i have some doubts about some gear on which is better
owlite vs defender
calibur vs brandish
autogun vs cryotech alchemizer
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Tue, 10/23/2012 - 01:25
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 09:17
#2
You shouldnt use snarbolax agaisnt a gremlin. You shouldnt use Skolver agaisnt a devilite. You shouldnt use Vog against a wolver.
You shouldnt use a fire/shock/ice burst brandish agaisnt a gremlin. You shouldnt use nightblade agaisnt a zombie.
You cant depend on one thing. You have to make them all.
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 10:45
#3
Processing Thoughts of You Always
Iron scale does not exist. Drake scale is tissue paper in pretty much any situation other than Compound 42. Defender is inferior to Ironmight Plate Shield in every way, since it has no status resist to speak of and less normal defence. However, neither is all that great since pierce-damage monsters are the least of your worries. Owlite is generally considered to be best, since many projectiles will be elemental damage and it also gets shock/fire resist.
Brandish is generally considered superior to Calibur, other than Cautery which is universally agreed upon as being rubbish.
You just said they're all equal. I would reject Iceburst but that's personal opinion because I'm not a fan of Freeze. Shockburst is going to take you a stupid amount of LD games in order to get to its 5*. Go for Fireburst and Nightblade, you're going to want exchangable shadow and elemental damage in the long run. From a damage-point of view, all of them are equal if you don't include their statuses into the equation; Nightblade loses out slightly since it doesn't get any status added to its charge.
Neither, they're situational depending on what you're facing. Get all three.
Autogun, because drowning it in bullets is always a good option. I have never found much use for the freeze of Hail Driver, but then there are people who like the CC effect, so each to their own. The Autogun lines are unanimously agreed to be some of the highest DPS weapons in the game, though.
Your capslock and spell/grammarcheck are both busted. Please get them fixed.
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 15:34
#4
Actually, the x-burst
Actually, the x-burst brandishes work fairly well on gremlins. The charge attack deals very nice damage even despite the resistance.
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 15:49
#5
OWLITE VS DEFENDER VS IRON SCALE
Defender line is better as it costs less and you get a comparable result eventually; owlite is outclassed by volcanic plate shield for FSC, which makes the defender line both cheaper and better.
CALIBUR VS BRANDISH
Apples to oranges; brandishes are pure damage while calibur is better as a side weapon for bombers.
FIRE BURST BRANDISH VS SHOCK BURST BRANDISH VS ICE BURST BRANDISH VS NIGHT BLADE (I KNOW THEY ARE THEE SAME BUT WHICH IS MORE USEFUL I AM IN TIER 2 5-2)
See http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/61167
I've already written about this.
SKOLVER VS VOG BUG VS SNARLBOX
Are all for swordies, and are for different situations... See the wiki on specialized damage.
If you're going for a mix, dress defensively. If you're going for offense, plan ahead for that-
Vog "bug" works with: Heavy swords, winmillion, WRH,
"Snarl Box" and Skolver work with: Cutter lines,
For all other swords, chaos is a better option, making vog "bug"/"snarlbox" better for hybrid loadouts in which the user is manipulating certain weapons.
For lockdown, it is better to dress defensively. For PvE, it is better to dress offensively, unless there are specific hazards.
These hazards, and what they require are:
-C42- double max+low fire (and poison, if possible)
-GitM- double max+low shock
AUTOGUN VS CYROTECH ALCHEMISER
"Cyrotech Alchemiser" is better for pure gunners wishing to deal elemental damage in conjunction with ice strategy.
Autoguns are always better in terms of damage, as the volcanic pepperbox alone will outdamage the "cyrotech" in terms of raw DPS, especially against turrets.
In terms of fighting through the game as a new player, autogun is by far the best weapon in the game, provided that you make it into a volcanic pepperbox.
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 15:58
#6
/shout I WANT ME A VOG BUG!
but really, most of it depends on your playstyle, I like using my Leviathan more than my Voltedge, I like Owlite more than Aegis because its actually better, and I like mixing my wolver set up, so Skolver Cap+Vog Coat OR.... Vog Cap + Snarbolax coat, etc.
i dont no alchemer so i just spam around with my Plague needle. (autogun line, poison oriented)
Wed, 10/24/2012 - 01:48
#7
@fehzor
Did you just compare a shield with only normal and piercing defense to a shield with normal and elemental in addition to shock and fire?
You know there's more to the cradle than vanaduke.
Chaos isn't just for swordies, it gives a bonus to EVERYTHING
In the case you mentioned, glacius is better than cryo driver in almost every way. More damage, stronger freeze
Yes, the autogun line does more damage, but are drastically different in use than other guns, since most of them are piercing and require point-blank for most damage.
I can't say one way or another if volcanic pepperbox is objectively good, but hardly anyone uses it.
Defender is inferior to BTS and nobody uses iron scale, if it even exists.
Calibur is way worse than brandish in the long run
Fire vs shock vs ice vs night, doesn't matter hugely, though shock is arguably harder to get. No one is really "better" than the rest, although nighblade doesn't actually have a status effect :(
Skolver vs Vog CUB vs SnarBOLAX really depends on your play style, they're pretty different but snarby stuff is really hard to get
Autogun vs CRYOtech AlcheMER, you can't really compare them, they're so vastly different. But cryo is arguably the worst of the drivers, since the ricochets break the freeze. Honestly most of the status guns I don't see the point. Swords have stronger status, but bombs have way more AoE. The distance you get isn't really a big deal when you can just kill turrets. For the most part, that's the only reason you'll really need elemental guns, since most construct and undead enemies are easy enough to bomb.
Also don't abuse the capslock, man.