Post by Nagatsu on Jul 16, 2009 12:54:43 GMT -5
Yeah I have been goofing around lately on Rohan and have been playing my alts lately ( Dex Knight, Vit Dekan & now Str Dhan! )
I decided to go with a pure Str build ( added only 8 dex to this character when it comes to other stats but that just me tryin to balance out my attacks later on for PvP without needed the Dex Buff like Kurmui who is more of a crit based Character) Like Mazy said at one point he was surprised on the effectiveness of the Str ( I currently have a high level Str Predator on the Jp Servers ). The only thing that worries me about the Str build its relying on the Psychic Phantom Landing to hit the massive damage that is this characters goal for PvP that or hitting with later levels Demolition/Double Psychic Phantom. I will say this much Str Dhans have it much easier than Agi Dhans since items in Consignment/Private Kiosk seem to be more common place since most players want to be Agi Builds. I will say if you want to play a Dhan character and don't have much experience in the game or wanting to be more melee based instead of crit based I suggest Str for several reasons:
[li]Faster Brutal Damage via DPP and several stun options are open for you ( Heath Burn, Death Call, Mana Burn, Confusion Pouch ) as well as other options unique to this class like Mind Exchange/Suicide both of which can total destroy an opponent though with Suicide you kill yourself in the process. Out of the two classes this class is more geared towards PvP and well allow you to be pretty brutal in Assassination Mode
Predator:
[/li][li]Mostly has Supportive Skills to the Str Class giving it ways to get around the one issue it faces and that's the crit based classes are well as the ranged classes like Scouts and Rangers. This is achieved thru the use of Transformation which flips the dex and str attributes of a character which can really screw up Giants and Dex based classes like Half Elves and Human Guardians where hitting you not really an issue since you getting rid of their one strength. However against an Agi Dhan you simply screw up the accuracy enough since they don't have very high str and with transformation the flip is brutal and turns the meat buff of these builds to crap ( Giants/Dragon Knights aren't effected at all by the change if they are using Dual Swords and being a crit based character since both stats are taken into account but with Dragon Knights if they are an Str build or a 3 vit 1 str build this is very devastating with it comes to damage ). The other skill that wrecks and helps the Str build with Predator is the Ruin Trap which drops the Physical Defense of a target in the traps which will make the DPP or PP hit much harder than b4 since with a -30% P.def at lv 5 is crushing and lets you slip more damage go thru with you normal attacks. The Final Plus of this build is you have access to the very deadly Scarecrow Trap and Heart Trap which does a base over 1000k at lv 5 and Heart Trap adds a 30% chance over a period to stun enemies in the trap radius making this a very unique stun. One of my favored tactics in assassination mode is dropping sealing square, drop heart trap and when they are stunned sweep in with a scarecrow to widdle 1k off their HP then DPP followed up with a PP and out of stun a transformation/ruin then loop if they aren't dead yet.
The other plus of the Predator Class is it also gives Dhans access to totem like healing which is really good if you are a big party player. Also you also gain access to the Dhan's only AOE attack Demolistion a very handy skill for killing mobs in PvE however you won't get the same crit bonus you get from your PP so it has its uses. The final thing the Predator offers is unlike the Avenger with its root up skill you have the option to upgrade the skill once more to allow you get out of stuns very nice little trick when in PvP or Boss fights.
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I will say one last thing b4 ending this is if you want to level faster and don't have a whole lot of money to dump into the game but still want to play the Dhan I definately suggest the Str Build to you ( see Mazy's Plans for Skeet for a general idea on the Str Build )
I decided to go with a pure Str build ( added only 8 dex to this character when it comes to other stats but that just me tryin to balance out my attacks later on for PvP without needed the Dex Buff like Kurmui who is more of a crit based Character) Like Mazy said at one point he was surprised on the effectiveness of the Str ( I currently have a high level Str Predator on the Jp Servers ). The only thing that worries me about the Str build its relying on the Psychic Phantom Landing to hit the massive damage that is this characters goal for PvP that or hitting with later levels Demolition/Double Psychic Phantom. I will say this much Str Dhans have it much easier than Agi Dhans since items in Consignment/Private Kiosk seem to be more common place since most players want to be Agi Builds. I will say if you want to play a Dhan character and don't have much experience in the game or wanting to be more melee based instead of crit based I suggest Str for several reasons:
- Str based weapons like Daggers, Swords, & Katars are more plentiful since most players want to go for either Dex or Agi build with these weapons ( Dhan & Humans compete for these items Humans for Dex and Dhan for Agi versions )
- Less Money is need for RP since you don't need to shell out the money for a pet like Agi Dhans with their Power Tiger. However if you want to have a good Cash pets for this class they are the cheaper Brave Dragon & Speedy Eagle pets which if you have lots of crone you can easily purchase them in game since a lot players who do for the other builds like dex or agi they are not as helpful. If you don't have the money for RP then get a Honey Bear to help cover the low HP associated with Specialized attacker classes of Dhans.
- Less time is focused on tryin to get the rare option stones/ crafted slot options like the Agi which are looking for Water Bottles of Marea however you going to want to get Leafs of Ohn as much as often and are very plentiful if you have access to Consignment shop and cost you around 50k ~ 100k in crone ( excluding using Merchant Scrolls ) but other than that you should be fine
- If you are going for a crafting class for this build again more plentiful since most ppls are again looking for the dex/agi option items and I would suggest getting Gather Minerals/Produce Armor a big help with this build especially early game since Crafted Armor gives at the least an HP/MP bonus as well as give you armor that is in between Unique/Ancient armors and removes the need to get Rare armor/Normal Armor usage. However hold onto any armor/weapons so you can forge them up to uniques and then use extraction on them to get your forging supplies.
- Your second class for this build is actually very open ended unlike other builds and makes it much easier to pick a class that fits your game play. Here are the plus of both classes for Str:
[li]Faster Brutal Damage via DPP and several stun options are open for you ( Heath Burn, Death Call, Mana Burn, Confusion Pouch ) as well as other options unique to this class like Mind Exchange/Suicide both of which can total destroy an opponent though with Suicide you kill yourself in the process. Out of the two classes this class is more geared towards PvP and well allow you to be pretty brutal in Assassination Mode
Predator:
[/li][li]Mostly has Supportive Skills to the Str Class giving it ways to get around the one issue it faces and that's the crit based classes are well as the ranged classes like Scouts and Rangers. This is achieved thru the use of Transformation which flips the dex and str attributes of a character which can really screw up Giants and Dex based classes like Half Elves and Human Guardians where hitting you not really an issue since you getting rid of their one strength. However against an Agi Dhan you simply screw up the accuracy enough since they don't have very high str and with transformation the flip is brutal and turns the meat buff of these builds to crap ( Giants/Dragon Knights aren't effected at all by the change if they are using Dual Swords and being a crit based character since both stats are taken into account but with Dragon Knights if they are an Str build or a 3 vit 1 str build this is very devastating with it comes to damage ). The other skill that wrecks and helps the Str build with Predator is the Ruin Trap which drops the Physical Defense of a target in the traps which will make the DPP or PP hit much harder than b4 since with a -30% P.def at lv 5 is crushing and lets you slip more damage go thru with you normal attacks. The Final Plus of this build is you have access to the very deadly Scarecrow Trap and Heart Trap which does a base over 1000k at lv 5 and Heart Trap adds a 30% chance over a period to stun enemies in the trap radius making this a very unique stun. One of my favored tactics in assassination mode is dropping sealing square, drop heart trap and when they are stunned sweep in with a scarecrow to widdle 1k off their HP then DPP followed up with a PP and out of stun a transformation/ruin then loop if they aren't dead yet.
The other plus of the Predator Class is it also gives Dhans access to totem like healing which is really good if you are a big party player. Also you also gain access to the Dhan's only AOE attack Demolistion a very handy skill for killing mobs in PvE however you won't get the same crit bonus you get from your PP so it has its uses. The final thing the Predator offers is unlike the Avenger with its root up skill you have the option to upgrade the skill once more to allow you get out of stuns very nice little trick when in PvP or Boss fights.
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I will say one last thing b4 ending this is if you want to level faster and don't have a whole lot of money to dump into the game but still want to play the Dhan I definately suggest the Str Build to you ( see Mazy's Plans for Skeet for a general idea on the Str Build )
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