Because the wiki is no longer accurate:

If you want to use GF, you'll need the equivalent of 5 (not 4!) points of resistance. Low = 1, Med = 2, High = 3, Max = 4. (Most armour/helms with built in Curse will be equivalent to a Max at 5*.) Why? Because that's the point at which only one of your weapons becomes Cursed. This means you can use the charge attack with impunity, since you can just switch to your other weapon (or weapons, if you have 3-4 slots) whenever the self-Curse goes off.

An efficient way to do this is to get a built-in Curse armour/helm with an additional Curse Low UV.

If you are using the gran faust, you really aren't supposed to charge it. Even with max ctr, it is slow, and having only one hologram sword is not huge in the damage department.

The regular combos will not curse yourself, the 2nd hit has a low chance of cursing enemies, but no self curse. No charge, no curse resistance required.

I am against bombers planting shivs everywhere. Try ash of agni, or voltaich tempest, if you want to spam haze bombs.

Having a shadow sword is useful for bombers, because they have no pure shadow bomb besides graviton, which is lacking in damage.

I agree with Demonic on Shivermist, you can see a more expanded list of my griefs here : forums.spiralknights.com/fr/node/45403

You may help your team more with Voltaic Tempest. Notably, it prevents zombies from jumping, kats from doing anything and alpha wolvers from doing more than one bite.

Gf curse is stronger than faust. Part of the problem could be that curse effect is also nerfed in lower tiers, like other status.

Uv's on armour will not go above max, but the addition of inbuilt resistance and resistance from other armour will apply.

From a gameplay point of view, you shouldn't be charging it too often. Slow, weak in terms of upfront damage, and the lack of a main dps weapon due to curse is pretty harsh.

Tip, drop all of your remedy pills before you charge, and pick them up if you manage to curse yourself. Remedies will then be free to use without taking damage.

So maybe you started to talk me into thinking about the Voltaic Tempest. But seeing as I'm a rather poor fellow in game it will take some time. Just going to stick with my Shivermist till that get's up there...

What do you guys think...I might even be willing to get one more slot for a while.

Leviathan, Gravatron Vortex, Status effect bomb(either shock or fire...depending on the area)

What do you guys think?

I meant that for a basic set. I already own the Leviathan and I just bought the Gravatron Vortex Recipe. You now got me thinking of getting the Flame or Shock vapor bombs so I don't have much on those yet.

I just wanted your thought on the set as a whole. Like if you saw a guy with this join your group how would you feel? I love playing with my friends and I'd like to believe that I like to focus on crowd control. This is why I loved the shivermist bomb so well, because it did its part in keeping my friends from being easily swarmed.

Would trapping a group in a gravatron vortex and then shocking or putting them ablaze be a better strategy? I saw a video using this and it seemed rather effective...