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[lestatdark]

_crazy_man_ said:

lestatdark said:

RolStoppable said:

lestatdark said:
Sorry for the double post, but just a quick question:

Should I promote Lon'qu to Swordmaster first, so he learns Astra and then Reclass him to Thief -> Assassin path, or should I just go full Assassin straight on?

Astra is pretty lame (five hits that do half the normal damage, unless you are lucky and a critical hit gets added) while an assassin's skill kills instantly. If I planned to get both, I would certainly take the assassin path first.

Lon'qu has a high critical chance naturally and I've got a couple of Killing Edges to spare too. Plus, doesn't Assassin have a higher stat cap than Swordmaster too? That would make it a better ending class no?

Assassin's do have a higher skill cap (4 more than swordmaster) but Lethality has a lower proc chance than Astra.

Astra % = Skill / 2

Lethality % = Skill / 4

Those procs are low, even with Lon'qu high Skill (mine's at 24 at Level 20 Myrmidon). Still, he has the highest Skill stat of anyone on my team, so he'll have to do . 

Probably those two skills are mutually exclusive, since they basically do the same thing, or can they co-exist?