Spiral Knights - Piercing Armour

Piercing Armour

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Thu, 04/12/2012 - 08:51

Shadow-Sync

Right, so I'm stuck on whether to follow the Drake Scale path or the Jelly Mail one.

The actual thing I am crossed over between is the fact that the 5* versions of Drake Scale have quite a high resistance to two elements, while the Royal Jelly mail has the a higher resistance but only to Piercing (and Normal). The Ice Queen Mail has, at level 10, the highest Piercing defence there is, but would require me to either get to the Sanctuary or buy it from the Auction house (at a very high cost, I would believe).

I've checked the Quicksilver Mail line and, although it has by far the best looks, is quite a bit under the other two at it's 5* version. Is there even any difference or is it just a mistake?

So, in all, is it worth following the Jelly Mail path to Ice Queen Mail (after getting a Shadow Key, doing the Shadow Lair (and surviving it!), having the energy and money to craft it when I actually get there etc.) or just go for a slightly less powerful defence but have 2 of them?

Is Normal much help at all above tier 1?!

Or, should I just scrap all of those and go for the Wolver lines even though it looks a lot less powerful then the previous...?

Oh well, random coin flick time!

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 09:27

Juances

Wolver all the way. The difference in defense is not oh-so-big to miss the damage bonus.
Unless of course you dont use swords at all wich make such bonus useless.

Also normal defense is always usefull. Many attacks still deal a portion of normal damage even in T3. Drake is only good on very specific cases.

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 09:42

Pepperonius

+1 Juances

Exactly that, and even then most gunners/bombers will carry a sword as backup.

regarding quicksilver, most people use it for shock resist, as well as movement speed increase.

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 14:27

Shadow-Sync

Thanks for the help

Yes, I am a mainly a sword user. (Although I do use heavy guns (not Antigua/Needle lines) as a secondary.)

So I suppose I better start re-crafting all my wolves suits, sigh, such a long time since I last did that.

But still, Quicksilver Mail as a costume all the way!

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 14:39

Skold-The-Drac

Drake Scale for LD?

Given how t2 is filled with either toothpicks or hammers... I figured this would be good for that. Am I wrong in this belief? Since it's becoming a rare sight to find normal damage weapons in t2?

If Drake won't work... I'll go ahead and start making some jelly (sick of piercing spam)/ quicksilver (shock resist looks nice)

Thu, 04/12/2012 - 15:59

Iron-Volvametal

...

"Given how t2 is filled with either toothpicks or hammers... I figured this would be good for that. Am I wrong in this belief? Since it's becoming a rare sight to find normal damage weapons in t2?"

I'd like to know this, too.

Anyways:

-Skolver for Swordsmen
-Mercurial for Bombers
-Ironmight for Gunners

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 17:20

Sol-Xii

*Double Devilite Gasp*

Justifier would be better for us Gunslingers than Ironmight.

Ironmight is for the people who hate wolvers.
People who really hate wolvers are the ones who wear Wolver stuff while randomly /wave ing and /poke ing them.

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 08:54

Dukeplatypus

Don't bother with piercing

Don't bother with piercing def as a gunner in LD, just take shadowsun and a penta. it only takes a few hits to kill you, might as well have a bit of hp and do as much damage as you can. Damage is much more useful than ASI (which can be a UV and is still pretty useful) and one of the main appeals of being a LD gunner is not getting hit, which means that in top form, you should have no problems with subpar skolvers and people too proud to use AA.

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 06:51

Sppw

Well... think

If you are a swordsman use Wolver line make it skolver (t3 lockdown is basically Skolver-Barber-Fausters)

If you are a gunslinger make a Justifier with Drake scale or Jelly (heres a tip:make Drake scale MAIL not helm and make that a Radiant silvermail which is shadow+piercing for lockdown and FSC uses be sure to have some costume cause its basically looks like a dress if you are a boy)Radiant silvermail has poison and curse res too

If you are a Bombers have Mercurial + Drake or jelly

If you hate slimes more than beast you might think about Deadly Virulisk BUT that has slime med BUT(another big BUT)skolver has med on everything.

Hope that helps

¬ Sppw

Sun, 04/15/2012 - 17:10

Darkzerefs-Alt

Ice queen best for piercing, but there are other good choices

Ice queen mail is the best for a piercing armor, but as you said earlier it's very hard to acquire it. The Royal jelly mail and mercurial mail are good alternatives which don't require you to waste a billion shadow keys and a trillion ce to revive after you die. I'd personally go for the Royal jelly mail (if I couldn't/don't want to get Ice queen) as it offers both stun and sleep resistance while mercurial offers only shock, but if you like a small speed boost then go for mercurial. However, if you do use swords, then yes, go for the wolver lines. (although i prefer the ice queen mail as the wolver lines are a little overused and in my opinion, not as good, even with the bonus)

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