Hey there, Neo here.
So, I have restarted as a new character now to take advantage of my better skills and knowledge as a player. I sold all of my old gear and sent the money over to a new character, adding up to a nice tidy sum! I crunched some numbers, and I should be able to eek by all the way to five star gear with the crowns I have, so I created a plan to make a full Chaos set with a Grey Owlite Shield. Nothing crazy there.
But, alas, I believe I only have enough money for *One* weapon to get a ride all the way to 5 star. What's it going to be?
Well, I've had a few ideas, but am, of course, open to more of them. One thing that is imperative though is that it is a normal weapon, or at least it has normal damage, in order to hit everything for good damage with the over all 'Very High' damage bonus that Chaos gives. And since I have a free 'Very High' Charge time reduction, combined with natural level 10 "Medium' charge time reduction, I want a weapon that has a good charge attack, as that will be my main output of damage.
Weapons that came to mind? Leviathan Blade, CIV, Sudaruska, Brandishes, Wild Hunting Blade, Volcanic Pepperbox, Neutralizer, Supernova, Valiance... That's all the conceivable ones that come to mind.
Do any scream good idea or bad idea to you guys? I know that the Levi and CIV both have excellent charges and normal attacks, the CIV's more likely to get all three hits on the charge. Sudaruska's charge smashes everything but is otherwise useless. Wild Hunting Blade stops the enemy during the charge attack, but holds you down for so long. Brandish's are overall good, but will be weak against some monsters. VP has brutal specials, but knocks the enemy back. Neutralizer has the most fun charge in the game, but can be tricky to use. Supernova is all around good as is the Valiance, and they keep me out of harms way with my very high status weakness'.
Let me know what you think please, and keep in mind that it isn't a forever weapon, just the weapon I will use until I build up sufficient funds to branch out into type specific weapons =O)
-Neo
in my selfish opinion,
Sudaruska > Leviathan/CIV, Supernova and Valiance are horrible at clockworks, why taking 20 sec to kill a monster while you can use other weapons around 2 - 3 sec. I would go either Neutralizer or Volcanic Pepperbox, Dealing with pepper knockback, you either shoot from point blank range, or corner yourself to a wall, and aim the monster against the wall. Neutralizer charge has bit decent damage. These two are not recommended if you have no experience with gun yet, not really a beginner gunner, I guess. Nitronome comes in mind if you want bomb and mostly solo-ing.
And change your shield to swiftstrike buckler, so you could become a perfect clone :D
Meh, just kidding, just learn how monster attacks and dodge them, once you get used to them, any shield is fine which swiftstrike buckler gives you the most bonus.
Brandishes is not really neutral, but acheron is way too powerful that you may consider it's neutral against fiend and undead >_>
Question though, how can you afford radiant fire crystals? You may want to stay 4* for a while.