Case Study: Squids, Formerly:(Mnk and /Mnk)

[Halion]

Personally I would add defensive buffs over water attack bonus and str+25. With regain and attack bonus your biggest downfall now is low HP and defense.
Unless intimidation stops mimics from WSing when you WS, of which I'm not sure, but defensive buffs would also help you more against other mob types while still being able to kill mimic. If you keep dethroning some dudes mimic someone is gonna notice and go evasion build/chigoe on your ass. I know all mobs have their downfalls but I think your innates are great and can make a long streak diablo champ.

[Velecic]

Wait, wait... so you CAN intimidate Elementals? They qualify as arcana in Pankration? BRB taking pictures of undead to get Arcana Killer if this is true, can I get confirmation please? Don't need a SS just a bunch of people attesting to Elementals in Pankration being Intimidated by Arcana Killer / Undead mob types, as I haven't seen it yet.

[nivlakian]

Wait, wait... so you CAN intimidate Elementals? They qualify as arcana in Pankration? BRB taking pictures of undead to get Arcana Killer if this is true, can I get confirmation please? Don't need a SS just a bunch of people attesting to Elementals in Pankration being Intimidated by Arcana Killer / Undead mob types, as I haven't seen it yet.

Yes, arcana killer will intimidate elementals in pankration.

[Velecic]

Woot, I'm so totally putting that on half my pets now. Stupid overpowered elementals, I hate them.

[nivlakian]

I feel I should add to what I said...

In my experience leveling a ghost, elementals would be intimidated by it and it would intimidate elementals. This suggests the arcana <> undead relationship. However, I have a 2nd ghost with innate arcana killer at lv50 and haven't had many chances to fight elementals with it yet. However, I did fight one Ice elemental and my ghost was intimidated by it twice in a match with no intimidates in the other direction.

If I get to fight more elementals with this ghost, I will post again.

[Reznap]

i have a lv50 dark ele, and yes they can intimidate undead and vice versa. If you want a good ele killer, id say arcana killer on a ghost will work well. I had a hard time fighting a lv50 ghost here that was trained to constantly spam ectosmash.

[nivlakian]

Having fought several elementals now with my ghost that has maxed innate Arcana Killer... it appears to me that intimidation in this case does not work beyond species classification. My ghost which will intimidate other Arcana (mimics, weapons, etc) several times in a match rarely intimidates elementals at all and seems to get intimidated by them usually like I mentioned in my last post.

[Not Kuno]

Eles are not intimidated by Arcana Killer. I freaking leveled that shit up to 50 and never intimidated anything once. It's a load of bs and don't do what I did.

[Drex]

Kinda related to squids cause I'm makin' one and thinkin' about what to put on it:

Does dispelling attacks remove enspells? Enthunder, enlight, en-petrify, any of them? Debating that vs. just giving it phalanx or stoneskin or blink for survivability.

[SamanosukeShiva]

Kinda related to squids cause I'm makin' one and thinkin' about what to put on it:

Does dispelling attacks remove enspells? Enthunder, enlight, en-petrify, any of them? Debating that vs. just giving it phalanx or stoneskin or blink for survivability.

nope

[Phraust]

Kinda related to squids cause I'm makin' one and thinkin' about what to put on it:

Does dispelling attacks remove enspells? Enthunder, enlight, en-petrify, any of them? Debating that vs. just giving it phalanx or stoneskin or blink for survivability.

If you pull off a defensive suid let me know lol. I made my current one defensive in order to lose while skilling up some skills.

[Mirax]

I have a squid wtih

Triple Attack(Innate)
Store TP(Innate)
Str Bonus
War Traits
Instant Blink
En-Dispel.

It does well enough biggest streak is only 14 though. Dark Engel Owns it.
I Have a 2nd with Auto Regain Innate, and no 2nd. But im not sure how I want to build it. As phraust said, defencive squid doesnt realy do much.

[Phraust]

I have a squid wtih

Triple Attack(Innate)
Store TP(Innate)
Str Bonus
War Traits
Instant Blink
En-Dispel.

It does well enough biggest streak is only 14 though. Dark Engel Owns it.
I Have a 2nd with Auto Regain Innate, and no 2nd. But im not sure how I want to build it. As phraust said, defencive squid doesnt realy do much.

Those my friend, are some extremely wicked innates, what the fuck squids were you photographing? (Can you PM me?)

[Phraust]

Eles are not intimidated by Arcana Killer. I freaking leveled that shit up to 50 and never intimidated anything once. It's a load of bs and don't do what I did.

I think I figured it out...

Elementals seem to get intimidated based on the crystal affinity of the monster. If a light elemental is fighting a dark crystal mob like a Tainted Flesh, they freak out.

Doing more testing/observations atm. Going to grab a thunder ele some say and see how often it freaks out, cause like 99% of the mobs are earth based.

[Phraust]

Innate: Auto-Regain
Innate: Attack bonus
17 Water Attack Bonus
23 Strength Bonus
12 Job Trait Warrior
17 Strength +25

= Win

I still got my weaknesses, but that combo beats the everliving shit out of everything! Ironically I haven't gotten to fight any Mimics yet, and Chigoes, which I am usually strong to own my face hard. Casters seem like easy prey if I am at the controls, did a 802 Tenticle to a soul flayer casting T-ga II, and taken out a few ele's here and there.