Drakesbane Gear

[Seinfeld]

I'm intersted to see if people are using the same WS sets for penta as they do drakesbane. I'm seeing a wide variance in my crits for drakesbane and wondering if stacking more dex than str will help me get to the higher crit tier.

 

[Skeith]

This is my Drakesbane setup, it works for me.

Head: Wyvern Helm
Neck: Flame Gorget
Ear1:Triumph Earring
Ear2: Brutal Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens(are they mittens? I think so...)
Ring1: Rajas Ring
Ring2: Flame ring
Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Dusk Trousers
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings

It's +49 STR without food or hasso. I can get pretty decent numbers on my WS. Oh, also I use a brave grip because I use Drakesbane exclusively.

Maybe I can get some screens if anyone will ever freaking merit with me!

 

[Bladewind]

I'm not a DRG, but i had the same thought about WAR, because Raging Rush can crit, while King's Justice can't. I do mix alot more STR in for KJ(around +48 before food), and more DEX for RR (around +42 before food) while trying to maintain high accuracy, this helps me to eat meat, and keep relatively high STR on RR also (can't remember the figure, i think it's around +32-35 before food).

I'm not too familiar with DRG equipment, but Heca tomb hands/feet are both good piece, head too if you can get it. Aurum Body and legs, or Askar legs are decent, Ares's legs too. Rajas is your best bet for a ring, and a STR ring in the other slot, Minuet + Brutal are a good ear combo, if the latent is active and WW belt is a good waist option, you can always experiment by adding and taking away accuracy in certain slots to see what gives you the best #'s.

 

[Skeith]

By the way, I do in fact use that set for penta thrust, with the exception that I use the Kubira necklace for penta.

Also, I'd like to see if the Zahak's Mail is worth using for Drakesbane. Anyone with one of those?

 

[Seinfeld]

Here is my gear set up:
Head: Wyvern Helm
Neck: C-chain
Ear1:Assault Earring
Ear2: Fowling Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Hecatomb Mittens(are they mittens? I think so...)
Ring1: Flame Ring
Ring2: Flame ring
Back: Amemet Mantle +1
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Aurum Cuisses
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings

I do have Aurum Cuirass to swap in form Hecatomb, but the loss of acc is

very great when doing this and i would need to switch to sushi or swap str

rings for acc rings. Their are other peices that can stack more dex like Ares,

but will the added dex raise your crit precentage that much? I have 72+57

str and 65+12 dex without food or hasso, so should i look into more dex?

 

[Skeith]

Personally, I focus primarily on maximizing my STR for the modifier(It's 50%, can't ignore that), and secondarily on the crits. Being mithra, I have the extra DEX to back me up on that, so STR is always more of a priority.

You're a hume, to my recollection, so just play with your gear, swapping STR for DEX here, and whatnot to see what yields the best results.

 

[tharivol]

hi i use
Head: Hecatomb cap
Neck: C-chain
Ear1:Assault Earring
Ear2: Fowling Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Aurum hands
Ring1: Rubi Ring
Ring2: Rubi ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Aurum Cuisses
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings
Weapon :Clentine

but i dont go past 800 range dmg on mamools also i dont have merits on polearm yet. Is not having merits my problem or i need to change gear?

 

[Jakey]

hi i use
Head: Hecatomb cap
Neck: C-chain
Ear1:Assault Earring
Ear2: Fowling Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Aurum hands
Ring1: Rubi Ring
Ring2: Rubi ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Aurum Cuisses
Feet: Hecatomb Leggings
Weapon :Clentine

but i dont go past 800 range dmg on mamools also i dont have merits on polearm yet. Is not having merits my problem or i need to change gear?

I would aim for a bit more acc depending on merits, a lot more if you are talking mamool thfs, I ws in +43 acc (including dex and skill) and that seems to work well for me (a taru with full polearm merits) , except on mamool thfs. I am not a fan of aurum hands or legs but I guess they are ok for ws if you don't have access to ares or heca.


here I'll post my current ws set
http://www.ffxiah.com/item_sets.php?id=36808

I'll try to keep this up to date with what I'm currently using, I'll prolly farm a yovra organ(already got the other organs) this weekend so I can test flame gorget vs love torque on drakesbane. Also planning a few other switches once I finish ares hands (stupid 35 hands).

I definately see better returns for stacking STR than DEX, when I don't need the acc from the DEX.

 

[tharivol]

ok now i got

Head: Hecatomb cap
Neck: C-chain
Ear1:Assault Earring
Ear2: Fowling Earring
Body: Hecatomb Harness
Hands: Tarasque mitts+1
Ring1: Rubi Ring
Ring2: Blood ring
Back: Forager's Mantle
Waist: Warwolf Belt
Legs: Dusk trousers
Feet: Aurum sabatons
Weapon : Thalassocrat
sub: Pole grip
ammo: Tiphia sting
pole arm skill: 8/8

should i use both rings acc, both STR, or is the combo of 1 str+4 ring and 1 acc+5 ring good

 

[Jakey]

well by my calculations that set has 3 less acc than mine, plus the difference in races but my set is currently a little above acc cap on most things I fight now so your set is probably ok, may need the extra acc ring or not depending what exactly you are fighting.