Spiral Knights - Question for Fellow Bombers

Question for Fellow Bombers

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Sat, 04/21/2012 - 20:54

Spicington

What UV's would you consider the "Best" for a Bomber's armor? And more specifically, which UV's would you prefer on the different sets (Volcanic, Mad, Mercurial... maybe even Bombastic for lulz)?

I'm crafting out Spiral Demo sets to get UV's, and I'm looking for some input as to which sets would benefit the most from my results. So far I've obtained:

Spiral Demo Suits:
-Piercing Med + Shock Med
-Normal Med
-Shock Low

Spiral Demo Helm:
-Normal Max + Shock High*

*Already posted about this particular item, and I believe I'll be turning it into a Mercurial Demo Helm unless someone can provide a good case for doing otherwise.

Any recommendations on optimal gear would be great!

Thanks!

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 21:04

Batabii

There is a bombing guide, but

There is a bombing guide, but as far as UVs, I don't really pay attention to them.

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 21:23

Spicington

I've read the guide and

I've read the guide and consulted it on multiple occassions. I'm just looking for other perspectives from the experience of the community.

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 23:23

Poopsie

...

try to sell that max normal + shock high, it should worth a lot because of lockdown and you shouldn't really need one ;p

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 01:29

Gunnerific

wel for madbomber get shock

wel for madbomber get shock and/or fire anything else im not sure

RIP Demotastic

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 05:39

Caramel-Bear

Best set ever for Bomber is

Mercurial Demo Helm with 3 max resist UVs of your choice
Mercurial Demo Suit with same as above
CTR VH on all bombs
2x Boom Modules

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 09:15

Enclavean

That's one sexy demo helm

That's one sexy demo helm you've obtained. May i ask how you got it?

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 10:24

Diamondshreddie

woah o_o

yep.. well as far as UVs go for armours, shock and stun would be my preference on ANY of the sets, as well as elemental def to defend against construct projectiles more.

for mercurial i would most want a fire or shock UV

for mad bomber, more elemental defence would be nice, unless you can get a shock fire high in one :P

for volcanic, i would go with shock , and possibly stun resistance, a shock UV volcanic set would be beastly already , and use 2 boom modules to make up for it not being mad bomber, its easier than using mad bomber and piddly 5* shock/fire trinkets

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 13:33

Iapnez

I think the best bomber set

I think the best bomber set would be Freeze/Fire/Stun Max UV's on both a Merc Demo helm and suit, two elite boom modules, and CTR Very High UV's on every bomb you possess, as was basically said earlier.

Why the status UV's like that? In Lockdown, you would be immune to: Stagger Storm, Voltaic Tempest, Shivermist, and Ash of Agni. Venom Veiler isn't too much of a worry if you're more of a support bomber, so no need to worry about poison resist.

With this set you'd have the perfect lockdown status resists, CTR max, Damage Max, and Movement Speed Increase. The perfect set! As for shields, take a Royal Jelly or Ironmight with Shadow, Elemental, and a status Max; A crest of almire or dread skelly (or both) with pierce and elemental max, and a status max of your choice; and get a Grey owlite with shadow max, pierce max, and a status resist of your choice.

There you go. A bomber's dream loadout.

For a DPS bomber, I'd go with DBB, RSS, Dark Retribution, and Nitro or Voltaic (Because in large groups, the Voltaic's damage from shock ticks increases exponentially. It outdoes RSS' DPS in the room of 24 zombies in Firestorm. 24 zombies * 30 damage * 24 zombies affected by each shock tick within a period of about 2 seconds.).

That's about 8,500 Damage per second. Beat that, swords.

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 14:03

Spicington

+1 Luck

@Caramel: Wow, I agree. I would probably name that loadout "Thor" For the god of thunder. That'll be a long-term goal to attain.

@Enclavean: Thanks, and believe it or not, I got that through crafting. Nearly fell outta my chair when I saw it, too.

@Diamond: Do you think I'd be better off crafting that shock high helm into volcanic then instead of mercurial? Like, would it be overkill on shock protection for that set?

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 07:21

#10

Blacklectric

Well, the best way to bomb is

Well, the best way to bomb is to find a crowd (bombing one enemy is like trying to erase with an eraser 9 foot long). Well, what you really need is the CTR actually, because they provide more damage per second plus you can land more hit (remember that if you are hit during charging you're gonna lose your charge, so the faster you charge, the more safer it is)

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 08:11

#11

Juances

Shock is the most annoying status everywhere since it interrupts your bombs. But if you go for Mercurial Demo, then I'd like some freeze or fire resistance too.

Note that I prefer status resistances rather than raw defence since those dont make too much difference really.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 08:38

#12

Vagueabond

My ideal set would probably

My ideal set would probably have a pair of max shadow UVs (I've only got the one so far), probably on a split mad/volc set, and then freeze resist on a Mercurial set for better bombing in LD.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:25

#13

Diamondshreddie

well

you can go for a hybrid set, one piece of shock high UV into mercurial. and then a piece of volcanic, maybe with high fire so you can get full res against both those statuses .. but then again, low damage and movement speed at all (currently) is neglegible, so for now your best bet is to craft shock high volcanic

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