Stat building!

Hi again!

Today we are going through character building, so before I start by taking one example, I will explain a few stuff.

You may hear me say "for pve..." or "for pvp..." and wonder, why does that matter? Simply put, in pvp, small ammound of def/pdef is awesome, illusion as well, deflection, etc etc, while in pve, 1 def point won't do a big difference, Illusion won't save you near as often(still a good astral), deflection dmg isn't that big(still a good astral, but way better pvp).

Lets start of with what good no matter what you choose to focus on:

• Hp - Duh?
• Atk - Duh?
• Crit - Going will destroyer will destroy you :p

As those 3 stats are important no matter what, that should be your main gains. For pve you need adition:

• Block - Block reduces dmg a lot, with your astral, you can reduce alot of dmg

And for pvp:

• M/P-def - In pvp, defense will actually do some.

Going for pve is a lot easier than pvp, and less "disepointing". As the game is set to such difficulty so non-cashers should be able to beat it, with exception of Spire(old times, now we can), Tok and ofcourse DI(if it can beaten?). While in pvp, you will constantly run into people twice your br, claiming to be non-cashers, and if you beat someone, they will claim you to cash.

So lets discuss Crit and Block. First of, having more isn't always better, for example BLOCK I would say caps around 12k, +-penetration in pvp. So going over 12k, isn't really worth it beside in pvp. Same goes for crit, I would say that you will have good enough crit at 15-20k(70%+). So having 10k more for maybe 5% extra, is just waste of points.

1. Once you hit 12k block, only let it raise more if you want it to be more effective in pvp.
2. Once you are around 15k crit, don't waste gems on crit, let it raise higher with your Soul Seal levels.

So now we got the basic out. So lets take a look at P00ter, and see what I have to say about her char.

Lets start with the good stuff, I think her crit and block is decent enough, sure a little more would be good, but she'll get there once I'm done. First of, lets look at the gems. I would go after the pve build, so I would recomend the following set up:

• Matk - 8x
• Matk + crit - 8x

That's what I would suggest for everyone(p.atk if not mage). This will boost her matk almost 10k, reducing her crit some. For pve I would suggest:

• HP - 8x
• Hp+block - 8x

This will give her tons of hp, and block, making her able to tank anything in the game. If you want more PVP like there's several paths you can take. You need the hp boost, but how much? well that's up do you? You could go HP and PDEF/MDEF/Pdef+mdef(or mix?). You could go hp+pdef and hp+mdef. You could even go Hp+block with Pdef+Mdef or mix the single defensive gems. My suggestion, mix them around and see what you like.

So after we fixed the gems, the question might be... Crit and block is pretty low now? How do we fix that? Well lets look at her astrals.

She should focus on getting the block up, Then I would remove either the pdef or mdef astral, and put a Crit+Astral crit(for now) This will compensate for the lost. Otherwise I can't say anything, except keep working on getting them up... but sucks without pvp, so I understand why they are "low".

Lastly, lets look at enchantment on her gear. Now I don't know what she has, as I can't access. But will list which I focus on getting on EACH gear. 

• Intellegence
• Matk
• Endurence
• Armor/defense
• Crit
• Block

2 last, is to balance up the loss of crit and block loss, Armor/defence isn't a must in pve, so you can change that for HP or having both crit and block on a few.

With these changes, P00ter will be a lot stronger in pvp, and as her atk will go up, she will do a lot more dmg in world boss, DI, etc which will make her income higher, and as she can do more things more easy she will grow even more even faster. With these changes, I am sure she will be able to solo Nirvana, and do EF normal runs.

Last tip: Once you feel you are strong enough, do EF even if you don't have complete 80 set, just to get the 2 extra armor pieces and 6 more gems slots. this will help you a lot :)

You might notice that I skipped a few things that's important in OVERALL character building, so will go over fast here in what I missed.

MTW, always train ATK stat first, then go for endurence and armor.

Resist gems: Always do maps, and purgatory, resist does so much. If you don't know what resist to max I would recomend Fire, as fire is the main element at the thougher bosses in di(4 and above), and the bosses that doesn't have fire, doesn't have any, so your fire res will count when it´s the highest. I could also recomend water, as you must have it for EF. 

I am currently running Elec/Water with my best gems, and fire on the weaker ones.

That's all I think, if I missed anything, feel free to ask!