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}}

== '''Notes''' ==

1 shotting mobs using the right element/modifiers.

Additional Notes:  

* 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

* There's recent news about performers getting a new ''magic'' skill. Something important to keep in mind when choosing what to build. We don't really need a new physical skill since our hands will be full just spamming Rose Blossom and Rhythm Shooting on endgame mobs, but we could definitely use some buffs for them (which there is no news about)

Main stats that we should focus on for general farming are '''DEX''' (main ATK source and Variable Cast time reduction), '''INT''' (SP and VCT reduction), '''STR''' (additional ATK source and weight capacity), '''AGI''' (ASPD for cast animation and some FLEE for survivability. Note ASPD can easily be increased with  {{#skill:2350}} (for Trouveres)  and  {{#skill:2428}} , '''LUK''' (additional ATK source), and lastly '''VIT''' (for additional HP) . I won't be providing an exact stat build for farming since it would depend on your needs anyway. One thing to note is that it's best to strive to reduce Variable Cast Time via stats ('''DEX x 2 + INT = 530'''). You can use {{#item:12883}}  or {{#item:50035}} when adjusting your stats. I prefer not including the '''Blessing''' buff from the healer since it doesn't last as long. As for the traits, you can just use '''POW = 100 and CON = 100''' and the rest you can put on either '''STA or WIS''' (or divide for both) depending on your RES/MRES needs.<br><br>

=== Endgame Dungeons/Depth 2 Build ===

The stat build that I use for Depth 2 differs a tiny little bit compared to the build I used to farm before. You don't really have to worry too much about survivability in most dungeons so you could dump more stats in '''STR''' and '''LUK''' for additional damage when farming. However, it now matters when going to the endgame dungeons like '''Depth 1''' and '''Depth 2'''. I'll be sharing the stat and trait build that i'm using, but take note that i'm using {{#item:4683}}  to achieve instant VCT, have additional damage, and survivability (my previous tests showed that having an MVP card with a +20 stat is better than {{#item:300270}} and {{#item:4392}} , but it might've had something to do with my other items and stats so take that info with a grain of salt. This is for people who are thinking twice about giving up the Empathize + Observer combo because I know it's super good

 

* STR - 33 - Rest of remaining stats

* AGI - 110 - AGI is high not for ASPD, but for FLEE. One of my main problems in D2 before is the Depth Flame Ghost's (22257) Meteor Assault. With almost maxed out FLEE at 100 Con and {{#item:300177}}, it's not an issue anymore

* VIT - 115 - Getting VIT as high as your build can accommodate is great. Even if Meteor Assault hits, you still survive it. Would also be able to take a "pop" or 2 of Earthquake and live

* INT - 81 - For VCT

* LUK - 80 - Helps with Curse

* 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}}

* CRT - 0 <br>

For STA and WIS, it's really personal preference. You can play around with remaining 72 traits points at level 275. I prefer maxing out WIS since I noticed that most damage I take is from magical damage. Physical monster skills are usually taken cared of by high FLEE

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|+ <big>Dancer/Gypsy</big>

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

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|+ <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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|+ <big>Trouvere</big>

| {{#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 || ♡♡♡

Just remember, only 1 of each type of buff. Luckily, our Trouvere party buffs all stack so that's easy to remember ♡

'''Reminder: Always use {{#item:12263}}''' or any other type of Battle Manual that you have. They work even when just turning in quests

Also, this is just a rough leveling guide. It would still be good to check out other player guides and ask people in game on the best place to go to if you find yourself struggling on the recommended steps here

=== Early Stage ===

This is just gonna be a short guide for leveling. Your first priority is joining the Eden Group and then doing the [[https://wiki.muhro.eu/Kill_Quests_and_Item_Collection_Boards| Board Quests]]. To prepare for this, just collect the Bows for levels 10 and 45 from the [[https://wiki.muhro.eu/Beginners_Guide#Eden_Gear| Eden Gears]] and then get the {{#item:580022}} at level 100. From Archer to Gypsy, you only need to use the skill {{#skill:46}} to level. Prioritized getting your DEX and AGI to 99 and you should be all set. Just do random Eden Quests until you're level 70 and can collect the level 70-99 quest for hunting '''15x Wraith 15x Evil Druid''' in '''Glast Heim (Monastery)'''. From warper, just choose Dungeons > Glast Heim > Monastery. Repeat this a few times to get to level 99 but don't rebirth yet, make sure you keep 1 completed quest of this so you can turn it in later for quick leveling. After that, rebirth to High Novice > job change to High Archer > do some Eden Boards quests again til you're job 50 and can job change to Gypsy. After changing your job to Gypsy, turn in the the level 70-99 quest that you saved earlier, and you should be around high level 80 to 90's. Repeat and do some quests again to go level 99 and job 70 to become a Wanderer

=== Mid Stage ===

=== Late Stage ===

When you reach level 200, change your job to Trouvere and prioritize getting {{#skill:5353}}, {{#skill:5355}}, {{#skill:5351}}, and {{#skill:5352}}. And then max out the other buffs. You should also now be able to access [[Varmundt's Biosphere]] at 240. Understandably, you would struggle quite a bit here if your gears aren't ready for this stage yet. I'd recommend farming first and then coming back here when you think you can handle the monsters. Leveling via the Eden Boards level 190 quests are also still viable. It would take some time, but you can get eden coins for it. Another thing that you can do is join [[Varmundt's_Biosphere_Depth|Depth 1]] parties. You don't need to have good DPS or the best equips here to be useful. Just use {{#item:12710}}, bring {{#item:6316}} (resurrect your self when you die), {{#item:610}} to resurrect others or use {{#skill:2421}} if you have it, your {{#item:12263}} and {{#item:50035}} OR just {{#item:23204}}. Cast your buffs and don't be afraid to attack enemies with Rose Blossom and Rhythm shooting so you can regenerate AP. You can use {{#item:1757}} here for all around damage, but you can also do arrow switching to increase DPS if you want to. '''Make sure to ask the party leader to enable Even Party EXP share and you should level up super fast'''

== '''Gear Recommendation''' ==

Inspired by: [[Madame_Celery's_Guide_to_MuhRO| Madame Celery's Guide]], [[The_Performer's_Life_By_Conga_Lyne| Conga Lyne's Performer Guide]], [[Choi's_SVS_Arch_Mage_Guide|Choi's Arch Mage Guide]], and by (Biolo) Schier in Merchant Discord Channel <br> <br>

===== '''Eden Phase''' =====

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===== '''Early Game Gears''' =====

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===== '''Mid Game Gears''' =====

This is probably the part of the game where you're gonna spend more time building your equipment. The most important stuff here are the accessories, armor, and weapon. Honestly, i only put effort with the Gray Wolf enchantments on the accessories and armor. The enchantment for the shoes and garment was just random. For the weapons, i'd really suggest just getting the {{#item:580062}} since it's the strongest end game weapon anyway. But if you really want to get the {{#item:580033}}, the enchants that you should get are {{#item:311453}} and 2x {{#item:311312}}. The Dim Glacier whip has higher damage when used with a fully refined {{#item:400110}}, but it falls off compared to the next equipment that we'll make. Up to you whether you want to maximize the refines and enchant on them or not. As for the cards, you can still use the cards that you were using in the early game phase and you could also slowly get some of the cards in the late game phase

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| Armor || | +9 / +11 {{#item:450206}} / +9 / +11 {{#item:450177}} || I've been told that since the recent updates, it would be easier to farm for {{#item:450206}} and its enchants or buy it from other players. There is more info about it [[https://wiki.muhro.eu/Issgard_Equipment#Perfect_Enchant_(Slot_2)| here]]. The enchants you'd need for it are {{#item:1000791}} and {{#item:311100}}. The last enchant, you can decide what you need. You'd save more money and time making that so you can skip the Gray Wolf gears. <br> (Outdated for Gray Wolf) Our goal here is to get the perfect enchants for ranged damage characters {{#item:310533}}, {{#item:310508}}, and {{#item:310505}}. This is something that I could recommend spending your time on to perfect. This armor is really good and still sells for a decent price after you're done using it

| Weapon || | {{#item:580030}} / {{#item:580033}} / {{#item:580062}} || The cheapest one you can get would be good. However, I fully recommend getting {{#item:580062}}. It should be the cheapest one since it's easy to get for end game players, and we'll be using this til End Game. Just chat on #Trade if you can't find one for sale on vend

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===== '''Late Game Gears''' =====

These are the equipment i'm using for endgame content and so far i can do almost everything solo. Even going to Depth 2 alone. It's slower than meta classes like DK and Inquisitor, can have some issues with the Pneuma of some monsters, but really good survivability specially when using {{#skill:2420}} Siren's Voice. Just keep in mind that you're almost like a jack of all trades. Can buff, can support, a little tanky, and can do some damage. You're great for party plays, but also good in soloing if you want to. <br><br> If your only priority is to do AoE damage (only farming with {{#skill:5353}}), you don't really need to rush to make a {{#item:400540}}. It mainly boosts {{#skill:5355}} damage and while it also offers some boost in overall damage with other stats, you can prioritize other gears first.

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| 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

| Mid Head Gear || | {{#item:410233}} || {{#item:300363}} (damage) or {{#item:300174}} (HP) . You can use one or 2 of these cards for Upper and Mid gear. Whatever you prefer

| Low Head Gear || | {{#item:420220}} || Best enchants should Dex + 5 and Long Range Physical attack + 7%, but other stats should be good too like Vit and Luk

| Armor || | +12 A {{#item:450283}} / +12 A {{#item:450171}} || {{#item:300376}} best card for survivability. You can change this to other MVP armor cards like {{#item:300007}} and still have decent survivability. The {{#item:450171}} is most probably the best in slot when used with the whole set from Hall of Life (when it gets implemented). As of updating this guide however, {{#item:450283}} is still better

| Shield || | +12 A {{#item:460020}} / +11 C {{#item:460040}} || The {{#item:460020}} is good if you need the additional utility and all element damage reduction it provides, but for higher physical DPS, the {{#item:460040}} wins. You can also get high RES or MRES from it. It's what i'm currently using and it's actually cheaper. The enchantments that i prefer for it are {{#item:312095}}, {{#item:312093}}, and {{#item:312091}}. You can definitely change the 3rd slot enchant for the RES one, but i like the MRES one because we already have {{#skill:5361}} as a RES buff. For the card, it's {{#item:300465}} it's really a great balance of damage and survivability

| Garment || | +11 A {{#item:480283}} or +11 A {{#item:480232}} || {{#item:480283}} is probably the better and more versatile option with its 20% all enemy element bonus and +25% ranged physical damage. No RNG with enchants and very easy to refine. You can leave it at +11 C for quite a while since the bonuses for B and A are kinda small. For {{#item:480232}}, priority enchants are {{#item:310922}} and {{#item:4723}}. The {{#item:480232}} can be better when targeting specific mobs/MVPs as you can get higher elemental modifiers here, but take note that it doesn't have an enchant targeting elements like Neutral and Poison. {{#item:4683}} The Wanderer Trentini card is amazing for the + 20 stats and 10% HP. If you can't get it yet tho, it would be okay to still use the {{#item:4392}} {{#item:300270}} combo

| Shoes || | +11 A {{#item:470197}} > +11 A {{#item:470174}} > +11 A {{#item:470175}} || Again, the {{#item:470197}} is more versatile with its all race damage bonus. But if you are targetting specific enemy elements, Varmundt Boots are ok too, and {{#item:470174}} has bonus HP% for survivability. Priority enchants for the Varmundt boots are {{#item:310922}} and {{#item:4723}}. {{#item:300177}} or {{#item:300184}} you can choose between these 2. I like the {{#item:300177}} because of the additional HP and Flee it gives me. Also, sometimes the Ranged Damage % modifier is too high already and doesn't seem to give a good boost. Remember to try checking and balancing your modifiers using the @bs command. You can also use {{#item:300457}} if you're using a Copo card for your weapon

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===== '''End Game Gears''' =====

These are improved equipment from Late Game Gears because of the recent update with [[https://wiki.muhro.eu/Garden_of_Time| Hall of Life]] gears

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| Upper Head Gear || +15 A {{#item:400540}} || Just same

| Weapon || | +15 A {{#item:580062}} || Enchants are {{#item:312800}} and {{#item:311934}}. Good for all Hall of Life content

| Shield || | +12 A {{#item:460020}} / +11 C {{#item:460040}} || Just same

| Garment || | +15 A {{#item:480350}} || Really the best garment for us right now. Even with no enchants, it wins over the previous garments as long as you also have {{#item:490484}}

| Shoes || | +11 A {{#item:470174}} || {{#item:470174}} the HP% bonus is nice and the size damage % + p.atk wins over {{#item:470197}}

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===== '''Head Gear Comparisons''' =====

===== '''Costume Enchants''' =====

<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.

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| 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:1000667}} <br> Alternatives: {{#item:1000667}} / {{#item:25491}} / {{#item:25061}} || Depends 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. 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

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===== '''MVP Cards''' =====

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| Upper Head Gear || {{#item:4529}} || It's probably one of the best cards we can get for upper headgear. It's not a priority since other cards give more boost. But it's definitely one of the best (if not the best) in slot specially for an over-refined upper headgear

| Mid Head Gear || | N/A || Most MVP headgear cards that give damage require some kind of refining. Since the middle slot can't be refined. I can't think of any other MVP card that's good for this slot (note: it might be good to use {{#item:300174}} since lots of MVP cards reduce HP by a certain %)

| 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

| Weapon || | {{#item:4399}} || Definitely the best in slot MVP card right now for us. Lets us change our shadow gears for a huge boost of damage

| 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

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| Shoes || | N/A || -

| Accessories || | {{#item:300471}} || This is the only MVP card we have that gives damage in this slot and it really does help a lot with the mobs included in it even if it only falls under 1 race or element. It lowers HP by 20% tho, so beware of that for harder dungeons

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===== '''Shadow Gears''' =====

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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| Shadow Weapon || | +10 {{#item:24425}} / +10 {{#item:24751}} / +10 {{#item:24386}} / +10 {{#item:24686}} || +10 {{#item:24425}} is currently giving me the best damage out of all the choices here

| Shadow Shield || | +10 {{#item:24752}} / +10 {{#item:24685}} || -

| Shadow Armor || | +10 {{#item:24872}} || For the enchant, Dex + 3 is good. You can choose between S. Atk and HP for the other enchant. Keep in mind Atk% is not the best modifier. Getting and additional 3% Atk% boosted my damage by around 1m only

| Shadow Shoes || | +10 {{#item: 24873}} || Same as above

| Shadow Accessory 1 || | +10 {{#item:24681}} || +10 for full effect

| Shadow Accessory 2 || | +10 {{#item:24682}} || +10 for full effect (set needs to be +20)

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===== '''Pets''' =====

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| Best Pet || {{#item:9193}} || '''Nullifies monster size penalty for physical attacks'''. Increases physical damage against Normal classes by 7%. This is quite expensive to make

| Versatile Physical Damage Pet || {{#item:9090}} || Increases physical damage against all classes by 4% when loyal

| MVP/Depth 1/2 Physical Damage Pet || | {{#item:9132}} || When loyal,  Atk + 5%, P.Atk + 2, Increases physical damage against boss monsters by 5%. You can also just get this if you prefer the Atk% and P.Atk over the Little Isis bonus

| HP Absorb Pet || | {{#item:9055}} || When loyal, low chance of gaining 5% of the damage inflicted to an enemy as HP. Max HP +1%

===== '''Future Equipment''' =====

== '''Hall of Life''' ==

* As stated in [[The_Performer's_Life_By_Conga_Lyne#Dungeon/Instance_Progression|Conga's guide]], try to get at least 200k HP. It's possible to get higher HP and can give up devo on lower levels if needed. At higher levels though, you'd still want devo even with high HP.

* 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}}.

* If there are crit-focused members like Wind Hawks, DKs, and Dorams, you can use {{#skill:329}} Fortune's Kiss.

== '''Encore''' ==

Here is how the build works in Depth 2. Kinda slow, but doable. Skip to around the 1 minute mark to skip equipment details and buffing <br>

[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]  

<br> The mobs' RES were buffed so much. These are just solo buffs (and consumables), but with a Cardinal's Argutus Telum buff (lasts 4 minutes), the run should feel smoother <br>

That's all! Feel free to ask around in the archer channel on discord or RODEX me ingame: XoSofiya