Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

[Zoltar]

These drop of a SCNM in Castle Oztroja [S]. Before I start to gather the pop items for this, I want to know how good these are, and if you veteran summoners macro these in:



Lvl. 71 SMN
DEF: 14
Physical damage: "Curse" effect
Avatar: Attack and Defense Bonus


Sounds like the Garuda ZNM head piece, but applies to all avatars. Pretty sure the Garuda piece is ATT+10/DEF+10. If the same rule applies for this, is it the best feet for SMN? Or one of the best?

Opinions wanted!

[Shirai]

Re: Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

They are ok I guess if you don't have:

These for Physical Pacts.


These for normal Avatar Perpetuation.



And these:

or these for Magical pacts and buffs.


Avatars themselves also have a natural -50% physical damage taken trait so the extra DEF even though it sounds nice isn't all that useful.
Personally I have all of the above stuff except for the Marduk's, so I'd probably just toss em.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

<---- needs a bib.

The Koschei Crackows are epic. I desperately want them... unfortunately... so do about 12 other SMN in my LS. Can I count on my LS to gather the pop items 12 times? No... I can't. As a result, I'm going to have to organize my own runs to gather the items... in order to guarentee that I can have claim over the drop... if it even drops.

The sheer amount of work involved in getting to the final fight for these is staggering. Most of the Ostraja (s) NMs are a pain in the ass... very few of them can be solo'd or trio'd. To top it off, almost all of them are timed or lotto pop NMs. Although I would desperately like to get my hands on these, I'm going to plan to do so over a long period of time.

As for the AF+1 feet... I need to finish my CoP Airship fight to progress through CoP and unlock Sea before I can do Limbus and even hope to obtain the items required to obtain these.

*inhale*

And the Nashira feet? Not my top priority. First I need to get my hands on the Gages for their -1 perp.

Marduk's... <no thanks> with my current gearset/merits my SMN skill is above the 317 limit to recieve even the super-secret-extra bonus from Avatar's Favor. Anything else is just going to hurt me in the trade-off in the long run. As a Tarutaru I have no need for the extra MP that any of those boots give me.

Ultimately I would like to have both the AF+1 Feet and the Koshei Krakows to alternate and macro between for Perp cost and physical BPs respectively. Paired with the Karura Hashigane (the afformentioned Garuda hat) the resulting functionality of Garuda would be infentesimally better than any other Avatar bot-withstanding circumstantial situations.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

I'm a SMN noob, but why I don't see why Koschei Crackows would be preferred over relic feet for any BP:Rage's. It's no good for BP Wards, not an especially impressive standing gear for when an avatar is out, and seems useless for when no avatar is out.

Maybe it's good for the "Need to run away!" gear set, since Gerald's Gaiter is rather expensive.

[Shirai]

Re: Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

I'm a SMN noob, but why I don't see why Koschei Crackows would be preferred over relic feet for any BP:Rage's. It's no good for BP Wards, not an especially impressive standing gear for when an avatar is out, and seems useless for when no avatar is out.

My thoughts exactly, well almost.
The advantage I see with these is that they are level 71 instead of level 73 for the relic feet.
Then again the OP states in his sig he is level 75 so able to equip the relic feet as it is.

Getting into a Dynamis LS that does cities should not be too hard either.
It could differ per linkshell but my own free lots Summoner (with the exception of the Northlands pieces) as it is.

Maybe it's good for the "Need to run away!" gear set, since Gerald's Gaiter is rather expensive.

The reason I did not mention those.

Personally from that BCNM though I'd rather focus on getting one of This one for soloing.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Koschei Crackows - Best SMN feet?

I'm a SMN noob, but why I don't see why Koschei Crackows would be preferred over relic feet for any BP:Rage's. It's no good for BP Wards, not an especially impressive standing gear for when an avatar is out, and seems useless for when no avatar is out.

The reason I like them more than the Relic Feet is because they offer the Attack AND Defense boost. My Avatar/Summoner Enmity isn't a problem for me... and my -bp delay is already capped at -15. The MP is something different. Although I would love another 25MP... I'm a Taru... I don't REALLY need it.

You do bring up a good point tho. These are really more a prestige piece than anything else. The idea of tooling around with "Physical Damage: Curse Effect on Opponent" is tempting considering the option isnt otherwise available to a SMN.

Once I get them, I'll likely never take off my AF+1 Feet for anything more than washing them in a cool mountain spring with only the finest silk cloth. However... I have this problem with being a packrat. I have a shit-ton of rare/ex gear for jobs I don't have leveled... or in some cases, unlocked. My ultimate goal is to be a SMN with full merits and every single piece of armor possibly attainable that is exclusive to SMN or contains a SMN effect (Nashira Gages for example). Only then will I truely be happy. After that happens though... I'm not sure what I'll do. Maybe drugs?