Mastery before Drain

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thread starter blackfirebal 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hey, I'm currently level 58, nearly 59 with: 11 Mastery Max Crit 3 Endure 9 Booster Max Haste 12 Drain I don't regret putting 9 into booster at all. Right now, when I train, I don't use drain at all. I just use pots, it's a lot faster. Do you use drain; what level are you? I'm thinking of just leaving drain and maxing everything else (or at least mastery/booster first). Especially at higher levels, drain's a complete waste - nobody actually uses it when they trade, do they? And the verdict is... -Drain sucks for sins, until you get SP. Mastery>Drain

My Characters: SlickSinner (58 Scania Assassin) , ImSoSlick (29 Scania Rogue) , Mach1Sloth (31 Scania F/P Wizard)

aztekarcher 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Drain saves money, but I will answer your questions. I use drain, not that much though since I train on things that 2hko me, and I am level 103. You can't fight when you trade. <_< My opinion would be to try leaving it at 15 for now and go on with your idea.

My Characters: ProFapper (103 Bera Hermit) , chickenadobo (31 Bera Beginner) , maliciousazn (50 Bera Bandit)

0MFGnewbie 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

well lets see i have a sin that is lvl 58 and it has Max Crit, max booster, Max Haste and im workin on >> 19 Mastery to me, Drain doesnt do much until it is Maxed cause what a little Hp gonna do anways? better to just use pot in my opinion

My Characters: PhillyGamer (107 Khaini Dragon Knight) , TisthePriest (60 Khaini Cleric) , PhillyBandit (102 Khaini Chief Bandit)

blackfirebal + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Thanks coolnewbie, and azte, but what do you mean by "you can't fight when you trade?" I understand that you CAN'T use drain now, it simply isn't an option because of the mass damage that the monsters do to you, but would it be better to not even max it and do something like endure? (as useless as it is, it's probably more useful than drain imo o.o)

My Characters: SlickSinner (58 Scania Assassin) , ImSoSlick (29 Scania Rogue) , Mach1Sloth (31 Scania F/P Wizard)

NightTech 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i have it maxed but i dont use it

My Characters: NightTech (82 Broa Hermit)

angelsanity 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Drain eventually becomes useful, my Hermit friend heals almost completely when he trains.

My Characters: EterniaAngel (60 Scania Bandit) , XOrigin (72 Scania F/P Mage) , LimitlessEnd (36 Scania Page)

kd5eej 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

blackfirebal said: "Thanks coolnewbie, and azte, but what do you mean by "you can't fight when you trade?" I understand that you CAN'T use drain now, it simply isn't an option because of the mass damage that the monsters do to you, but would it be better to not even max it and do something like endure? (as useless as it is, it's probably more useful than drain imo o.o)" You wont see a benefit from drain until you can deal enough damage for it to fill alot of HP. Being a sin, you got X ammount of use slots, which have to be filled with stars, MP and HP, drain will allow you to store less HP and more MP. Archers have soul arrow to free up "USE" we have drain, ask archers how many of them use soul arrow.

My Characters: ORCISHxHORDE (53 Scania Spearman) , SLITxTHROAT (50 Scania Assassin)

azngirlyy 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Drain = super duper with SP

My Characters: agoldenarrow (43 Broa Crossbow Man) , asleigh (54 Broa Bandit) , Phukaduk (56 Broa Assassin)

Payupbuster 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

blackfirebal said: "Hey, I'm currently level 58, nearly 59 with: 11 Mastery Max Crit 3 Endure 9 Booster Max Haste 12 Drain I don't regret putting 9 into booster at all. Right now, when I train, I don't use drain at all. I just use pots, it's a lot faster. Do you use drain; what level are you? I'm thinking of just leaving drain and maxing everything else (or at least mastery/booster first). Especially at higher levels, drain's a complete waste - nobody actually uses it when they trade, do they?" everyone uses drain aty higher levels.Its easier to use drain then pots cause drain is faster and it also damages the monster

My Characters: DaggerRamen (1 Cassiopeia Chief Bandit)

kd5eej 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Payupbuster said: " blackfirebal said: "Hey, I'm currently level 58, nearly 59 with: 11 Mastery Max Crit 3 Endure 9 Booster Max Haste 12 Drain I don't regret putting 9 into booster at all. Right now, when I train, I don't use drain at all. I just use pots, it's a lot faster. Do you use drain; what level are you? I'm thinking of just leaving drain and maxing everything else (or at least mastery/booster first). Especially at higher levels, drain's a complete waste - nobody actually uses it when they trade, do they?" everyone uses drain aty higher levels.Its easier to use drain then pots cause drain is faster and it also damages the monster" Wouldnt it be nice if instead of it being its own attack @45% it was more like 20%(to be more realistic) and lasted about 10 seconds and stacked with L7? ^^

My Characters: ORCISHxHORDE (53 Scania Spearman) , SLITxTHROAT (50 Scania Assassin)

blackfirebal + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ahh, okay, thanks. So it's more important for when I get SP. It seems pretty useless atm with only level 12/no sp. Thanks everyone.

My Characters: SlickSinner (58 Scania Assassin) , ImSoSlick (29 Scania Rogue) , Mach1Sloth (31 Scania F/P Wizard)

NightTech 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i rather use a pot then drain

My Characters: NightTech (82 Broa Hermit)

blackfirebal 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hey, drain absorbs 40% of dmg when maxed, and it stacks with SP, right? So I get 60% of the damage dealt?

My Characters: SlickSinner (58 Scania Assassin) , ImSoSlick (29 Scania Rogue) , Mach1Sloth (31 Scania F/P Wizard)

blackfirebal + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

NightTech said: "i rather use a pot then drain" You don't have max SP though, would it really make a difference? So really, a better build for sins would be to max mastery before drain, since it isn't used much until you get SP.

My Characters: SlickSinner (58 Scania Assassin) , ImSoSlick (29 Scania Rogue) , Mach1Sloth (31 Scania F/P Wizard)

jungsuplee 01/01/07 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

people use drain more often. reason for this is it does damage while saving you meso. i actually use it more than i thought i would but my friends use it too and almost enver use pots. he uses lvl 12 booster then right after uses drain to get back the hp he loses.

My Characters: jungsuplee5 (35 Khaini Assassin)