Thread: What Soul to Unlock?

I m lv 35, already unlocked Arthur. Which legendary soul should I unlock next?

A few additional questions...
1. Is Sigfried usually the best choice for most rage metered bosses? (Raid / Advent)
2. In what situations will Mortred be better?
3. Are the defence / healing souls worth getting?

It seems to me right now that burst damage is the way to go. And Arthur / Sigfried looks really good in the dmg department.

P.S. Solomon of course is best used for sucking dick.

Originally Posted by QXZ

I m lv 35, already unlocked Arthur. Which legendary soul should I unlock next?

A few additional questions...
1. Is Sigfried usually the best choice for most rage metered bosses? (Raid / Advent)
2. In what situations will Mortred be better?
3. Are the defence / healing souls worth getting?

It seems to me right now that burst damage is the way to go. And Arthur / Sigfried looks really good in the dmg department.

P.S. Solomon of course is best used for sucking dick.

1. every bosses are different....example light raid hard to build up rage and rage mode longer while others are shorter...so no definite answer for this
2. when u can't nuke the boss down in few rounds and bosses are not immune to status effect
3. they are the life saver, 1 or 2 in team will do, while i personally prefer running full offensive team~

For burst yes but when u get unlucky.....bosses triple shot ur soul.... then it will be dead = 0 dmg deal~

P.S. I'm the one using Solomon for sucking dick... ability dmg boost with rage skill(overdrive from Siegfried) ain't joke~
my dark amon and solomon each dealing 90-100k per rage skill~

Originally Posted by QXZ

I m lv 35, already unlocked Arthur. Which legendary soul should I unlock next?

A few additional questions...
1. Is Sigfried usually the best choice for most rage metered bosses? (Raid / Advent)
2. In what situations will Mortred be better?
3. Are the defence / healing souls worth getting?

It seems to me right now that burst damage is the way to go. And Arthur / Sigfried looks really good in the dmg department.

P.S. Solomon of course is best used for sucking dick.

Ok this actually a very complicated question as all the souls have their roles even if it's just the master bonus they provide. The first consideration is what team are you running. Are you trying to run with just 2 or so teams? (a Main and a secondary to cover it's opposite element). Are you trying to run a different team for each element? (Difficult unless your ready to spend some cash). After you figure this out you need to figure out what Kamihime you are using. If you have defense and healing Kamihime, Mordred is a good choice as she gives a good DOT with her main skill. She is also good with raids with her ability to add an extra raid meter. In my experience the most well rounded Souls are Mordred and Andromeda.

Arthur is a good for constant damage and if you like arthur then you should focus on the Master bonuses that you want. Defense, Health, attack, rage, etc. If you don't like arthur then you should figure out which Soul you want. To keep things simple i'll try to give a brief description of each.

Arthur- Good Constant Damage, Rage gauge boost. Master bonus -3% Attack
Joan- Defensive, good at keeping you alive from burst. Master bonus -3% Defense
Andromeda- Healer with defense boosts and revive. Good for Marathon battles. Master- Healing power 3%
Solomon- Ability Damage. Period. Master -6% Ability Damage
Seigfried- Your rage control stick. She is a good choice if you want to control the rage bar of your enemy. Master- Rage suppression 3%
Mordred- Does increased damage against affilicated enemies and has a good afflication ability and control, has some rage control. Master- Afflication RESIST 6%
D`Artnagnan- Increase your item drop rate. Has a decent self-heal and attack-defense debuff. Useful for getting more items(Kinda,Maybe, Sort of). I wouldn't recommmend her unless you are having no problems with the enemy. Master- HP 3%

It really depends what your strategy and team composition is and the nature of the encounter. For example, I needed to put together a Water team that could handle Ultimate Rahab on Auto-battle. Mordred turned out to be best-suited for this because she could extend the boss's overdrive meter and apply a string of debuffs that were less likely to be resisted, all while spamming Chaos Magic on cooldown. Other souls were too timing/RNG dependent and the team had to be micromanaged, which would be a huge time sink over the course of 100+ battles. Siegfried was great for ending the battle quickly in manual mode, but that still took longer than the 30s I spend setting up battles now. But on a boss that resisted or cleared debuffs Mordred would be useless. It's all situational.

Thank you for the well thought responses guys.

I think i m gonna go with Siegfried for now. I am a casual player but i like variety for fun.... and by fun i mean harem. i play all elements.

initially i was gonna picked mortred cause shes like a choice that you can't go wrong with. but currently, my SSR weapns are glaives and hammers. which means my Sieg is gonna have more output for a while. i also really enjoy the rage control mechanics which makes the game really involved and fun.

had i had some SSR swords though... my choice would have definitely went to Mortred... its just my wpn drops is completely biased towards Sieg.

Arthur
Basically the highend-endgame soul. Once you have maxed your weapons and eidolons, you are able to clear any content with pure damage without healing and boss rage control. you just want to clear everything quicklier. So Arthur is best for that. Whales love her.

Mordred/Andromeda/Joan
are beginner/F2P friendly. You are able to clear contents, which should be too hard for your current level/power. For example, you maybe need only 25000 power indead of 30000, which is required, when you use Arthur. Atm poeple with 30000+ power don't need to use them, because the content is easy, but in the future more hardcore instances will be released. If you don't have fullset of full LB SSR weapons with lv20 attack up, you may love them again. It depends on the boss type, which one of the three should be used.

Siegfried
is used for MVP stealing in Raids. With specific kamis in team, you will get incredible result. Actually for Damage dealing Arthur is better one overall. And for rage/overdrive meter control Mordred is better.


D`Artnagnan
She is on the must-have-list for expert players, not because she has snatch....
She has one of the best EX-skill in the game, "sniper shot". This is the strongest B type debuff, which reduces 20% attk and 20% def. It shows "+" for small/middle, actually the true effect is "big". If you want to unlock the EX, you need to unlock her...

Solomon
Another endgame soul. You don't need to consider her under rank 70.
unlike most people believe, SHE is not weak!!!
Her ability scales best with the increase of your +% atk from weapons and element. Further, new kamis with ability hitting up to 6-8 times will be released. Ability up works best with them.
We take 20% ability up as example:
If the ability hits 8 times for 1x dmg, 20% means 8x20% = 160% increase in total!. Solomon ring hits also 6 times, thats 120% by 20% ability up. In addition, you could use the EX buff from Rosenkreuz (40% abilty up).
With new kamis hitting like mashineguns, Solomon lead becomes godlike.
Unfornately, strong hitter like shiva, whose ability only hits one time for 5x dmg or similar, doesn't benefit a lot from ability up. 20% up means, 5.2x dmg instead of 5.0.

Ability has its own multiplier, the higher +% attk from weapons and elelement are, the more you will benefit from ability up. You will feel the difference when you reach the endgame. +100% attk and more through weapons and +80% up and more through element.

i didnt know siegfried is strictly MVP stealing.... i've always had legitimate problems with rage mode. i often sit there until someone else take em out for me. especially on ragnarok difficulty.

Siegfried was effective for the Medusa Advent Ultimate. Starting with a Full Burst was the strategy for that fight, and Siegfried enabled a properly configured and equipped team to reduce the Rage meter in a single round, which was essential for minimizing the opportunities for her to petrify the entire team. She also comes in handy when the boss needs to die before the first overdrive cast.

Originally Posted by fucka

Arthur
Solomon
Another endgame soul. You don't need to consider her under rank 70.
unlike most people believe, SHE is not weak!!!
Her ability scales best with the increase of your +% atk from weapons and element. Further, new kamis with ability hitting up to 6-8 times will be released. Ability up works best with them.
We take 20% ability up as example:
If the ability hits 8 times for 1x dmg, 20% means 8x20% = 160% increase in total!. Solomon ring hits also 6 times, thats 120% by 20% ability up. In addition, you could use the EX buff from Rosenkreuz (40% abilty up).
With new kamis hitting like mashineguns, Solomon lead becomes godlike.
Unfornately, strong hitter like shiva, whose ability only hits one time for 5x dmg or similar, doesn't benefit a lot from ability up. 20% up means, 5.2x dmg instead of 5.0.

Ability has its own multiplier, the higher +% attk from weapons and elelement are, the more you will benefit from ability up. You will feel the difference when you reach the endgame. +100% attk and more through weapons and +80% up and more through element.

what are you even talking about? Solomon ability up affects ONLY her and nobody else. She is useless for the team. As for the element dmg stacking into endgame, that is precisely the reason why Solomon suck: her 2nd ability does 1 hit with each element, for a total of 6 hits but when you are completely focused on fire, or dark, or whatever, only 1 out of 6 hits gets the benefits! All other hits do base dmg, that might as well not even exist. Her only "alright" skill is her 1st one, but even that one... 1 to 4.5 times damage? that's waaaay too rng to be useful. 20% ability up comes from Rosenkreuz, not Solomon, and that is actually pretty useful skill to get as EX in some team compositions. Solomon though... Yeah, neither of her "borrowable" skills are worth it.

Originally Posted by QXZ

i didnt know siegfried is strictly MVP stealing.... i've always had legitimate problems with rage mode. i often sit there until someone else take em out for me. especially on ragnarok difficulty.

She's not strictly, that's just what she's used for sometimes. If you are having problems with rage mode enemies she's still a good choice. But because of her increased on stun attack ability she can be used for a quick burst to take an MVP.

Also of note is not just Souls as a character but there master Buffs and EX abilities.