Tutelary & PLD

[Weeeekujata]

Tutelary :Lv.68WAR/BLM/RDM/THF/PLD/DRK/BST/BRD/RNG/NIN/DRG DMG:35 Delay:226 HP+30 Attack-10 DEF+14

****UPDATE*****

dec 05 2005

Supposedly has special dmg type properties(will do good dmg on bones compared to your joyeuse for example)

**OLD*

I did a search and there is not much about this for pld.

Anyways since I got 2 siren hairs last night i had to treat myself sooooooooo
I got myself one of these yesterday.
But I would like the input of people.

I personally find its a nice piece of equipement, +30hp & 14 Def for some hnm's would be nice. Although its hard to deny Durandel's +7vit & +1 enimity.

This is preferable if only shield+sword veterans reply. Staff only may not be able to contribuate properly if they dont know the mechaniques and benifits of this. (Well you can talk and ask questions, but lets not get any I use earth staff only so I dont care)

**NOTE**
For wyrms hrotti is obviously the choice so keep it out of discussion

my quick notes with tut & duran


pro:
30 more hp = may give mages that extra time to pop in a cure

14def may not seem much, but for a sword slot its quite nice, every little bit adds up. also defense will "Regulate" your dmg taken possibly to the lower end. where

as VIT lowers the over all DMG possible taken.

cool factor +1 and looks nice

con:
+1 enimity lost, but you should have no problem if you know how to manage, no big loss

+7vit this is a hefty piece of overall dmg reduction.

-10atk your going to be using defender on them, need I say more

-expensive as hell (6,000,000m on kujata, do the enm if u can )

[Blood Red Poet]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

Its a not an ENM >.>;.

[Weeeekujata]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

Well cant be a a BCNM either :D

ill refeer it to onryu fight from now on.

Actually, now you got me thinking, what would it be classed as haha..

Two for one everyone :D

[JP_Ikari]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

At any rate, did you get one yet?? It's very expensive for me to buy one right now, and I think it's a good sword to have during HNM but, then again, still doesn't replace our EStaff.

JP

[Weeeekujata]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

ya, i got mine a week ago. kinda left me dry on gils atm ._.
as for e-staff its hard to believe but other than kiting shield+sword better than e-staff

Btw I am beginning my Aegis currency collection soon ._.;; gonna take awhile haha

[micah2525]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

correct me if i am wrong S&S is only better then E.Staff with capped shield skill right?

[Karinya]

Re: Tutelary & PLD

Well, above a certain shield skill, anyway - I don't know where the exact breakeven point is.

Don't forget that koenig shield has +3 enmity of its own, in addition to Durandal's (if you are using it), and in addition, you will do significantly more damage with sword and shield (even if your staff is also capped), and Shield Bash which is not only another source of hate, but also can stop that nasty Thundaga III or whatever.

Lately I only use earth staff for kiting (e.g. the 3-NM pulls in Dyna-Xarc) or skillup.

I haven't tried Tutelary, but it doesn't seem that impressive. 7 more vit added to my 100-120 seems a lot more significant than 14 def added to my 550-600. (This is wearing mostly the adaman cuirass set, YMMV if you have a lot of koenig or something.) Especially given the dangerousness of crits at high levels, and the way VIT counts extra against crits while DEF counts less.

The +hp would be good for an opening precharged spirits, I guess, but like so much +hp gear, it's way too expensive for such a limited use IMO. (Unless you don't have anything else to spend your money on.)