Parry Skillup

[Nirokun!]

so in my boredom last night, i went blu/whm to poroggo isle to skillup parry on those alraune mandys at 98 parry, and it was slow as balls

i was using perdu hanger and genbu's shield

i was shielding a lot, but not a lot of parry (and obviously evading hits a lot)

so then rocl tells me to use earth staff, but i left my terra's staff in my locker, and slone tells me to use 2x swords, but i was /whm

basically what im asking~ is parry rate increased by duel wield and/or 2h weapons? im thinking about going out there again because i want to hit 100 >_> (i got to 99 last night after +1.5hrs and i felt really good about my invisible parry skill )

[Jeryhn]

I think Dual Wielding gives you two "chances" to parry an attack, because you're carrying two weapons. I do notice that I parry far more often on my NIN sub dualing Joy/Justice than my WHM sub for RDM.

Otherwise, I haven't noticed any difference in parry rate between a one-hand weapon or a two-hand weapon.

My suggestion would be to try out Chigoes just outside Nashmau. Stoneskin/Cocoon, WAR sub for Defender or RDm sub for Phalanx, tank them using an Earth/Terra's Staff. Fastest skillups ever.

[darkhero168]

considering blue has a D ranking in parry it will be slow as hell to skill it up. I found the easiest way was to lvl a tanking job and to just tank everythign you bloody can

[LLK]

considering blue has a D ranking in parry it will be slow as hell to skill it up. I found the easiest way was to lvl a tanking job and to just tank everythign you bloody can

That is exactly how mine is capped.

[Eddie]

I gave up on it all together.

[Slott]

Chigoes. Either sj rdm for phalanx, or have a rdm friend phalanx 2 you and use defender and shit. Can get massive amounts of skillups in a short time.

And i'm pretty sure youparry with main hand only, since the animation only shows it that way.

edit in: Just to give you an idea, i went from 132 parry to 239 between 10-15 hrs off chigoes (225+ was off marid chigoes, rest were the 9 statics in caedarva)

[Eddie]

between 10-15 hrs off chigoes

[Septimus]

between 10-15 hrs off chigoes

He didn't say 10-15 consecutive hours...

[Nirokun!]

Chigoes. Either sj rdm for phalanx, or have a rdm friend phalanx 2 you and use defender and shit. Can get massive amounts of skillups in a short time.

And i'm pretty sure youparry with main hand only, since the animation only shows it that way.

edit in: Just to give you an idea, i went from 132 parry to 239 between 10-15 hrs off chigoes (225+ was off marid chigoes, rest were the 9 statics in caedarva)

well right now im having 7 Alraunes smacking me (in accordance with elmer's guard video ) and i've gotten a level in under 15mins

i tried chigoes solo and they hit harder and i cant keep mp indefinately so i decided to come back to Alraunes

i might go back to chigoes later but this zone is pretty enough for me to hang around til 120

[Septimus]

Chigoes. Either sj rdm for phalanx, or have a rdm friend phalanx 2 you and use defender and shit. Can get massive amounts of skillups in a short time.

And i'm pretty sure youparry with main hand only, since the animation only shows it that way.

edit in: Just to give you an idea, i went from 132 parry to 239 between 10-15 hrs off chigoes (225+ was off marid chigoes, rest were the 9 statics in caedarva)

well right now im having 7 Alraunes smacking me (in accordance with elmer's guard video ) and i've gotten a level in under 15mins

i tried chigoes solo and they hit harder and i cant keep mp indefinately so i decided to come back to Alraunes

i might go back to chigoes later but this zone is pretty enough for me to hang around til 120

If you want another intermediary step before chigoes, you can always gather up a bunch of crawlers. They tend to double attack a lot, love to link, and come in a variety of skill levels.

[Eddie]

Just the fact of totals hours staring at a flee hitting you is bonkers to me!

[Nirokun!]

Chigoes. Either sj rdm for phalanx, or have a rdm friend phalanx 2 you and use defender and shit. Can get massive amounts of skillups in a short time.

And i'm pretty sure youparry with main hand only, since the animation only shows it that way.

edit in: Just to give you an idea, i went from 132 parry to 239 between 10-15 hrs off chigoes (225+ was off marid chigoes, rest were the 9 statics in caedarva)

well right now im having 7 Alraunes smacking me (in accordance with elmer's guard video ) and i've gotten a level in under 15mins

i tried chigoes solo and they hit harder and i cant keep mp indefinately so i decided to come back to Alraunes

i might go back to chigoes later but this zone is pretty enough for me to hang around til 120

If you want another intermediary step before chigoes, you can always gather up a bunch of crawlers. They tend to double attack a lot, love to link, and come in a variety of skill levels.

elmer's video says mnk orcs in davoi from 120-150 or so

this is boring, but i've gotten 3 levels since i came here

[pimpp]

Just the fact of totals hours staring at a flee hitting you is bonkers to me!

until u parry everything in sight. ull forget all those brain numbing hours.

[Eddie]

Sad but True.

[Sepuku]

Since corsair has high parry job trait.
Would COR help in getting it up past 240.
And what sub should cor use if it helped.

I am thinking about COR/PLD. Is that a wise idea?
My parry is at 246 now , i only get Parry skills on IT++ mobs since 240.
Last parry skill i got was at Dynamis Xarc.

[Hakamaru]

My parry is at 246 now , i only get Parry skills on IT++ mobs since 240.
Last parry skill i got was at Dynamis Xarc.

>.> At 246 you're not even in the top tier (i.e. the worst one) of skill up rate for EMs. Go to Boyhada Tree on your NIN with a fuckton of Parry+ gear including 2 parrying knives, get signet for the def/eva bonus, sub WHM|RDM|PLD, and pull 2 steelshells at once and sustain MP with energy drain. Easily 2-3* levels per hour off EMs until you get to around 254 skill on NIN. After you get to ~254, the pain begins. Go read the parrying threads on KI in the NIN section if you need more. Rukenshin gave some pimp suggestions for if you have RDM and BRD buddies, but I soloed my skill for the most part.

(*) - lowered from 4 because I looked though my screenshots.

[Auspice]

Since corsair has high parry job trait.
Would COR help in getting it up past 240.
And what sub should cor use if it helped.

I am thinking about COR/PLD. Is that a wise idea?
My parry is at 246 now , i only get Parry skills on IT++ mobs since 240.
Last parry skill i got was at Dynamis Xarc.

Even then I wouldn't imagine you could take hits very well. If you had a THF to keep hate planted on you and a RDM or WHM to keep cure bombing you so you didn't get flattened, you might be able to do it. :/

[evilpaul]

Where abouts in the Mire is a good spot? I'd think you'd want to be somewhat near a zone line.

[Marsala]

Since corsair has high parry job trait.
Would COR help in getting it up past 240.
And what sub should cor use if it helped.

I am thinking about COR/PLD. Is that a wise idea?
My parry is at 246 now , i only get Parry skills on IT++ mobs since 240.
Last parry skill i got was at Dynamis Xarc.

Even then I wouldn't imagine you could take hits very well. If you had a THF to keep hate planted on you and a RDM or WHM to keep cure bombing you so you didn't get flattened, you might be able to do it. :/

Just run in without voking or anything to get aggro then engage a mob behind the mob u just got and your mages can cure bomb u as much as they want without pulling hate.

[Metah]

Where abouts in the Mire is a good spot? I'd think you'd want to be somewhat near a zone line.

Enter Caedarva Mire fron North Nashmau. Turn left. There are 2-3 Chigoes in the open area here.

Past that, go west more through the tunnel until you reach the Karakul. Head south from here to the T-Intersection.

From here, east leads you back to an Orderly Imp, a Treant and maybe like 5 Chigoe.

West takes you to a Treant and Saplings, west past a small hill leads to 3 Chigoe and no aggroing monsters aside from them. This is probably the best spot.