Skill up parrying advices

[Amidamaru]

I haven't skilled up parrying yet. I have skilled up shield, and I'll offer what I have learned from shield skillups. Whether it transfers over for parrying, I don't know - I hope some of it does.

First: Shield Torque did help me with shield skillups.
Second: For skillups of defensive skills, I wanted to find mobs that used physical attacks, hit a lot, but hit for low damage, and that didn't throw a lot of effects at me that I didn't want or couldn't handle. Eva Down is actually your friend for defensive skillups. Best mob families based on these criteria are:

Chigoe Family (Best)
Mandagora Family
Bee Family
Beetle Family
Crab Family

The Chigoes in Caedreva Mire actually worked only to about 190 for me, but my Shield capped at 210. There are other Chigoes in Aedwa Subterrine (or however your spell it). I had capped Shield by then so didn't try them, but I know they are higher level than the ones in the Mire. Be close to a zone if you try these though, they link quite readily.

For Mandy types, Pucks in Den of Rancor work pretty well, but they're dangerous. Korrigans in Tree near Cloister of Storms work pretty good too, but they are a lower level.

A third major thing i learned may be important. Regardless of whether a skill is A, B, C or whatever, when you are getting close to capping it at 75, the same considerations seem to always apply. You'll need to be fighting T mobs for the last 5 or so levels, and either soloing Pucks in the Den or getting what you can from merit parties to get the last 10 levels. Prior to that, for C-20 (Cap level minus 20) to C-10, Korrigans in Tree or the Steelshell in the tunnel to Cloister of Storms.

Only other thing I can think of is - to skill up shield skill, a light buckler-type shield is best. Perhaps for parrying a couple of daggers that hit for low damage but that are "fast" might be best.

Again, I don't know if any of this is useful. I hope it is.

Fire

whm with shield skilled up @_@ nice

 

[Celvantes]

Don't know if it'd be worth it for you to get to Bastok Rank 8 just for these gloves, but every little bit helps when it comes to skillups.

 

[Mishaela]

Chigoe Family (Best)
Mandagora Family
Bee Family
Beetle Family
Crab Family

Chigoe hit relatively fast, which can technically be good for skilling parry or shield, but they also can hit incredibly hard. That combined with their attack speed means interrupts and such, which means you can die really quick if the battle takes a turn. Mandies have a relatively low attack curve so it's considerably easier for them to hit for much less damage than Chigoes, and with the delay inbetween their attacks, it's much easier to get out a self-cure or such if needed. Just my opinion though...

 

[Sneakypants]

Chigoe Family (Best)
Mandagora Family
Bee Family
Beetle Family
Crab Family

Don't forget Bats. They have a handy evasion down move that will help out.

 

[CmdrFly]

Don't know if it'd be worth it for you to get to Bastok Rank 8 just for these gloves, but every little bit helps when it comes to skillups.

Sandy's rank 8 gloves give parry skill +10 I believe. If he wants +skill they'd be the better choice for the work.

 

[Celvantes]

Sandy's rank 8 gloves give parry skill +10 I believe. If he wants +skill they'd be the better choice for the work.

I'm be damned, didn't even know these things existed. It is limited to WAR/PLD/DRK though.

 

[CmdrFly]

Well shat, I didn't know it was a pair of heavy gauntlets. My mistake.

 

[toqabowl]

pld/nin with 2 parrying daggers, torque, and other parrying equipment<--- id like to see that

 

[Celvantes]

Yeah, but PLD parrying is in the crapper anyway (C with 225 skillcap vs NIN A- with 269). Much easier to break the 300 mark with shield given our A+ in that.

I'm only 4 skillpoints under cap for parry and I barely (if ever) notice it kicking in. I get a crapton of shield blocks with 301 shield skill though.

 

[mdkuser]

I tried yeterday the chigoes near Nashmau zone and it works pretty well ( tried with thief). I know it does work with rdm cause stoneskin+phlalanx make them hit for nothing, my friend pchan got parry and shield almost capped 188 on them in a few day, starting from 150. Problem is, they die on critical hits. So i needed to find a weapon that i have low skill with. well i took the earth staff ( thf dont have any staff skill), subjob that dont have staff skill. I had someone healing me outside pt, and i fighted each chigoe about 3minutes, until they finally die on crits >< even though i have no skill at all.

Next time iĺl try with that event trident whose name i forgot, its also a 2hand weapon that has higher delay, or even the signet staff that has 1 dmg, less than earth staff. Still, i think using relic dagger would be best... but i dont have it. the goal is to not kill the mob. I know this works on rdm even though its a one handed weapon. The speed of the weapon doesnt seem to influence parry, but for chigoe you need high delay weapons so you dont kill them.

Well after 3 hours there i got 1.9 skill ups, not bad, very good i say. But still, its a long walk until 269 XD. parry 176 atm.

 

[Corvinus]

Lol I solo exp on my paladin there on those sheeps near the lakes that spawn chigeos in Cavara Mire. PLD/RED+Blaze Spikes, I kill the sheep and my blaze spikes kill the chigeos. They hit me for 0 damage since I block all the hits with shield (Very entertaining with my the shield move all over nonstop lol) and take they like 20-25 damage per hit, they die pertty fast. Each give me about 40-50 exp I believe and the sheep itself is about 70-90 exp. Each sheep spawn about 4-6 Chigeos, good chain exp for solo.

 

[Khali]

parrying skill ups eh? What i did was go sam/nin because of the low eva skill (compared to thf and nin)and just put on every piece of parry gear i could get. Torque, Earring, Knives, AF pants and got some agi armor. Since a sam's eva skill is above average... you'll get hit but you'll miss just enough so that you won't become 'tenderized.' I think i had +38~ parry skill when i was in parry skill up mode. Best job to get parry skillups based on this theory is Corsair because their parry is A- also but their evasion caps at 208 (lvl 74). With this method and a lot of shihei purchases. i took parry from 140 to 172 in about 3 weeks.. and got a lotta Kindred Seals. (got 2 stacks). I fought the lesser colbiri outside of Zahbi. And that's where i learned you can parry TP attacks. Sorta freaked me out that pecking flurry missed and i got parry skill up as welll.

About what fire said with the chigoes, that's good too.. I'd suggest gaining tp on a mob perhaps since chigoe can be insta-killed with one dmging WS. So you're not really in any 'danger' lets say.

Scariest part about parrying is... with such low parry when xping IT mobs.. you notice how you parry at those 'crucial' moments at times. Like your character's adrenaline is rushing because you're about to die from an IT mob.. and then you just get a .4 parry skill up outta no where, lol.

Now time for guard skill ups with pup XD

 

[mdkuser]

yes khali samurai is of course the best job for parry skills up.

I did another session of parrying skill ups on those chigoes. I got 176-184 in 4 hours.
I am a thief and thats great cause hide works. what i did is pull a chigoes, have it in front of me and engages another mob instead ( without attacking it). You do parry the chigoe attacks though you dont atack it. Its a bad idea to engages chigoe instead cause thf=high crit rate, even with a staff that we dont have skill in. When hp is red, use hide, go in nashmau, refresh hide and HP, and try again. a friend lv63 came in and said that chigoes con tough, so i guess they are even matchs at lv 65, and should skill me around a skill of 220-225.