Mine will differ from his, because pre-2.0 it was fine to consider 120 as roughly the relevant endgame. Then transition to Treachery once you’ve leveled your Valk beyond 15.To carry on the torch for Seekers' 1.8 starter tier list (found here), I'm making my own. You can go with Peace early on (and one point in Valkyrie if you go the Valk route) which will give you the level 15 ctc Valk and let you focus on getting the two lighting skills maxxed asap. You need one hard point in the skill for the ctc Valk to stick around. (So, if you use Peace you’ll need to recast your Valk whenever it procs.)Īlso be aware that if you skip D/E/A, the ctc Valk from Peace will only last a few seconds before going poof. The CtC Valk will override the one you case, even if it’s lower level. If you plan to max Valkyrie, then skip Peace. Charged Strike and Lightning Strike do benefit greatly from plus skills, but I think the IAS is going to make it easier to reach faster breakpoints and may give you some more flexibility in other gear slots. The synergy bonus increases the damage of Charged Strike without upping the mana cost which is nice at lower levels. So, once Lightning Strike is available, I start working on it. Lightning Strike’s mana cost is constant, where Charged Strikes goes up with each level. As you said, the plan should be both since they synergize each other. (Think of all those mobs that run away when you kill one of them.) So, really, it’s situational. It can run into the D/A/E problems, but a bit less so than the melee skills since you shouldn’t be standing in the thick of things.)Ĭharged Strike is the stronger skill overall, but Lightning Strike is better when enemies are spread out. The other option is to find a good damage bow for your switch and use Mutlishot for Lightning Immunes. If you want to go Fend, you’ll be much better off maxing Decoy and skipping Valkyrie. While it also happens with jab, it’s a shorter cycle so not quite as nasty, so it’s the better physical skill backup if you really really want Valkyrie. Imagine being surrounded by enemies and being locked in place while you whiff the entire cycle.

When the bug triggers (and it will pretty regularly) it will cause all your Fend hits in the cycle to miss. Fend and Dodge/Avoid//Evade are generally bad news together.

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