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What UVs should I aim for?

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Wed, 12/28/2011 - 07:01
Riliraro

This is my first post to the forum, so forgive me if it is in the wrong place.

I was wondering what the best UVs to aim for with my desired equipment are and at what point I should be satisfied (as in low, medium, high) and stop trying to craft higher variants.

I'm aiming to go swordsman/bomber with perhaps an emphasis on swordsman. My current intended end game is...

Snarb Coat
Volcanic Demo Helm
Barbarous Thorn Shield
Shivermist
Dread Venom Striker
5* Bomb Focus Module (2? Or possibly a damage boosting sword mod?)

And the variants I have are... Max Freeze Wolver Coat, CTR low Freezing Vaporizer, Elemental (possibly also freeze) low Spiral Demo Helm, Elemental (possibly also freeze) low Wolver Cap, and CTR low and low fiend on a Cutter.

Is the max freeze worth keeping or should I aim for some more damage absorbing variant? is low CTR enough on my bomb? Should I bother fussing over the others and trying to find better versions? Any help would be appreciated.

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 07:32
#1
Juances's picture
Juances
"I was wondering what the

"I was wondering what the best UVs to aim for with my desired equipment are and at what point I should be satisfied"
low/med Uv's are almost useless, unless it's charge reduction or attack speed on weapons.

"Is the max freeze worth keeping or should I aim for some more damage absorbing variant?"
Don't expect defensive UVs to be super great at most they may reduce the damage by 2/3 a bar. Status resists are better IMO.

But remember snarbolax coat is shadow lairs only, you'll need a different set to get it first.

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 07:33
#2
Fradow's picture
Fradow
What you want is really up to

What you want is really up to you, how much money you want to spend on it and what you want to do with it. I'll state my opinions though :

First, for your armor, if you are doing FSC, you probably want some fire resist, because it's the single most dangerous thing there. Else, take a resist to what you fear the most.

For the bomb, you probably want a CTR : Medium on it. That way, with the lvl 10 heat bonus (CTR Med) and the Volcanic Demo Helm bonus (CTR Med too), you'll reach CTR : Maximum. You don't need any Bomb focus Module that way.

For the shield, no idea. Really depends what you want to do with it.

For the Dread Venom Striker, probably some ASI (the higher the better), even though it's not that useful, because DMG bonus UV is only against families, not against all.

For trinkets, with your loadout I would go with 2 damage sword bonus. It really seems to be the only thing you'll benefit from.

As a side note, you may want to change your sword. Strikers series are not that good because they have a very agressive style, which is hard to use in T3. But if you succeed with it, keep it, of course.

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:03
#3
Riliraro
From what I understand you

From what I understand you can only boost damage so much, in the end I'll have two medium boosts from my armor and shield- which adds up to very high. Another medium would max that, wouldn't it? So why would I want two sword damage booster accessories?

I forgot that a leveled bomb gets CTR... so with the medium + low from that I've got high right there... + medium from the helmet... Ultra level? Hmm. Maybe I'll try for a medium CTR bomb like you said then Fradow. Then I could use 1 sword damage accessory to max that also. Would I be better off with a status or health accessory for the 2nd slot? Or sword speed boost perhaps? Dread already has very high speed, can you boost it farther than that bar will go?

Anyway, I hadn't realized you can't get the snarb coat unless you go into shadow lairs Juances. I'll probably just use a non UV Skolver or Vog then until I can get the snarb material. I sorta wanna push my luck with my sword choice, but I may switch to Calibur or something. At least make a different sword later.

Sounds like I should stick with the freeze resist. I don't fear it, but if status is really recommended over defense I doubt I'll get better than that without making a huge number of coats. With Wolver/Snarbs natural freeze resist that seems like it'll have a very nice amount of resist. Maybe I'll work on getting a Demo Helm with some fire resist to compliment Volcanic's natural fire resist as well.

So... current thought summary...

Keep Freeze Max Wolver, Work at medium CTR bomb, Work at Fire resist helm, get sword damage accessory.

Maybe list...

Health, Status, or sword speed accessory? ASI Sword or possibly damage (if it stacks with planned max out). Elemental or Shadow on shield eventually.. . health if that's boostable.

Thanks for the assistance :3 any additional thoughts feel free to add anyone!

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:12
#4
Fradow's picture
Fradow
I totally forgot about your

I totally forgot about your Snarbolax and BTS that gives both sword damage : medium. With that, indeed, only 1 elite sword damage bonus is useful to reach max.

The thing is, usually you don't run everything with BTS. It has only piercing defense, making it fragile in T3 against everything save beasts and jellies, even more when they have a status.

So as for your last trinket slot, I don't really know. I would probably go ASI sword because it boosts your dps a little, but it's not that good with striker series. On the other hand, a Health trinket would be very useful if you think you'll do Lockdown.

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 13:33
#5
Riliraro
It's harder to get good

It's harder to get good variants on that shield anyway. I could just do two damage boosts I suppose. Recommendation for a different shield? I hear good things about the Owlie shield if I recall.

By the by I got a Demo helm with Normal Defense Max and Medium Freeze Resist :D so I may try for a different Wolver coat. Unless I want to just be very freeze resistant I suppose.

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 13:51
#6
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Fradow
You really want 3 shield : -

You really want 3 shield :
- a piercing shield, in your case BTS is good. In case you don't need the damage bonus, Ironmight Plate Shield is the way to go
- an elemental shield. Owlite is popular for a reason, go for it (fire and shock resist, which are the 2 most troublesome status)
- a shadow shield. This one is less needed, since zombies are easy to avoid, and most people just avoid fiends altogether. You can either go for Crest, which is very similar to Owlite but with shadow instead of elemental, or Skelly, which have freeze and poison resistance but is easier to get (you don't need to do Vanaduke in the first place). Also, Skelly is easier to have an UV on.

As for your wolver coat, if you want damage bonus, you have either skolver or snarbolax. Since Skolver has more freeze resistance, it's even less needed with your helm. But be careful, Snarbolax is hard to make because you have to be already full 5* to be able to do Shadow Lair (or get carried hard or buy it for an absurd price).

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 15:06
#7
Riliraro
I'll probably branch out and

I'll probably branch out and make more gear the longer I play. I was just focusing on the core ones I want and what UVs to get. Basically, one set for now. Thanks for all the advice Fradow :3

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