The Complete Fighter Guide

[benhamid]

Hmm, my fighter is using a r2 2h mace - but i'm worried that it might not be a fighters weapon? please help

[dashrandom]

Hmm, my fighter is using a r2 2h mace - but i'm worried that it might not be a fighters weapon? please help

Mace has M. Atk. Fighters don't need M. Atk.

[shinkitamura]

A few corrections for you to update this guide a bit more. Hope it's helpful.

Freezing Arrow: Cooling time is 1 minute and 30 seconds (90 seconds).

Virulent Arrow: Much stronger than you give it credit for. Ignore the +4xx damage that the skill effect description says. This is horribly inaccurate. The poison damage appears to be small, but because it continues to pile up over an entire minute, the total damage dealt is actually higher than Heat Shot. Pay attention to the total damage reports you get after DoT effects expire. You'll see that Virulent Arrow's poison effect deals well over 3K total damage when maxed. So my advice to every hunter: Poison every boss you fight, even if they don't use magic skills. A boss of decent level will survive the whole minute (at least) and receive the full effect of this added damage. Try it, you will notice a difference in the longer battles. (Whenever the poison expires, re-cast it.)

Edit: It is still true (for obvious reasons) that Virulent Arrow isn't very helpful for the shorter and easier battles.

[dashrandom]

Virtulent Arrow isn't as effective as you think it is. In the time which it takes one Poison Level X effect to occur and wear out, I can cast 2 Heat Shots. Effectively, Heat Shot deals more damage than Virtulent Arrow.

[kelaros]

Virtulent Arrow isn't as effective as you think it is. In the time which it takes one Poison Level X effect to occur and wear out, I can cast 2 Heat Shots. Effectively, Heat Shot deals more damage than Virtulent Arrow.

Ever thought of firing all 3? That's what I do.

[shinkitamura]

Virtulent Arrow isn't as effective as you think it is. In the time which it takes one Poison Level X effect to occur and wear out, I can cast 2 Heat Shots. Effectively, Heat Shot deals more damage than Virtulent Arrow.

Um you didn't think the whole situation through. Fire Virulent Arrow THEN 2 Heat Shots, and still do way more total damage with than without it.

I never said (nor did I imply) that Virulent Arrow replaced Heat Shot, so I really don't see what relevance your statement has. Use both. I do.

[collectdust]

Hello, I am wondering what skills I should really work on the most.
I want to use 1 handed sword/wep, just fighter. Don't want any pets yet either.

Is there a suggestion which skill I should work on and max em?

[collectdust]

Hello, I am wondering what skills I should really work on the most.
I want to use 1 handed sword/wep, just fighter. Don't want any pets yet either.

Is there a suggestion which skill I should work on and max em?

[dashrandom]

Virtulent Arrow isn't as effective as you think it is. In the time which it takes one Poison Level X effect to occur and wear out, I can cast 2 Heat Shots. Effectively, Heat Shot deals more damage than Virtulent Arrow.

Um you didn't think the whole situation through. Fire Virulent Arrow THEN 2 Heat Shots, and still do way more total damage with than without it.

I never said (nor did I imply) that Virulent Arrow replaced Heat Shot, so I really don't see what relevance your statement has. Use both. I do.

I don't. The main use of Virtulent is to reduce MP Regen. Using both on bosses empties your MP pool pretty quickly. If I had a choice, I'd only use Virtulent to stop MP Regen and not use Heat Shot at all but rather, save MP for party effective skills like Log Split ^^

[shinkitamura]

I don't. The main use of Virtulent is to reduce MP Regen. Using both on bosses empties your MP pool pretty quickly. If I had a choice, I'd only use Virtulent to stop MP Regen and not use Heat Shot at all but rather, save MP for party effective skills like Log Split ^^

Does it really? My MP does just fine, it's extremely rare for me to ever need to use a mana potion (with the exception of times when I hybrid-attack repeatedly to keep Wind Cut, Log Split, Heat Shot, and Virulent Arrow all in effect constantly). 45 MP for Virulent arrow is a tiny price, unless you have a remarkably small MP amount.

[dashrandom]

I don't. The main use of Virtulent is to reduce MP Regen. Using both on bosses empties your MP pool pretty quickly. If I had a choice, I'd only use Virtulent to stop MP Regen and not use Heat Shot at all but rather, save MP for party effective skills like Log Split ^^

Does it really? My MP does just fine, it's extremely rare for me to ever need to use a mana potion (with the exception of times when I hybrid-attack repeatedly to keep Wind Cut, Log Split, Heat Shot, and Virulent Arrow all in effect constantly). 45 MP for Virulent arrow is a tiny price, unless you have a remarkably small MP amount.

Err, I was referring to 2 Heat Shots and Virtulent Arrow actually o.o And what I meant was against bosses like Tranquila or Dirt, where Virt Arrow and Heat Shot are completely optional choices

[shinkitamura]

Err, I was referring to 2 Heat Shots and Virtulent Arrow actually o.o And what I meant was against bosses like Tranquila or Dirt, where Virt Arrow and Heat Shot are completely optional choices

Aha, that makes a lot more sense. XD

Well anyways, I get a lot of mileage out of my Virulent Arrow, personally. I love it's low cost and short cooldown. I've been in situations where several monsters would spawn near my party in a dungeon, and they all suddenly aggro on us, and each get hit by a Virulent Arrow one by one. (I tend not to freeze monsters unless they are going for a cleric, since my party members have bad habits of thawing out my frozen targets). Several of my friends have admitted to finding it comforting to know that any extra mobs that attack us are going to be taking consistent DoT. XD On a related note: I've gotten a few 5-6K damage reports from my poisoned monsters in dungeons recently.

[anpham]

I don't know what kind of dual wield fighters you make but my gf's dual wield fighter hauls ass.

[dashrandom]

I don't know what kind of dual wield fighters you make but my gf's dual wield fighter hauls.

I don't know what can of argument is that but mine under the Assassin Hands section of my guide pwns yours ^^ Have a nice day.

[felestria]

Thank you so much for this, I now have a fighter with bow and axe and am going to use 2H sword from my strider. I'm not good at stats and things so it's great that people like you explain them for me