PLD, Suggest a gear upgrade path please

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Originally Posted by Lucavern

I am almost positive you still get the threat from Halone combo on Soldiers even though they don't take damage from it. When we do T4, I grab a knight/solider combo with a double flash between them, and then start halone combo on the Soldier. Depending on the healers threat, I may use the 2nd Savage Blade on the Knight.

Interestingly enough, I noticed on last nights run that Flash gets reflected by the Soldiers, and you actually take damage from it. I didn't think to get a screenshot of it, but I will definitely get one on next weeks run. Took ~500 and ~700 dmg from Flash 1 and 2 respectively.

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You do in fact get threat from comboing on the soldiers. Flash as well is considered magic so they do reflect it back to u as dmg. Ever want to know what your threat is from flash? Just use it on a soldier and watch the dmg you take!

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Originally Posted by Skold

You want to get the Hero ring & +1 your Curtana and Shield first. Valor Surcoat is a huge waste. Allagan body drops in T1. Get the Coronet next as it drops from T5.

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While you can make a case for the Valor/Allagan Body, you lose points for suggesting the Hero Ring as an early upgrade. Upgrade from Hoplite Ring -> Hero is 7VIT, 5Acc, 3ACC. All this does is prolong your time till getting items that will have larger impact. Just as an example: Changing DL legs/feet combo into Valor Legs/Hoplite Feet. Net gain: 2DEF, 6STR, 8VIT, 4Parry, -8ACC, DET10. This changes further if you get Heavy Allagan Flanchard which is a Turn 1 drop. Not saying the Legs are best first purchase by any means, just using them as example to counter the Ring.

EDIT: Also, made error in original post about flash being reflected. Its actually reflected by the knights, not the soldiers. Soldier has the melee stoneskin effect, knight has the magic reflect.

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Originally Posted by Lucavern

While you can make a case for the Valor/Allagan Body, you lose points for suggesting the Hero Ring as an early upgrade. Upgrade from Hoplite Ring -> Hero is 7VIT, 5Acc, 3ACC. All this does is prolong your time till getting items that will have larger impact. Just as an example: Changing DL legs/feet combo into Valor Legs/Hoplite Feet. Net gain: 2DEF, 6STR, 8VIT, 4Parry, -8ACC, DET10. This changes further if you get Heavy Allagan Flanchard which is a Turn 1 drop. Not saying the Legs are best first purchase by any means, just using them as example to counter the Ring.

EDIT: Also, made error in original post about flash being reflected. Its actually reflected by the knights, not the soldiers. Soldier has the melee stoneskin effect, knight has the magic reflect.

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375 tomes vs. 825 tomes

Get legs on week 3 and ring on week 4, or get ring on week 2 and legs on week 4.

Hmm... Yeah ring.