05-01-2007, 03:38 PM
Vay Wrote:Any of you Fortefighters out there can give a little input on how the Axe PA progresses as you hit level 11, then level 21? Thanks in advance.
Axe's first PA is a knock away (for most monsters) or a knock down (for flying or large four-legged beasties). It can hit up to two targets at the same time.
Axe's second PA allows you to jump onto your prone target and damage it, as well as damaging one other creature if it's standing nearby.
Axe's third PA again damages your target, then knocks it away once more. Again, if another enemy is within range it'll do the same to that one as well.
Axe is particularly useful for bringing down flyers, like Shagreece in Parum. A claw can do this on the first hit as well, but a claw can only follow up with around 800 damage using it's 2nd Photon Art, whereas the Axe does about 500-800 per blow, (over 1000 damage if it criticals at higher levels) plus the added bonus of knocking the Shagreece down again if it manages to get airborne during the 2nd and 3rd of the Axe's Photon Art moves. In a solo setting I tend to opt for the Spear for flyers as it's slightly faster (but annoying when the 3rd PA misses which would normally result in a knockdown), but when the Spear runs out of PP the Axe is next in line.
Using the axe without Photon Arts, it'll usually knock over a Tengogh if you manage to hit it 3 times, particularly handy if you've run out of PP and have two Tengoghs left to defeat as you can keep one 'occupied' whilst your party deals with the other one. Hitting anything 3 times without getting interrupted isn't always easy, but in a party setting you're able to strike from behind more often than you are solo.
The axe isn't so great against worm-type monsters as by the time you activate your first Photon Art they've more often than not dived back underground, I'd recommend the 1h claw if you wish to keep worms disabled for your party to kill.