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Hi, I'm Satsujinhan and I've been playing melee chaser ever since I first started out in renewal servers. I've received questions in game regarding my build, gears and so forth, and now I'm finally making this guide for everyone. This whole guide is based on what I've done and tested so far, so there are still some spots I will fill in once I get there in game. If you spot any mistakes, have additional questions etc, you can find me on the server's Discord as Karuna or you can ROdex me in game on my abyss chaser Satsujinhan. | Hi, I'm Satsujinhan and I've been playing melee chaser ever since I first started out in renewal servers. I've received questions in game regarding my build, gears and so forth, and now I'm finally making this guide for everyone. This whole guide is based on what I've done and tested so far, so there are still some spots I will fill in once I get there in game. If you spot any mistakes, have additional questions etc, you can find me on the server's Discord as Karuna or you can ROdex me in game on my abyss chaser Satsujinhan. | ||
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== '''Stats''' == | == '''Stats''' == | ||
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** Issgard also is the source of a first proper weapon for your brand new abyss chaser. You can opt to get a normal Glacier weapon at first, which are cheaper, easier and faster to enchant compared to their Dim counterparts. Later on, I highly recommend getting a Dim Glacier Rogue Knife [1], so you can boost your Deft Stab damage. You can start farming for the enchanting materials in Snake’s Nest (you can unlock a direct warp here on the warper by unlocking all the daily quests in Issgard region). I farmed the materials required myself, and this allowed me to save zeny from selling all the extra loot dropped by the mobs. Once you’re confident enough you can deal with Abandoned Pit floor 1, you can move your farming there instead. [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Glacier_And_Dim_Glacier_Weapons_For_Dummies Here] is a very useful info page about farming, enchanting and refining your Dim weapon. | ** Issgard also is the source of a first proper weapon for your brand new abyss chaser. You can opt to get a normal Glacier weapon at first, which are cheaper, easier and faster to enchant compared to their Dim counterparts. Later on, I highly recommend getting a Dim Glacier Rogue Knife [1], so you can boost your Deft Stab damage. You can start farming for the enchanting materials in Snake’s Nest (you can unlock a direct warp here on the warper by unlocking all the daily quests in Issgard region). I farmed the materials required myself, and this allowed me to save zeny from selling all the extra loot dropped by the mobs. Once you’re confident enough you can deal with Abandoned Pit floor 1, you can move your farming there instead. [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Glacier_And_Dim_Glacier_Weapons_For_Dummies Here] is a very useful info page about farming, enchanting and refining your Dim weapon. | ||
* '''Glacier armors''' | * '''Glacier armors''' | ||
** | ** They can be considered a bit better option next to Snow Flower gears, or equal at the very least. Looking at how their enchant process works, they lean more towards enhancing your overall damage source (ATK, mATK etc). Regarding their enchants, they seem to be a bit easier in terms of getting what you want (no NPC to turn into items to just to get an RNG item that's a double/useless). The nice bonus part about these gears is the grading though. It's a good stepping stone for armor grading - just two grades, so you don't get overwhelmed with having to go from D to A with all armor parts at once. A special mention, however, needs to be made about [[File:460040.png|frameless]] Glacier Guard [1]. When you're able to, try to get your hands on one and enchant it. | ||
* '''Varmundt gears''' | * '''Varmundt gears''' | ||
** These gears are your next big thing to work on. Reforming them and enchanting them is a time consuming task, but the finished products are well worth it. The gear set you benefit the most on your melee build is the Fire Rune set. Unlike the previous Snow Flower gears which enhanced your Deft Stab damage with their enchants, these gears boost your traits and melee physical damage. Fully enchanted, refined and graded, you will do more damage with these gears rather then the Snow Flower ones, as they only boosted your singular skill damage. Detailed information about reforming, grading and enchanting can be found [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Varmundt_Rune_Stone_Equipment here]. Varmundt gears also introduce new accessories for you as well, namely the Venom rings. The base item in crafting them drops from Temple / Soul / Venom biosphere dungeon only. Their [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Soul_Temple_Venom_Ring_Enchant enchanting process] after reforming is the most time consuming one, unless you roll around in zeny and can afford to just buy all the [[File:1001189.png|frameless]] Varmundt Venom Waters needed. | ** These gears are your next big thing to work on. Reforming them and enchanting them is a time consuming task, but the finished products are well worth it. The gear set you benefit the most on your melee build is the Fire Rune set. Unlike the previous Snow Flower gears which enhanced your Deft Stab damage with their enchants, these gears boost your traits and melee physical damage. Fully enchanted, refined and graded, you will do more damage with these gears rather then the Snow Flower ones, as they only boosted your singular skill damage. Detailed information about reforming, grading and enchanting can be found [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Varmundt_Rune_Stone_Equipment here]. Varmundt gears also introduce new accessories for you as well, namely the Venom rings. The base item in crafting them drops from Temple / Soul / Venom biosphere dungeon only. Their [https://wiki.muhro.eu/Soul_Temple_Venom_Ring_Enchant enchanting process] after reforming is the most time consuming one, unless you roll around in zeny and can afford to just buy all the [[File:1001189.png|frameless]] Varmundt Venom Waters needed. | ||
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*'''Hall of Life + Nebula gears combo''' | *'''Hall of Life + Nebula gears combo''' | ||
**Finally, I have acquired these gears and gotten their enchant up enough so that my DPS is now better with them than the D1 armor and Varmundt gears. What you're looking at getting here is the Spring garment and Spring accessory. To go with them, Nebula Armor of Power and Stellar Power Seal. Good news is that since nobody likes spring gears, the materials from Lake of Fire are probably the cheapest ones to get. You can most likely trade any other season parts with at least 2:1 ratio. The hardest part in all of these gears is enchanting. Unless you're willing to throw billions in zeny into the mats from vends and whatnot, it will take some time to get what you need. Personally, I struggled with Stellar Power Seal enchants - that double mettle sure did not want to come easy. With the Signet of Circulation Spring, there is now option the option to pick perfect enchant for slot 3, so unless you want to gamble for fun, I suggest you go that route. It takes more mats, but at least you will get the Power Signet needed. | **Finally, I have acquired these gears and gotten their enchant up enough so that my DPS is now better with them than the D1 armor and Varmundt gears. What you're looking at getting here is the Spring garment and Spring accessory. To go with them, Nebula Armor of Power and Stellar Power Seal. Good news is that since nobody likes spring gears, the materials from Lake of Fire are probably the cheapest ones to get. You can most likely trade any other season parts with at least 2:1 ratio. The hardest part in all of these gears is enchanting. Unless you're willing to throw billions in zeny into the mats from vends and whatnot, it will take some time to get what you need. Personally, I struggled with Stellar Power Seal enchants - that double mettle sure did not want to come easy. With the Signet of Circulation Spring, there is now option the option to pick perfect enchant for slot 3, so unless you want to gamble for fun, I suggest you go that route. It takes more mats, but at least you will get the Power Signet needed. | ||
*'''Episode 21 Gaebolg/Yorscalp gears''' | |||
**As we have finally gained a new episode on the server, Age of Heroes, with it naturally comes new gears. Currently out of the simple, unreformed ones the one worth mentioning is Gaebolg boots. Before these, you were pretty much stuck with Flame Rune Boots from Biosphere, but once you enchant the Gaebolg boots fully, and get them to grade A and +12, they outperform the rune boots. As I'm not yet able to reform the boots, I can't say much about the Yorscalp version other than they add naturally more def. | |||
=== Headgears === | === Headgears === | ||
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You can get your first shadow gear set as a rental for free in the Eden Group. This is plenty enough to carry you to abyss chaser. The first ”real” shadow gear set you can look into farming for yourself is the Master Shadow set. This set can be enchanted to boost Deft Stab damage as well as POW trait, making it a good basic set for you chaser. You can read more about this set from [[Shadow Gear | this]] page. Don't worry about getting the shadow set as soon as you change into abyss chaser though - the real need for it comes up once you're geared enough to start farming in Biospheres. | You can get your first shadow gear set as a rental for free in the Eden Group. This is plenty enough to carry you to abyss chaser. The first ”real” shadow gear set you can look into farming for yourself is the Master Shadow set. This set can be enchanted to boost Deft Stab damage as well as POW trait, making it a good basic set for you chaser. You can read more about this set from [[Shadow Gear | this]] page. Don't worry about getting the shadow set as soon as you change into abyss chaser though - the real need for it comes up once you're geared enough to start farming in Biospheres. | ||
With the newest update to shadow gears, we now have Deft Stab accessory set, which (based on my tests) does surpass the damage you can do with Full Penetration accessories. Master Shadow set is still a good starting point for any new player, but afterwards you can start working on Deft Breaker set to get higher DPS. | |||
Here's a TL;DR list of shadow gears that are useful: | Here's a TL;DR list of shadow gears that are useful: | ||
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* Infinity Shadow Weapon | * Infinity Shadow Weapon | ||
* Full Penetration Shadow Accessories | * Full Penetration Shadow Accessories | ||
* Maximum Mammoth set | |||
* Deft Breaker set | |||
== '''Useful cards''' == | == '''Useful cards''' == | ||
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* Later on, two of these cards in your weapon do increase your damage more than the Fake Iwin Soldier card combo. When you can afford them (or farm them), get them. | * Later on, two of these cards in your weapon do increase your damage more than the Fake Iwin Soldier card combo. When you can afford them (or farm them), get them. | ||
{{#item:300515}} | |||
* A new card introduced in episode 21, this is a far better alternative to {{#item:300422}}. | |||
{{#item:300524}} | |||
* Another new card from episode 21, forms a combo with {{#item:300515}}. This card combo adds well into your DPS, so you won't really miss the {{#item:300376}}. | |||
''Luxury cards:'' | |||
{{#item:300474}} | |||
* This is currently the BiS for garment card, and because it works well for all melee builds, it comes with a hefty price tag. If you can afford it though, go for it. | |||
{{#item:300533}} | |||
* This is basically Lasgand for physical classes. BiS and now available! (Costs an arm and a leg - and probably the soul of your firstborn as well - but is worth it.) | |||
== '''Picking a pet''' == | == '''Picking a pet''' == | ||