Evie Mini Army Build by Hyacia

-Introduction to Scythes-

Consider it more of an eye candy weapon if you will. A Scythe while looks awesome in all it's glory and detail, it is by no mean a practical weapon in combat. It is just the same here in Vindictus. Now don't go a wild flame war as soon as you read this just read along why I say it is so.

-The debate: Scythes vs staff-

Well this part is a no brainer, do you like flashy things or do you like swing large epic looking weapons around?

Here I will summarize why Scythe is not a practical weapon in a stand alone build:

Advantages

Access to amazing Scythe only skills

Access to alchemy skills

Can use revive regardless

Can heal... just not directly

It's normal attack is lawn mower style of attack pattern

It doesn't require focus to mow down weakling mobs

Almost everything you do is somehow AoE related

You are a mobile glass cannon

You have one of the best movement skill in the game

Gets you up close to the enemies face

Damage spike rivals Lann

Much easier to solo than a staff(this is just my opinion)

Disadvantages

It is far slower to recover while attacking than Lann or Fiona's animation

You are still a glass cannon

Armor weight limit

Attacking requires precision timing

Less supportive in a party

Without the help to draw Aggro it is quite difficult to get out your main damage smashes

-Starting the Army Scythe Build- What I am about to suggest will sound contrary to belief but they are still true and hopefully they will dismiss any other doubts in people's head caused by false information

-Primary Skill- (The Bread)

As the name suggest it is in your best interest to get these first, Just saying

Strength Mastery

Seriously... this should be obvious, I am absolutely stunned and confused as to why every guide I read up to this point tells you to go int first. Look if you are trying for a hybrid build, and like to swap between the two that is fine but intelligence after Str always. Are we clear?

Strength gives damage to Scythe not Int. All of the smash skills from Scythe are physical damage including all the mark/bloody threads type.

Smash Mastery

Your smash will be your main dps. That spike damage from all of Evie smashing is what gives you that damage to match a bolt Evie

Blink

Blink... it will save your life.... it will get you into enemy face faster, it allows you to teleport past some traps, speed runs you through dungeon because you can blink through mobs. Don't Question it, just rank it.

Critical Hit

My god I think people are out of date, Scythe uses Critical hit not Magical crit, people should already notice by now that.... YOUR SCYTHE IS PHYSICAL

Secondary Skill (The Meat)

After you are done with primary stuff let us start cranking out the meat of the play. While Primary skill gives you a strong stable base, this is where topping of your Army sandwich comes into play

Bloody Thread

Rank it, and if you need a reason why, here: Bloody thread has a chance of instant kill on up to 4 additional enemy that you have not touched yet. Bloody thread can mark enemies that are not within your attack range.

Standing Endurance

Who ever babbles about how this skill is useless never made it past boat 4 in one piece. Well they might have.... probably took about 2242342 tries and the help of other people. This skill is a must, while you aren't suppose to take hits often as Evie, you will. No matter how careful a player is, there will be time where you will be forced into a situation where an attack lands on you and might get knocked down. A Evie knocked down without shield is dead simple as that. (Don't use the pathetic beginner bosses as examples, they don't combo so obviously you won't really die... yet)

Lets face it, we aren't all pro players and even pro players makes mistakes at time so just get it geez.

Revive:

This one is mostly about how your social life works, if you have alot of friends to play with, ranking this will help alot. People do die.

Cloth and Light armor Mastery

Who in their right mind thought a scythe is all about cloth armor doesn't know how mechanics work. And it annoys me to no end to see people being mislead by false information.

Wear Light armor where it counts, Top, gloves, pants or helmet at times. With Evie's limit normally you can fit in about 3-4 light armor and finish the rest with cloth for the defense bonus.

Boots usually give less str but more agi

Battle Scythe Mastery

It's not an immediate skill so just rank it to where you need it to match your level. Less weight means you can fit better armor though, sometimes you can fit in a heavy top for better str bonus.

-The Army skills- (The Veggies)

They aren't your meat skills but they will be your butter

Hp potion

More hp per pot? why not just get it when you feel like it. Keep the skill in mind but not really a immediate skill

Life Flare

Rank it, it saves lives, and hell anything that gives you a second chance take it. It's like a girl is giving you a second chance and you just run like a chicken.

Combat Mastery

Lawn mower normal attacks benefit from this. So rank it to clear those weaklings faster and save on having to smash.

-SP skills- (The Spice)

SP skills are unique to the type of character you are these are asset to your position in party plays.

Insane Reaper

This is a really helpful skill for everyone in the party, after rank 9 it also gives an attack speed bonus.

Reverse Gravity

Man this skill is one of those, rank because it is just fun to use it type of thing. It cost a bit of SP but the damage and stun time trade off makes this skill worth ranking it.

-The Sauce Skills-*

Create Golem

You have access to making an extra decoy? You can create a tank at any time you want that has constant Heavy Stander and Won't run? WHY DO YOU NOT USE IT!?

Golem Mastery

We are here to make an Army, and every likes to have their soldiers strong and beefy. Who wants a scrawny Golem anyways?

Erg Transformation

It beats healing in terms of total heal. at max rank it drops 11 erg for 90 hp each making it 990hp yay grade 1 math! this is your only heal skill, and if you are the only Evie in the group, this is your support skill. Rank it. It's useful hell even if you have a staff Evie around this move doesn't have a cool down! Why waste pots when you can make free heals.

Spirit Bind

Our secondary minion. While this one is easier to get out than the Golem, and it can be re created immediately it also dies a lot faster. People make argument at how it confuses the boss and sometimes it causes the boss to attack randomly it will cause clip damage to you because the boss wasn't focused on you. Personally I would say that is a stupid argument. When you are in a party, the boss is more likely to be focused on the Fiona and Lann and Later Karok, does the boss attacking these player affect you? If you watch a boss attack pattern you can avoid it regardless of who it is hitting. People getting hit because of their spirit drawing aggro just means they fail at dodging simple as that.

The little spirit buddy will stall time for you to revive/heal and whatever else you need to do. Rank it and help your little orb survive longer. IGNORE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY their argument are invalid.

- The Play Style -

Your initial play style is the same as every Scythe user. Gut the minions with your chain of normal attacks. Use the heavy smash and bloody thread on what ever looks fat enough to tank all that hitting.

When you arrive at a boss look for some place to make your golem. If you are in a party this is easy since your allies will hold aggro long enough.

If you are on solo first watch the boss attacks and land your Hell's Quake to drain a spirit out. Snap that little guy out and let it hold aggro when you see the chance make your golem. Your Big Boyfriend the Golem will keep the boss steady for a long long time.

alternatively you can use Light of Palala to stall and make a Golem. Either way the idea is to get out your golem and Spirit. When your boyfriend and little brother is out. Smash away happily. The golem holds a lot of aggro and between all 3 of you. It's quite easy to knock down a boss. Combining Palala and Spears with a Golem and Spirit out, keeps just about any boss knocked down.

Insane Reaper + Stamina recovery Potion gives you nearly infinite stamina, along with your army this makes you a nearly unstoppable dps machine.

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The crunch: Strength gives you damage, I dunno why other people say it is INT because it is clearly shown that Strength is what makes you hit harder.

Use your minions, people complain about the difficulty of soloing when they can go 3 on 1 against a boss unlike other playable characters.

Scythe damage are from the last 3 smashes. Use Them.

Blink is a evasion skill, not a mobility skill. Do not blink when you don't have to.