Maxing Dps

[furios111]

Hello guys,
This is my first playthrough. Atm am at juzo mido boss fight. I wonder if i can maximize my build dps somehow and stay in DEX type build.
I am running:

Heimdall blood code
Blazing Claw fortification
Venomous Claw fortification
Passives: One handed mastery, swift destruction, str/dex up, str/vitality up(for cleansing light)

actives: Adrenaline, overdrive, sacrifical edge, cleansing light, somatic zeal, circ. pulse, severing abyss, blood sacrifice.

With both fortification i hit quick mobility. I am aware that hanemukuro and executioner has better Raw but they are heavier than blazing claw, also claw has this + 50 fire and looks cool as ♥♥♥♥ :D

[LPM]

Blazing claw... mmmm Juzo mido resists 20% the fire

Maybe another sword, and use the poisondebuff and/or cartridge



Maybe use another blood code to change those stat up passives?

The most important, for me, is learn all the skills possible, so when you are against a challenge, like right now, have more options in create a build

Sorry, i know my answert is not that helpful, also my english is bad

I google the bosses for example: https://codevein.wiki.fextralife.com/Juzo+Mido+(Boss)

There are videos showing builds that can oneshot any boss, but that is not my style. I prefer quick mobility and a sword, gifts to defend against its elements and debuff, then some survivalist and some DPS buff

What i can do is try to supprot you with buffs if you want to try in coop. Im from America

But yeah, my tip is masterize all the gifts possible ASAP. And yeah, poison works very well against Mido

[warlok]

You have to go full glass canon to get more damage. Something like this:
blazing claw - executioner
venomous claw - noble silver
strength/vitality - mind/willpower (once buffs are on, change to survival instinct)
cleansing light - cognitive zeal
severing abyss - bridge to glory
blood sacrifice - fatal surge
overdrive - blood sacrifice (change back to overdrive when buffs are on)

And no, stacking elemental buffs isn't worth it. If enemy is resistant to fire, trying to attack them with it would actually hurt your damage.

[furios111]

well, so blazing claw + 50 fire is actually + 50 points of fire dmg per hit? Or it converts my raw into fire?

[warlok]

Originally posted by furios111:

well, so blazing claw + 50 fire is actually + 50 points of fire dmg per hit? Or it converts my raw into fire?

I'm pretty sure it's +50 per hit. Blazing Claw and Iceblood isn't bad btw, but if you don't know whether boss is weak to fire/ice or not, it's better to go with Executioner.

[furios111]

well so actually it should be same, coz Fortification blazing claw leting me go quick moblilty - swift destruction 20% dmg bonus. With Exe i have normal mobilty so + 10% bonus only

[Ceriss]

Switch to Queenslayer, it's not much of a step down in dex and it's a step up in strength.

Final Journey is kind of an important DPS skill and it's only available to Queenslayer. Fatal Surge communal skill with Jack is also great.

Blazing Claw is kind of a meh sword btw, Queenslayer sword has way faster combos despite its lower stat scaling. You can also hunt Argent Wolf Blade from the white Cerberus Soldiers with 1h blades, in cathedral or there's one in Dried Up Trenches as well. You'll need to put on Revenants Greed passive. The best part about Argent Wolf Blade is that it has low stat requirements so you won't have to stuff your passives full of stat ups.

Also Queenslayer has good mind, one mind passive should allow you to use bridge to glory and if you use Noble Silver that will be a very good boost to your attack stat, it only weighs 4 more pounds over Venous.

Somatic Seal isn't all that great, switch it out for Bridge to Glory in this build.

Then you can have Final Journey, Bridge to Glory, Adrenaline, Overdrive, Merciless Reaper, Flashing Fang, Cleaning Light and Blood Sacrifice.

When you finish with blood sacrifice, replace it with your preferred attack skill. You can replace merciless or Flashing with Fatal surge if you prefer, it's likely more useful since you're not going for a one shot.

Juzo has resistances to all elements, don't use any elements at all, use regular fortified weapons or status effect weapons. Your Blazing claw which already has slow combos for a 1h sword is losing 20% damage in phase 1 and 40% damage in phase 2. Iceblood/Blazing Claw are two of the worst 1h swords you could possibly use in this fight.
Don't use stun on him either he's immune, he's resistant but not immune to poison build up.

[furios111]

thanks for tips

[warlok]

Originally posted by furios111:

well so actually it should be same, coz Fortification blazing claw leting me go quick moblilty - swift destruction 20% dmg bonus. With Exe i have normal mobilty so + 10% bonus only

If it's only 20% yeah, but 1/3 of bosses goes beyond that.
Ivory Grace is better than Noble Silver for Heimdall/Executioner btw.

[furios111]

By listening to all of ur tips i was trying diffrent builds -pure dex or mind with bridge of glory.
Since i rly feel comfortable with impaler weapon (also like charriot rush) and move set i decided to stay with impaler + venomous claw + heimdall (sacrifical edge) (infusion allowed me to go quick mobility). Melted queen knight reborn in 20 sec.

Well, today i got that Ivory Grace and it mixed up things.
With ivory grace and some passive changes i can go bridge of glory with sacrifical edge same time. Also alleviation Impaler allows me to go fortification on ivory grace and u still stay in quick mobility. With this set up on full buffs i got over 3k attack. The real downside i can feel is that venomous claw had much much better drain dmg.

I guess this build would be much better with 1handed sword lk exe etc, but i thing am gonna stay with poky spear.

[Kobi Blade]

I must agree with Blanc, I find Queenslayer to be the best option.

As others said as well, you need to increase gift proficiency to unlock them while using other Blood Codes (will make your builds more flexible).

[furios111]

Well, incrasing gift proficiency isnt a real problem since u can farm MJ items in depths easly. I have all most important maxed out. I just miss final journey, coz i am not using queenslayer code.

[Ceriss]

Final Journey is a huge 50% increase. For a damage focused build, in terms of melee it's a must.
In fact my Queenslayer relies on Polearms exclusively, one venom Black Halberd and one Fortified Argent Wolf Polearm/Obliterator Axe.

I use Noble Silver on that build for the slightly better defenses and Final Journey makes you quick mobility anyways.

Venous claw does have better drain but that's it's primary use. Ivory is better with gifts, so is Suicide Spur and all the rest of the veils you obtain mid/end game. It's also equally as squishy with less power outside of drain so unless you're doing a drain focused build it's not worth it.

If you have the 3rd DLC I'm currently using Vali for my spellblade build, super high dex and mind, perfect for bridge to glory and 1h swords. Weaker gifts of course but they're not the point, the point is physical damage with some good gifts if needed in a pinch. Though that will be for your NG+ I use Ivory Grace since drain attacks are not my focus, they cost a lot of stamina in boss fights and since I've started to play with no partner since I did the DLCs that's just not acceptable.