Best Skill and Equipment to Use

[Genocyber]

How can I maximize the dmg and what weapon is the best?

[ReissyBoi]

Strength and blades with high Sharpness will maximize your damage.

There are also other stats to consider to get the most damage such as how long you've been reeling towards a target, a high reel speed ODM will make you reach your max damage quicker but doesn't actually increase your overall max damage. Concentration is also basically your critical hit chance, it also increases your sneak attack damage. Then there are certain skills such as Dueller, Sweep Attack, Sudden Death, Surprise Attack, About Titans: Volume # and Chase Down that will all give you damage bonuses if you meet the conditions of the tooltip.

I'm not very far into the game so I don't have many weapons unocked to purchase but if it's the same as the first game then try going for the Perfected Blades once you unlock them or fully upgraded Ziger Zero blades. Don't forget to reinforce to 99* that will add even more damage (up to 400 more sharpness I think).

[Katajiro]

I'd also suggest taking Decisive Battle from Erwin and Item Meister 3 from Moblit - the duration length of signal flare stacks. In order to have an infinite supplies of signal flares you first need to construct a garrison base and then one or two manufacturing facilities. With the above mentioned skills you can spend most of the match in an empowered state, whick also prevents your blade and gas gauges from depleting.

[Jep]

Originally posted by Katajiro:

I'd also suggest taking Decisive Battle from Erwin and Item Meister 3 from Moblit - the duration length of signal flare stacks. In order to have an infinite supplies of signal flares you first need to construct a garrison base and then one or two manufacturing facilities. With the above mentioned skills you can spend most of the match in an empowered state, whick also prevents your blade and gas gauges from depleting.

This.

I picked up the gun blade which has really realy low durability but high damage. The infernal machine gas is pretty good aswell paired up with this combination.

Not only that, this frees up more points to use on other skills. Because you have decisive battle on and item meister 3, you basically don't need gas/blade saver anymore and dex skills. Or agility(unless you're relying on spinning/swooping slash) because odm movement is affected by agility too.

I understand that this seems to a bit lazy playstyle but it's really effective. They kinda nerfed it a bit because in the first game, your allies with you usually attacked. They still do in this game but not as much as you'd want it to be(they replaced the buddy skills to have more variety which I really like. The S+ skills are great).

The flame blade set is pretty good too, it damages all the other parts of the titan when you attack a specific part.

There's also quite a lot of combinations to the game, someone mentioned a tonic build. Tonic basically enables you to move fast while being injured. There's a skill that allows you to deal a lot more damage when you're injured so I'm going to assume that's part of the build.

Late game there's quite a change in playstyle for me because when you reach inferno mode, what playstyle you had before that is going to be semi irrelevant. I find myself quite a few times in inferno mode now.

Goodluck.

[william.green789]

May somebody please help me with this decisive battle skill, I don’t understand how it’s suppose to work. I got it from Erwin but it’s not a skill you can equip, apparently it’s suppose to be some kind of meter but I haven’t seen it in the last 20+ games I’ve played since aquiring it. Any guidance would be much appreciated thank you!!

[Exterminatus]

Originally posted by william.green789:

May somebody please help me with this decisive battle skill, I don’t understand how it’s suppose to work. I got it from Erwin but it’s not a skill you can equip, apparently it’s suppose to be some kind of meter but I haven’t seen it in the last 20+ games I’ve played since aquiring it. Any guidance would be much appreciated thank you!!

It enhances the 'Battle Alert Signal,' a consumable item that gives you a temporary power up. Some characters like Armin or Erwin can activate one as part of their buddy action.

[william.green789]

Thank you another question does that mean I need to activate my Battle alert and theirs to activate it then??

[Skiptro]

Originally posted by william.green789:

May somebody please help me with this decisive battle skill, I don’t understand how it’s suppose to work. I got it from Erwin but it’s not a skill you can equip, apparently it’s suppose to be some kind of meter but I haven’t seen it in the last 20+ games I’ve played since aquiring it. Any guidance would be much appreciated thank you!!

in the skill list i think it is listed as "battle", and yes you need to pop the flair for it to work, it doesn't work on team mates.

[Katajiro]

Here's some more info for the battle signal:
1. It lasts 40 seconds.
2. Killing a titan extends the duration.
3. Decisive battle extends the initial duration to 50 seconds.
4. Item Meister 3 + Decisive battle extends the initial duration to 68 seconds.
5. Item Meister 3 + Item Meister 2 + Decisive battle extends the initial duration to 80 seconds.

[Dusty the TV Head Man]

The best gear in the game is the Perfected Set. Acquired by upgrading Third Gen Gear MK 3. However, it requires high tier rare Titan Shifter crystals (Large Titan Armor Fragment, Ominous Titan Crystal, Glowing Titan Crystal, Colossal Crystal, and Large Titan Fang) which can only be acquired in Inferno Mode or DLC missions. As far as skills, I recommend:

-Swoop Attack
-Spinning Slash
-Mid-Air Blade Swap
-Tail End Rise
-Strong Bonds
-Advanced ODM Skills LV 3
-The volumes of About Titans

And also make sure to equip lots of stat boosts for Strength and Concentration. The latter increases the chance of getting a critical hit.

[Katajiro]

I actually ended up ditching the mid-air blade swap, since I wasn't using it at all with my build. Decisive battle and Item Meister increases the time of Battle signal by a significant margin. It also grants a damage bonus. As I mentioned above, placing one or two manufacturing facilities is enough to supply you with battle signals for the rest of the level. IMO, my build not only grants a significant damage boost, but also offers a smooth flow, since you don't have to restock and reload on your blades and gas, whether in mid-air or on the ground. And since battle signals prevent your blades and gas gauges from draining, and you have a constant supply from your manufacturing facilities - you can also ditch any boosts of dexterity, blade saver, gas saver, blade master, etc. and focus entirely on damaging skills. I'd also add these skills to the list: <damage based on research lvl 3>, duelist lvl 3, sudden death lvl 3, <damage based on the amount of missing limbs lvl 3>.

[Jester1215]

Can anybody tell me how to get the Spinning Slash technique to work? It seems that you just let the reel bring you into a titan and the attack starts when enough distance is covered. That's all fine and well but when I make contact it never does any damage and I just bounce off harmlessly. Am I missing something?