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

Hiiii, 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. I'm also really used to soloing and playing alone (bards were preferred in leveling parties before as Bragi was almost always needed, and Dancers were mostly in demand only in PvP/WoE </3). I still have the tendency to be a bit of a soloist/loner (even irl lol), but i'm really happy to be doing difficult instances with the friends i've made here in Muh RO <3 and to help in case you have any questions.

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 (as well as other non-crit, non-HP, ranged physical class builds - albeit with some tweaks). The Dancer class is always gonna hold a special place in my {{#icon:994}}

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | Pros and Cons

| Can use HP and SP Absorb gears for easier farming || Lower DPS compared to Metallic Fury/Rhythmic Wave build. We probably have like, 1/4 (or 1/5. Just a lot lower :( ) of their DPS at max gears with both.

| Some physical gears have HP boosts built in so can be a bit tanky || Long skill cooldown for Rose Blossom at 0.7

| Quick cooldown for single target skill Rhythm Shooting at 0.35 || 2 button turbo for max DPS

| Rose Blossom damage decent enough to 1 hit Temple/Venom dungeons (with drop rate gears) and Forgotten Time dungeon || Needs HIT. Can struggle against certain MVPs with Agi Up (Biosphere A and B MVPS, some are kinda possible with high HIT, but Glade Mistress and Soul Gloom Under Night probably impossible for now)

| <s>''<small>Cute</small>''</s> || | Needs to worry about Variable Cast Time (as compared to no cast time of Metallic Fury)

| <s>''<small>Popular to boot</small>''</s> || | The only other build that's considered meta where we can share our gears with is DcB DK/Ranged Ninja (farming). Magic build can share gears with lots of other classes

| <s>''<small>Great hair</small>''</s> || | Needs 2 buttons to maximize DPS (mainly just used for bosses or in Depth 2 (Depths Abyss) if leveling there and under geared)

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | <big>Archer</big>

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | <big>Dancer/Gypsy</big>

* You can only have 1 active '''Ensemble''' skill at a time

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | <big>Wanderer</big>

| {{#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

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:3px; | <big>Trouvere</big>

| {{#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 || ♡♡♡

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.

| Low Head Gear Costume Enchant || | Best: {{#item:1000668}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:25228}} / {{#item:1000865}} / {{#item:1000376}}|| Using {{#item:25228}} is very convenient when farming, but do remember that you'll lose 0.5s of FCT if you use it instead of {{#item:1000668}}. 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}} / {{#item:1000525}} / {{#item:1000526}} || I really prefer the CON stone since it not only gives damage boost, but also HIT and FLEE. If you have enough damage, using absorb stones are really nice too

For the shadow gears, it's the usual shadow equipment of most physical classes. For enchants, I recommend getting +5% ranged physical damage (highest damage) > CON + 5 > POW + 5, but you can definitely get more defensive enchants if that's what you prefer. Ranged Physical damage gives the highest damage (vs the +5 CON/POW) even if we already have lots of it. CON always gives higher damage for Rhythm Shooting since it has a high CON scaling. For Rose Blossom, sometimes POW gives more damage if it gives you higher p.atk, but CON beats POW if it doesn't.

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Note: Shadow gears section will be updated when the Blossom Shadow Set and Rhythm Shadow Set gets released. Right now, i'm using Bow Master Shadow Set, but i'd recommend just waiting for our skill shadows.

* Another reminder is choosing Group B Chorus skills. They also don't stack so only choose one. The most commonly used Chorus buffs are {{#skill:2434}} if your DPS are magic types and {{#skill:2428}} if ranged types. For lower level parties where not everyone has high HP, or if your main DPS are melee types, {{#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}}.