Fonewm Slicer newbie

[Vintasticvin]

I just recently obtained a really cool looking slicer curently on hard mode and in need of tips advice and leveling mag builds to support slicer usage and yes i know they have horrible ata ^^;

Thanks all help is welcomed.

[Chaosmaster00]

Well, since you already know they have horrible ATA, then we're already at a great start! ;P

So, for a Slicer-wielding FOnewm, well... it's pretty tough to do it right. They have the lowest ATA, and with Slicers being probably the lowest ATA weapons (maybe, don't remember), it's not a great combo for hitting foes. Go with a lot of Hit on your Mag, MST Materials, and some Mind units. Your mag is really the only place you should put any ATA, considering all the factors that apply, but if you need more than 100 ATA to sufficiently hit foes with them (the 100 ATA being from your Mag), then I still recommend units if it's only extremely temporary that you'll be using the Slicers, or Mats if it's a permanent gig, which I recommend against, since FOnewms are meant to be attack techers.

[pkrockin]

As far as Forces are concerned, FOnewms are a poor choice for slicer usage. You need to load your mag with Hit and possibly wear some Hit units to get a decent hit rate. Only use your strong attack on bosses, for it will connect very rarely on other hostiles. Put Zalure on EVERYTHING because your weak attack will still have trouble connecting. Since you can't hit anything that hard with a slicer (no strong attacks), expect to continue using techniques a lot. My FOnewm's palette always has Weak Attack, Resta, Shifta, Zalure, and two other slots for attack techs (usually Zonde and Megid). I put Heart element on the slicer to help regenerate PP through slicer use. I also keep a 50 hit/50 mind mag and a 100 mind mag available.

[Vintasticvin]

Thanks for the pointers Chaos and Pk.... Well havent got that ata mag made yet but have 30 points so far and good god 329 ata @ lvl 50and targets zalured Im rarely hitting anything D: I love this game for its endless possibilities but this is ridiculous *runs back to all out foie spamming with the occasional grants*

[Chaosmaster00]

Yeah, you need an average of about 400 ATA to hit things remotely often in Hard, and about 520+ for SH... yeah... you'll be needing a lot more ATA...

[Vintasticvin]

And i just saw the unmatted ata on level 100 forces and my character is having finger pointed and being laughed at :P
When they get hit by a rafoie we'll see if they are still laughing though Bwa ha ha ha ha xD

[Cire39]

Yeah, you need an average of about 400 ATA to hit things remotely often in Hard, and about 520+ for SH... yeah... you'll be needing a lot more ATA...

That's a bit of an exaggeration, my lv 92 HUnewm has 467 ATA and I almost never miss on SH. And 400 ATA on hard is a ridiculous high number.

[Chaosmaster00]

467 ATA and hardly missing, eh? I'd say that either you've been getting fairly lucky, you haven't been using Heavy Attacks very often, or you haven't gone to Arca/Dark Shrine much. DS's average enemy EVP is somewhere around 550, IIRC.

[Cire39]

Whenever I do DS I just pop in a Master/Hit and I don't really have to worry about missing. My hit rate in DS is probably around 95%, IIRC. And this is on multiplayer wifi, btw.

[Chaosmaster00]

Wifi doesn't affect enemy EVP, IIRC. Just ATP/MST, HP, and ATA, maybe Luck.