip those and get the best costume stones for us. You can still switch the Low Costume Stone to {{#item:25228}} if you prefer that since we mainly use Rose Blossom for farming anyway.

| Upper Head Gear Costume Enchant || Best: {{#item:1000666}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:25498}} / {{#item:1000375}} || <s> Just like what i said on end game gears part, the additional range damage % seems to be negligible sometimes when it's too high and your other stats are low. Definitely explore if {{#item:25498}} would work better for you (+20 atk). It works better for my build, but it might be different for you and {{#item:1000375}} might be better </s> <br> I'd recommend using the best in slot costume stone which is {{#item:1000666}} for the combo with the Garment Stone. You can skip the alternatives unless those are the only things that you have.

| Mid Head Gear Costume Enchant || | Best: {{#item:1001943}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:1000667}} / {{#item:25491}} / {{#item:25061}} || Since the new Wanderer Minstrel Stone II was released, the 15% size modifier we get on it when Circle of Nature is Level 5 is better than the 10% Rose Blossom on the combo. Gonna have to revisit this when Episode 21 comes out, but so far this is the best one for my current build.

| Low Head Gear Costume Enchant || | Best: {{#item:1000668}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:25228}} / {{#item:1000865}} / {{#item:1000376}}|| Using {{#item:25228}} is very convenient when farming. Use the others for higher DPS

| Garment Costume Enchant || | Best: {{#item:1001488}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:311470}} / {{#item:25493}} / {{#item:25501}} / {{#item:6963}} || Physical classes have the advantage of using HP/SP Absorption costume enchants. You can use it if you need to

| Garment Costume Enchant (Dual) || | {{#item:1001055}} / {{#item:1000856}} / {{#item:1000523}} || Depends on the combo

| Armor || | {{#item:300007}} {{#item:4408}} {{#item:300021}} {{#item:27126}}|| For the armor, we currently only have the 2x element and race cards. I found {{#item:300007}} to be one of the most versatile cards, but you can definitely choose another one like {{#item:4408}} for one-shot farming Biosphere Temple

| Shield || | Situational MVP cards: {{#item:4128}} {{#item:4636}} || I haven't tried {{#item:4128}}, but it should be useful for Depth 2. {{#item:4636}} gives a nice, versatile boost of damage, but for the monsters with elements included in {{#item:300465}}, it's better and gives more survivability (Vit + 15 and 20% damage reduction). If you can get {{#item:4636}} and play safe, it's good for D2. But the non MVP option {{#item:300465}} is good enough (and better in some cases)

| Garment || | Best for DPS: {{#item:300473}} <br> Most Versatile: {{#item:4683}} || It is so easy to get instant cast with {{#item:4683}} and it helps so so much with survivability. For the best DPS however, {{#item:300473}} is the one that you need. You'd have to adjust some gears to get instant cast since it's hard to get stats to 530 without {{#item:4683}} and/or almighty shadow gears and without relying on Blessing buff + The One

For the shadow gears, it's the usual shadow equipment of most physical classes. For enchants, I recommend getting +5 POW and/or +5% ranged physical damage, but you can definitely get more defensive enchants if that's what you prefer.  

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* Another reminder is choosing Group B Chorus skills. They also don't stack so only choose one. The most commonly used Chorus buff is {{#skill:2434}} since most DPS carries in HoL are magic types, but for lower levels where not everyone has high HP, {{#skill:2431}} Lerad's Dew is also a decent option.

* Always cast {{#skill:5007}} Frigg's Song and if soul linked, {{#skill:322}}. Actually, ask to be soul linked if there's an SA cause higher HP is always needed in higher levels. And a reminder, it doesn't stack with {{#skill:321}}. Prioritize {{#skill:322}} over {{#skill:321}}.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaDVW-mbdCQ Rose Blossom Gameplay in Depth 2]<br>

UPDATED: Another Depth 2 performance video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YNgr5TvjA Trouvere in Updated Depth 2]