This comes from experience with my level 102/ C3 level 8 Peltasta, so you might want to take it with a grain of salt.
I plan on going Tripple Rodelero to accompany this build.
Swordsman
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With Rank 5 Concentrate I can keep up about a 75% Uptime (If you arent spamming Auto Attacks - For pure auto attacking expect a 50% uptime) , When I have to run from mob pack to mob pack I can usually boost this up to near 100% uptime - It does not reduce defense - and its Attribute is twice as powerfull as Gung Ho, + You cannot use Gung Ho together with Guardian. I have actually removed Gung Ho from my hotbar at this point.
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I got Bash rank 5, I do not use it as a damage ability, as it only deals about 75ish more damage than a normal auto attack - What I do use it for is crowd controlling pesky caster mobs, Such as those bloody fire-chickens in Lvl 90 Dungeon that will melt your face off. You’ll love this ability.
Update: You can start using this ability as a “Filler” when you have put plenty of silver into its Attributes to boost up its damage aswell as hitting multiple targets.
- I personally picked rank 4 Pain supression, But I’ll probably allocate points from Gung ho into this.
Peltasta
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I play without Rim Blow so I have no experience with this
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I currently have Swash Buckling at level 5, And I want more, MORE, MOOOORE. Just so I can bunch up more monsters to smack around
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As I said, I have not used Rim Blow even once during my adventure - But I do not feel the urge to get it.
SP issues - I currenly chew through my SP like mad, I have 38 Spr - 1052 Maximum SP & a total of 160 SP Recovery. (2 Headgears with SP recovery) My SP recovery does not nearly keep up when I use all of my Abilities, I find myself chugging several potions every dungeon run - Depending on the kill speed of the party.
Stat Allocation
I currently have 96 Str - 63 Con - 2 Int - 38 Spr (+8 from Necklace) - 9 Dex
I started off going full STR, Then got my SPR up to 30 - Now I am raising my Con up to my STR level. My plan is going 30 Base SPR - 2str/2con/1dex.
Please note that this entire build is just based on speculation on what I FEEL will be effective, Nothing has been researched or experimented with at higher levels.
Abilities
I would like to repeat that I am going Rodelero C3 with this build, Which gives me 2 debuffs that increase the targets [Strike] Damage taken by 100% - Thus it is heavily offensive on the Strike department
Umbo Blow
This deals approx 2.5x of its base damage to targets that have been “Staggered by a block” Which happens 100% of the time after a block, But it can be resisted by the monster.
Without High Guard
912 Basic hit
1346 Bonus namage
With High Guard & Specialisation
1292 Basic hit
1948 Bonus damage
Swash Buckling
I am not 100% sure, But I believe the “Maximum Provocation” buff Increases the aggro that you generate on monsters when you attack them, Higher amounts of Strength might allow you to get away with less points in this ability. If you can live with pulling less monsters when using it.
I currently have this at level 5, but plan on getting it to 11.
Umbo Thrust
Deals strike damage and completely removes the targets physical defense for its duration - It deals the damage AFTER removing the armor, so it does benefit from the armor decrease.
Butterfly
Deals 3 Strong damage STRIKE hits - The ability in-game is currently classified as [Physical] - [Slash] - [Strike] But after having tried it on monsters weak to slash & strike damage it appears that it does Only Strike damage for all 3 Hits.
Langort
Deals 3 Pierce hits… It mentions something about blocking, and even has an Attribute that increases your block chance when you use it. But I have yet to manage to block anything with it, Nor does it give me a buff that increases my block chance.
Update: I used a skill reset potion to get this down to level 1 - Putting the points in Swashbuckling instead. The damage difference between Lv.1 & Lv.5 is barely noticeable.
Its damage quite potent, But not as strong as Butterfly - Quite usefull for Pierce weak mobs though.
Guardian
Level 1 for the 18% Evasion increase, Dodge comes before Block. (I often dodge attacks when holding up my Manual block).
High Guard
I got rank 3 to experiment with the +50 Physical Defense Attribute - If I find it useless I will probably take Rank 1 & put the 2 points into Swash Buckling.
This is all based on speculation and personal experience - I do not know how it will perform post level 102 at this point
Hopefully it is of some use to a fellow Peltasta C3!