12-01-2012, 01:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2012, 01:18 AM by SteveForge.)
The answer depends on two main things:
1) What BM are we discussing? (Stardust Wrath? Sally? Falling Skies?) The strength of a spirit component makes valor more or less important.
People who use Heimdall can actually get away with single washing him for valor, while I wouldn't even consider such a thing with Edjo who's spirit is more substantial than his valor.
Anubis is another special case... his spirit ranges from 40% to 90% of the damage he puts out (valor strength drops as his faculty lowers, but the spirit increases more).
2) Do you use a bugler? two of them? a dancer? If you run a BM hero with 4 mages or something like that, valor would be more influential... simply based on how often they opponent takes you out of BM mode or shoe soon you can spool up to fire (which affects the # of BMs you can launch, but also what faculty level you'll have when you do). Without a bugler in formation, you'll be doing valor attacks every second
round... meaning his valor is more important if you're using him as a
mobil tank for your mage build.
Easiest way top approach this issue? You want valor arms.
Mechs? valor
valor-mages? valor
BM-hero regular attacks? valor
BM-hero BM attacks? valor+ spirit.
This is the primary reason armor and valor wash/enchants on mages is so effective at limiting damage... you simply see more valor attacks each battle than any other type.
I wouldn't skimp on valor arms/gear/stats like people do with standard spirit-only BM in the past. Nersus was a good example of that. Most people don't even give him a weapon... just a mount and single wash for spirit... and he'll get them into Nils no sweat as a double bomber with Eurybia or Lotis.
1) What BM are we discussing? (Stardust Wrath? Sally? Falling Skies?) The strength of a spirit component makes valor more or less important.
People who use Heimdall can actually get away with single washing him for valor, while I wouldn't even consider such a thing with Edjo who's spirit is more substantial than his valor.
Anubis is another special case... his spirit ranges from 40% to 90% of the damage he puts out (valor strength drops as his faculty lowers, but the spirit increases more).
2) Do you use a bugler? two of them? a dancer? If you run a BM hero with 4 mages or something like that, valor would be more influential... simply based on how often they opponent takes you out of BM mode or shoe soon you can spool up to fire (which affects the # of BMs you can launch, but also what faculty level you'll have when you do). Without a bugler in formation, you'll be doing valor attacks every second
round... meaning his valor is more important if you're using him as a
mobil tank for your mage build.
Easiest way top approach this issue? You want valor arms.
Mechs? valor
valor-mages? valor
BM-hero regular attacks? valor
BM-hero BM attacks? valor+ spirit.
This is the primary reason armor and valor wash/enchants on mages is so effective at limiting damage... you simply see more valor attacks each battle than any other type.
I wouldn't skimp on valor arms/gear/stats like people do with standard spirit-only BM in the past. Nersus was a good example of that. Most people don't even give him a weapon... just a mount and single wash for spirit... and he'll get them into Nils no sweat as a double bomber with Eurybia or Lotis.