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Recommended Slayer Attack Speed Build?

MadheadjoshMadheadjosh
in TERA PC - General Discussion
Hey guys, I've been playing Slayer for over 2 years now and I have always built my Slayer different to everyone else, I'm well known to be a "Power Slayer" as I build power and everything I roll is generally power and crit, my power is 70 + 106 with my crit factor being +160, my attack power is 105k + 71k.

So as you can see I am heavily based around power, but since the nostrums have came out this build has.... Well, become crap. Everyone uses the nostrums and it's great for attack speed users who can fit more abilities in.

So I want to change my Slayer to more attack speed, I am a castanic male. With 35 attack speed currently, I've found out if I go for Energetic etching for weapon and gloves I can get 43 but will that be enough to use a full combo starting with backhand including heart thrust? I see some Slayers reaching 45+ highest being 48. I assume they're using the atk speed crystals, should I use this to reach 45? Or will I not need that and just keep my keen crystals?


Cheers guys!

Josh

:)

Comments

  • NikuroTegaNikuroTega ✭✭✭✭
    Roll 9% top and 4.5% bottom ASPD on weapon. Use energetic III permanent etchings on weapon and gloves. Use attack speed vyrsks if you want an additional 4%. Use bravery pot for another 4%, and glyph auto attack for ASPD proc if you really want to slap things around.
  • MadheadjoshMadheadjosh ✭✭
    I have got 9% and 4.5% on my weapon, currently getting money for Energetic III. But I dont want to have 4 attack speed vyrsks if its unnecessary. I just want to know if 43 atk spd in total will be enough for a full combo starting with backhand?

    And the glyph you've said only has a 10% chance it's a complete waste.
  • NikuroTegaNikuroTega ✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
    Madheadjosh wrote: »
    I have got 9% and 4.5% on my weapon, currently getting money for Energetic III. But I dont want to have 4 attack speed vyrsks if its unnecessary. I just want to know if 43 atk spd in total will be enough for a full combo starting with backhand?

    And the glyph you've said only has a 10% chance it's a complete waste.

    Invest in the energetic III etchings and test from there. The vyrsks aren't necessary if you feel that you have enough ASPD. Using vyrsks and a Bravery will give you an additional 8% ASPD, and the glyph proc gives 15% ASPD, which I think is already an overkill, but it's really up to your preference.
  • GlitchyTrashGlitchyTrash ✭✭✭
    Yes you can do one big combo on slayer starting with backhand that includes heartthrust if you get enough attack speed. Depending on your ping you don't even need the standard +44 attack speed you see on most slayers. But with weapon rolls and energetic 3s you will have +44, which is enough for anything.

    On a side note. You have a ton of crit for a *power build". Most would consider that a mix build leaning towards crit.
  • MadheadjoshMadheadjosh ✭✭
    Hey Glitchy.

    My ping is consistent, it's usually 44 ms.

    Yeah I have rolled my rings to have Power and Crit and Keen Etching II on both wep and gloves, without crit it makes my power pretty much useless. But I want to have more crit with atk spd Slayer, but I'm sure I'll be losing crit as I'm getting rid of my etchings.

    So what would you recommend with the accessories? Atm I have 3 crit based accessories (One necklace, one ring and one earring) and 2 power based rings (One earring and one ring). Is it worth to go full crit ones or just completely reroll my current accessories for crit?
  • MasiocetoMasioceto ✭
    manorborne neck ear and ring and estateguest ear and ring if you want more crit than power but still want hybrid or switch necklace for power necklace if you want power sided hybrid.

    dont go full crit because then u lose a lot of damage because of how low ur power will be. because of how much crit resist healers can have, its safer to build power over crit because you'd lose a lot of damage if you never crit.

    or u can reroll because slayer is garbage
  • GlitchyTrashGlitchyTrash ✭✭✭
    @Madheadjosh It's really preference and what you are doing. I've used all of them, crit/mix/power and because of how much crit resist there is now you still won't crit enough.

    I'd recommend mix or full power. Your typical power ring/earring crit ring/earring mix still works, personally I like it with power neck because I don't feel I crit enough even with the crit neck. Or literally full power where your crits are strong and your white damage is consistent.

    I like full power because it feels like it crits basically the same amount. The only time I don't recommend full power is in team 3s because you definitely won't crit enough to put any good pressure on anyone.
  • MadheadjoshMadheadjosh ✭✭
    Cheers for the input.

    I'll definitely go atk spd slayer because that's currently meta, power build isn't really an option when everyone uses nostrums. With all my power another Slayer who had 30k less attack power was doing similar damage to me but with the pleasure of 48 atk spd.

    I get told all the time that attack speed is the way to go if everyone is using nostrums and if I am too, crit resist is another issue but I'll have to bite the bullet I guess and just see how this set goes.
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