LW Dex Dagger Build

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Build summary	Just as the title says :D
Recommended starting class(es)	Temple Knight
Recommended Soul Level	125
	Recommended stats (Leave at default (**) if not raised)
Vitality	50|*50
Will/Intelligence	15|15
Endurance	20|20
Strength	16|18
Dexterity	50|49
Magic	31|30
Faith	16|16
Luck	**
Recommended equipment	Any armor set up as long as armor weight is under 16 Weapons: LH:DSS+5 or Knight Shield+10 depending on who you're facing|LH: (Any Katana of your choice) LH2:ICat |LH2: ICat RH:Sharp Secret Dagger +5 |RH:Sharp Secret Dagger +5 RH2:ToG |RH2:ToG
Recommended spells/miracles	Light Weapon Second Chance
Gameplay tips and progression	When readying for battle cast SC first,spice and then cast LW. …Dont' know what else to say *The second column is an alternet version of this build that enables use of a left hand katana

Comments

TheSpaceships 07 Aug 2011 05:47

Here's some tips:

• Don't use Buckler, the Parry animation actually isn't longer, it just appears to be (same as Parrying Dagger). Go with DSS and Knights Shield; the former has a high Guard Break Reduction and works perfect vs. standard Dex/ Str builds. The latter is an all-around great shield, blocks 100% Magic Damage, moderate Guard Break Reduction, and can Parry.
• Stick with only Light Weapon. Curse weapon multiplies the already low base damage of Daggers. Light Weapon adds to the base damage independent of the low base damage. For example, let's say that the base damage of a fatal secret dagger is 200. After that goes through defenses and whatnot, your actual damage output will be, say, 150. Now since you had Curse Weapon active, 150 will be multiplied by 150 percent (base damage + 50% CW increase) for a total of 225 damage. Now lets say you used Light Weapom instead. The added damage from LW with 30 MAG is 280 if I am not mistaken. Now, that is added to the 200 base damage from your dagger. Compare that to the 75 damage added from Curse Weapon. Now you're doing 480 damage with your dagger. Subtract this from the opponents exact same PhysDef and MagDef that we used for finding the actual damage dealt w/ CW dagger, and you'll be doing 380 actual damage. On top of that, you'll be doing extra damage from Pushlocking and you can effectively deal Push Damage by literally just pushing your enemy consecutively (inescapable, might I add). Bottom line: LW dagger > CW dagger. Simple. Now you can drop your In to 15.
• Starting Class should be Royal for the lowest Stat Reqs possible to wield the dagger effectively. If you plan on using a shield or off-hand Katana, go with Temple Knight for the lowest Luck possible. You'll save 4 SLs vs. Magician Character Class.
• Lower Endurance to 20. You won't need any more than that, even if you use a Shield/ Kat. Raise Dex to 50 for the most damage possible.

Overall, this needs some work. No +1 or -1. Just neutral until it is optimized. Good start though. ^_^

Last edited on 07 Aug 2011 05:53 by TheSpaceships Show more

Drahcir the Knight 07 Aug 2011 15:05

I put the buckler because you only need 9 str to use it but I see what you're saying and the Fatal secret dagger was more for bs's but I guess it wouldn't work very well. I'm going to take out CW, use KS ,DSS, and these are my new stats. I also am going to make some more adjustments to my build above. There was one other thing, could it be possible to use ignite by using enchant weapon with ICat, ring of magical nature and silver coronet.
temple knight
V:50
I:15
E:20
S:16
D:50
M:31
F:16
L:7
Sl 125

Last edited on 07 Aug 2011 20:35 by Drahcir the Knight Show more

TheSpaceships 08 Aug 2011 06:36

In regards to Mag, you might consider lowering Dex to 45 and raising the latter to 36 for better damage w/ Ignite. I don't know how many times you could cast it with iCat and such a puny MP bar though. Probably best to stick w/ just the dagger and keep the stats the way they are.

Only one thing to add, maybe give the option of raising Str to 18 for an off-hand kat and to take the points out from Dex, and 1 from Mag (so really one from Dex and one from Mag :p).

Revised version is great, +1.

Drahcir the Knight 08 Aug 2011 12:23

Is there a way to specific way when losing sl to choose the catagory

Last edited on 08 Aug 2011 12:24 by Drahcir the Knight Show more

TheSpaceships 08 Aug 2011 19:21

No. When you are deleveled, the stat that is reduced is the one farthest away from its base. For example, if you have, say, 40 Endurance and 40 Faith and you started out as a Temple Knight, the stat that is farthest away from said stat's base will be the one to delevel. Since Temple Knights have a base of 11 Endurance and 13 Faith, Endurance will delevel first since it is farther away from its base. As you keep deleveling, the stats that are being reduced will alternate respectively.

The exception to this is Vitality. No matter what, it will never delevel, so raise it with caution.