The Problem with Red Mage . . .

[saevel]

Without an Ephemeron, RDM sets are a lot harder to put together. If you are using an Excalibur you are already using En-Aero 2 and Paraylzing all the things so your 25% HP proc can go off. No reason your offhand shouldn't have a good additional affect as well.

This makes no sense, Relics's special stats on exist when their on main hand which is the only place Enspell II's work. Relics and Enspells are pretty much mutually exclusive to each other. As a general rule Eph sucks as a sword, it has a few specialized uses but in general Almace + Str Sword would be a better set. This pretty much forces you to use Zelus tiara to that you have more freedom in all your other slots.

[ManaKing]

This makes no sense, Relics's special stats on exist when their on main hand which is the only place Enspell II's work. Relics and Enspells are pretty much mutually exclusive to each other. As a general rule Eph sucks as a sword, it has a few specialized uses but in general Almace + Str Sword would be a better set. This pretty much forces you to use Zelus tiara to that you have more freedom in all your other slots.

Oh well, that's bit about enspells and relics is wrong. Enspell 1s override ANYTHING. Enspell 2s are actually much lower on the list. The Excalibur proc will go off and override your enspell 2 damage, the rest of the time you get your Enspell 2 damage and the resist lowering.

All I'm saying is that if you like a STR Shikagar that much, you should just make an Excalibur, because that is basically what it is x3 and then you can offhand what you want. My Builds with Excal have over +100 Atk on them. My Almace builds are nowhere close to that because they never incorporated an Ephemeron.