Destroyer Rare Selector

[umbral isle]

I'm apparently unable to wrap my brain around this. I have the rare selector from the last event still, and just hit 100 where I could get another. Every post says "pick celestial", but even if I A1'd it, wouldn't my A8 cursed Raider Armor still be better? If it's only a higher CP boost b/c of the flat HP% then does it really matter?

So do I pick Celestial or do I start on Milky/Chronos? I have all the elemental rare weapons, no milky or chronos or celestial--no interest in PVP. I guess I'm not able to make an informed enough decision.. help? 🙂

[limber rune]

So first thing first. The HP% Boost itself is really tremendous. It is super beneficial, especially for Destroyer. Why?

1. Strong Will (Passive) heal is based on your HP%
2. Frozen Shield (Active) is based on your HP% too
3. PVP-wise, as a Tank, Defense & HP matters.

While yes, your def would drop by swapping your A8 Normal 4*, the defense drop is pretty small I'd say, and the damage reduction from defense itself is not that big. So yeah, even if you have A10 Normal 4* armor, A0 Celestial would still be better.

However, if you already have A0 Celestial in your bag, then there's no reason to pick its duplicate. You can choose other stuff instead since awakening Celest to A1 doesn't really do much. Though I wouldn't recommend Milky Way for a Destroyer, especially at A0.

The reason is simply because of how our skill works. Destroyer Skill itself (basic & class-exclusive special skill) is a single-hit and not a multi-hit skill. Therefore, it has less chance of activating a Critical Hit on the enemy. Not to mention that by using Milky Way on every deck, you'd want to focus on getting a high Crit Damage% & Raw Crit stat. It is hard to build those two, especially as a f2p/mid-spender.

So picking Milky is a no-no, unless you can awaken it to A7, which then the weapon will get Crit Damage% passive bonus, and your whole character build will need to revolve around Crit itself.

As for Chronos, well it is good for Destroyer. You can even use it at A0, but I'd suggest you pick a rare Fire/Earth/Water weapon for PVE usage instead. At A0, rare Fire/Earth/Water would benefit you much much more than Chronos itself. But in the end, it all depends on you. That's all I guess. I think I covered enough.

Hope this helps you with what to pick, cheers.

[umbral isle]

I think you clearly explained what I was struggling to communicate, so thank you! Good to know on Celestial at A0. I'll get started on that. I already have the fire/earth/water rares. I'm only missing milky/chronos and all rare armors. Would having a Chronos at A0 compliment an A10 4*/A0 rare setup or not enough to warrant building one? If not, then I don't think I have a need for the second selector then.

[limber rune]

Theory wise,

A0 Chronos + A10 Normal Fire + A0 Rare Fire or
A0 Chronos + A10 Normal Earth + A0 Rare Earth

Would give you a DPS boost for PVE purposes. As a Destroyer, our main DPS comes from Basic Attack, thanks to Frenzy Charge (+10% ASPD, +30% Basic Hit damage). So using Chronos itself for Attack Speed boost should increase your overall DPS. However I can't really say whether it will work or not, since it's just a theory at this point and I can't test it out.

One thing you should note is that it also depends on the enhancement your third slot weapon has. Let's say previously you use this setup for your Fire Deck:

A0 Rare Fire + A10 Normal Fire + A10 Normal Earth

And your A10 Normal Earth weapon is at +27, which then you replace it with A0 +21 Chronos. Your overall DPS instead would drop tremendously.

So as to whether A0 Chronos would Compliment A10 + A0 build, it kinda depends. As there are a lot of factors that plays in, and everything regarding this is only a theory.

If you want to however, you can just buy and save the second selector for future use. The package itself is a one time deal only, and it won't reappear next time.

[limber rune]

No, it's still kinda bad imho. And you'll need to have your account tailored to crit (This means all tetro, mount toys, etc is going to lean towards crit build)

[limber rune]

Is your raw crit high enough? Around the 35k mark?

[limber rune]

that's a tad bit too low imho

Well usually the normal deck would look like this:

Ignore Pain/Frozen Shield (A)
Seismic (A)
Battle Cry (A)

HP Aura/DEF Aura/Quick Overcome/Parry (P)
Avenging Fury (P)
Strong Will (P)

If your Ignore Pain is Lvl 4 or higher, then use it. If not, use Frozen Shield would be better.
If your Parry is lvl 4 or higher, use it. If not, you can just use HP Aura/Def Aura/Quick Overcome

No, it's good. You'd want to swap strong will with fiery brand later.

Though you need it at high level

battle cry.

[limber rune]

since you alr commit to milky, just go enhance your milky, why stop there.

[limber rune]

your milky is alr at a3 though.
and milky at the very least is usable in all deck.