For those of you guys have lots of UVs, what is a good UV to aim for the Vog series?
Based on http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Damage, I figured Normal damage UVs would be the best since it's the most common damage type. However, Vog Coats/Caps have Elemental and Normal defense. Should I aim to fill in one of the holes (Shadow damage) that Vog does not cover?
Best UV's for Vog Cub are pretty much the same best UV's for any gear:
Normal
Elemental
Fire
Shock
The order of value with those four depends on your other gear, but they're all pretty similarly priced. Shadow def is a tentative 5th on the list, but it's rarely as highly valued. Piercing, or any other status resist is worthless, at least comparitively.
That helps.. is your list ordered meaning Normal > Elemental? I assumed Vog would max out fire so it wouldn't be useful as an additional UV
Hey folks,
In regards to the Fire Resist part. I was wondering if this statement is true.
"And no matter how much additional resist you get, duration will remain the same, damage taken/effect of the status effect will remain the same. Doubt me? I have a Vog Cub set, a Fire Maximum variant, a fire medium variant, a fire resist five-star trinket, and a Grey Owlite shield. Equipped all those, went to Firestorm Citadel; Zombies' fire lasts 5 seconds, dealing 1 - 1.7 damage per tick, three ticks.
Now, I unequipped all those, and went with solely Vog Cub, no UVs for fire resist; went to Firestorm Citadel; Zombies' fire lasts 5 seconds, dealing 1 - 1.7 damage per tick, three ticks." - kakelgis
Is this true? Cuz I have no eye deer.
here is the sauce (http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/7433)
The four I listed are not necessarily in order. Like I said, it's dependant on your other gear. If you do intend to wear full vog cub, then yes, fire would be less useful. However, if you have a max fire uv on a single piece of vog cub, say the cap, you might prefer to wear another type of armor instead.
As to normal vs elemental, it's pretty debatable. I'd personally guess that normal is more valuable, but it's hard to say with certainty.
@chzmonkey
As far as I know it is true. It seems as though regular defenses (normal, shadow, etc) can extend beyond their bars, but status resistances cannot. Although I've heard people say that you can become immune to vanaduke's fire trails with a beyond maximum level of fire resistance. I can't really comment on that assertion.
@Diggidy
Thanks for the response. The unknown bothers me. Must...find...answers...to...everything.
I don't know, UVs are a bit overrated. I have a plain Vog Cub Coat and a Vog Cub Cap with UV Max Stun Resist, which I crafted randomly, but it turned out to be good for Vanaduke, since his smash attack and the falling roof debris both cause stun. The stun resist seems to reduce the duration, since stun itself doesn't cause damage.
If anything, I would go for more normal resistance, or shadow resistance.
Diggidy, your value on shadow is way too low. Having shadow fills a major gap in vog cub and it's also the primary damage type dealt in FSC. It's certainly better than elemental, considering shadow is more common than elemental in FSC and vog cub already has a lot of elemental anyway. If you get elemental on a piece of wolver gear, it's better to turn it into skolver.
I'd say shadow is tied with normal for the best UV to have. Fire, Shock, and Elemental pull up the rear.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I believe shadow defense serves no purpose in the actual vanaduke fight (Unless you're fighting his guards, in which case: You're doing it wrong). I can appreciate how shadow def would be valuable in the rest of the citadel, but there's more to it than simply "which enemies are there the most of, and what damage do they do?"
It's more important to look at which types of attacks are hitting you most often, rather than what type of enemy is most common. Slag Walkers populate every corner of FSC, but they're relatively easy to dodge. Gun puppies are less common, but are much harder to avoid (at least in my experience). Plus, if you ever graze one of the shadow fires, you'll definitely appreciate your elemental def.
Final comment, if you're using skolver for anything other than costume gear, we're unlikely to agree on the value of certain defense types.
Should I aim to fill in one of the holes (Shadow damage) that Vog does not cover?
Yes.