The point of the EV is to concentrate your enemies into one spot so you can use your point-blank strike, the strongest part of the charge, to the one area where the slags are, not hit all the charge blasts. When they're compiled into one place, you can do that and keep them right there to do more combos and finish off the whole group without chasing the stragglers...if there's any at all. The shock you dealt with Voltedge (which is extremely likely) will have kept them in the bomb explosion, the EV inflicting shock itself when it explodes so they are guaranteed to be trapped where you placed the bomb, rarely do they fling anywhere when you pair the two together, they just synergy so well. Even someone like myself who has done FSC for years find it to be a great boon in reducing the time you spend in the place, if you memorize the spawns, that's even better for EV because bombs are all about knowing spawns.

I don't know what else to say other than that, I've used both Combuster and Voltedge + EV for extended grinding periods with Max CTR and DMG on everything and I can only say that the latter is better here if one is able to afford to do so. Combuster is only seemingly faster since you get out more charges, but unless the enemies are clumped to get the point-blank strike, the damage you deal is significantly lower vs the combo since you need to run around and take care of stragglers every single time. The extra planning just beats the simple spamming in this place. Sorry. :I

EDIT: Yeah, not much point of the back and forthing as we've derailed the topic heavily. Let's just leave things at that.

EDIT 2: I should have just searched a video to show what I meant. This is the current fastest FSC speed run duo record. While it is a duo, the creator of the video soloed rooms on the right side showing how powerful the combo is. A Combuster can't do this by it's lonesome. It can't do it fast, yes, but not as fast as this.

I never said it was easy but Proto Shield with WRH is the best in terms of non-charge DPS if you can do it without getting slaughtered. Still, if your problem is throwing yourself into the fire then yes, Combuster will be more suitable.

You guess? Only you can tell us if you guess or if you do not guess.

Please note that while undead do indeed deal shadow damage, they also deal fire status in FSC. It has been proven and discussed multiple times that status resistance is much more important that damage type resistance. Owlite will probably survive more against FSC zombies than dread skelly simply due to it's fire resistance.

If you really want a defensive shield for FSC, get volcanic plate or Omega shell. Volcanic has the normal and stun resistance to withstand ttojan hits and the fire resistance against he other mobs and it can even save you from shadow fire for a teensy bit longer.
Omega shell can take hits because of it's 20% extra health.
Both of them can take a hit from vana's mace on elite, something that no other shields can do (to my knowledge).

I don't know if the new tortodrone shields are any good for FSC, I'm assuming that the stun+shadow resistance on Gorgomega is probably good, but the fire resistance on Omegaward would probably prove more useful for fire traps etc.

Also, people were talking about using brandishes and vortex bombs earlier. wat r u doin. if you want a sword for vortexing get a troika for crying out loud. it only takes ctr med if you can do the shield cancel-switching right.

Complete edit: I was a derp and forgot that GOS is grey owlite.

Get volcanic for vana. it's better for vana. always.

GOS for everything else.

I would still recommend volcanic plate more though.

Edit: The literal only place where owlite would bet better would be for fire constructs+gremlins / shock places.
For poison/freeze/fire/unthemed beasts/slimes/undead/fiends then volcanic plate would be superior.

I'd say that volcanic plate is probably more useful.

Are you intending to buy the items through the suply depot? Don't do that. Craft them instead. It's MUCH cheaper, just takes more time.

Don't be so rude, Krakob is just trying to save you money...

On the other hand, that inventory looks fine.

"Look krak, what I do is up to me."

And what you're doing is a terrible idea.

Cost to buy a 5* item off the Supply Depot = 3500 Energy.

Approximate cost to craft a 5* item yourself (taking Material costs into account) = 1650 Energy, plus you have a chance of getting Unique Variants.

Tough choice. Go ahead and buy it from the Supply Depot and waste like $5 worth of Energy.

I agree completely, haha. I for one love Leviathan and Valiance because of how basic and reliable they both are. It's a shame that normal damage (except in Valiance's [and soon, not even Valiance will be great] and Nitronome's case) suffers from diminishing turns as you get more crowns to get more gear and slots...and with all honesty, that happens as soon as you hit T2, and you only stay in T1 for like a day or two at most if you really like the game, lol...

(Oh wow, that's...even better and more to the point, nice job catching that!)

Anyway! One thing I wanted to point out from your post is that Blitz is actually very much useful in areas like HoI and GitM, where the bosses are absolute damage sponges too (and gunners should always carry one, it's absolutely devastating when you get in the right position and know spawns).

The omega shell doesn't give YOU a health boost, it has more health f it's own. When you take a hit, and that blue bar goes down - that's the shield's health. The omega shell has more SHIELD health than any other shield.

Again:
SHIELD health is boosted on omega shell.
YOUR health is boosted by your vog set.

As for the emotes, you simply hold alt and type the number in. For example, alt+1 is ☺.
Either that or you're copypasting from a website.

@Shadow*Kirby
I don't do danger missions regularly yet but I can imagine that the blitz is probably great for the HoI boss.
For GITM however...

I've never seen where you mentioned that you typed with your tablet. regardless, the emoticons are nothing special really.

The glacius/combuster argument has been discussed to death. Same with your initial question.

You should really research before just posting questions here on the forums.

Here, I'll even make it as easy as clicking a link.

Fang of vog is generally seen as something you just get for the lols, not a serious weapon. it's slower than a brandish and the charge is a risk, however with vog coat you should be ok using it.
It's also fairly difficult to get. Considering you're only just deciding to get Vog coat then perhaps you should put FoV out of your mind for a little while.

Alright, i'm going to try to answer your question, so let's take a look back.

First there's
"I do not know which path to choose: Vog, Snarby, or the Skolver set (pretty sure not goin' for Skolver, though)" (post #1)
and in bopp's guide, there's a neat section called 'Armor, Shields, Trinkets, Perks' in which it says this:
"New players should focus on these options:
Vog Cub: Decent offense. Strong defense, because ASI aids defense, and elemental and fire threats are prevalent, especially in Firestorm Citadel.
Skolver: Stronger offense, because blanket damage bonuses cannot be achieved through UVs. Mediocre defense, because piercing is arguably the least important damage protection, and freeze often has little practical value.
Chaos: Outstanding, overpowered offense. Terrible defense, because of the status weaknesses. Skill and/or status UVs are required."

Next, he asks about what swords and guns to get. (post #1, 6, 8, etc.)
Coincidentially, there is also a part in bopp's sword guide called 'Piercing, Elemental, Shadow' which goes on to discuss the swords, and Bopp's personal opinion of which ones are better for what. It has a comparison of the different brandish paths, FOV, and all that stuff he ended up asking about later

"I meant which is better? Glacius/Combuster vs FoV" (post #79, 82)
the above was already answered under the 'Elemental Swords' section of Bopp's guide, as well as previously in this very thread

"Also is Acheron better than the obsidian edge r wut?" (post #12)
Wow, amazing! Did you know there was a section called 'Shadow Swords' in Bopp's guide too? What an amazing addition! Can you guess what it discusses?

Does Acheron do split normal/shadow DMG? (post #17)
... and this is also answered in Bopp's sword guide. Under the section called 'Summary of Swords', it says that Acheron is 'shad + norm', or shadow and normal. Also, simply searching it up on the wiki would've answered the above question.

Additionally, something that mildly irritates me (and is pretty much why i posted here) was that he asked a bunch of questions, and often ignored the suggestions he asked for or tried to insult/prove wrong the people who answered him
eg. took glacius over everything else despite combuster/voltedge being recommended, saying bopp's guide didn't have the info he was asking for (complete lie, except maybe for the gun part, but there's also a gunslinger guide), telling Drach that he was wrong twice after Drach tried to be helpful and answer his questions (about emoticons, and omega shield), took full vog over split like what bopp and some others recommended, told krakob that what he did is his business despite this thread just being him asking a bunch of questions, etc.
Makes me wonder if he actually did search everything up, or check bopp's guide tons of (he said millions, but i assume it's hyperbole) times.

I don't know what's going on. So I decided to link a video of this.

Now, to never set foot in this thread again.

@Shadowstarkirby: I imagine that the fastest time for FSC now is a lot slower since the one-way gates were added, you can't just run in and grab the sprites anymore, you have to kill all of the enemies first, which would make faster killing of slags with a vortex even more important.

You seem confused as to why he said he was 'done'. Now I don't know for sure, but I think it's because he spends his time, writing paragraphs upon paragraphs of helpful advice and comparisons, and you pretty much just go "Nope, I'll just take what he doesn't recommend." Now, I understand that it's your choice, and he's just giving an opinion, but what's the point of asking the question if you're not going to listen to their answer? That can make it very frustrating for anyone who's trying to help. As I said before, you've done this a few times already.

Also, about what you said about Bopp's guide, again it pretty much answered all of your questions on gear and swords (see my previous post for a few examples). I'm not quite sure what it might've been missing, save for your questions on guns, but it is a 'sword' guide for a reason. I fail to see what it doesn't cover, and you don't actually say what it misses. You just say that you've read it over and over (yet somehow miss the information you're looking for) and say that you watch videos that each up your bandwidth. You also state that you've 'learned' from searching through year old forum topics and looking up videos, and somehow, I'm not quite sure. For one, you chose to go full vog, and while that isn't bad, it was recommended several times not to go full vog as your first set, as it only gives elemental defense, while if you went half-half, you would've gotten two defenses, and a bigger variety of status resistances. Then again, it's your choice, ignore all of the advice people give you.

As for what you said about running through a shadow lair (since you seem to hate skolver), you could have asked on the forums (instead of all these questions) if anyone would be willing to help you run through the shadow lair, and help you with your set. There are lots of helpful people on these forums, like the others who've been answering your repeated questions. And also, a lot of parties split the cost, so it's more like 450 energy each person. Compared to straight off buying a 5* piece of equipment off the supply depot, that's saving you 2750 energy. Maybe take 1000 out of that for sparks (200 for 10 sparks) you might need for the shadow lair, and eternal orbs (800 for 3) if you didn't already have them, and you'd still have 1750 left. You'd also have to buy the mats for the snarby piece, but I'm pretty sure that's less expensive than 1750 energy. Y'know, just maybe.

Combuster is actually usually better for crowd control, which is something you desire. Derp.

"Well, thx I guess. Now to write that in my pros and con's book under Glacius V Combuster topic."

Pros of Combuster:
• It sets things on fire
• Its status doesn't get in the way of party-play
• It has great crowd control due to the fact it has knockback 100% of the time

Cons of Combuster:
• It lights Oilers, which die to it quickly anyway so it doesn't really matter
• It can knock enemies out of a Vortex

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Pros of Glacius:
• It's blue

Cons of Glacius:
• It freezes enemies in place, allowing them to smack you for tons of damage while you can't do anything to fight back
• It can freeze enemies around your teammates, killing them
• It does terrible overall damage compared to Voltedge/Combuster
• It re-freezes Ice Cubes, which die to it quickly anyway so it doesn't really matter
• Ice gets broken as soon as the enemy is hit, making it almost pointless on most fast weapons, Glacius being one of them (except in extremely situational situations)

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If you were so dead-set on getting Glacius, then you should have gotten Voltedge instead.