Drk Zerging, Post Abyssea

So with looking at all the higher level base damage weapons/empyrean weapons with their stupidily high damage weaponskills along with all the original zerg weapons (k.club/m.kris/ridill/magian weapon) etc
What is the most optimal zerg build?

I'm think this is still the top zerg build you could get out here:



Zerging on DRK you should always prioritize HP, Hits per round, Haste and weapon base damage.

With ToMs you can now obtain higher base OaT Scythes than Bahamut's Zhagal, but there are no valid replacements for KClub/OClub (Highest attacks per round) M Kris (Lowest Delay) or even Ridill.

Of course now you can cap Haste much more easily than we could at 75 so that portion could have become outdated, but HP and Attack rounds still rule I believe.

yeh i'm pretty sure k/o.club still beats everything for zerging but how does the higher based dmg weapons compare to ridill/m.kris?

The OaT Scythe maleficence +2 comes in the DMG 98 OaT 2 and DMG 56 OaT 2-4 versions, both of which come with a nasty 528 Delay.

The Delay is really bad for zerging if you compare it to MKris' 192 and Ridill's 236 Delays, not to mention the fact that both weapons are OaT 2-3. Even with Sword strap and Desperate blows merits you'd still find yourself hitting much slower than with a MKris or Ridill.

I can't tell for sure but I don't think an OaT Scythe would beat either a MKris or a Ridill just out of pure base damage.

how much base damage would there have to be to beat mkris/ridill with a delay between 430~528?

DRK head, and hands +2 together offer 2% more haste. Perhaps opening up another slot for HP options if you work your haste right.

if you dont got kc/oc, its not even worth bringing a drk to a zerg, even then its pretty damn close to a good vere mnk/ukon war

Is a zerg weapon even worth using anymore? I recently did a Dynamis lord Zerg was hitting him for 3k Torcleavers properly buffed, even scored a few 1k crits with my AM. x:

Drk hands +2
Zelus Tiara
Intruder earring

could get u 4% haste to compensate for no wyvern earring. Then you can mnk or war sub for more HP

You can get a maigan scythe with 2-4 hits, im thinking if the next update comes and they upgrade it 2-5hits, it might be a good zerg and non zerg weapon for drk. Ive been working on this scythe, im on peistes atm, and there *** hard

I don't think so personally.

Oa(something >2) are pretty poor weapons.

Someone sounds happy :P

Zerg is 1 step closer to being dead and buried.
Truth is, unless new mobs that don't build up resistance to Souleater are introduced, the oldschool DRK won't be too useful even in the niche it had carved for itself.

We did DL last Wednesday without a zerg setup. Tried lowmanning it for fun without BRDs or a KC Dark and had no issues. Killed it just as Ying/Yang were on the way.

War burn > drk zerg and no 2 hours are needed

Btw some mobs outright resist blood weapon now, and they build resist to souleater in 1-2 hits /shootsownface

rng zergs!

lold

psh whatever rngs have historically been very strong zergers. I've topped parses several times with meh gear and little to no outside buffs

I couldn't imagine why Rng's couldn't zerg well..i'd imagine they could put up some scary damage.

No and hell no.

well i was thinking if there was a way using the bale set bonus along with caladbolg and exploiting the double damage aftermath in a zerg situation and seeing how that compared to k.club/ridill zerg drk

I was under the impression that drk zerg was basically dead. I can't think of a mob in the game where Sam, War, lolRng zerg wouldn't be better than Drk zerg.

I drk zerged the other day and it's fun sure but requires 2 hour and I still didn't top the parse.

Gogogo War.

Zerg and Caladbolg don't go well together because you need to actually use the weapon to benefit from its sick AfterMath. They're just two different playstyles.

Unlike zerg damage, which is heavily dependant on your build, Bale set bonus isn't something you have much control on, so I wouldn't consider it a tremendous improvement, not to mention you'd be giving up a lot of Haste and other stats to even raise your chances at triggering it by wearing the full set.

As for the ToM Scythe, I honestly doubt it will ever become a valid Zerg option simply because it has the most horrible delay you could get out there.

If you want to stick to the old zerg playstyle then I suggest getting your hands on a KC/OC or MK-Ridill. Even then, the optimal gear setup will be made of old content gear for the most part (Homam for the HP/Haste), with a few improvements.

It's probably easier to just get a Caladbolg and wack stuff hard in the face though :D

Very x=

Did you start a cool weapon yet friend? o:

Hah XD !!!

As a matter of fact I did start my Ukon but, truth be told, by the time I did I had to leave Italy again for work XD

I will get to it though, sooner or later ;)

Calad souleater zerg absolutely tears through *** :/

Good to hear! I hope it goes smoothly for you Glavoid portion can be a realy pain in the *** D: Weapon is well worth the effort Ukkon is complete rape x=

yeah man I'm about to start mine when time permits.. Its gonna be pure suck. Do you think WAR, BRD and WHM can trio? (my friend Dual Boxes)

I honestly don't feel like doing it on MNK lol :X

This is one I put together for zerg+brew... I figured it could put some hurt on, also I have heard drk/nin with ridil and merc kris's numbers were higher now with dual weild bonuses?

If you are wanting to brew something you should be stacking mab and using an elemental /ws..... Souleater Zergs are pretty much dead and there are better gearsets than what you have put together for it if they were still used.