Spiral Knights - Vanaduke- best gears to have?

Vanaduke- best gears to have?

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Sat, 08/06/2011 - 23:35

Taketh

Ok... so slag zombies hit shadow damage and fire.... Fire can only be resisted by anti fire protection, elemental defense doesnt work as the wiki says....
What does Lord Vanaduke hit? Is it again Shadow and Fire? The wiki does not say...

What then is the best armour to have for fire citadel, most people go Vog when it doesnt have any anti-shadow protection.

Also, what is the best ranged weopan to have? Charged Divine avenger attack, polaris, or a piercing gun? If a piercing gun is ideal.... why dont people use the Callahan?

Thanks

Right now im aiming toward...

Armor of the fallen set, Divine avenger, polaris, 2 charge reduction trinkets.... Let me know what you think

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 01:16

RedFortune

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Sun, 08/07/2011 - 01:56

IceMilkTea

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Slag zombies melee do

Slag zombies melee do shadow/normal.

Its breath attack does elemental/normal initial dmg plus normal DoT dmg.
Fire resist is useful to reduce the fire DoT dmg and the duration.

Vanaduke does a normal(or normal/elem i cant remember for sure) dmg that can inflict fire and stun.
Again, fire resist will reduce its duration and DoT ticks.

Best armor imo would be normal + elemental + fire resist.

Why no shadow resist? because shadow dmg can actually be avoided most of the time. And when it actually hits u, your hp will probably be able to handle it just fine.

Best range weapon? i guess its personal prefrence.
Polaris is good in FSC cuz it can knock multiple enemies back, and against vana the huge explosion will hit vana even thru his fireball shield.
AP is also not bad cuz of its rate of fire, large clip size and mobility.
Callahan is also good. It does large dmg, but it has a small clip and you cant shoot it while moving.

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 03:59

Kimball

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As said earlier, normal / ele

As said earlier, normal / ele is way more useful, maybe a combo of grey owlite + vog cub set with shadow UV would be really optimal, though? Once u get to know the FSC you rarely get hit that often really, its only the last room that might get to you.

Sure DA is awesome in FSC, but having a Leviathan to do some quicker dmg / against vanas mask is awesome as well.

Also, those trinkets, I was arguing between CTR / ASI and damage ones for a while and came to the conclusion that having an extra 20-25% dmg in EVERY hit is more useful vs. having lower CTR time since I actually rarely use the charge. Even though DA's charge does alot of damage, with the dmg trinkets u'll be doing about 400+500 with every normal 2hit-combo or so. I also have a low ASI UV on my DA which gives me ultra ASI total with vog cub, this makes the 2-hit combo actually really useful in FSC as well.

Just my 0.02$.

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 08:18

Taketh

Hey, the wiki says the slag

Hey, the wiki says the slag walkers only hit shadow and fire, and that fire can only be prevented by fire resist equipment ... is the wiki wrong or is there another reason for elemental resistance?

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 08:22

Taketh

Oh sorry.... fire does doe

Oh sorry.... fire does doe elemental damage.... i checked the wiki again, k, thanks

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 18:56

Bladestorm5

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I personally like this combo,

I personally like this combo, but really it's my opinion
Divine Avenger
Final Flourish (Useful against zombies and trojans)
It's a tie between Polaris and AP since they do different damage and speeds.
Polaris:
It's good because it has good damage and can sometimes stop Vanaduke from tackling, and it can explode at the orbiting flames, yet still hit him
It's bad because it's slow and the shock can be annoying for sword users
Argent Peacemaker:
It's damage isn't great, yet it is fast and you can get a lot of hits on Vanaduke quickly
Shivermist is the best bomb, since it immobilizes all the monsters, and slow down the pace of the final battle

The Vog Set is the most popular due to its attack speed increase, and the Divine set is also good with damage bonus vs fiend
The Crest of Almire is a good shield, but hard to get, so Grey Owlite is tied with it

Really, the best option for Vanaduke is to try different combinations out to see which best fits your game play style.

Mon, 09/05/2011 - 14:34

MJG_Sparda

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LOL Best option: Blitzz

LOL

Best option:

Blitzz Needle: Charge inflicts 2500 aproximately

Armour and helm: Volcanic plate (full Normal, 80% elemental, full fire and stun resistance)

Shield: grey owlite shield

Bomb: Obviusly, shivermist (ice stop vanaduke)

Sword: normal attack because the mask of vanaduke resist elemental, shadow and piercing. For example leviathan

Tue, 09/06/2011 - 01:49

Abathur

Vog Cub is probably the best

Vog Cub is probably the best armor due no debuffs. Owlite or Volcanic Plate shield are the best one i guess.

Weapons:
Divine Avenger - good weapon everywhere there
Shivermist Buster - huge aoe freezing bomb. very very helpful!!
Polaris - good dmg gun with ele dmg. can be replaced or swiched with Divine Avenger
Argent Peacemaker (Silversix is enough) - medium allrounder in the whole FSC
Blitz Needle - highes damage of all weapons in game. Can oneshot Trojans and even deals massive superior damage to Vanaduke!

Sat, 01/18/2014 - 21:57

Seymour-Cutlass

Best items

Swords:
Divine Avenger
Cold Iron Vanquisher (possible but not reccomended)
Barbarous Thorn Blade or Final Flourish for Trojans
Glacius

Guns:
Argent Peacemaker
Hail Driver
Blitz needler for Trojan

Bombs:
I only reccomend the shivermist, but
I can see bomb potential being great because of the large crowds, just not many bombers.

JUST IDEA-Deadly crystal bomb and BAB (big angry bomb) and graviton vortex to help with large crowds

Armor - Head
Chaos cowl (risky!)
Divine Veil (or combo with other piece of chaos set)
Vog Cub Cap
Volcanic Plate Helm
Volcanic Demo Helm
Nameless Pancho - - - or what you perfer since you shouldnt be taking hits!
IDEA-Snarby or Dread skelly with fire med-max!

Armor - Body
Chaos cloak (risky!)
Divine Mantle(?) (NO BONUSES!)
Vog Cub Coat
Volcanic Plate Mail
Volcanic Demo Suit
Nameless Hat - - - or what you perfer since you shouldnt be taking hits!

Sun, 01/19/2014 - 04:22

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Krakob

2011 - 2014.
Nice necro.

Sat, 02/08/2014 - 08:00

#11

Gwaino

@Seymour-Cutlass If you did

@Seymour-Cutlass
If you did take a vortex bomb then you should take the electron seeing as how the only consrructs are gun puppies which arent affecred by the vorrex part and its super effective against undead plus the shock status

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