Sick damage. You're making me want a Ghost + Demon VMS or VMR. Preferably Rod since I can't use top headgear Vesper for Thanatos.
I've been trying to get one of these too, but no luck so far. I want to see how far I can go against MoT, Bee and Naght Sieger. I posted here because was surprised by the damage, since he's only affected by the +19%, and the rod is only +10, I was expecting something a little higher than my previous damage only, something like 400 K, not 497 K. And it was not even amped. I didn't get a decent ss of the amped hit...
A Nightmare Amon Ra card would also add to greatness here, lol. A Gioia Card as well... and fries with that...
Yeah the Vicious Mind Rod is a way better option due to its compatibility with shields. Even without MDEF piercing it still outclasses Vicious Mind Staff since the 60 Weapon MATK gap can be easily offset by +5% MATK and +20 MATK bonus from Mad Bunny Special. I recall Kusanagisama did an analysis showing that among VMR and VMS, the former is the clear winner.
Btw, nice videos, always exciting to see a showcase of skills from one of the best warlock players.
Actually it's because you can get a +X% against Y race enchant, and you can use an RWC Pin or another headgear that is better for not only Crimson Rock and Earth Strain. The Shield helps as well, but it's not the main reason. If you use the staff, you'll need 50% MDEF Bypass from other sources, like the OBMH, which doesn't help in Soul Expasion damage at all, giving only 5% MATK, while the RWC pin supposedly adds +12% at +10, +14% at +12, and a Vesper Card or a "Bypass X% damage from Y race" on the second charm of the staff, which is worse than what you could get with damage increase. Either way, you'll be taking small but significant crops in your damage (if you need the bypass on a charm, it's not small at all, as you could get +10~+20% damage against that race), which will result in the rod being better. Also, you can use a shield. It's not guaranteed to get a great rod though, even though I got 2 Gloom Slayers, and bought one that will likely help me against Celine Kimi, but it has a bypass enchant on the second charm slot, so will not be as great as it could. I'll do HTF again someday and post a replay of the fight here.
And last, but not least, thank you for your kind words.
Edited by Kusanagisama, 08 August 2017 - 04:57 AM.