Quote Originally Posted by Slashley View Post
Ambush stacks with Outrage, so -30% Def Down is plenty better than -10% Def Down from Outrage alone.
The good ole' outrage+ambush combo. Pretty much all I ever used as a beginner for a long, long time. It gets -30%def/-10%atk on a soul as a beginner without relying on any himes, which was excellent for me. Sure with d'art or gawain, you can get it up to -40%def/-20%atk, but the downside is they don't bring VoF or BP then, two incredibly useful skills for beginners to have that helps clear a lot of content in your early days.

Really though, I don't envy new players at all nowadays... they have such a curve to catch up on... and the fact that HSP souls are locked behind stuff like UEs only makes it that much harder for them. Even just to close the gap to the currently existing player-base (if that's something they even want to attempt), they'd have to be mega-grinders if anything.