Voltedge is good cause of shock status
If you are playing shock theme lvl you can get combuster

Well i tried both glacius and avenger
Well avenger is quite good for its knockback
So its pretty good for firestorm citadel and those presitge missions like black kat event
But
I prefer glacius cause the charge deals lots of damage
But combuster is better because it rides the full wave of explosion

The Divine avenger is a great sword especially when paired with your Shock Bomb since the shock status slows down monsters and gives you time to charge up.

While it is true that brandishes do deal more damage vs single targets there is no brandish that can deal more damage to the huge hordes of slags in FSC.

Out of 20 slags a brandish can hit about 7-9 even if they are grouped up, a DA charge can hit just about all of them.

Tip: The charge attack hitboxes spawn behind you so keep you back off the wall, other than that this weapon has no outstanding flaws

I think I'm going to go with the Divine Avenger. As I've said before, my aim sucks total balls, so the Divine Avenger's triple swords gives me more leeway. I already have 20 Jelly Gems at the moment anyway, so making a Divine Avenger would save me chump-change (4.5k) and some orbs.

Also, the DA's swords can cross chasms and hit switches. Which is pretty useful.

WMRH is very powerful no doubt but in FSC you aren't going to need high damage output vs single enemies, you want high damage vs crowds and the hammer can't pull this off as well as a brandish or a DA.

Oh wow, I totally forgot the rocket hammer. That's an option too, it focuses on single target damage more than the others.

Still relatively inconsequential, though I'd plan to get it eventually because of how different out is. Oh, and OCH is an incredible get.

Warmaster rocket hammer is probably the "best" elemental sword, to be honest. You can kill a bunch of slags without using a source of crowd control, but you're going to have a much harder time killing a single deadnaught without some source of high single target damage.

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No one cares how you fight your slags, and all methods will get the job done. The difference in time it takes to kill slags with any elemental sword is less than the time your party is probably going to waste mysteriously going AFK. These weapons aren't there for you to succeed, they're there to entertain you. You can just as easily kill slags with combuster, glacius, warmaster rocket hammer... you name it as you can with the normally requisite blitz needle that you're probably bringing entirely for the boss and trojans anyway.

WRH, totally forgot about that one lol. In that case, nvm the DA. I'll save up for OCH, get Dark Retribution too while I'm at it.

I think it's because people don't like the copy pasted link with predefined information, even if it's basically what we're saying verbatim. I do think that your sword guide is a good read though. Perhaps you could link to it and copy+paste the correct part of it to get people to actually look at it and help themselves... As goofy as that is.

We also never brought up the elemental tortofist. I think that it would be a good enough option if you like the attack style. So if anyone is interested, they can try out the 3* version and see if they want to invest.

We didn't bring up the fang of vog either. I think that it's a decent option as long as you have the skill to use it, and frequently use fire resistance. You'll probably want to get and keep a fov as a trophy from FSC anyway though.

Yeah the rocket hammer can be dangerous, especially at first... But it wears on you, and once you get it down safety isn't such an issue.

It's also one of the most versatile weapons- you can attack with all parts of the combo, skip the middle part of the combo, really it's whatever you need it to do.

Deadnaughts are a piece of cake, yesterday I went though at T1 legion of almire (in one of my alt accounts) with a level one calibur and a prismatech alchemer. All you need to defeat them is to bait them into charging, sidestep, and then lay a calibur charge into their back 2 or 3 times.

Probably the best idea would be to collect a bunch of elemental weapons

Shock/fire alchemer switching for maxing DPS and DOT

Nova driver makes a good sniping weapon

Polaris is so easy to use a Zombie could do it

Omegafist is insanely fun and excellent for constructs and slow undead

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WMRH is great for chasing down enemies and dealing high 1v1 DPS (perfect for apocrea)

DA has heavenly area control and mass DPS

Brandishes can inflict a variety of useful statuses and have solid and quick damage

FOV can inflict fire on any of its attacks and is great for single target elimination

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Haze bombs are perfect for dealing a variety of status and if you can dodge ou can just melt your enemies under a mass of shock/fire/poison status combos

Deadly crystal bomb has a quick charge time and keeps enemies from getting so tightly packed that you can't move around (or through) them

Electron Vortex works great with the 3 haze bombs mentioned since a shock spasmed enemy does damage to nearby enemies the more tightly packed they are the better this works and nothing packs them better than a vortex, plus vortexes make easy setups for teammates that pay attention

Too many people ignore the Leviathan blade, not only does it deal pretty high damage in an instant (up to 1k in stratum 6 without a sword boost) but it works wonders as a defensive sword, you see a brandish/DA/WMRH all leave you open to attack from behind and the sides, the Leviathan blade charge offers you (but perhaps not your teammates as much) some very appreciated protection.

In LOA the key is to finish off the Deadnaughts fast, if that isn't possible do your best to pick off the zombies and howlitzers outside the Deadnaught ring.

In FSC you can ignore the Trojans for the most part provided you can predict their moves ,which is easy in the wide open FSC rooms (wide open compared to LOA at least).

If you have an extra weapon slot then a Leviathan blade (or any spin sword) makes for a nice addition

FOV can be risky for the common Skolver and Chaos sets but works great as a hit and run weapon due to the fire damage over time.
CIV allows you to use more defensive armors while not giving up too much power plus the lack of instant knockback actually means you get more hits on charge than Leviathan charges vs mobile targets
Celestial Saber is better but it's such a pain to get
The Leviathan blade is reliable and cheap

In the last part of LOA you have enemies respawning around the deadnaughts and crusaders popping in from both sides of the room. Kiting well or not you are going to end up with enemies on all sides, even more so in a 4 man team where there isn't just one monster agro point (you in a one knight party).

There are just some places where having a defensive blade covering your back is a huge benefit to you

Much like my "surviving a blast bomber" thread staying alive with a spinsword user is pretty similar, all you really need to do is take heed when they have a charge and just shield if you feel like an enemy could get knocked towards you, if you are good at kiting then you should have full shield HP anyway (unless you run with SSB all the time you shouldn't worry too much).

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The only elemental weapons that you probably shouldn't get is the Hail driver (unless you plan on playing LD)

The Deadly crystal bomb is fair but you can get more damage with DR or DBB

The Stagger storm is outclassed by the Shivermist and the VT but it still has it's niche use as the only haze bomb that gives an unresisted status (since enemies can be immune to shock or freeze) (well only 4 enemies are immune to stun but that is better than nearly all themed monsters of a status type).
Note: it is a Status symbol to the community that you play LD (whether you are good or just persistent it doesn't show)

There aren't any really bad elemental swords but if you are going for heavy damage then the Glacius isn't a good choice since it's status hinders knockback on enemies that aren't immune (and combuster outdamages it on enemies that are immune to freeze). That doesn't mean being able to insta-freeze nearly any monster is bad, but in large parties freeze is usually quickly broken.

FOV is only bad if you don't plan on using the charge, the Combuster outdamages it on the regular attack (even with the lack of fire chance). If you use Chaos or Skolver (or any set without fire resist) don't aim for the FOV unless you plan on getting fire resist.

@Keep

Alright, prepare your tokus:

Press attack once: First swing
Press attack right afterwards (in like a .5 sec timeframe): Dash
Press attack 3rd time (.5 sec timeframe approx)

So its Swing - Dash - Swing

Dash's hitbox is literally your knight's. Its basically the knight propelling himself into the enemy. Dash hits 3 times.

Lunge trick? If you mean midstepping, then yes you can!

And to cancel the dash, just do this:

Attack - Shield - Attack - Attack

Ao it would be First swing - Shield - First swing again - last swing

I think that Blitz Needle became popular for Vanaduke due to Shivermist Buster. If your goal is to keep Vanaduke frozen as much as possible, then you want to break the freeze as seldom as possible. That means delivering rare but big charge attacks, and so Blitz Needle is the obvious choice. Later, people realized that knowledge of Vanaduke's AI lets you skip the freeze altogether.

Actually, my point is that any (non-shadow) gun can be used on Vanaduke. I'm not an especially good gunner, but I've soloed Vanaduke with Argent Peacemaker, Callahan, Hail Driver, Storm Driver, Nova Driver, Polaris, Valiance, and Blitz Needle. Some just take more time than others, and hence offer you more chances to screw up. But it is definitely not true that Blitz Needle is required. Try your Silversix.

This trend was probably helped along by other updates as well.

AP got changed up, Chaos became more viable, Seerus mask came out..... it just snowballs at some point....