Spiral Knights - I feel sorry to make another "what should I craft next?" thread.

I feel sorry to make another "what should I craft next?" thread.

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Mon, 03/11/2013 - 15:24

Muialce

so I would like to have some advices from you about what I should craft next.
Google doesn't help me since the topic depends on my Arsenal unlike "Argent Peacmaker vs Sentenza" and stuff.

My current arsenal:
-Swords-

Voltedge - CTR Medium
Voltedge - ASI Medium
Warmaster Rocket Hammer
Acheron
Gran Faust - Slime High
Divine Avenger
Final Flourish
That Leviathan Thingy From The Event
Fang of Vog

-Guns-

Argent Peacemaker
Sentenza
Polaris
Blitz Needle
Valiance
Magma Driver

-Bombs-

Electron Vortex <3
Stagger Storm
Shivermist Baster
Voltaic Tempest
Dark Retribution

-Helm-

Chaos Cowl - Fire Medium
Skolver Cap - Freeze Max
Vog Cub Cap
Snarbolax Cap
Perfect Mask of Seerus
Divine Veil
Icequeen Helm
Black Kat Cowl

-Armour-

Chaos Cloak - Fire Medium
Skolver Coat
Vog Cub Coat
Snarbolax Coat
Grey Feather Mantle
Shadowsun Slicker

-Shield-

Swiftstrike Buckler
Barbarous Thorn Shield
Grey Owlite Shield
Crest of Almire

As you can see above, I have pretty much everything for every situation and LD(not UV's though I don't care too much atm).
However, I'm bored of using same weapons over and over so I would like to add something new into my Arsenal.

Here is my list of stuffs I am currently thinking to make and the reasons why they are in the list.

Ash of Agni - IQ and other stuff
Venom Veiler - For nerfing fiends...
Dread Venom Striker - Never touched this line
Callahan - ^
Hail Driver - just a collection
Storm Driver - ^
Neutralizer - looks fun
Biohazard - looks fun
Combuster - more dmg than Voltedge?
Nitronome - I never had a dmg bomb
DBB - ^ and fiend

What is your recommendation and the reason why you recommend it? You can suggest from my list or all the gears in the game.
If you can, put my list in the order you recommend.

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 16:25

Bopp

bombs

Thanks for being aware that there are a lot of these threads, and for explaining why you couldn't search. It wasn't necessary, but it's nice to see that you're thoughtful. :)

You have tons of stuff, and you don't need more. Now that that is out of the way...

You haven't tried every weapon style. You should try either Neutralizer or Biohazard, to explore the weird Catalyzer play style. Try a Blast Bomb variant, with Nitronome being the most popular. Dread Venom Striker isn't great, but it's great fun. The same goes for Callahan.

The others are good weapons, but not really surprising. I mean, Ash of Agni is great, but you already know exactly what it's going to do: spread fire everywhere. Dark Briar Barrage is similar to Nitro in damage, but very different in feel, due to the knockback difference; but you can already guess what that's like. Combuster is perhaps my favorite sword, and it feels a bit different from Voltedge on the charge, but you pretty much know what it will do too. So put those off?

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 16:54

Soulstaker

Go bomber

Since I assume that you are a swordsman, go try out bomber. I once was a skolver clone but got bored and wanted something more fun and useful. Bombers are agreat addition to parties and deal out massive AoE damage to supporting the party with statuses . I am currently transitioning into a bomber (currently have 4* besides nitronome) and it didn't disappoint me.

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 17:04

Muialce

Mhm

@Bopp
I will concentrate on the weapons you mentioned. Which one to go for first...lol Well, isn't nitronome a party-unfriendly weapon? I got blind by a Nitronome in HoI and got killed by a chair from a fiend from nowhere (from inside of the bomb lol)

@Soulstaker
Well I already got bored of skolver clone (in my case Vog clone because I want ASI against those rich skolvers) and I currently am a trolling bomber in LD who focuses on capping capping and capping, and makes skolver clone rage by shocking in EV or tempest with stun lol.
But I'm not a bomber in PvE, indeed, I just spam EV with Brandish/Sealed Sword.
Hmm..I might go to one of the damage bombs..I am ready to be a bomber in the armour way; I have chaos set and Black Kat cowl. What I need is only one bomb damage trinket eh.

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 18:57

Soulstaker

Get nitronome then, but

Get nitronome then, but beware of the knockback as it can knock mpnstors that are about to attack into your teammates. It can be timed right so that you still do a lot of damage while not making your teammates mad. usually set down nitronome when the monstors is just about to attack ( since nitronome have a pretty long fuse time) and the bomb sets off after the monstors attacked.
This is all my opinion as you can also get the shard bombs but they are only good in large groups of monstors. To deal a lot of damage.

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 21:55

Etharaes

Hipster here

Neutralizer and Biohazard are extremely fun to use. I would advise getting the neutralizer over the biohazard as you can use it anywhere pretty effectively, and vs slimes it only does roughly 30 damage less than the Biohazard with it's charge attack. If you want to be hipster in lockdown however the biohazard is better as a floating mine spammer.

The cutters are VERY fun to use. While the DVS has a better DPS because of it's poison, WHB has more interruption ability with it's charge attack. With my chaos set (got it when it wasn't too good) I can use the WHB charge attack to interrupt nearly everything, even in a full party, except for the 'heavy' creatures like lumbers and trojans.

The Callahan and Iron Slug are quite fun guns to use, and you MUST see it's charge attack at some point.

You may also consider getting the volcanic pepperbox, it's charge attack is great.

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 02:39

Muialce

@Etharaes

I'm not planning to use catalyzers in LD. As the charges are bugged and deal no damage at all even with Proto set you only get Poisoned.

I don't see much point to use Normal damage swords if you have every damage type of swords and even . In fact I don't use my Honour blade or what-it's-called. However if it is VERY FUN that can even overcome the fact "normal sword is useless if you have every dmg type of swords," I'd give a try. Hmm, actually I will try the 2* out first.
Oh well...If I start talking about how pointless normal swords are, catalyzers ARE pointless as you can just charge a brandish twice and kill everything while you try to stick the charge things of catalyzers. Meh..They are for fun, and I'm bored with this dull game lacking new contents, what I need is some fun.

What I thought is to use Callahan as recon in LD when I shock people with my recon. I may also try the 3* version, I guess (sad thing is there is no 2* of it...well..there is Punch gun though...)

Im not a big fan of blitz charge even though I use it quite often, so i'm not planning to get pepperbox

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 05:05

Chieurobese

What about shard bombs? They

What about shard bombs?

They are really fun to use and you can deal very much damage if you know how to use it. The knock back is bad but it is not a very huge one, so it doesnt realy matter.

I think its the best way to discover a new playstyle

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 18:27

Flowchart

DBB's useful in wolver dens. Not absolutely necessary but clears them out pretty quickly.

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I feel sorry to make another "what should I craft next?" thread.