Drain or Shockwave

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thread starter FireWithin Jul 03 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ok I am a lvl 73 marauder and I am extremely confused as to what to do about my skills. I understand that I need to max energy blast, energy charge, stun mastery and transformation. This guide is telling me to max out drain and transformation with 11 free points, but what do i do with those points? I heard that you needa max your 2nd job skills and get 11 shockwave but then again what is the point in maxing oak barrel? And also if i don't max shockwave will that affect me alot? Will I be using this skill in 4th job? What's the point of transformation without maxed shockwave? Any advice would help a lot. Thanks.

jono64 07/06/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

drain is more usefull and steady lvling shockwave has the cool factor of 100/10 because of transformation but is not so usefull and unstable lvling. anyway go drain. And also u cant use 2nd job SP on the 3rd job and what build u go with will determine the skills you will b using in the 4th job.

peter337 07/06/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Go for Drain after Blast and Charge. It's very, very useful. Shockwave, on the other hand, is pretty much useless. Yes, Oak Barrel has more potential to be useful. Basically, Max Drain, Max Oak Barrel and, right at the very end of 3rd job, put whatever you have left in Shockwave. The point of maxed Transformation is: to get Super Transformation. You can't get the latter without maxing the former. The speed boost is also quite nice.

ShiKage08 Jul 06 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain! Drain!

Brawlermania 07/06/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It all depends on what you want to do. I myself am going with the shock/trans build. I like it because it is AMAZING damage and hits higher than corkscrew. But, energy build is a lot more consistent and much faster. At some times, I wish that transform would cool down much faster. but you don't always notice it. In addition, it is a VERY bad idea to put 3rd job skill points into 2nd job skills. Make sure you max transform, energy charge, and stun mastery.

KachiOyabun 07/06/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Shockwave... is... useless. It's slower than spamming Double Uppercut. And you can only use it for like 60 seconds every 3 minutes. I have 20 Energy Charge and it's open like half the time. Blast is also quite powerful and faster than Somersault Kick. No Shockwave.

Zim5 07/06/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I used drain more for dmg in 3rd job then for hp recovery.