I'd like to play a character who is fast and never stops moving. Someone who can get in, do some damage and be able to get out before getting stomped. Or, better yet, can be constantly doing damage from a safe location. Any advice is welcome and here are some specific questions:
1.) The "Speed" Statistic: Is it a good idea to use a weapon's speed as a benchmark for what I'm looking for? Can I just use the Cutter line of items and call it good? Or is there something about "fast" weapons that requires you to commit to an attack?
2.) Weapon types: Blades? Bombs? Guns? What would be best? Blades do great damage but require you to be next to your opponent. Bombs are slow to use but can be dropped and then left behind. Guns don't do great damage but allow you to (usually) stay mobile. Any recommended combinations?
3.) Defenses vs. Resistances: I'm pretty sure Stun, Sleep and Freeze will be the bane of my existence. Is it worth the effort to acquire resistances to them or should I focus more on high defense gear and agility?
Thoughts?
for weapons, stick to swords. even though the cutter series has a berzerker barrage charge and can go poison at higher levels, another good choice is the spur series which has a longer lunge per slash and has a bit of range due to bullets. if you wanna go bomb, a shivermist buster or venom veiler will do for this build. I don't suggest graviton vortex. The bomb will go as your first few attacks, then switch to sword and finish them off. for guns, I suggest one of the antigua lines. if you want to support yourself, use an alchemer. preferably the freezing one.
shield is definitely swiftstrike.
armor and helms depend on you really. wolver series for sword damage, grey feather for overall charge time. the vog cub used to have increased walking speed, but that's not there anymore.
stunning comes from greavers and lumbers. greavers are frail and easy to kill. with lumbers, all you need is to keep away from it facing you. so go to it's back and slash it silly. sleep only comes from slooms, which are kinda rare to see now. if ever the case, slooms can be killed easily before they sleep you. however if you see a deep sloom, make sure to stay away from its sleep gasses. switch to gun or bomb if your blast radius is big enough. Freeze in a freeze stage is inevitable.if you are not facing your opponent, bomb it for 360 damage.