Spiral Knights - Benightz's arsenal

Benightz's arsenal

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Sun, 10/07/2012 - 08:41

Skyguarder

Here is my arsenal I have in currently. If I should be getting any weapon, suggest it here. Comment what you think of it too!

Current gear wearing:

Helm - Ash tail cap
Helm costume - Divine stranger hat
Armor - Ash tail coat
Armor costume - N/A
First Weapon: Warmaster Rocket Hammer
Second Weapon: Gigawatt pulsar

Sorted by: Name + Stars

Swords: 13

★★★★★ Warmaster Rocket hammer
★★★★☆ Boltbrand (1 UV) (Damage vs undead: low)
★★★★☆ Faust
★★★☆☆ Iceburst brandish
★★★☆☆ Nightblade (2 UVS)
★★★☆☆ Stable Rocket hammer
★★★☆☆ Swift flourish
★★☆☆☆ Brandish (2 UVS) (Damage bonus vs beasts: Low) (Damage vs Fiend: Medium)
★★☆☆☆ Calibur
★★☆☆☆ Cutter (1 UV) (Attack speed increase: low)
★★☆☆☆ Snarble barb
★☆☆☆☆ Hot edge (1 UV) (Damage bonus vs construct: High)
★☆☆☆☆ Prototype rocket hammer
☆☆☆☆☆ Proto sword

Guns: 7

★★★★☆ Gigawatt pulsar (1 UV) (Damage bonus vs slime: Medium)
★★★☆☆ Antigua
★★☆☆☆ Autogun (1 UV) (Attack speed increased: medium)
★★☆☆☆ Blaster (UV) (Charge time reduction: Low)
★☆☆☆☆ Frost gun (UV) (Charge time reduction: High)
★☆☆☆☆ Zapper (UV) (Attack speed increased: High)
☆☆☆☆☆ Proto gun

Bombs: 8

★★★★★ Dark retribution
★★★☆☆ Dark reprisal MK ll
★★★☆☆ Lightning Capacitor
★★☆☆☆ Blast bomb
★★☆☆☆ Dark reprisal
★★☆☆☆ Freezing vaporizal
★★☆☆☆ Spine cone
☆☆☆☆☆ Proto bomb

Helmet: 9

★★★★☆ Ash tail cap (UV) (Increased shadow defense: High)
★★☆☆☆ Cobalt helm
★★☆☆☆ Magic hood
★★☆☆☆ Spiral demo
★★☆☆☆ Wolver cap
★☆☆☆☆ Spiral scale helm
☆☆☆☆☆ Cyclops cap
☆☆☆☆☆ Mining Hat
☆☆☆☆☆ Spiral Sallet

Armor: 10

★★★★☆ Ash tail coat (UV) (Increased Poison resistance: Maximum!
★★☆☆☆ Magic cloak
★★☆☆☆ Spiral demo suit
★★☆☆☆ Wolver coat x2
☆☆☆☆☆ Fencing jacket
☆☆☆☆☆ Spiral Brigrandine
☆☆☆☆☆ Vitasuit

Costume: 6

Azure bombhead mask
Checkered bombhead mask x2
Divine stranger hat
Magic bombhead mask
Ruby bombhead mask

Shield: 4

★★★★☆ Wise owlite shield (UV) (Increased shock resistance: High)
★★☆☆☆ Defender
☆☆☆☆☆ Iron buckler (UV) (Increased stun resistance: Medium)
☆☆☆☆☆ Proto sword

Not counting materials, trinkets, minerals or recipes.

Tokens:

10 bark modules
32 Forge spark
8 frumious fang
37 grim spark
2 jelly gem
3 krogmo coins
119 primal sparks

I am not counting the rest. Now what do you think is missing? What should I do with my arsenal? Comment below! Thanks.

Here are the following weapons I've got it changed.

★★★★☆ Gigawatt pulsar (1 UV) (Damage bonus vs slime: Medium)

Obtained weapons:

★★★★☆ Faust
★★★☆☆ Nightblade (2 UVS) (Damage bonus vs beasts: low) (Damage vs fiend: Medium)

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 09:48

Bopp

swords and guns

I notice immediately that all of your 4- and 5-star swords and guns are elemental. You need to get some good piercing and shadow weapons. Upgrading your Swift Flourish should be a top priority.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 09:54

Fehzor

You should craft ALL THE THINGS like I did.

More realistically, Bopp is right. Craft your flourish up, and then go for perhaps sentenza with the antigua.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 10:05

Krocattack

@Fehzor, You my friend have

@Fehzor, You my friend have way too much time on your hands.

The others are right, you should definitely get the Final Flourish, you might want to look into an Acheron aswell to cover all dmg types.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 10:18

Skyguarder

Thanks guys!

I'll craft the following:

-Nightblade
-Final flourish

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 10:35

Fehzor

That'll do as well. My logic was that you'd be using your elemental sword for slimes and your flourish for gremlins, leaving room for a shadow gun, but then I am highly biased towards being a hybrid.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 11:14

Bopp

better hybrid

Fehzor's latest idea works, but a slightly better idea for a hybrid is
* elemental gun
* piercing sword
* shadow sword (or gun)
The reason is that guns are much better against turrets than swords are, and all turrets are either vulnerable or neutral to elemental damage.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 13:34

Fehzor

I thought about that argument, and you're right, but he already has a good elemental sword. He'd have to make a second sword, and it wouldn't be worth it. I've used piercing sword + shadow gun plenty of times, and it works out fine. It doesn't work out optimally, bit it works out fine. When it comes to turrets, its a bit odd but it is manageable.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 14:19

Skyguarder

I brought a shadow gun with 2 UVS

Unfortunatly, I gave it on my second knight

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 14:21

Skyguarder

@fehzor

Actually, I would use the WRH for slimes and jellies
Boltbrand against gremlins (With charge)
Shadow bomb in 5* against gremlin mobs.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 15:18

#10

Bopp

very surprising

Benightz, have you read the wiki page "Damage", to learn the monsters' vulnerabilities and resistances? Gremlins resist your Boltbrand, so it's not a great choice. WRH is okay against slimes (including jellies), but a shadow sword would be better.

If you haven't done so already, I recommend that you get your main knight to 5 stars, so that he can work the more lucrative areas of the Clockworks. Then use him to pull up your second knight. Don't split your precious resources between them yet. What do you think?

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 16:27

#11

Skyguarder

I never read the wiki

I will soon

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 13:12

#12

Echo-Twothree

About the damage stuff

The early missions also tell you weakness and resistances, and what type of damage enemies deal. And example is the mission "Pierce of Cake," "The Shadow Knows," and others. Relatively early.

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 13:29

#13

Skyguarder

"Elemental my dear"

I rather read the wiki

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 17:56

#14

Dukeplatypus

Voltedge charges do such an

Voltedge charges do such an obscene amount of damage that they usually end up killing Gremlins very quickly anyway.

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 19:20

#15

Bopp

about half of not-quite-enough

I often charge my Acheron with effective damage bonus +6 against gremlins. In a crowd of gremlins, it takes out a few, but leaves a few alive.

Ignoring the shock damage, Voltedge+0 does about half as much against gremlins as an Acheron+0 does, by my rough estimate. So it's going to leave more alive. Shock is nice, though.

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 03:14

#16

Derpules

/laugh Benightz

So you neither paid attention to the tutorial mission nor read the wiki, and as a result you think Boltbrand is good against gremlins.

Comedy gold. Remind me to disregard everything you've ever said about this game.

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 03:19

#17

Darkbrady

Lol,

Lol, Derpules~

*high-five*

Thread's been a great read, really. Made me chuckle~

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 15:18

#18

Skyguarder

I read the wiki

I also saw it and read most of it. I only said I would like to read the wiki. So don't say that I'm stupid in this game.

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 16:51

#19

Skyguarder

I also know what types of damage are good against an enemy

Gremlins
Weak to: Shadow and pointy weapons
Strong against: Elemental weapons

Jellies:
Weak to: Shadow damage
Strong against: Piercing

Beasts
Weak to: Pointy weapons
Strong against: Elemental weapons

I'll put more of it soon.

EDIT: If I'm wrong, don't bother saying that I'm the worst player that knows anything. It's just a mistake, nobody is going to be perfect everytime.

Also, I didn't peak at the wiki to get these answers. I tested myself

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 15:31

#20

Bopp

okay, but

Under "Gremlins", remove the "pointy weapons" part. Gremlins are neutral to piercing. (The piercing swords are pretty good against gremlins, due to their playstyle, not their damage type.)

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 16:51

#21

Skyguarder

Updated

Nightblade is now crafted.

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 22:25

#22

Derpules

@Benightz

"I didn't peak at the wiki to get these answers. I tested myself"

You could just have read the in-game help menu instead. (You can access it any time. I leave it to you to figure out which button means "help".)

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 22:40

#23

Darkbrady

So don't say that I'm stupid

So don't say that I'm stupid in this game.

I don't think anyone actually said you were stupid. You're sure as hell acting it, mind you, but I don't think anyone said it.

And I'd like to point out that "looking at the wiki" isn't...cheating or something. In the time it took you to test the damage types out, messily at that, you could have read it on the wiki, or checked the rank missions that describe them, or checked the help sections....

This information is plastered all over the place, there's no reason to have to try and learn the pointlessly hard way *shrug*

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 23:35

#24

Sol-Xii

They getting all up in your grill

They don't look like they're calling you stupid, but you sure aren't helping your cause. Damage types are also an extremely basic lesson in SK, maybe you should start to turn on damage numbers.

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 02:08

#25

Aureate

Processing Thoughts of You Always

Vog, Final Flourish, Acheron, Polaris, Blitz, GOwlite.
That should get you started, at least. Then get Skolver, upgrade your Lightning Capacitor with the free recipe you get (don't purchase from Basil since it comes as a mission reward), Argent Peacemaker, potentially BTS for the extra damage bonus and piercing resist (otherwise the token-purchaseable Ancient Plate Shield), and CoA as a shadow shield.
After that, we can come back and discuss if you still like pure swords.

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 13:14

#26

Skyguarder

Alright, the word "Help" will be said.

I read the wiki. With a smile. ":)"

Thanks Aureate for the suggestion

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 23:25

#27

Forumchat

"So don't say that I'm stupid in this game."

well a drunken guy will never admit he is drunken.
And you still don't have the capacity to humbly receive criticisms

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 00:05

#28

Sol-Xii

Right in the feelings

Well said, Forumchat, well said.

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 13:19

#29

Skyguarder

Ok let's stop it please?

Sat, 10/13/2012 - 16:04

#30

Poyo-Poyo

Wow ppl are saying the same

Wow ppl are saying the same thing i said to benightz months ago when we were doing OCH, and he was using his boltbrand to kill gremlins

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 13:41

#31

Skyguarder

Lol it's true ^

I didn't have any other weapons strong enough against gremlins. I only had full elemental. I am going to update this anyways

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