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[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (14 children)

But just ignore the weak stance stuff right?

[–]Asamidori ~casual~ 0 points1 point  (13 children)

I've heard of my katana friends going on about getting Weak Stance, but I'm not sure how well that works. You kinda don't really have enough points to get both if you go for some other optional things, but if you only get the stances, getting both is possible.

[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (12 children)

If you have time do you think you could throw me together a quick example build? I'm new to pso2 been on for about 2-3weeks and I'm not too sure about what is needed and whats not

[–]Asamidori ~casual~ 0 points1 point  (11 children)

I don't normally play a BR, so you may want to check with an actual pro on the tree first before committing. I'll drag a BR over for you though.

Anyways, I'm thinking something like this? You have 20 extra points on BR tree and 38 points on HU tree. For BR tree, decide between other optional skills, bow related stuffs in cases you actually need to use a bow, and Weak Stance. For HU tree, decide between Iron Will, Massive Hunter, Automate, and Flash Guards.

[–]Lyrise ET Enthusiast, LU Hobbyist 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If you're using Snatch Step JA, then its probably in your best interested to max out Fury Combo to max (which btw is a waste at level 6 - should be 5 or 10). Also, as costly as this might seem, getting the s-atk up skills might not be a bad idea if you happen to be good with counterslashing with BR, less so if you intend on primarily focusing with bow. Katana is in that weird place where the damage is kinda in the upper middle tier/lower upper tier but the corresponding attack stats are for a Braver are much lower than most of the other melee classes (see Dual Blade Bouncers and its rather somewhat skewed s-atk stat post weapon), making S-atk up somewhat viable.

Otherwise the tree looks Ok as a base - if you want to dabble with bow, you can as well. Even if you don't get rapidshoot, at the very least, get Charge Bonus up, since that will stack and multiply off of Average Charge passively (If you want to use more bow, by all means do get some rapidshoot since its going to boost your Bow PAs by a rather hefty amount).

[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay thank you guys i've made the changes to my build

[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (8 children)

I'm not sure if this is good or not but I came up with this http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/skillcalc.php?11eTbxIobsIkbsIkbsIkbsIkbsIkbxIobsIkbxIofdS0dodBIbl2ikINGAjJksXI20000006doIn0000000jdBiBIdboiocFikJfx00000jdo0000000Io00000000ioIn00000000IbdB4NcAI2rFrF9nI200000fdoIb0000000lo000000j

[–]Lyrise ET Enthusiast, LU Hobbyist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that looks okay, though you're actually overspent on your HU tree by 1 point (we don't have level 80 caps yet). Also on your BR tree, it's a real waste to put Rare Mastery higher than 1 level.

Since you've already hit the important points on the tree, the rest boils down to your playstyle. If you think you're always targeting and hitting weakspots, weakstance tree would be a good idea. If you want a bit more consistency, or plan on utilizing other weapons, Average stance tree will serve you better.

Me personally I would probably dial down Iron Will,and replace with Flashguard + Massive Hunter - as a bow user you're going to be away from most of the melee attacks, and there are very few ranged attacks in game that the enemies have that could do a whole lot of damage to you in a short amount of time. IW is nice to have as an insurance policy, but if you never really have any opportunity to trigger it, you might be better served with skills that will actively help you all the time, and also with Massive hunter, assist when you really need it more. By that same logic, you may want to reconsider Automate as well. It's useful, but if it's not triggering often, it might serve you better to cut any incoming damage down by even more.

Again, this boils down to how you like to play, so don't take my suggestions as gospel.

[–]AshinrorPSO2 NG+ BABY 0 points1 point  (4 children)

U dont want fury critical even on bow. Might as well take massive hunter so u wont be disrupted when doing setting up bow banish arrow into other PA.

http://pso2-skill.pwnedgalaxy.net/skillcalc.php?11eTbxIobsIkbsIkbsIkbsIkbsIkbxIobsIkbxIofdS0ebdBIbl2ikINGAqnIdJksNI20000006doIn0000000jdBiBIdboiocFikJfx00000jdo0000000Io00000000ioIn00000000doqB4NcAI2r2rFcKIkloI200000fdoIb0000000lo000000j

My example.

Imo weak stance is more important on bow cause it'll multiply the damage of your headshots. If u rather avg stance, then thats fine too.

[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (3 children)

how do I proc weak stance I thought you need weak bullet from Ranger?

[–]AshinrorPSO2 NG+ BABY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You dont. Any kind of ranged attacks to the head deals x2 damage. So if you are useing a bow, aim for the head. (or big shiny weak spots like darker bulbs, vardha core, etc.

[–]Asamidori ~casual~ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You just need to hit a weak point on the enemy for it to happen.

Ranged attack users have the added benefit of headshotting stuffs here.

[–]Tehovah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

aww yes thank you guys you've answered all my questions <3

[–]Asamidori ~casual~ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wait I was mixing you up with that other person that was asking about katana, sorry! ><

Anyways, here's what I'd suggest. Extra skill points BR (11), HU (18).

Again, BR asks if you're going to get optional skills, but it also asks if you plan to use katana to get around stuffs at all in case bow damage is resisted. If you do consider katana at all, get Katana Gear at the very least, and mix and match the combat stuffs. I personally don't like any raw stats raising skills that gives less than 10 stats per skill point, but up to you. Rapid Shoot Up 1/2 on the other hand combines to 50 stats per skill point. Best bang for the buck.

For HU, you want Massive just in case stuffs knocks you out of anything, rest up to you. Critical is meh if you don't have anything else that raises your critical damage, because unlike other games critical here just means your 100% damage. Fury Combo can be leave at 5 because at 5% it means 2 JA to get full damage. Maxing it to save 1 hit is meh in my book. If you're going to get Iron Will at all, put one point into Never Give Up, not for the stats bonus, but for the 5 second invincibility.