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Final Attack?

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thread starter gundum584 Apr 30 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

why dose fa mess of a hybrd spearman build ? i recently created a spearmen i only use spear and i have about 20 on fa at lvl 51 lol.

ronny278 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

When u are hybrid, U need to spend your points on both spear and polearm mastery booster and mastery (which leaves not enough for FA).

gooden 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

how bout some on FA and some on mastery? is that good?

Sincinnatti 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

gooden said: "how bout some on FA and some on mastery? is that good?" No, maxing mastery is WAYY more important than FA. Not to mention FA kills your mobbing damage.

convicted 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You could always go hybrid 1.5, which is max both masterys/hyper body/pa fa/ than 9 on both boosters.

Dexliss 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FA=FAIL ATTACK! Mobbing is very very very very very very important. Plus Hybrids don't put up FA!

Praemera 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Is it good or bad to max FA if you focus on one weapon type? o.o

Joba 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FA makes your damage worse, actually. It's been proven.

gooden 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

convicted said: "You could always go hybrid 1.5, which is max both masterys/hyper body/pa fa/ than 9 on both boosters." alright very good idea i think i will do this

Panicka 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

gooden said: " alright very good idea i think i will do this" Just remember that after level 70, you'll never use FA again. It's unusable.

Quietus 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The general idea is that Final Attack does 250%, maximum. This includes if it hits six targets; It will spread that 250% unevenly across all of them. The first (closest) monster will take damage somewhere equivalent to a slash blast, while the last two targets in the group take about 1% damage combined. So while you're throwing attacks more quickly, when you're fighting a single monster, you'll kill faster. But training = mobbing, and against a mob, you do LESS damage, because Slash Blast isn't worth using until you get to a group of 3+ targets. Once you get a group of 3+, Final Attack will do under 250% damage, while a slash blast will do (130x3) 390%. Sure, FA is faster, but it's nearly half as strong - and the difference only gets wider the more monsters you have. At a mob of 6, SB+FA will give you (130x6 + 250) 1030% damage, while SB+SB will give you (130x6 + 130x6) 1560% - and there is no way for Final Attack to be fast enough to make up for that difference.

convicted 04/30/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Panicka said: " Just remember that after level 70, you'll never use FA again. It's unusable." Yea but its just to get past lv 30-70 quickyl but still have the best of both worlds, but i would still say full hybrid which is no fa is better, but u know his story.

Quietus + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FA slows down your training, because of how it distributes mob damage.. it makes 30-70 take LONGER.

LandonZentz + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Uh-oh. So does this spell trouble for my fighter? I have 6 pts in FA. D:

Quietus + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Fighters are different. Final Attack is terrible for a Spearman; We waste points into that, which would be much better off spent in Boosters and Iron Will. Final Attack slows mobbing damage, but increases 1v1 damage. Unfortunately, mobbing = fastest levelling. And in our third job, we very quickly start using our new attacks exclusively, none of which use Final Attack. As for Fighters, they NEED Final Attack, to charge up combo faster as a Crusader. Now, generally you're best off saving 30 points for level 70 and going from 0 Final Attack to 30 in one shot just before you job up. But for a Crusader, third job damage is all about charging up quickly and releasing a coma/panic (coma for training, panic for bossing), which Final Attack helps you do faster. Whereas a DK doesn't want Final Attack at all, a Sader NEEDS it.