I recently got my first set of 5* equipment for the HoH certification. Now i'm almost at the Vana run (currently on The Gauntlet mission). I figure once I complete the missions I'll be grinding Vana every so often for the radiants and whatnot. I only have the 1 set of equipment that is above 3*. The two weapons I have is a sword (levi) and bomb (4* in agni line).
That said, I have no gun. However I think it might be wise to spend some time getting a gun for Vana runs. My question is, which gun would be the best choice? I can learn whatever style of gun need be, so the type doesn't matter to me. Also, it should be safe to say I'll only be keeping it at 4* for quite some time, so any 5* bonuses need not apply.
I figure the choices will be either:
Mega Magnus (magnus)
Strike Needle (autogun)
Breach Blaster (blaster)
I don't think i'm going to be using any tokens for the Antigua, as I dont have near enough. So the Raptor is out. As is the Mysterious Alchemy items.
I would be guessing the Mega Magnus if i had to pick without asking for help.
Or is a normal type gun better?
Thanks
This topic has been heavily discussed. It's the core of pretty much any question about equipment for Firestorm Citadel. Try searching Google for something like "FSC loadout site:forums.spiralknights.com" (without the quotation marks). You will probably find over 100 threads. The question is also covered in the Mixing Weapon Types section of my detailed sword guide.
First let me say that many guns can be used to defeat Vanaduke. I've soloed him using Valiance, Blitz, Callahan (old style), Nova, Storm, Hail, Polaris, Argent. And I'm not especially good at gunning.
If your party uses the Shivermist Buster tactic of freezing him, then you don't want to break the freeze except for big hits. So you want a charge-oriented gun. That basically means an autogun, alchemer, or magnus. Vanaduke's body is slightly vulnerable to piercing, while his mask is slightly vulnerable to normal. Autogun charges do insane damage. Combine these facts and you arrive at the most popular solution: Blitz Needle.
Even if your party does not use freeze, landing a bunch of ultra-powerful charges is a good way to kill Vanaduke quickly, before you make enough mistakes for him to kill you. So Blitz is still popular. In fact, expert parties tend to just use four Blitzes (or three Blitzes and a Plague, but I haven't crunched the numbers on that recently).
Keeping the gun at 4 stars (Strike Needle) is also fine. Enjoy.