r300 best Chocobo builds

[Gallus]

7 - Useless: the rest of the stuff that hasn't been mentioned (maybe speedy recovery III could get a pass...but meh).

[jack891]

I wud go for head start, choco calm for a speed build or increased stamina, choco ease for a stamina build. U cud also use choco cure instead of the ease and calm abilities. Dash 3 is useless unless ur out of stamina. In terms of stats i havent seen any real benefit to increasing acceleration it just eats stamina so much, put points into cunning if all the others are maxed

[Gallus]

Increased Stamina III > Choco Calm in my opinion. The first one will increase your stamina always, the second one, if unlucky, can turn into a complete dead skill. As for Choco Dash III being useless unless you are out of stamina, you are slightly wrong there imo, Choco Dash III saves stamina (not as much as Cure III true, but it's still something, while in sprint status during those 3 seconds, stamina stops draining, so it's like a 3 second stamina tablet). It also counters heavy pretty hard and works very good too against meteors because it puts you at max speed instantly once you leave that annoying lame status. I think you are underestimating all the potential uses this skill brings. I often race with a guy who has a 500 max speed, 500 endurance and 500 stamina chocobo with head start and choco dash III, and he's pure nightmare to win.

[thendcomes]

I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but you can also use Dash to negate the stamina loss from a meteor hit. In this way it's flexible -- if you're very close to the end and want to burst out of lamed, or if it's midway thru the race and you prefer to save the stamina, you can use it either way.

[Crimzon]

After racing the past couple weeks on R-300, I wouldn't trade Head Start/Cure III for any combo if was given a choice.

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[KagatoAC]

Just curious, how much MGP do you get for a first place win at r300?

[gigumphats]

i'm gunna be honest i didn't read most of this stuff i'm just replying to the first post.

My r300 choco is built like this:
Max Speed : 500
Acceleration : 470
Endurance : 400
Stamina : 475
Cunning : 405

Abilities = Increased Stamina 3 / Cure 3

this build is with consistent wins in mind. yes abilities like head start and choco dash 3 get you to the front at the start and if you can stay there that's all fine and well, but if you run out of stamina you are boned. having increased stamina 3 makes up for my low endurance stat, and having a huge stamina pool with Cure 3 allows me to run start to finish no problems, i can even eat a briar to the face lol. also gotta have max speed at 500 and decent enough accel to hit max, because if you are at 500 speed you are basically dashing start to finish. who needs choco dash 3 when you are running that fast to start with?

[KagatoAC]

When / where do you start getting the level 3 abilities? I'm at 5th generation of breeding and they still only get level 1 abilities and I don't see anything higher than 2 of most abilities in the vendor.?

[gigumphats]

i would say that the best build would be head start / cure 3 with 500 max speed and 500 stamina, and really high endurance \o/ accel shouldnt be totally neglected as you will still likely need it to recover from a meteor or heavy but since you have head start it would be fine around 400.
i went with stamina 3 so i dumped a lot more into accel than someone with dash or head start would need to, and cut back a lot on endurance.
dash 3 isn't bad by any means, i just think it isn't as good as cure, because stamina trumps all. and head start with the stats to back it up is the best skill imo, because if you can start ahead and stay ahead without bottoming out then you will win most races with little issue
i don't really see the point in maxing both stamina and endurance. even if you have head start you will want some acceleration to make sure if you get lamed/heavied you can recover. stamina is the best \o/ i just think 500 in both is overkill

[gigumphats]

@ kagato
403 for 1st place r300
and if you use lethe waters right before your choco ranks up you get a new learned ability based on your choco's rating when it ranks up.
i started getting top tier around rank 26 on my 20* pedigree choco, so the rating was around 175-180.