MRD Builds

[Valor]

I'm interested to see what people are doing for builds since it seems like every MRD I know does it different.

Also if anyone wants feel free to say what your main secondary class you find yourself borrowing skills from is.

Build I'm thinking of Re-statting to (as close as possible):
STR - 120
VIT - 120
DEX - 90
INT - 15
MND - 60
PIE - 60

Previous Build:
Before

STR - 109
VIT - 106
DEX - 100
INT - 40
MND - 40
PIE - 70

Right now I'm working on CON (40), ARC (32), and PUG (28), everything else is 23-24.

I find myself with

For magic: stoneskin, cure II, sacrifice II, chainspell, raise, sleep, stygian spikes, and siphon mp.

So a nice little mix between THM and CON.

For War: broad swing, heavy swing, trammel, skull sunder II, quickstride, Defender II, Forsight II, Disorient II, Storm's Path, Warmonger (or provoke/taunt), chameleon, comrade in arms, second wind, presence of mind, and feather foot.


My current MND is at 40 so I think the additional points will help a lot, since my mp is only at 340 which is not enough to spam heals and chain spell raise to keep people alive.


But meh, hopefully it'll work out. I like my current build because it makes it easy to grind on other classes, but I think it's time for a change.

[Akashi]

Very interested in seeing how this thread develops

[Rentahamster]

What are you trying to do? Solo? Tank? DD?

[Valor]

Ah.... Just play however I want. Not aiming for anything just showing people what I'm deciding to do with my build is all. Since people keep changing their minds about how useful certain classes are or aren't ^^;;

[Lienn]

My build is:

STR 135
VIT 80
DEX 82
INT 17
MND 80
PIE 80

Like i said in another topic here, i use a balanced allotment, with spike in STR and convertion traits depending of the class.

As actions, i had the basic attacks, maim, skull sunder and brutal swing equipped for single target, brandish and storm path for AoE combat and both foresight retaliation set, defender, bloodbath and warmonger for tanking.

From cross-class i use ARC boosts for Maim, absorb spells for better performance, siphon TP and MP, Sac3 and cure2. Also have second wind and barbs.

But this build was prior 1.18 so i can asure you its not really working properly anymore. Right now i believe low TP cost WSs, feint and invigorate might be needed for improved TP generation due its current obscene long delay, also adding featherfoot retaliation set for better defense and another extra cheap WS is good too.

[Rentahamster]

Ah.... Just play however I want. Not aiming for anything just showing people what I'm deciding to do with my build is all. Since people keep changing their minds about how useful certain classes are or aren't ^^;;

You said, "I'm interested to see what people are doing for builds since it seems like every MRD I know does it different."

The reason why they're different is because they're filling different roles: solo, tank, or DD. My recommended loadout is gonna change depending on what you want to do.

[KumaAkuma]

110 str
144 vit
110 dex
12 int
16 mnd
10 pie

Usually I keep vit @ 100 and spread points equally over str and dex. Focusing more on tanking atm so trying out this build. I tried increasing mnd for magic defense for a while but don't notice a difference so ignoring that stat again.

1. Foresight 2
2. Featherfoot 2
3. Fracture 2
4. Jarring Strike 2
5. Heavy Swing
6. Full Swing
7. Broad Swing
8. Storm's Path
9. Contagion / Bandish 2 / Barrage
10. Emulate
11. -
12. Cure 2
13. Second Wind 2
14. Sacrifice 3
15. Siphon Mp 2
16. Provoke 2
17. Taunt 2
18. Warmonger
19. Defender 2
20. -
21. -
22. -
23. Accomplice / Resurrect
24. Quickstride
25. Obsess 2
26. Sentinel
27. Rampart 2
28. Tempered Will
29. -
30. -

[Akashi]

How much Piety is needed to use Absorb spells? Would Drain be beneficial? (Trying to make my MRD into a FFXI DRK XD)

[Rentahamster]

How much Piety is needed to use Absorb spells? Would Drain be beneficial? (Trying to make my MRD into a FFXI DRK XD)

Hardly worth it now because of increased MP costs.

[Akashi]

Ah I see. I should just wait for a DRK class then I take it.