With regards to agi up, you basically have only 3 ways to deal with it. First is DB since it doesn’t miss. Second is to use gungnir, which provides 25% chance of guaranteed hit. Third is to use crit attacks. This basicslly means that all 3 types of RK (db, str, crit) have ways to deal with agi up.
On frenzy: This is the strongest buff skill we got for autoattacking, despite the downsides you mentioned. This means that it is a CRIT RK skill. So if you are not built for critical attacks, rather only using skills like IB as a STR rk, then of course frenzy feels useless to you. On when it can be used, you can use it on almost all mvps provided they are the last one in the instance (or on any open maps since you can relog to remove it). Guess what though, almost every worthwhile mvp is at the end so you almost always can use frenzy. Things like stefan, amdarais, faceworm queen etc etc.
On endless tower: What’s your definition of solo? If it is to finish the whole tower (101 floors), then realistically speaking only physical RK can do it (both str and crit), although 100% not at a 2.5B budget. DB RK gets cokblocked by valk at stage 90 so that’s as far as most will go. On the other hand, if you’re not talking about finishing it but rather just climbing and killing mvps leisurely until the easy floors, say 80 for hibram, DB rk has the fastest clear speed to that level since db is a good spam skill.
Btw, autocast crit build is obsolete at the moment since we do not have class shadow set, so there’s no skills worth autocasting. If anything, you’ll be wanting to NOT autocast while autoattacking so that you can manually fire off Ignition breaks every 2 seconds given how strong it is now with old rune circlet.
On your 2.5B budget i would definitely suggest STR RK over both DB and crit RK as it is the strongest at your budget level. DB RK is quite meh without hwhb, new wave and medical, all of which costs damn a lot. A+12 heartwing hairband itself costs 2-2.5B atm. STR rk however, becomes super strong with just one core item: old rune circlet. It cost you 300m to make this yourself cause it’s not tradeable. Then right now it is the absolute best time to get it to +10 (using the enrich to 9, then HD to 10 method) since enrich hammer is on. On average i would say it costs about 500M-750M (2-3 box of enrich ori) to make it +10. With jus this 1B headgear, both IB and Hundred spears will deal good damage even if the rest of your gears are crap. Then all you need to do is to get a great weapon, which i suggest 2AK gungnir ea9-10 for your main, and a holy crimson spear for your side. The upgrade levels are based on your budget. Fill up the rest of your equips with cheaper stuff like egir rings or kerauno for accessories, HBP or even just nidhog garb for garment, and a plain temporal str shoes with FS7 and no special enchant, while you first focus your budget on the headgear, weapon, and our darling +10 evil dragon armor for unlimited SP. It will still be strong. Check out my guide for the full item choices and stat builds.
Peace out
Edited by blackCROSSCY, 26 December 2017 - 06:48 PM.