Luck Of The Draw: A Corsair's Guide *NEW*

1. no one is saying have 1 shooting set. If you're trying to do that on either ranged DD job, you're going to have poor results. Of course there's a need for Malignance, Oshosi, Ikenga, and JSE. In fact, that very point is why I started off saying don't go 5/5 Ikenga.

2. the statement was made that that because RNG had more Dead Aim, that made more PDL useful. They are unique modifiers- having more Dead Aim isn't what makes PDL useful, but having enough buffs to support PDL does. And that makes for more potent ranged attacks both crit and non-crit. If you're not taking advantage of extra PDL on a non crit hit, a crit doesn't all of a sudden make it useful.

My group has been running Sheol C for around 6 weeks now on a regular basis, and about 90% of the runs I've been on COR. The biggest suggestions I can make for that particular zone is to not approach thinking of mobs as "having a weakness", but more "having a resistance".

Most of the time, mobs will take neutral/normal damage from all but 1 type, and I've found Savage Blade to be the most reliable damage. That doesn't mean you won't run into mobs that are slashing resistant. And while in A or B Leaden Salute is almost always a guaranteed winner, often the mobs that are slashing resistant end up being undead, making Leaden average at best- and due to the ability to self-chain and spam at 1k TP, I've found that Wildfire ends up being my go-to when Savage falls short.

-We run with PLD, heavy DDx2(usually SAM or WAR as they can vary between piercing and slashing so effectively), BRD, COR, WHM. Buffs are March x2, Minuet x2, SAM/CHAOS rolls.

Even with a very solid Savage Blade build, I'm not able to build TP on a Nostos mob and then kill with a single Savage Blade- there's usually between 15-25% HP left. That means no matter the TP level, its going to take 2 WSs to kill. That's why Wildfire, which even with R15 Armageddon and mobs that are susceptible to it, will still take 2 WSs, but ends up with overall fewer swings and faster death. 2 1k TP Wildfires vs 1 Savage at 1750TP and then a 1k TP one to finish it off. That's more time spent TP'ing for the same result- a dead mob. Multiply those saved attack rounds over the course of a run, and it adds up. But again, that's when the mob family is workable with magic damage.

For the most part, we pull halos/fetters by having the COR focus primarily on the Nostos while the heavy DDs handle the Agon mobs, so I rarely spend time on the Beastmen. It keeps things moving and allows for larger pulls.

tl;dr- Nostos mobs in C will take 2 WSs outside of a very few limited families that are susceptible to Leaden, and there aren't enough of those to make it your go-to WS. Savage Blade will be your primary source of damage, but having Wildfire around and a solid build is a huge help. The most effective way I've found to kill things in there for us has been teaming up on the same mob with a DD'ing BRD- then 2 WS's will happen before most Nostos mobs can even use a TP move, while the heavies can knock them down individually.

A very quick question, What *minimum* level of augmentation do you need on Herc. Gloves to beat Carmine hands +1 path D for Leaden Salute please? (Ignoring any "better" new gear possibly from oddyssea) - Are we talking Dark matter crazy levels or can it be beat with regular stones?

EDIT: I can do the math and work out the AGI/MAB between the pieces, but unsure when you start factoring in +WSD% how this then affects the difference?

Best bet is to take gear and plug into magic ws spreadsheet. Roughly going to need to be near perfect mab/wsdmg unless you hit an agi offroll with solid stats. The stats on herc legs goin to slightly change min value needed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4bPomXoDunZ9gYlGX0a8jt0NltndyVq/view

Ranged attack food when spamming last stand?

Is capped atk situation the only time you would drop Regal for Karieyh+1 on SB/LaSt?

If you don't need the extra RACC from Malignance, then more Attack and enmity down is better with Ikenga.

Edit: To be clear Ikenga head/legs have the same STP as Maligance where the other piece do not

I'm not sure why body isn't recommended since it follows same pattern.

Was there ever talk about Nyame Path B vs relic body for Leaden/WF/Aeolian?

Any reason in particular that Relic is significantly better?

It does more damage?
Not sure what you asking exactly :)
You mean why it adds more damage? Because 31MAB and 10AGI beats 10WSD in this set for this WS. Not sure what else I can add.
If you are looking for survivability or potentially closing skillchain with Leaden then NyameB is better for first and maybe better for 2nd too, but probably only if you not already hitting 99k Skillchain and if you have mab buffs.

Hello all,

Received a nice augment on Herculean Head (which has 25 Agi & 10 MAB native);
Augment: Macc +20, MAB +34, WSD +1%

This vs Pixie Hairpin +1
Dark Elemental "Magic Atk. Bonus"+28

I understand the "Dark Elemental" makes it greater than +28, but I am not sure how much more so? Any Pro cor advice appreciated, recently started playing cor for Dyna-D.

Use pixie, and never look back.

kairyu

Hello all,

Received a nice augment on Herculean Head (which has 25 Agi & 10 MAB native);
Augment: Macc +20, MAB +34, WSD +1%

This vs Pixie Hairpin +1
Dark Elemental "Magic Atk. Bonus"+28

I understand the "Dark Elemental" makes it greater than +28, but I am not sure how much more so? Any Pro cor advice appreciated, recently started playing cor for Dyna-D.