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The Strength/Agility Masqueraider focuses primarily on maximising damage in all situations.
Characteristics[]
(If you wanted to do just strength at higher levels, you could put all your points into agility, and raise Picada, and then when you get Furia go to Incarnam and reset your characteristics and your spell and put it into Strength and Furia)
| Characteristic | 1 for 1 | 2 for 1 | 3 for 1 | 4 for 1 | 5 for 1 | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | to 100 | to 200 | to 300 | to 400 | ∞ | Scroll . Spend 300 points on it. |
| Vitality | to ∞ | - | - | - | - | Worth scrolling to benefit shields. Spend all your remaining points here |
| Wisdom | - | - | to ∞ | - | - | Worth scrolling for faster leveling & AP/MP reduction resistance (especially as this is an AP heavy build). |
| Chance | to 100 | to 200 | to 300 | to 400 | - | Not our build, but scroll if you can afford it for some extra prospecting and damage on reinforcement or weapon. |
| Agility | to 100 | to 200 | to 300 | to 400 | to ∞ | Scroll if you can afford it,for Weapon damage,Reinforcement damage and block and dodge. |
| Intelligence | to 100 | to 200 | to 300 | to 400 | to ∞ | Not our build, not worth scrolling. |
The best way to use up you characteristics points however is by putting 300 points on strength for greater damage and all the other points to come to vitality. This helps you to shield and have a lot of life so you can stay in close range.
Spells[]
Your arsenal of spells are described in detail below:
| Lvl | Spell Name | Effects | Role | Levelling provides | Levelling Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowardly Mask | Enter state: Cowardly. Increase dodge for several turns | State change, temporary dodge bonus | Increased dodge bonus | Low |
| 1 | Reinforcement | Small Earth+Air+Water damage, caster retreats by 2 cells (cooldown 1) | Damage, escape | Increased damage. L6: Caster retreat distance is 3 | High |
| 3 | Picada | Air damage, lock penalty on target. Only attack to cost 3AP | Damage, ally dodge assist | Increased damage & lock penalty | High |
| 21 | Psychopath Mask | Enter state: Psychopath. %damage bonus for caster and neighbouring allies for several turns | State change, temporary %damage bonus | Increased %damage bonus | High |
| 26 | Furia | Earth damage, then increases damage for current turn | Damage, damage buff | Increased damage & damage buff | High |
| 42 | Ardour | Applies buff to target: immune to lock, damage boost, unhealable | Complicated buff | Lower cooldown | High |
| 48 | Stampede | Teleport 1 square, +1 MP bonus on caster | Movement | Lower cooldown | Medium |
| 54 | Capering | Teleport diagonally 1 square, then Air damage to adjacent enemies, then +damage% bonus | Movement, AoE damage, damage% buff | Increased damage, increased damage% buff | High |
| 70 | Trance | +BP (shield health) & temporary HP reduction to target ally | Defence | Decreased cooldown, then increased casts per turn | High |
| 80 | Apathy | Earth damage, -1MP penalty on target | Damage, catch fast enemy | Increased damage & range | Medium-Low depends if you are support or not. |
| 100 | Masquerade | Temporary percent reduction in health of all allies and enemies | Complicated debuff | Stronger effect, lower cooldown | High |
Weapon[]
Masqueraiders have no penalty when using staves, a 5% penalty when using axes, and a 10% penalty on other weapons.
-If one chooses to build a Strength/Agility/Vitality Masqueraider, one should use Zoth Warrior Axe as it gives 1AP and a large vitality boost at level 139. It is a great combo with Furia.
The Build[]
This is a recommendation of how to level your spells. Feel free to use this as a base and level how you like.:
| Player Lvl | Spell Name | Spell Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Picada | 3 | This will be your primary attack until level 26. Then it will become your mid ranged attack |
| 21/121 | Psychopath Mask | 5/6 | As well as using this to change to Psychopathic state, you will eventually alternate between this and Ardour as damage buffs |
| 26/126 | Furia | 5/6 | This is your primary attack for solo targets from now on. Use Reinforcement directly afterwards for 120+ damage |
| 36/136 | Plastron | 5/6 | Is usefull,because you can shield and if you have a high vitality it can shield you up to 1000+ HP. |
| 42/142 | Ardour | 5/6 | Now that you have both Psychopath Mask and Ardour, alternate between them while using Reinforcement every second turn in combination with Furia |
| 48/148 | Stampede | 5/6 | This will be used to close the ranks with the enemy, in order to change to Psychotic and perform your best damage. |
| 54 | Capering | 5 | Now you will finally begin to appreciate all those points you invested in Agility. This has preference over Furia if you can target 2+ enemies at once. (Spell use is debatable as the % damage boost doesn't help as much as Furia+Staff/Hammer) |
| 61 | Picada | 5 | Top up your mid ranged attack. This goes in good combination with Apathy later for an excellent use of 7AP. (leveling this spell is debatable vs Boliche as casting Apathy twice at later levels is more useful the majority of the time) |
| 70 | Trance | 4 | Use it when you consider it more important than a damage buff and need to shield allies with more the Plastron and Diffraction. This spell can leave you extremely vulnerable if it is a large fight with enemies that hit extremely hard. Do not cast this spell unless you are sure you are safe or have plastron up. |
| 80/180 | Apathy | 5/6 | You finally have a long ranged attack. Use the -MP to your advantage to catch up with the enemy, in combination with Stampede |
| 100/200 | Masquerade | 5/6 | You use this when you are close to killing your enemy and can sprare some AP to decrease his life (2turns) , so you can kill him faster . |
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Combos[]
You may find the following move combos helpful, they are most effective cast in this order of preference (eg. waiting for cooldown on supplimentary spell):
7AP combos
PICADA COMBOS
Cast Apathy followed by Picada (requires 7AP)
Cast Picada twice
FURIA COMBOS
Cast Furia followed by Reinforcement (requires 7AP)
Cast Ardour followed by Furia (requires 6AP)
Cast Furia followed by Trance (requires 7AP) Cast Psycopath Mask followed by Ardour followed by Furia (requires 7AP) Cast Ardour followed by Furia followed by Reinforcement (requires 9AP)
CAPERING COMBOS (alternate)
Must have 7AP. Cast Psychopath Mask followed by Capering (requires 7AP)
Must have 7AP. Cast Capering followed by Classic Mask (requires 7AP)
Moowolf Set + Zoth Axe Combos
Furia/Furia/Reinforcement -11AP
Ardour(or Psychopath Mask/Axe Skill)/Furia/Furia -10AP
Furia/Furia/Leek Pie -10AP
Ardour(or Psychopath Mask/Axe Skill)/Furia/Leek Pie/Reinforcement -11AP
Ardour/Psychopath Mask/Furia/Reinforcement -11AP
Furia/Zoth Axe/Classic Mask -11AP (Sets up for Plastron)
Ardour(or Psychopath Mask/Axe Skill)/Furia/Zoth Axe
There are even more choices and variety at 11AP. You can mix and match your 2AP spells depending on what you would like to do.
Finding better combo for the above being furia/furia/reinforcement, or mask, furia, zoth axe
Equipment Choices[]
As you may have noticed by the prescribed combos, it's vital that you have 7AP. An early choice for a set is a Gobball set, with a focus on strength. Later you should look towards gear which optimises Vitality,Strength, Agility & Damage, that gives around 11AP. The best gear depends entirely on what you consider to be your keystone spell.
Here are some suggestions:
- lvl 1 - 30: Young Adventurer Set for fast leveling or Gobball Set and pieces of agility for +1ap
- lvl 30 - 50: Earth Kwak Set or Treechnid Set would be the best gear
- lvl 50 - 70: Use Coco Blop Set or Pippin Blop Set
- lvl 70 - 80: Mix pieces of Aerdala Set and Terrdala Set
- lvl 80 - 100: Royal Pippin Blop Set
- lvl 100 - 114: Gelano + White Rat Set for 10 ap and average agility/strength or stay on Royal Pippin Blop Set
- lvl 114-143: Gelano (strength maged) + Ancestral Set (strength maged) + Powerful Dazzling Cloak + Minotoror Axe or Red Root Chileepaperz
- lvl 143:Moowolf Set + Zoth Warrior Axe + Gelano maged +30strengh
At low levels, if you wish to rely on reinforcement you can use a lot of equipment that provides +damage; as reinforcement hits three times, the +damage bonus will be applied three times and do substantial damage. This pairs well with a weapon that hits multiple times per blow, as otherwise the cooldown on reinforcement is inconvenient. At higher levels, the benefit provided by this strategy will be overshadowed by %damage boosts provided by primary stats on high-base-damage attacks.
Mount[]
Due to fixed range on almost all spells, plum breeds are unnecessary and MP is highly necessary. Emerald/Ebony or Emerald/Crimson would be your best choices for mount. Emerald/Ginger will fit too as we need +hp for shield points.
Str VS Agi[]
At this point it seems that the %dmg from Capering will never be as good as the +dmg from Furia. Also Furia costs 4ap while Capering costs 5ap. Though this is a str/agi build, it seems like a waste of points to raise Capering. With 7 or 8 ap you can use the Furia/Reinforcement combo and on the next turn use Furia twice or Furia + Eulasse Daggers combo to do massive dmg at low levels. Not to mention at higher levels using Furia in conjuction with weapons like Red Root Chileepaperz, Iots Wand or Cheeken Axe. (Capering is 4ap)