I just had to pause the video and say you changed my entire view of Blade and Soul within moments. I had no idea soul shields were your armor. I thought they were like augments for your weapons. I have been pouring money into upgrading my necklace, earing, ring, and weapon thinking that was what the game was all about. But when I would go into dungeons people would complain, kick me, or leave the party. Thanks for the help. Maybe now I can solo these dailies that almost kill me every time and get into dungeon groups. 21:45 Is when he talks about 45 soul shields.
thank you, very useful guide. I actually knew most of it but I was surprised that there are 3 different versions of pieces, never realized it. Thanks! ~that final fantasy music
This is very helpful thank you very much for the explanation im still kinda new to blade and soul with my first character thats lv.43 atm i never knew how important soul shields are and weapon upgrading is.
So what's better? Unsung hero or golden deva set? U said *u can get golden deva set or buy with valor stones the unsung hero*, so I'm not sure wich one is better. Unsung gives me like 1200 extra HP, deva give me almost 200 more def, So my problem is I don't know what gives me more *efective HP*, I think is better 1200HP over 200 def? Not sure :/
That Final Fantasy Theme in the background! So, did you mention, if we should upgrade the Soul Shields right from the start or break /salvage them until some point later?
Thanks for the guide.I am new to this game and genre in general so those soul sheilds were my enemy to understand before you'r vid.You'r amazing.Just one question:What should I have on my Soul Sheilds for Summoner
Thank you for the guide. I have one question - do I 'upgrade' soul shield only once? As in, secondary, merged soul shield is kinda 'all'? This is what I understood from your vid, bu I can't check now, I'm in freaking queue. :) Also, tip for next guide - if you want to refer to NA/EU client, instead of repeating North America and Europe, just say 'English' client. ;-) I'm sure it will be logical for all viewers. Again, thanks a lot!
+eskela123 That depends on you. Say you get the soul shields you want and then you want to add crit on a piece. Say you have a chance to get anywhere from 80 to 100 crit on that soul shield you want to keep and you get 80, you can then just go with that or try again later when you get another crit fodder SS to get 100. Hopefully that makes sense :) Good idea about the English wording, I might use that for future videos, thanks!
+Magnus Linden Ha, sorry, I got that upgrade over an over again until you get perfect stats thing. Let me rephrase, as it wasn't clear. Every 'main' soul shield will only ever get one secondary soul shield merged with it? So there are no soulshields with '2 slots' for upgrades or anything like it?
On your soul shield tab, where it shows your equipped and alternate soul shields, how do you store more than two soul shield sets down below? There are all those rows of empty soul shield storage slots, but I can't figure out how to store more sets down there.
+Tanksenior The only difference is that at 45, the best PvE set is the Blackram Supply Chain soul shields from E. Fleet supply chain and Blackram Supply Chain dungeons. The Moonwater arena is still the best world PvP set though.
Moonwater Arena has the most health and defensive stat while Blackram supply has the most critical. I'd go for Blackram over Moonwater myself at this point but it's up to you
+Vinícius Ferreira What I meant by that is that when you are say for example level 12 and you kill a dungeon boss or a monster somewhere and get 2 #3 of the same soul shield, they will be identical in stats. When you kill stuff at ~43-44+ or pretty much everything at 45, almost every soul shield can have 2-3 different stats on it with 1-5 different stat ranges. So yes, Blackram supply SS have a lot of these different stats and ranges. :)
this is so useful, they did a terrible job at explaining this system, actually i didn't know what the hell bo pae was and why i had to upgrade it. i was lvl 20 with unagraded soul shield
+TheStormcrow8 Crit and accuracy is the most used stats. At this point, go for Blackram supply chain soul shields, enchant it with crit and you'll be good!
Good video, I learned a couple things but I didn't learn the one thing I came searching for. Are you supposed to be able to equip two full soul shields, one active and one "stand by?" In the UI there are two pies on the soul shield window and on the inventory page it has that button to swap to your back up but whenever I try to put pieces in the other one they both change. So is there some trick to equipping the back up soul shield, is it level locked and the game just doesn't tell you that, if so what level does it come available?
Dude there's no fuckin explanation for this fusion thing anywhere. I do understand i should fuse dokumo to arena soul shields but how exacly it works do i randomly fuse a dokumo ? or is tthere a spesific number for the soul shield i'm gonna fuse ? can u please explain that and after crit fuse can i fuse extra stat to it or just 1 ?
+Serdar Murat Acar I'll try to break it down for you, let me know if it helps! 1. Run Blackram Supply chain and get Blackram supply soul shields. 2. Run E. Fleet supply and get the green elite critical soul shield pieces (drops from pretty much any monster in there) 3. Save all green critical pieces that have 108 or more critical on them. 4. Use those soul shields as fodder and enchant them to your Blackram supply soul shields as crit (it will pick crit automatically as that's the only stat on them) That being said, you can only fuse 1 stat and if you want to fuse the same stat again or another stat, the old stat will be removed.
+lNecko Same as everyone else really. You don't tank in this game by just standing still and taking damage so going all damage is best in my opinion. In this case, that would be Blackram supply soul shields enchanted with crit.
Hello there! Great video :D Just wondering since im new to this game. Im almost level 45 and im more into PvE. Im playing destroyer and i wonder what soul shields you would recommend me for this class. So far i only have the Exiles dungeon ones. So i was thinking of getting the 2nd tier of the blue ones to start farming for blackram as u typed in the video.. But in your opinion wich ones would you recommend me? Thank you!
+SasiaaL Blackram ones for sure. Get the blue ones first and maybe you get lucky and get a few epic pieces too, then run Blackram Supply chain 6man dungeon and get the same set but all epic, try to get crit on every piece too, except piece 3 :)
greatest guide ever.. just im dumb so i have a few questions :D U said if we get lucky and get the sacrifice SS from the Tomb of exiles we can just chill with it till lvl 45 and then we get a new better one... my question is if we get the blight SS from the black narrows dungeon to where does that take us? its clear its better then the viridian one.. but the deva? the one u buy with the 8 red stones? the scorpion one? if we eliminate the factor of farming and assume we already have all the pieces what would be the list 1>2>3>4 of those 4 SS ive listed.. TY in advance, uve been a great help :D
+SilentStorm Blackram narrows would probably last up to about Scorpion set/Desert heroic set. I wouldn't recommend getting any epic set though as you would have to use 3x unsealing charms per piece to unseal it and that could be costly. Considering each unsealing charm is ~10silver each at this point, you would basically spend just over 2gold to unseal a soulshield you don't really need while leveling. I would stick to the blue quality ones, it's better for the long run :)
U mean 8 charms? I see ur point... so just get viridian one and see what comes along while farming breaktrough wepons.. but damn are the 8 charms of that value that u cant waste them.. it seems like i could farm up 30 in a day of daylies
It costs 3x unsealing charms per 1 of the Sacrificial soul set pieces, that's what I mean. Just think of every unsealing charm as 10s and do the math, it costs a lot to just unseal stuff you only use for a while when leveling up.
Thanks for clearing some things up but I still have a few questions. 1. Does the PvP soul shield work for PvE, and is it good for PvE? 2. What soul shield should I use to enhance the best PvE soul shield with? 3. What are the best of best weapon/accessories in eu/na and how can I get them? I am working on gearing my assassin as my main for optimal DPS. (Absolute best obtainable gear possible) Thank you in advance.
+Swishkebab It works for PvE but I would recommend you get the Blackram supply soul shield set instead. The best fodder you can use is Moonwater Arena #2 but that will require soulstones to use as fodder and will be costly. The best weapon/accessories are the Siren ones, you upgrade your Hongmoon weapon and accessories to that stage. The materials you need for it towards the end comes from Blackram supply chain dungeon, 6 and 4man.
+Magnus Linden Thanks. So if I understood correctly, there is only 1 weapon that you use in the game and the rest of weapons is for upgrading that weapon / altering the appearance of that weapon using other weapons from the game? And same for accessories. Just want to make sure since I am gearing for the ultimate best, I'd rather not waste time and effort on temporary gear unless needed.Thanks again and sorry for being so ignorantish, I just can't find this stuff on google without getting confuse. Note: I am lv43 and I will hit 45 probably tonight. So it's gear grinding time.
You're amazing! I would love to contact you in game once I can play it (in 4 hours)! Thanks! This was really helpful. I never played the game but I always do my research first :D
Im new to bns just started playing 4 days ago and i see that so many people have that wig you are wearing and that looks so epic on female chars so im wondering can you even get that anymore from somewhere? I assume you first got it from wheel of fate but can you get it anymore somehow?
The one I'm wearing in the video is from an event in Taiwan. The NA/EU red/black version I think you had a chance to get from an event too or in the cash shop. There is also a white/black one that is a rare drop from Poharan, the last boss in the Blackram Supply Chain dungeon.
So if we want to go with the PvP set, what would be the best soul shield to enchant that set with? It seems like something that gives crit would be the best option, what do you recommend?
+Magnus Linden Thanks, do you know if the stats on the PvP set vary or are they fixed because they're sold from a vendor? (sorry if u said this in the vid and i missed it)
The stats are varied so if you want the best ones, keep on grinding and buying! At this point though, I suggest you get the Blackram soul shield set instead, at least for PvE, from the Blackram dungeon. It's easy to get too :)
so the best boape in the current NA/EU version is the pvp one ? and we can get it in a hour or so and then just to get other bopaes with the best stats we want and enchance the pvp one ?
+Teodor Narliyski In my opinion, the PvP one is indeed the best one. You can mix and match it with other soul shields if you want more crit or whatever other stat you want more of.
+Spades0207 high lvl Soul Shields(45lvl+) have 3 different numbers in the stats: low, mid and max stat. with few words it's all about RNG. btw, the stats you get are also random. you may want to get HP, Def and Crit, but you can get HP, Def, Block
good morning/evening. if you don't mind i need to ask this * is all classes best state of soul shield to have is the same as u said?* like in force master do i need crtical and acc? and same thing with blade master and the rest of classes? or each class good for another state? and thnx for the guide :)
I have one problem, when I put soul shields in the alternative place, it both changes, so I can't have 2 set and change between them, any idea what should I do?
What i'm wondering (i know the video is a bit old) is if it is even worth fully upgrading SSs since most of the PvE content is pretty quick to do and since most of the attacks can be blocked/evaded/Iframed are the benefits worth the hassle?
+Skarwind It's up to you really. Do you really need to go balls out and get the best soulshields? Not really. I think it's more of a mindset if anything and considering that Blackram supply chain 4man is easy and that you'll get better soul shields from the next dungeon, Bloodshade Harbor, it might be hard to justify spending money and time maxing out the current soulshields.
Hey whats up? Quick question. How do you make 2 SS? Whenever I equip a piece it equips it in both SS slots. The game says I'm supposed to have 2 and be able to switch them (for PVE and PVP for example) but I can only have one. Is it a level thing? I'm low level still. Also, great guide man. I really like them
+Magnus Linden Thanks it worked. This game is cool and all but it's not very intuitive and I haven't found detailed guides anywhere yet. So far your videos are the best
So, to enchant soul shields, do they need to be of the same color? Like, purple to purple, blue to blue, etc.? I have the moonwater arena PVP set, and I want to enchant to get more crit if I can. I heard a guy talk on Twitch about enchanting the PVP set with the Dokumo set to max crit, but it doesn't work for me.
+Jordan No, it does not have to be the same color. As long as the soul shield is of equal or less quality and within ~5 or so levels, it will be fine. At this point in the game, you should really go for Bloodshade harbor soul shield and Endless tower (mushin) soul shield as those are a lot better than the Moonwater soul shields. Either way, I'm not sure why you aren't able to fuse dokumo to moonwater arena pvp, it should work. I've done it myself countless times.
How do you show the equipped soul shield like an outfit? Currently, if i have no costume equipped and the whole soul shield gear equipped it shows me as naked? Am I doing something wrong?
+Ryan Dennler Soul shields are not an outfit. Soul shields have nothing to do with costumes besides the fact that you have to have a costume on for soul shields to work/be enabled.
+Massimo Saliba I would suggest the Blackram ones over the PvP ones as they have more crit. If you want to be more offensive, go for Blackram. If you want to have more health, go for Moonwater Arena ones.
How does it know which stat to pick from the fodder item when you are enchanting? Like how it chose block for your yeti soul shields instead of the vitality or hit to enchant your devil scorpion with
+Magnus Linden oh if only i have read this i would have not wasted my unsealing charms on moonwater arena set, i;m also a summoner and i got the moonwater arena set from faction, now i'm trying to farm my 2nd soul shield for offense and am thinking if still worth to get the blackram set and used again alot of unsealing charms =(
+Clyne Jenn well, my crit was 1800+ from Poh's set (all fused with Elite green crits) then if you really want to max out your crit rate.. try to combine Dokumo's and Poh's and whichever on moonwater set's got big crit. The downside will be lower HP and lower defenses
thanks for the guide, i just have question i'm currently level 33 summoner and am wearing this demon set from blackram narrows i'm thinking what would be my next best soul shield? if i want to farm the sacrificial set shield will i be able to survive in tomb of the exiles wearing this demon set?
+Clyne Jenn Either the set from the merchant outside of the Inn in Cinderlands or the sacrificial set. I would strongly suggest you just get the set outside of the inn as you would have to use a lot of unsealing charms on the sacrificial set and that might be costly later down the road.
+Deadlyness13 I was using it too before, but the crit rate and Def were too low for me until I changed to moonwater combined with brightstone soul shields.
+Fahd Magat It's mentioned in the video via annotations. I didn't talk about it because at the point of making the video, it wasn't announced yet what content we would have at launch. That being said, Poharan was the best one for PvE until BSH/Mushin patch that hit today.
Is really worth it to get the entire bopae set from Narrows and Tomb of Exile if you're close to complete it while farming the weapon like you said? Cause you would have to use the unsealing charms and the charms aren't cheap...atleast in NA and EU version
+questir1 It's honestly up to you. You definitely don't need either Narrows of ToE set whatsoever to level up but it's nice for the levels around there as you'll be more powerful. If you're worried about spending too many unsealing charms on them and the price of said charms, I'd suggest you do not get those soul shields and instead focus on the ones I covered in the guide 1-45.
+Magnus Linden +questir1 IMO what's easier, cheaper, and almost equal or possibly better is to buy the 36 set from the wheel guy in Yehara, and then to fuse the crit from the scorpion set. No charms needed and it'll save you the sanity from running Tomb + bidding on the pieces. Also the Tomb pieces secondary stats are random (I believe) so you may be getting crappy stats. The largest plus for the Tomb pieces are the high health (500 vs 250 for 36 blue set)
is blackram supply chain better than the other 4 lv 45 SS or still not as good as them ?? pvp still the best right? what are the special stat for blackram?
+phantom99169 In my opinion, Blackram is better. PvP is still good if you want to be very defensive and have the most health. Blackram is good because it has pretty good health with very high crit and 8piece gives you pierce, which is a nice stat against most bosses.
Hey i was told to get 2/7/8 of moonwater arena, and rest dokumo( NA) im not sure why 2/7/8 though. Do the arena ones have a random stat as in it can be crit as main or something else?
+Joey Gambardella There's normally 2-3 different stats it can roll per piece and which one you get is random and how much of that stat you get is random.
thx alot, was very helpfull! one would expect that there would be something in game that could explain some of the things you just did, but noooo, like the mouse buttons not being bindable , ..ncsoft ...
Magnus Linden can you explain how some kung fu masters in 3v3 and force masters seem to have high defense because ive seen them take loads of hits and not lose that much health is that due to skill points
+Brian Qin Blackram supply is the more offensive of the 2 and the PvP one is defensive. Personally I don't think defense matters unless you do a lot of world PvP as you're not supposed to sit there and just "eat" the damage from a boss, but use i-frames and dodging moves so I think Blackram is better for PvE.
If you want to farm scorpion and maybe get the costume in the process, go for it! Up to you really how fast you want to level and/or stop and get stuff like scorpion soul shield :)
+Magnus Linden I already killed the Scorpion Boss 4 Times and had the scorpion soul shield but as I am 38 now I replaced it with the one from the Tomb of Sacrifice. Should I really keep that one until max level? Also I didnt know the Scorpion wheel had a custome..
Every wheel has a costume that you can get from spinning. Normally there will be an npc dancing beside the wheel with the costume you get from that specific wheel on so you can see how it looks like. Keeping sacrificial set is good until 45, yes.
Hey I just got the Cinderlands Unsong Hero shield set that I bought with 8 stones, now why can't I fuse my green crit shields in them? They are blue, so they should be able to right? :/ These crit shield I made myself and worked to put them on my other set..
+Ino145 If you made the green viridian soul shields then those are too low of a level to be able to be used as fodder for the set you have right now. A fodder piece can't be lower than ~5 lvls and must be of the same quality or lower.
Hello. Can I ask what is the best set for 45 lvl . I mean a combination of different sets . I have a couple of mushin tower , but do not know which to use and where to get the rest. I play assassin. What should i farm now?
+Kamui 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either . Try to get 3piece mushin and 5 piece BSH for set bonuses. This set up will give you the most crit possible assuming you get crit on all pieces and good rolls on them.
how up to date is this guide? also if anyone can answer, i got a full tomb of the exile soul shield set and used the soul shields from the vendor at yehara to fuse with the tomb of the exile set. i found out that one of the soul shields the vendor sold (the one that costs 2 valor stones and is for the 8th slot) had a 66 crit bonus. i bought a ton of these and fused them to give my tomb of the exile set some extra crit. was this wise? also are purple named soul shields better than blue named ones?
+TeaNcrumpets RS It's up to date if you enable annotations for the 45 part. I personally don't recommend fusing and enchanting soul shields pre-45, it's just not needed as leveling is pretty fast and easy. That being said, now that you have fused your sacrificial soul shield, you will be good to go all the way to 45! Purple soul shields are better than blue/green, yes. It follows the usual standard quality formula most online mmo's use, white -> green -> blue -> purple -> etc
+Magnus Linden Thanks for the reply! i didnt mind fusing the soul shields because i had a lot of extra cinderlands valor stones and fusing only cost about 20 copper per
+Magnus Linden one more question, which is better a ruby with 100 additional damage or a 1 critical hit ruby? these are my crit stats if it matters prntscr.com/a15wop
+Magnus Linden hey i was doing some of the end game dungeons and someone told me that black ram was old and that the new soul shields from the 2/10 update( nightshade/bloodshade? or endless tower) were better. im still really confused on what i should be getting. optimally i would like a pvp and a pve soul shield set. could you please give me some advice?
Bro One Question, i want to Make myself with this last pvp soulshields a HP - Avoid / Crit Soulshield. and what i have to use for upgrade to get the Max stats?
+HUESO KOCAN I'd use either Dokumo soul shield set with the highest crit possible or the Blackram Supply chain set with the highest crit possible for the best fodder
If you can do part 2 with rest of the soul shields ... i dont know what to make after that pizza from "Jinx" .... The last one with Mushin tower is pretty hard ...
+Nick Lee If you only have 20k health then your soul shields are definitely at the lower end. Go to Nightshade harbor and get the set from there and if possible, the Endless Tower set as well. You want to aim to get these: 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either
is it possible to get every piece of the blackram set with crit on it? i have a full set and only 1 piece has crit as one of its base stat, should i continue farming them or is it impossible to get certain pieces with crit as base stat?, also i've been farming skittering tunnels for the crit shield, what is the least amount of crit i should be looking for if i want to use the piece to fuse it? 108+?
+slayassasin2 You can get crit on all the Blacram pieces except for #3, even though there are conflicting sources on that piece in particular but I've never seen a Blackram #3 with crit on it so I'd assume that the sources that say it can't have crit are the accurate ones. Considering you can get 112 crit or so on the green critical soul shield from Blackram 24man, you need to max roll Dokumo #8 for that to be worth farming for. I wouldn't bother farming Dokumo myself to be honest with you, either go for the green crit 112 crit ones from Blackram 24man, or just bite down and do the Moonwater Arena #2 or Artisian Moonwater primer.
thanks for the quick reply, i just have one thing to say about those green elite build crit shields, i had a couple lying around from the spinning wheel and when i tried to fuse them it would give me a lot lower base and max crit than if i would try and fuse the dokumo's with them, eg, if i would fuse a 111 dokumo it would give me between 51-101 and if i'd do the same with a green elite build one it was between 40 and 75
Yeah, that's where the green quality vs blue quality comes into play. It's up to you really how much time and effort you want to spend maximizing the soul shields. There will be new content coming on Feb 10th along with better soul shields to get(mushin 5pc and BSH 3pc) so in my opinion, it is rough to justify farming dokumo or any other soulshield than the easy green critical one :)
Oh yeah i haven't checked the newspage but i just did and i see that there is new content coming up on the 10th of feb, well i guess i'll wait for the new soul shields to be released and farm up on soulstones in the meanwhile. Thanks for the info though, the vid and your comments helped me out a lot ;), any tips for what i should focus on during upcoming content? soul shield related that is ( I'm destroyer ), what should be my main soul shield and where should i farm fusion parts for it?
I would just get the Blackram supply soul shield set from Blackram Supplyn Chain 6man dungeon and fuse it with green critical set from 24man dungeon. That will be plenty for when you get new soulshields in 1 week! :) Besides that, if you haven't already, try to max out your accessories and have enough Moonwater stones for upgrading your weapon when the patch hits!
Hey im level 35 atm and im a blade master. I find that when i try to do the faction quests, i die very easily to other people (pvp) and im currently using the blackram supply soul shield set. Is this a decent soul shield set or should i use a different one?
+Bob Marly If the players are higher level than you, you will die quick in most cases. You can definitely to better at your level than using a lvl 20 soul shield. I would go for the Scorpion set and use that. You can get that set from farming world boss Picky and use the essences he drops for the wheel close to him.
In that case, yes, Blackram is behind especially with the content that just got released today. I'd recommend this one: 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either And once you get that, the latest one is: 1: Naryu, 2 :Mushin, 3: BSH/Mushin1-7, 4: Naryu, 5: BSH, 6: Naryu, 7: BSH, 8: Naryu
and yea sorry about it but i need to ask this thing too why do i need acc state? i play as FM and never see *miss attack* dose acc work like i will get better luck at doing best base damge? or how dose it work? and what's best SShield for me to have? same as what u said? acc+crit? cuz atm i'm useing evo+crit
+Ahmed Al-NS Press P and look under your character stat. You need to have 110% hit/accuracy and then you're good to go. The best soul shield stats, assuming you're accuracy capped and pierce capped (not many SS with pierce though) is always going to be crit. You don't need any defensive stats whatsoever since you can manually dodge 99% of all the attacks in the game.
+Magnus Linden i see thnx for info that was really helpful but one last thing i need to ask you , i've bloodshade SS mixed blue and pruble is it better for me to have the pvp one in the last of your video or just try to get M.T SS instead? and thnx for all your help :D
No. Get these ones, 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either . Make sure all of them have crit and you're good to go.
+Magnus Linden i see ok that's all i need to know i guess thnx for all your time for helping here u have my sub + like xD and sorry for takeing up your time atm i've 118.88% accuracy *962* and critcal 36.45% *1425* i will have to try to get all purple BS 5 and mushin i've 2 now already. well now i know what to do and how to make my FM better i guess i will try my best working on it thnx for the guide :) hope you best of luck :D and keep it up ^^
+Pasquale Esposito The absolute best fodder ss is the Artisan Moonwater primer ss that you craft via soul wardens. I wouldn't recommend it at this stage though as you will replace your current ss with new ones that comes out in just shy of a week with the new content patch.
No gear matters in Arena, including soulshields. They're all deactivated and stats are equalized for all players. World PvP I would still go for all crit.
+policom92 If you're looking for great crit with good hp, get the Blackram Supply chain soul shield. Feed it with the green critical soul shield set you get from E. Fleet supply chain, cheap and effective.
+Magnus Linden Ok seems like a rly nice stat boost. Im not concerned about the cost though, so even if there is a better stat boost but costly i would take it.
+DooM H No it isn't. There is only 1v1, 3v3, eventually way down the road a 6v6 battleground and "open" world PvP. There is a lot more content in PvE than there is in PvP.
Great, thanks for the answer. Keep up those guides by the way i found them really helpfull as BnS gets a little bit confusing for someone that never played Asian games.
I just had to pause the video and say you changed my entire view of Blade and Soul within moments. I had no idea soul shields were your armor. I thought they were like augments for your weapons. I have been pouring money into upgrading my necklace, earing, ring, and weapon thinking that was what the game was all about. But when I would go into dungeons people would complain, kick me, or leave the party. Thanks for the help. Maybe now I can solo these dailies that almost kill me every time and get into dungeon groups.
21:45 Is when he talks about 45 soul shields.
more guides pls awesome job !!!!
We call it Pizza in my guild
really nice guide, now I understand how the fusion works. Keep uploading videos like this the game is amazing
Dude, really, big thanks to you, started the game recently, and it's pretty confusing, your guide is really really helpful !
This guide was all I was looking for! Thanks!
thank you, very useful guide. I actually knew most of it but I was surprised that there are 3 different versions of pieces, never realized it. Thanks!
~that final fantasy music
I'm lvl 12 and have a bunch of duplicate soul shield pieces, had no idea I could break them down haha. Thanks for the vid
This guide is fabulous, thanks!
Pretty good guide, gave me a good idea of what to expect. Do you plan on making a guide on weapon upgrading, or crafting professions aswell?
+plexyan734 I'll probably make a crafting guide in the future on how it works and what's good for launch. Thanks for watching!
This is very helpful thank you very much for the explanation im still kinda new to blade and soul with my first character thats lv.43 atm i never knew how important soul shields are and weapon upgrading is.
So what's better? Unsung hero or golden deva set? U said *u can get golden deva set or buy with valor stones the unsung hero*, so I'm not sure wich one is better. Unsung gives me like 1200 extra HP, deva give me almost 200 more def,
So my problem is I don't know what gives me more *efective HP*, I think is better 1200HP over 200 def? Not sure :/
+SiferYT At that health level, I'd go with Deva set.
Magnus Linden Alright, thnx!
Great guide for a new player like me.
That Final Fantasy Theme in the background!
So, did you mention, if we should upgrade the Soul Shields right from the start or break /salvage them until some point later?
what's the soundtrack that starts at 17:00? looks like some remake of the FF prelude!!
Thank you for this and the other guides!. Subscribed.
thanks! your video answers all my questions
Very detailed, helped a lot, thanks!
thank you so much, I'm looking for this
The nostalgia.. I heard a final fantasy music? hahaha @18:09 lol
Thanks for the guide.I am new to this game and genre in general so those soul sheilds were my enemy to understand before you'r vid.You'r amazing.Just one question:What should I have on my Soul Sheilds for Summoner
Can you please do a follow up video of additional soul shield sets for Lv 50?
Amazing guide! thank you so much
Very good guide!
awesome guide
Is that swimsuit availible for Gon female? I freaking want it so bad.
+FranBunnyFFXII Yes, all races can wear it, male and female.
Very good video! Thank you!
Very informative video, helps a lot.
Thank you for the guide. I have one question - do I 'upgrade' soul shield only once? As in, secondary, merged soul shield is kinda 'all'? This is what I understood from your vid, bu I can't check now, I'm in freaking queue. :)
Also, tip for next guide - if you want to refer to NA/EU client, instead of repeating North America and Europe, just say 'English' client. ;-) I'm sure it will be logical for all viewers.
Again, thanks a lot!
+eskela123 That depends on you. Say you get the soul shields you want and then you want to add crit on a piece. Say you have a chance to get anywhere from 80 to 100 crit on that soul shield you want to keep and you get 80, you can then just go with that or try again later when you get another crit fodder SS to get 100. Hopefully that makes sense :)
Good idea about the English wording, I might use that for future videos, thanks!
+Magnus Linden Ha, sorry, I got that upgrade over an over again until you get perfect stats thing. Let me rephrase, as it wasn't clear. Every 'main' soul shield will only ever get one secondary soul shield merged with it? So there are no soulshields with '2 slots' for upgrades or anything like it?
Yes, that is right. You can only add 1 stat to a soul shield :)
By the way, do you have any guides to you weapon enchants? what to do? switch weapons?
Nice guide thanks for the help.
On your soul shield tab, where it shows your equipped and alternate soul shields, how do you store more than two soul shield sets down below? There are all those rows of empty soul shield storage slots, but I can't figure out how to store more sets down there.
very good info, thanks much!!
Great guide man! Thanks a lot.
Just by the way, is this info still accurate as the game is right now?
+Tanksenior The only difference is that at 45, the best PvE set is the Blackram Supply Chain soul shields from E. Fleet supply chain and Blackram Supply Chain dungeons. The Moonwater arena is still the best world PvP set though.
+Magnus Linden Thank you!
+Magnus Linden is it fine to use moonwater arena set on all classes? im playing destroyer
Moonwater Arena has the most health and defensive stat while Blackram supply has the most critical. I'd go for Blackram over Moonwater myself at this point but it's up to you
Blackram Supply SS can have differents stats like you said in 4:10 ? Or they just begin to show different status on lvl 45+ ?
+Vinícius Ferreira What I meant by that is that when you are say for example level 12 and you kill a dungeon boss or a monster somewhere and get 2 #3 of the same soul shield, they will be identical in stats. When you kill stuff at ~43-44+ or pretty much everything at 45, almost every soul shield can have 2-3 different stats on it with 1-5 different stat ranges.
So yes, Blackram supply SS have a lot of these different stats and ranges. :)
+Magnus Linden
Thanks a lot! Your videos are really helpfull!!
You deserve all my respect sir >:)
Vinícius Ferreira Thanks for the support man, appreciate it!
this is so useful, they did a terrible job at explaining this system, actually i didn't know what the hell bo pae was and why i had to upgrade it. i was lvl 20 with unagraded soul shield
really helped, thanks for the video :D
What is the music you use for the video? Nice video btw. Very informative.
+Ernest Seto Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I use various gaming remixes from OCremix as my music.
ya i got gankd while watching the video just when u said to make sure no one gank me XD
What stats are most used for KFM's if you don't mind me asking? Great guide on soul shields btw, kudos.
+TheStormcrow8 Crit and accuracy is the most used stats. At this point, go for Blackram supply chain soul shields, enchant it with crit and you'll be good!
Awesome, thanks alot for the prompt response, and keep up the good work XP
this is soo helpfull. thanks for the guide :D
Good video, I learned a couple things but I didn't learn the one thing I came searching for. Are you supposed to be able to equip two full soul shields, one active and one "stand by?" In the UI there are two pies on the soul shield window and on the inventory page it has that button to swap to your back up but whenever I try to put pieces in the other one they both change. So is there some trick to equipping the back up soul shield, is it level locked and the game just doesn't tell you that, if so what level does it come available?
+GenericName007 Yes, you can. Press B to open the soul shield equipment window and drag soul shields to your backup set and you're good to go.
Thanks for the guide. One question, should I enchant low level soul shields? Like those soul shields below lv 36.
+Tuckstube You can if you want to but I wouldn't recommend it, better to save your money and materials for 36+
thx for the guide
Dude there's no fuckin explanation for this fusion thing anywhere. I do understand i should fuse dokumo to arena soul shields but how exacly it works do i randomly fuse a dokumo ? or is tthere a spesific number for the soul shield i'm gonna fuse ? can u please explain that and after crit fuse can i fuse extra stat to it or just 1 ?
+Serdar Murat Acar I'll try to break it down for you, let me know if it helps!
1. Run Blackram Supply chain and get Blackram supply soul shields.
2. Run E. Fleet supply and get the green elite critical soul shield pieces (drops from pretty much any monster in there)
3. Save all green critical pieces that have 108 or more critical on them.
4. Use those soul shields as fodder and enchant them to your Blackram supply soul shields as crit (it will pick crit automatically as that's the only stat on them)
That being said, you can only fuse 1 stat and if you want to fuse the same stat again or another stat, the old stat will be removed.
Don't u think that fusing craft crit soul shields to duel arena set better ?
Serdar Murat Acar No. Arena set has more defensive stat and health but a lot less crit than Blackram. I go for crit.
+Magnus Linden What does a BM need? thanks
+lNecko Same as everyone else really. You don't tank in this game by just standing still and taking damage so going all damage is best in my opinion. In this case, that would be Blackram supply soul shields enchanted with crit.
How u use this hair? Really need too know! I love it!
Hello there! Great video :D
Just wondering since im new to this game. Im almost level 45 and im more into PvE. Im playing destroyer and i wonder what soul shields you would recommend me for this class. So far i only have the Exiles dungeon ones. So i was thinking of getting the 2nd tier of the blue ones to start farming for blackram as u typed in the video.. But in your opinion wich ones would you recommend me?
Thank you!
+SasiaaL Blackram ones for sure. Get the blue ones first and maybe you get lucky and get a few epic pieces too, then run Blackram Supply chain 6man dungeon and get the same set but all epic, try to get crit on every piece too, except piece 3 :)
+Magnus Linden Thank you!
For when BHS & POH come out which set is best, or is it better to wait til mushins tower
You should farm blackram narrows anyhow to get the 400hp bonus from the accomplishment (for finishing it 10 times)
Nice guide really helped.
NA Server
greatest guide ever.. just im dumb so i have a few questions :D
U said if we get lucky and get the sacrifice SS from the Tomb of exiles we can just chill with it till lvl 45 and then we get a new better one... my question is if we get the blight SS from the black narrows dungeon to where does that take us? its clear its better then the viridian one.. but the deva? the one u buy with the 8 red stones? the scorpion one? if we eliminate the factor of farming and assume we already have all the pieces what would be the list 1>2>3>4 of those 4 SS ive listed.. TY in advance, uve been a great help :D
+SilentStorm Blackram narrows would probably last up to about Scorpion set/Desert heroic set. I wouldn't recommend getting any epic set though as you would have to use 3x unsealing charms per piece to unseal it and that could be costly. Considering each unsealing charm is ~10silver each at this point, you would basically spend just over 2gold to unseal a soulshield you don't really need while leveling. I would stick to the blue quality ones, it's better for the long run :)
U mean 8 charms? I see ur point... so just get viridian one and see what comes along while farming breaktrough wepons.. but damn are the 8 charms of that value that u cant waste them.. it seems like i could farm up 30 in a day of daylies
It costs 3x unsealing charms per 1 of the Sacrificial soul set pieces, that's what I mean. Just think of every unsealing charm as 10s and do the math, it costs a lot to just unseal stuff you only use for a while when leveling up.
Rawr, we need this outfit on EU.
Thanks for clearing some things up but I still have a few questions.
1. Does the PvP soul shield work for PvE, and is it good for PvE?
2. What soul shield should I use to enhance the best PvE soul shield with?
3. What are the best of best weapon/accessories in eu/na and how can I get them?
I am working on gearing my assassin as my main for optimal DPS. (Absolute best obtainable gear possible)
Thank you in advance.
+Swishkebab It works for PvE but I would recommend you get the Blackram supply soul shield set instead. The best fodder you can use is Moonwater Arena #2 but that will require soulstones to use as fodder and will be costly. The best weapon/accessories are the Siren ones, you upgrade your Hongmoon weapon and accessories to that stage. The materials you need for it towards the end comes from Blackram supply chain dungeon, 6 and 4man.
+Magnus Linden Thanks. So if I understood correctly, there is only 1 weapon that you use in the game and the rest of weapons is for upgrading that weapon / altering the appearance of that weapon using other weapons from the game? And same for accessories. Just want to make sure since I am gearing for the ultimate best, I'd rather not waste time and effort on temporary gear unless needed.Thanks again and sorry for being so ignorantish, I just can't find this stuff on google without getting confuse. Note: I am lv43 and I will hit 45 probably tonight. So it's gear grinding time.
Yes, you keep upgrading and using Hongmoon weapon and accessories the entire time.
You're amazing! I would love to contact you in game once I can play it (in 4 hours)! Thanks! This was really helpful. I never played the game but I always do my research first :D
+Adham El-Desoukii I play on NA - Poharan server, feel free to msg me any time!
aw! I joined Old Man Cho! :(
Im new to bns just started playing 4 days ago and i see that so many people have that wig you are wearing and that looks so epic on female chars so im wondering can you even get that anymore from somewhere? I assume you first got it from wheel of fate but can you get it anymore somehow?
The one I'm wearing in the video is from an event in Taiwan. The NA/EU red/black version I think you had a chance to get from an event too or in the cash shop. There is also a white/black one that is a rare drop from Poharan, the last boss in the Blackram Supply Chain dungeon.
Oh okay! Thank you so much for fast answer! I quess im gonna farm the Blackram until i get one XD
well done, nice video. Thx for the help
So if we want to go with the PvP set, what would be the best soul shield to enchant that set with? It seems like something that gives crit would be the best option, what do you recommend?
+Twin Royal Crit all the way! Spider (dokumo) set has a lot of crit that can be used as fodder.
+Magnus Linden Thanks, do you know if the stats on the PvP set vary or are they fixed because they're sold from a vendor? (sorry if u said this in the vid and i missed it)
The stats are varied so if you want the best ones, keep on grinding and buying! At this point though, I suggest you get the Blackram soul shield set instead, at least for PvE, from the Blackram dungeon. It's easy to get too :)
so the best boape in the current NA/EU version is the pvp one ? and we can get it in a hour or so and then just to get other bopaes with the best stats we want and enchance the pvp one ?
+Teodor Narliyski In my opinion, the PvP one is indeed the best one. You can mix and match it with other soul shields if you want more crit or whatever other stat you want more of.
Magnus, How do you have so many unsealing charms? i'm struggeling with those right now..
+TwiSlayer This video is from Taiwan where you can buy 1000 unsealing charms for 10g or so :)
Magnus Linden holy fuck
How did you get the health on that soul shield so high?
+Spades0207 high lvl Soul Shields(45lvl+) have 3 different numbers in the stats: low, mid and max stat. with few words it's all about RNG. btw, the stats you get are also random. you may want to get HP, Def and Crit, but you can get HP, Def, Block
Thanks a lot :)
good morning/evening.
if you don't mind i need to ask this * is all classes best state of soul shield to have is the same as u said?* like in force master do i need crtical and acc? and same thing with blade master and the rest of classes? or each class good for another state? and thnx for the guide :)
+Ahmed Al-NS Yes, same stats for all classes :)
+Magnus Linden and what acc is for.. you haven't told me the point of haveing it XD
I have one problem, when I put soul shields in the alternative place, it both changes, so I can't have 2 set and change between them, any idea what should I do?
+Rit mo Click and drag the soul shields to the alternative place.
What i'm wondering (i know the video is a bit old) is if it is even worth fully upgrading SSs since most of the PvE content is pretty quick to do and since most of the attacks can be blocked/evaded/Iframed are the benefits worth the hassle?
+Skarwind It's up to you really. Do you really need to go balls out and get the best soulshields? Not really. I think it's more of a mindset if anything and considering that Blackram supply chain 4man is easy and that you'll get better soul shields from the next dungeon, Bloodshade Harbor, it might be hard to justify spending money and time maxing out the current soulshields.
Hey whats up? Quick question. How do you make 2 SS? Whenever I equip a piece it equips it in both SS slots. The game says I'm supposed to have 2 and be able to switch them (for PVE and PVP for example) but I can only have one. Is it a level thing? I'm low level still.
Also, great guide man. I really like them
+Lucas Martin Drag the SS to the other slot, that'll work. I'm glad you like my videos, thank you for your support!
+Magnus Linden Thanks it worked. This game is cool and all but it's not very intuitive and I haven't found detailed guides anywhere yet. So far your videos are the best
Yeah I definitely agree with that, lots of information like that is missing and the game doesn't do a good job at telling you a lot of those things.
So, to enchant soul shields, do they need to be of the same color? Like, purple to purple, blue to blue, etc.? I have the moonwater arena PVP set, and I want to enchant to get more crit if I can. I heard a guy talk on Twitch about enchanting the PVP set with the Dokumo set to max crit, but it doesn't work for me.
+Jordan No, it does not have to be the same color. As long as the soul shield is of equal or less quality and within ~5 or so levels, it will be fine. At this point in the game, you should really go for Bloodshade harbor soul shield and Endless tower (mushin) soul shield as those are a lot better than the Moonwater soul shields.
Either way, I'm not sure why you aren't able to fuse dokumo to moonwater arena pvp, it should work. I've done it myself countless times.
Ok thanks for the tip. Time to hit up the harbor then.
Where did ya get taht swimsuit?
+Shinobine From an event
Magnus Linden Aww =/ was hoping to get onr..
How do you show the equipped soul shield like an outfit? Currently, if i have no costume equipped and the whole soul shield gear equipped it shows me as naked? Am I doing something wrong?
+Ryan Dennler I have the full Stalker Soul Shield set
+Ryan Dennler Soul shields are not an outfit. Soul shields have nothing to do with costumes besides the fact that you have to have a costume on for soul shields to work/be enabled.
What about the Blackram Supply Soul Shields? Are they any good compared to the PVP ones?
+Massimo Saliba I would suggest the Blackram ones over the PvP ones as they have more crit. If you want to be more offensive, go for Blackram. If you want to have more health, go for Moonwater Arena ones.
How does it know which stat to pick from the fodder item when you are enchanting? Like how it chose block for your yeti soul shields instead of the vitality or hit to enchant your devil scorpion with
+pocketlabelz It will pick the highest stat available and it will never pick vitality or health.
as for Summoners, do you think the Blackram set + green crit from E-Fleet'd work for me?
+Jayr WalkingstickShinyknife Yeah, that would work for sure! :)
+Magnus Linden okay, thanks for the suggestion. But do i really need the faction shield (moonwater something) than Blackram set?
No, you do not need the Moonwater Arena set.
+Magnus Linden oh if only i have read this i would have not wasted my unsealing charms on moonwater arena set, i;m also a summoner and i got the moonwater arena set from faction, now i'm trying to farm my 2nd soul shield for offense and am thinking if still worth to get the blackram set and used again alot of unsealing charms =(
+Clyne Jenn well, my crit was 1800+ from Poh's set (all fused with Elite green crits) then if you really want to max out your crit rate.. try to combine Dokumo's and Poh's and whichever on moonwater set's got big crit. The downside will be lower HP and lower defenses
thanks for the guide, i just have question i'm currently level 33 summoner and am wearing this demon set from blackram narrows i'm thinking what would be my next best soul shield? if i want to farm the sacrificial set shield will i be able to survive in tomb of the exiles wearing this demon set?
+Clyne Jenn Either the set from the merchant outside of the Inn in Cinderlands or the sacrificial set. I would strongly suggest you just get the set outside of the inn as you would have to use a lot of unsealing charms on the sacrificial set and that might be costly later down the road.
+Magnus Linden thanks for the advice i really appreciate it.
You didn't mention poharan soul shield set. Is it because that soul shield bad?
+Deadlyness13 I was using it too before, but the crit rate and Def were too low for me until I changed to moonwater combined with brightstone soul shields.
+Fahd Magat It's mentioned in the video via annotations. I didn't talk about it because at the point of making the video, it wasn't announced yet what content we would have at launch. That being said, Poharan was the best one for PvE until BSH/Mushin patch that hit today.
+Magnus Linden yeah you already told me a few days ago.
Is really worth it to get the entire bopae set from Narrows and Tomb of Exile if you're close to complete it while farming the weapon like you said? Cause you would have to use the unsealing charms and the charms aren't cheap...atleast in NA and EU version
+questir1 It's honestly up to you. You definitely don't need either Narrows of ToE set whatsoever to level up but it's nice for the levels around there as you'll be more powerful. If you're worried about spending too many unsealing charms on them and the price of said charms, I'd suggest you do not get those soul shields and instead focus on the ones I covered in the guide 1-45.
+Magnus Linden +questir1
IMO what's easier, cheaper, and almost equal or possibly better is to buy the 36 set from the wheel guy in Yehara, and then to fuse the crit from the scorpion set. No charms needed and it'll save you the sanity from running Tomb + bidding on the pieces. Also the Tomb pieces secondary stats are random (I believe) so you may be getting crappy stats. The largest plus for the Tomb pieces are the high health (500 vs 250 for 36 blue set)
is blackram supply chain better than the other 4 lv 45 SS or still not as good as them ?? pvp still the best right? what are the special stat for blackram?
+phantom99169 In my opinion, Blackram is better. PvP is still good if you want to be very defensive and have the most health. Blackram is good because it has pretty good health with very high crit and 8piece gives you pierce, which is a nice stat against most bosses.
Hey i was told to get 2/7/8 of moonwater arena, and rest dokumo( NA) im not sure why 2/7/8 though. Do the arena ones have a random stat as in it can be crit as main or something else?
+Joey Gambardella There's normally 2-3 different stats it can roll per piece and which one you get is random and how much of that stat you get is random.
Yow is it advisable to get the second soulshield in yeharas mirage the one that costs two stones before farming tomb of exiles?
+Delfin Masamayor Yeah, might as well. The valor stones don't have much use besides buying the SS so I'd say go for it
Misty Woods Arena shield or Poharan for Lv45?
Thanks for the replies.
+Constantine Tsarkos (Midnighthunter) Poharan, assuming you the good pieces with crit on them.
Cheers!
Hey, what's best for Assasin at level around 30
+Gamal Paci Check the description of the video for a breakdown.
thx alot, was very helpfull! one would expect that there would be something in game that could explain some of the things you just did, but noooo, like the mouse buttons not being bindable , ..ncsoft ...
does soul shield have any effect in pvp
+Macho MikeTV World-PvP yes, Arena PvP no.
Magnus Linden can you explain how some kung fu masters in 3v3 and force masters seem to have high defense because ive seen them take loads of hits and not lose that much health is that due to skill points
Macho MikeTV That is their abilities being used.
+Magnus Linden ohh fair enough ty
I'm a lv 45 Blade Dancer at NA sever. Can you tell me what soul shield set i shoul get at the current patch ?
+Cường Nguyễn 1: Either 2: Endless Tower 3: Bloodshade Harbor 4: Endless Tower 5: Bloodshade Harbor 6: Endless Tower 7: Bloodshade Harbor and 8: Either.
+Magnus Linden Wow super fast reply thank you so much.
At level 45 should I get the Black ram supply chain one or the PvP one?
+Brian Qin Blackram supply is the more offensive of the 2 and the PvP one is defensive. Personally I don't think defense matters unless you do a lot of world PvP as you're not supposed to sit there and just "eat" the damage from a boss, but use i-frames and dodging moves so I think Blackram is better for PvE.
+Magnus Linden Alright fair enough, thank you.
Does the blackram shield all have crits? or are they random?
+Saito Himea Every piece except for #3 can have crit on it.
Thanks for answering my question. the E fleet one right?
For the blue quality one, yes. Go for Blackram supply chain for the epic version.
Is the Desert Scorpion Set better than the Demon Set from Blackram Narrows? I am 33 atm and still using the Demon one
+iSincerity Yes, it is better.
Should I go for the Scorpion one or better the next one?
If you want to farm scorpion and maybe get the costume in the process, go for it! Up to you really how fast you want to level and/or stop and get stuff like scorpion soul shield :)
+Magnus Linden I already killed the Scorpion Boss 4 Times and had the scorpion soul shield but as I am 38 now I replaced it with the one from the Tomb of Sacrifice. Should I really keep that one until max level? Also I didnt know the Scorpion wheel had a custome..
Every wheel has a costume that you can get from spinning. Normally there will be an npc dancing beside the wheel with the costume you get from that specific wheel on so you can see how it looks like. Keeping sacrificial set is good until 45, yes.
Hey I just got the Cinderlands Unsong Hero shield set that I bought with 8 stones, now why can't I fuse my green crit shields in them? They are blue, so they should be able to right? :/ These crit shield I made myself and worked to put them on my other set..
+Ino145 If you made the green viridian soul shields then those are too low of a level to be able to be used as fodder for the set you have right now. A fodder piece can't be lower than ~5 lvls and must be of the same quality or lower.
Magnus Linden Ah alright, so I gotta get higher level made then or aquire, got it, thanks once more! :D
Hello. Can I ask what is the best set for 45 lvl . I mean a combination of different sets . I have a couple of mushin tower , but do not know which to use and where to get the rest. I play assassin. What should i farm now?
+Tomokene Leaving a comment here 'cause i want to know too xD
+Kamui 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either . Try to get 3piece mushin and 5 piece BSH for set bonuses. This set up will give you the most crit possible assuming you get crit on all pieces and good rolls on them.
Wow ty for help. I back to farm.
hey, are you a gm in cabal eu :D ?
nice vid man, you know your shit
Can you fuse the spider bopae with the pvp bopae from misty fields?
+Alex Wan No, you can't. The fodder has to be lower or the same quality as the one you want enchanted.
Moonwater pvp is purple and spider is blue.
I thought you meant the other way around, use PvP as fodder for spider. That wouldn't work but using spider as fodder for PvP would work.
how up to date is this guide?
also if anyone can answer, i got a full tomb of the exile soul shield set and used the soul shields from the vendor at yehara to fuse with the tomb of the exile set. i found out that one of the soul shields the vendor sold (the one that costs 2 valor stones and is for the 8th slot) had a 66 crit bonus. i bought a ton of these and fused them to give my tomb of the exile set some extra crit. was this wise?
also are purple named soul shields better than blue named ones?
+TeaNcrumpets RS It's up to date if you enable annotations for the 45 part. I personally don't recommend fusing and enchanting soul shields pre-45, it's just not needed as leveling is pretty fast and easy. That being said, now that you have fused your sacrificial soul shield, you will be good to go all the way to 45!
Purple soul shields are better than blue/green, yes. It follows the usual standard quality formula most online mmo's use, white -> green -> blue -> purple -> etc
+Magnus Linden Thanks for the reply! i didnt mind fusing the soul shields because i had a lot of extra cinderlands valor stones and fusing only cost about 20 copper per
+Magnus Linden one more question, which is better a ruby with 100 additional damage or a 1 critical hit ruby?
these are my crit stats if it matters
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I personally like the dmg one better but the crit one is definitely not bad. Try out both if you have them :)
+Magnus Linden hey i was doing some of the end game dungeons and someone told me that black ram was old and that the new soul shields from the 2/10 update( nightshade/bloodshade? or endless tower) were better. im still really confused on what i should be getting. optimally i would like a pvp and a pve soul shield set. could you please give me some advice?
Bro One Question, i want to Make myself with this last pvp soulshields a HP - Avoid / Crit Soulshield. and what i have to use for upgrade to get the Max stats?
+HUESO KOCAN I'd use either Dokumo soul shield set with the highest crit possible or the Blackram Supply chain set with the highest crit possible for the best fodder
ok and for evade?
Evade isn't worth stacking as you can' really stack it high enough to just evade a lot of attacks. You should rely in I-frames to evade enemy attacks
If you can do part 2 with rest of the soul shields ... i dont know what to make after that pizza from "Jinx" .... The last one with Mushin tower is pretty hard ...
+alupigus07 I'll be making an updated guide with gear and soul shields to get when the new patch hits next week.
Magnus Linden Very nice to hear that :)
What about the soul shields you have? I'm at 45 and everyone has like 40k+ health and I still have only like 20k...
+Nick Lee If you only have 20k health then your soul shields are definitely at the lower end. Go to Nightshade harbor and get the set from there and if possible, the Endless Tower set as well.
You want to aim to get these: 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either
is it possible to get every piece of the blackram set with crit on it? i have a full set and only 1 piece has crit as one of its base stat, should i continue farming them or is it impossible to get certain pieces with crit as base stat?, also i've been farming skittering tunnels for the crit shield, what is the least amount of crit i should be looking for if i want to use the piece to fuse it? 108+?
+slayassasin2 You can get crit on all the Blacram pieces except for #3, even though there are conflicting sources on that piece in particular but I've never seen a Blackram #3 with crit on it so I'd assume that the sources that say it can't have crit are the accurate ones. Considering you can get 112 crit or so on the green critical soul shield from Blackram 24man, you need to max roll Dokumo #8 for that to be worth farming for. I wouldn't bother farming Dokumo myself to be honest with you, either go for the green crit 112 crit ones from Blackram 24man, or just bite down and do the Moonwater Arena #2 or Artisian Moonwater primer.
thanks for the quick reply, i just have one thing to say about those green elite build crit shields, i had a couple lying around from the spinning wheel and when i tried to fuse them it would give me a lot lower base and max crit than if i would try and fuse the dokumo's with them, eg, if i would fuse a 111 dokumo it would give me between 51-101 and if i'd do the same with a green elite build one it was between 40 and 75
Yeah, that's where the green quality vs blue quality comes into play. It's up to you really how much time and effort you want to spend maximizing the soul shields. There will be new content coming on Feb 10th along with better soul shields to get(mushin 5pc and BSH 3pc) so in my opinion, it is rough to justify farming dokumo or any other soulshield than the easy green critical one :)
Oh yeah i haven't checked the newspage but i just did and i see that there is new content coming up on the 10th of feb, well i guess i'll wait for the new soul shields to be released and farm up on soulstones in the meanwhile. Thanks for the info though, the vid and your comments helped me out a lot ;), any tips for what i should focus on during upcoming content? soul shield related that is ( I'm destroyer ), what should be my main soul shield and where should i farm fusion parts for it?
I would just get the Blackram supply soul shield set from Blackram Supplyn Chain 6man dungeon and fuse it with green critical set from 24man dungeon. That will be plenty for when you get new soulshields in 1 week! :) Besides that, if you haven't already, try to max out your accessories and have enough Moonwater stones for upgrading your weapon when the patch hits!
Hey im level 35 atm and im a blade master. I find that when i try to do the faction quests, i die very easily to other people (pvp) and im currently using the blackram supply soul shield set. Is this a decent soul shield set or should i use a different one?
+Bob Marly If the players are higher level than you, you will die quick in most cases. You can definitely to better at your level than using a lvl 20 soul shield. I would go for the Scorpion set and use that. You can get that set from farming world boss Picky and use the essences he drops for the wheel close to him.
Oh my bad i meant to say 45 and its not a level 20 soul set, its the one from the purple dungeon at the end
In that case, yes, Blackram is behind especially with the content that just got released today.
I'd recommend this one:
1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either
And once you get that, the latest one is:
1: Naryu, 2 :Mushin, 3: BSH/Mushin1-7, 4: Naryu, 5: BSH, 6: Naryu, 7: BSH, 8: Naryu
Do you not get the same soul shield for the bonus effects? Or have you done the maths and it is not worth it?
Bob Marly Most of the times you mix them to maximize the crit for damage :)
and yea sorry about it but i need to ask this thing too why do i need acc state? i play as FM and never see *miss attack* dose acc work like i will get better luck at doing best base damge? or how dose it work? and what's best SShield for me to have? same as what u said? acc+crit? cuz atm i'm useing evo+crit
+Ahmed Al-NS Press P and look under your character stat. You need to have 110% hit/accuracy and then you're good to go. The best soul shield stats, assuming you're accuracy capped and pierce capped (not many SS with pierce though) is always going to be crit. You don't need any defensive stats whatsoever since you can manually dodge 99% of all the attacks in the game.
+Magnus Linden i see thnx for info that was really helpful but one last thing i need to ask you , i've bloodshade SS mixed blue and pruble is it better for me to have the pvp one in the last of your video or just try to get M.T SS instead? and thnx for all your help :D
No. Get these ones, 1: Either, 2: Mushin, 3: Bloodshade, 4: Either, 5: Bloodshade, 6: Either, 7: Bloodshade, 8: Either . Make sure all of them have crit and you're good to go.
Yes, mix 2 different SS. You want to go 5piece BSH (all purple if possible) and 3piece Endless tower (mushin).
+Magnus Linden i see ok that's all i need to know i guess thnx for all your time for helping here u have my sub + like xD and sorry for takeing up your time atm i've 118.88% accuracy *962* and critcal 36.45% *1425* i will have to try to get all purple BS 5 and mushin i've 2 now already. well now i know what to do and how to make my FM better i guess i will try my best working on it thnx for the guide :) hope you best of luck :D and keep it up ^^
what is the best ss to rifine my supply ss? I have to craft them with soulwarden?
+Pasquale Esposito The absolute best fodder ss is the Artisan Moonwater primer ss that you craft via soul wardens. I wouldn't recommend it at this stage though as you will replace your current ss with new ones that comes out in just shy of a week with the new content patch.
+Magnus Linden ah.... and what about arena bopae?
+Pasquale Esposito i will change it too in world pvp?
No gear matters in Arena, including soulshields. They're all deactivated and stats are equalized for all players. World PvP I would still go for all crit.
ah okok thanks for the tips =)
In an end game scenario. Wich bo pae should i equip and wich one should i look to feed it? Im trying to get the best Hp/Crit stats.
+policom92 If you're looking for great crit with good hp, get the Blackram Supply chain soul shield. Feed it with the green critical soul shield set you get from E. Fleet supply chain, cheap and effective.
+Magnus Linden Ok seems like a rly nice stat boost. Im not concerned about the cost though, so even if there is a better stat boost but costly i would take it.
Is this game really that PVP oriented ? I don't really like PVP in MMOs so can i basically only focus on PVE or will it loose steam real fast ?
+DooM H No it isn't. There is only 1v1, 3v3, eventually way down the road a 6v6 battleground and "open" world PvP. There is a lot more content in PvE than there is in PvP.
Great, thanks for the answer. Keep up those guides by the way i found them really helpfull as BnS gets a little bit confusing for someone that never played Asian games.