PRS Skills

[Nooodle 16]

I am not usually one who plays a PRS, but I figured why not give it a shot. Currently my PRS is at lvl 72. I have CL at lvl 4, that will be my first lvl 10 t4 skill, I have VB, and VL at 10, but don't know what other skills I should lvl in tier 1-3. Any help would be appreciated.

[Jeremlloyd 0]

Hello,

 

Instead of VB 10 I'd have up MS because VB dmg diff between 1 and 10 is not really high.

 

Here's the build I'll go for :

 

tier 1 - 3

 

Meditation 10

Virtual Life 10

Holy Mind 10

Holy Reflection 10

 

and then maybe

Extinction 10

Multi Spark 10

Grand Healing 10 or Resurrection 10 idk yet

 

tier 4

 

Chain Lightning 10

Muspell 10

Regen Field 10

 

tier 5

 

Ice Meteor 10

 

[Crius 0]

First of all, regardless of which you pick; never level VB beyond 1, and never MS beyond 9. All you'll do by going higher is throw away skill points, since the damage difference between that and level 10 is next to nothing. Second, I'd go with VB over MS. Damage varies a bit with weapon and spirit. I'm guessing you have around 200 spirit and a weapon doing maybe 15-20 damage (guessing here, but I doubt it's far from it). That would mean L9 MS would do ~440 damage average (with cast time compared to VB factored in), while L1 VB would do 955 damage average. It would also cost less to cast and require 8 less skill points.

 

I'm not an expert, but I'd go for the following (in this order, baring the use of temporary skills like DL before you get CL from tier 4):

 

Tier 1-3:

L10 VL - A shadow of what it was, but +30% HP is not bad.

L10 Meditation - Not great, but it helps a bit and you won't have much use for other skills early anyway.

L10 Extinction - Best undead killer there is, but unfortunately you won't have much use for it until you are at least L100 if you decide to go to lost island or lost temple (both hunt maps) and later AD1-3 where there are undead strong enough to be worth it.

L10 Holy Mind and/or L10 Holy Reflection - I don't find much general use for either, but there's not really any other skills worth spending points on.

After that, whatever. Grand Healing maybe.

 

Tier 4:

L10 CL - Pretty awful as far as AoE goes, but hey, it's the best you'll get until ice meteorites. You can reset and spend these points elsewhere once you get the Ice Meteorites high enough (though by then, you won't really need the tier 4 points elsewhere).

L10 Muspell - Block against everything and good defense against undead.

Next, I don't know. I go for Regeneration Field, mostly because Glacial Spike feels rather redundant.

 

Tier 5: (Hard to say since it's not all out yet, but I'm guessing...)

L10 Divine Aura - According to latest information, this will replace the old VL effect and add a percentage-based damage reduction effect to you and your party. It'll hopefully let you tank, and make you attractive to parties by letting them tank too.

L10 Ice Meteorites - Best AoE you'll get.

L10 Thunderstorm - Might give you a decent damage boost.

 

You can move Meditation down or even skip it completely if you want to. Potions are plentiful, so you might want to get one of the other skills earlier instead. I don't really see the point though. Tier 5 skills are still up in the air, but I doubt much more than the order of DA and IM will change if things go as expected.

 

Edit: Actually, I just realized HR is 150% damage reflected, not 50%. While I still wouldn't sing any praises about it (after all, it relies on you getting hurt as well), it would make it somewhat more useful. At least if the reflection is based on the pre-absorb damage. Might want to get it to L10 in time for L120 for use in AD1 and up.

[Nooodle 16]

Another thing I'm curious about, is it actually useful to use forces with a PRS or MGS?

[Crius 0]

Forces seems to work for some skills at least. I'm 100% sure it works for VB for example (or did when I tested it), but I'm also almost entirely sure it doesn't (or didn't) for CL.

[Nooodle 16]

So for 1v1 skills it might work, and for aoe skills, it doesn't.

[Crius 0]

I'd guess so, but I really don't know.

[Rehv 0]

So for 1v1 skills it might work, and for aoe skills, it doesn't.

 

added WP damage works on all aoe skill with the exception of Ice Meteorite.

[Crius 0]

Yup, straight from the big kahuna himself.