IV Blackstar Vs V Boss Weapons - When to build one or the other

[@TheLivingRoomHero]

Playing awakening Witch an was just about to buy my Tet Blackstar main hand and go for Pen Dandi. Glad to see such an experienced player confirm I was on the right track! And your GS is absolutely insane!

[@killumination87]

I have tet black star in main hand and a pen dandy and play awakening witch.. is that correct?

[@zyjen1338]

dude the timing couldnt be better, i was starting to think what gear to save up silver for like 10 mins ago, took a break and ur video popped up in my feed

[@paly7504]

Bro wtf me to

[@jhonnielorbuda9331]

It's depressing to enhance equipment in this game

[@MrStone125]

It's not too bad. Least they are adding a slightly easier way for ya.

[@evanmarogen]

When it comes to accessories I get a stack of 130 and I just get copys and enhance over and over again till I get it. It takes forever but it's the way.

[@sharky_9510]

@@evanmarogen that's really work????

[@thomaspeltier8041]

Yes

[@trejordan8553]

Loooooool

[@kontoldesune]

even though im so noob at this game i got the gist of what you were explaining. great video!

[@Oldskoolraver-OG]

Respect on the gear and level .. that's some long grind there

[@atmosphere5797]

Grinding? He's sniping outfits and cronning it up, he should try eu, to see how the grind really is

[@Goncalo911]

@@atmosphere5797 man u have 100% right. In EU is a nightmare. So much more ez in NA.

[@Alaaeddine_]

@@atmosphere5797 Man i would like to bealive he did the 700 gs eu challenge because of your comment lmaoo

[@IceCornelius]

I m a 293 awakening with 288 main. i play dk awakening , and i use what you jsut explain, dande and blackstar on main, i mainly pve ,and it works just nice.

[@omnipotentzeus2750]

Hi. What about Kutum TET change it for a Blackstar TET, to get 2 AP and 3 more Dp I think.? I'm at 271 AP with Kzarka PEN 4 level Caphras, and the 2 AP it will give me the 273 Brackets if I well understood? Thank you

[@SuMuqui]

But I have one problem. I play on Xbox and I have TRI blackstar. TET blackstar is pretty expensive, like a PEN dim tree or b'hegs and I can't afford one. I almost have money for PEN kzarka, is more cheap than blackstar at TET. Should I buy PEN zarka? I play ninja succ and I do both pvp/pve, but more pve. 257 AP with TRI blackstar. What do you recommend?

[@ImChoice]

What kind of price difference are we talking here?

[@SuMuqui]

@@ImChoice almost 4 billion differences.

[@araara5956]

Thank you for the advice! is it also possible to just go the other way around? Save up for tet bs main and awk then buy pen dande caphras along the way?

[@ImChoice]

Hmm, probably not. If you want to have a dande with caphras it's better to buy the dande and add caphras first because by the time you buy the blackstar you could have just gotten a better PvP weapon. Only reason to have a blackstar is for PvE purposes

[@araara5956]

@@ImChoice Thanks for the quick response! I wanted to focus on purely pve first before pvp xD but i guess theres no stopping the dande caphras

[@secretface6053]

what if i buy pen awk but go caphras stone ? ;)

[@chadlife5573]

having blackstar mainhand and awakening gives you +72 monster/species damage. following your advice having 1 balckstar and 1 boss weapon - at what caphras lvl/damage ap do you think will this be equal vs having x2 blackstar weapon in terms of pve. I think having blackstar mainhand is a must regardless of awakening or succ because of the +49 monster/species than having bs awakening and boss mainhand(awakening class)

[@strips2939]

I was calculating the other day for myself. I am currently 2 tet bs weapons with 293 awa ap (M awakening Nova). It would take me c15 dande to have EXACT SAME dmg as with my tet awa bs even with dande giving me 2 new brackets. That's 70b to break-even on pve. (about 60b in caphras + dande cost, this fluctuates a lot lately because of the guaranteed pens). Seems pretty straightforward to me what to have if u pve atleast a couple hours a day.

[@MrStone125]

Naw its not a must, but it's nice to have. Rather have both pen boss weapons cause I pvp a lot.

[@MrGrogan02]

Youre saying exactly what he said. At the end he says if you are only doing PvE go Double Blackstar.

[@tank704]

As a noob still learning the game, I was hoping you would talk about our sub weapons too. I'm assuming Kutum over Nouver in most cases, but does it take priority in obtaining over the Awakening weapon if I'm succession and vice versa?

[@ImChoice]

Kutum is for PvE and nouver is more PvP. If you can reach a high enough AP with kutum some people will use that in PvP if they are evasion built. As a new player you should have a pen tuvala offhand and that's enough for a looooooong time for pve

[@lowkeylokii4205]

^thats all there is to it

[@natehartman5643]

does the extra ap from a blackstar mainhand apply even when you use awakening abilities and vice versa?

[@ImChoice]

Yes the accuracy and monster transfers completely

[@felinechat874]

This is a very straightforward video for me. Love it. I feel like my question is answered even before asking it. PvE all the way so Blackstar it is

[@arbiter1022]

out of curiosity, your video compares IV to V but i would imagine IV to IV would be blackstar all day right?

[@ImChoice]

Yes definitely blackstar all day when comparing tet to tet

[@khairihamed7633]

should I get pen dandi first or tet blackstar main first. iam using awakening for PvE

[@Shadow_Dragon55]

So if you're succ does the AP bracket your aw has counted with the 30% or is it equal both ways?

[@1937Brett]

For a hassassin what black star weapons and sub weapon would you use? PVE I play

[@Kharabish]

ty so much , rly nice guide video its very helpful ♥ i rly which if u can help me and tell me how u made this many buttons f7 + f8 +..... and how can i see the boss health what should i do ? 😇

[@wrath2940]

What about someone going with a Pen Offin? I havent had the chance to replace it yet, and that's what im using as an awaken zerk. Is it just trash or?

[@ejespino344]

Good Day Choice. Do you have a video comparison between c19 kzarka vs c19 offin?

[@MrStone125]

You can just look it up my guy.

[@markgouldbourne1]

Can you make a video for boss armor/God comparing it to blackstar

[@Saiku]

Pumping out those videos this week. Keep up the good work bro.

[@KowitaG]

How much difference does it do for me when I PVE with either a TRI bs awak or TET bs awak? Would it be massive or just tiny difference in trash loot? (I have 297k with PEN bs succ)

[@ImChoice]

It would be only barely noticeable. But small improvements add up. It might help by 3% more trash

[@corvuscael3796]

@@ImChoice how about from tet dande to tet BS

[@PhamVans]

Holy PEN gears, thanks for the explanation.

[@Ryuki_NA]

Hey Choice! I wonder, do you think Tri Dande C19 is a valid option for succession builds? I heard its useful for the extra accuracy

[@Scourgefist]

Why would u do that

[@Ryuki_NA]

@@Scourgefist you don't care for awaken AP brackets and you get extra accuracy

[@neverending5316]

Yes c 19 tri dande is 100% viable

[@tazmartin7447]

I just did this yesterday. sold my PEN kz and bought tet bs MH. just need to C9 my Dande to hit 287 Kutum Warrior. Havent tried it out for grinding yet. hopefully its drastic.

[@FpMss]

Is still the case or they changed it?

[@zeniey]

So If I just wanted to stun people, or grab people This isn't as important right? Or does accuracy play a big role

[@ImChoice]

Accuracy doesn't effect CC, just your ability to do damage through evasion. Ignore resist is what effects your ability to cc players

[@eddiquettetv1253]

This was a very cool video. Thanks I have pen daddy but thinking of what to get next pen Kutum or pen zark or Tet Bs

[@mukicska]

what about offin best in slot cheapest and gives most ap, not to mention the colour synergy, blue weapon gang

[@ImChoice]

offin can make sense in some succession builds, but often times its an item you will replace quickly because its one of the best sources to gain more accuracy once you hit 305 ap. So its kind of a short term item, whereas kzarka is a long term item.

[@reaccionacos7067]

@@ImChoice for hash offin is bis it has more ap and the lack of accuracy does not make a diffwrence since hash has a lot acc modifiers

[@bobjoe4881]

@@ImChoice so like a couple of years short term! 👌

[@anhhy5486]

@@bobjoe4881 its more like: until i have to kill this mf eva ninja short term

[@piNdAkiNggg]

Hey Choice, was wondering what happens if I am playing succ for pvp and awakening for pve? Would it make sense to get a kzarka mainhand and blackstar awakening?

[@ImChoice]

That is a very interesting scenario... I would say zarka and awak blackstar yes. If you primarily PVP in succession you are likely going to go for a pen blackstar main hand a lot earlier than an awakening class. So once you get full nice tet accessories and c9 duo fallen your next upgrade is probably a pen blackstar mh

[@mytzuno1]

Nice to explain to us players around the world what is the diference beetwen normal boss and blackstar maybe in future il change my main wepon to kzarka pen for a bit of ap braket to gain

[@enya3084]

What do you think about the myth about: NW, Siege annexes is count as Monster, so monster dmg is bonus to help downing these annexes? If this is true then essentially ain’t Bs better?

[@pierreneo79]

I have heard some myth about damage to siege items count as per hit, not the damage in your sheet

[@thangnguyenminh6402]

that's not a myth, the structure is considered as monster, or at least it was used to be. I knew there was a method to "delete" nw fort by using kutum, frenzy draught and pve meal. However I don't know if PA fixed it or not.

[@ahmadjabr10]

Hello If i have BS Main and dande awa, the BS monster damage will be counted while using the awakening? is it confirmed? Because others said that it doesn't work, so im confused

[@Seiza_InSomnia]

Yes it works. The damage vs monsters is added from every piece of gear u have, dont worry if u are succ or awa. Thats why ppl like me, only grinders, run 2 blackstars, to stack monster dmg ^^

[@button9]

So it's 100%+30% ? I always was told it's 70/30

[@aviatinggamer9051]

I believe your correct because PA made it a point in Drakania’s release notes to state that she would have 100% of her damage come from MH until her awk released.

[@alessandrosarati3153]

how about people in succession that instead of awekening blackstar they full C20 the dandelion TRI does it have any sense at all ?

[@MrStone125]

They do that for stats. And they usually only do c19.

[@chvtney]

Hey. Where to spend caphras after getting both bs weapons. Like ob off Hand or clothes ?

[@ImChoice]

Offhands are rather inefficient so I'd say armors up to caphras level 9 long term

[@chvtney]

@@ImChoice Ty. I’ll try :)

[@azmiyaakobMY]

Hi Choice. Thanks for the info. How about Blackstar Armor vs Boss Armor? can make comparison? pve and pvp. XD

[@MrStone125]

No. Just no. Blackstar armour is a terrible idea, never get it.

[@jopotjopot5378]

What if ur grinding at mobs with human icons on them do the gap between bs and boss weapon be any different ? Same ap

[@ImChoice]

Not significantly nope

[@ZyfLa]

Very informative, thanks!

[@ManshiSoul]

omg choice i love u so much more youtube content its amazing ♥

[@sirvere4840]

for blackstar weps, mainhand and awakening, does the monster dmg stack from both of them?

[@杨简-v5z]

yes they do, sub-stats are stacked

[@kyroz..]

Great advice!

[@rogerperalta2162]

Yo and for the offin tet? I see no one talks about it , is it that bad ?

[@MrStone125]

Offin is for people who don't need accuracy as much. Which most classes need.

[@TheGamedMind]

I almost had a heart attack after the video started... full pen o.O Did not expect that, first time here ^^

[@yetiwookie4868]

you should see when he puts the ap on lol i think his awakenins is around 326 now with over 400 dp

[@imomortel]

Hey Choice! I transitioned from TET Blackstar to PEN offin c5 because it gave me a lot more AP (301) than before and as a succ valk player i don’t really rely on accuracy that much, the difference between PEN offin and PEN kzarka is 18 accuracy, I think you should have integrated that notion about classes that needs accuracy and classes that don’t! offin is actually cheap at MP ATM and the reworks of the class like war can give us hope that accuracy dependant’s class won’t be anymore. I’d be glad to have your point of view about it ! Thks For the content, really helpful for newcomers ;)

[@marcussellers6147]

I was wondering this because at end of season I was gonna buy one or the other

[@bigdeadanimals]

65 level? How many hour of grind? It like 10000+ hours, aint it?)

[@powerblazing3603]

i cant understand the difference between damage to all species and extra AP against monsters and how that affect to our GS.... Like, im 100% pve, i dont care at all of pvp and probably never will. I also dont have the money to just buy everything so i have to choose. Im awk guardian. Should i get a pen dande and put some caphras on it or a tet blackstar? imagine I have a pen dande and a tet blackstar awk weapon. Will that extra ap against monster and damage to all species on a tet BS always be higher than a pen dande with like lets say 9 caphras lvl? (i know caphras dont add damage to monsters, but as raw damage you can do to a monster, is it better a pen dande with +9caprhas lvl or a tet blackstar?)Also, isn't it better to have a tet blackstar and be able to potentially someday in the future upgrade it while having that tet blackstar as your everyday weapon because of the fact that it has more damage against monsters?

[@lowkeylokii4205]

The damage doesn't affect your gs at all. GS is (ap+aap)/2 + dp. All species dmg = everything you can kill in the game. Humans = human type mobs + pvp, monster DMG is pve monsters. If you only pve the simple answer is black star+ kutum all the way. If you want to incrementally increase your damage like mentioned in the video you go kzarka. Black star locks you in until you try to enhance to pen. Max kz is equivalent to pen bs.

[@Yoonryoung12]

Whew Glad Im on Rec stuff from yours, use Witch Awk Dande aad PEN Cap 10 and BS Staff tet,still long journey to reach 300 AP.

[@XHertieX]

306aap + aap bracket than 40% or only 306 app ?

[@UMessis]

Huh? For awakening it would be 306aap + bracket + 30% of sheet ap no brackets

[@alexandruserediuc1775]

What about bs gear like shoes and other piece? I know fallen good is good but other bs gear? Btw i like how you explain stuff in this video :)

[@thangnguyenminh6402]

blackstar defense gears are the noob trap tbh. For TET, sure you can upgrade it to obsidian, but it costly and at end game you can't progress further. For PEN, it's a meme since the cost of enhancing is too high, and you can't put caphras on it. If you manage to buy cheap PEN blackstar shoes, helmet, gloves then maybe consider it, otherwise don't bother.

[@Tomil4444]

what about pen bs for pvp?

[@silvershroud6263]

Ya i can't get black star to pen. Trying for 1 yr

[@steve69man420ayylmao]

dude your gear is cracked af yo

[@Odin4300]

best guides out there

[@rafaelscuett323]

c5 pen dragonslayer or tet bs awak for pve ?

[@UMessis]

dragonslayer OMEGALUL

[@gregsvlogs6678]

How about sub weapon..?

[@paredime6913]

Oof a zerker with the same ap as my hash “ runs away”

[@frankvermillon9576]

Shais have no awaken , how do Shai dmg calculate?

[@ImChoice]

PvP damage focus run kzarka, and PvE/pvp focus I would build blackstar.

[@mawulikp]

Imho go for pen Blackstars if you have or can make 300 failstack and go for pen Kzarka if you don't have 300 Failstack

[@aviatinggamer9051]

I would make the argument that getting both tet black stars is best no matter what. Allows you to focus on your other gear and gives you greater grind speed which = more money which = faster gains. I’ve had no problem pvping with my tet black star in succession

[@leanderjekel11]

Please do a guide for awakening zerk assecory

[@MrStone125]

Accessories are really simple.

[@rosta3030]

hey choice I see some succs do tri dande with caphras. can u explain why they do this? and is this for efficiency? does it affect ur overall damage? will a tri/tet blackstar awake be more useful for extra monster damage while playing succ?

[@imomortel]

C19 tri dande is for accuracy, you gain a lot from it and it’s cheap! And for the second part, Awake monster’s damage doesn’t count if your hitting with your mainhand skill in succ

[@UMessis]

They do tri dande c19 for the extra accuracy it gives I believe

[@aviatinggamer9051]

@@imomortel the monster damage from bs awakening absolutely applies to your succession skills. That’s like saying Kutum monster damage doesn’t apply in awakening (you don’t actually wield your offhand in awakening).

[@sokolshala485]

​@@aviatinggamer9051that dosnt make sense, ur using the kutum wether ur succ or awake but u don't use awake weapon in succ only..

[@aviatinggamer9051]

@@sokolshala485 really? You use your kutum in awakening huh? Tell me then, smart guy, where is the warrior’s kutum in awakening? I’ll wait

[@BaronofGreed.]

What abt a pen Bs for pvp

[@rallolollo9309]

blackstar is a uselss money sink......... all of the will be crying when fallen gods pieces come out...

[@blueddeath1755]

I would rather get a tet bs and have 5% chance to pen than be a slave to jetina and caphra levels

[@Despond]

Awake pen dande + tet blackstar MH is the best pre Pen BS combo. For succ Tet BS MH + c19 tri dande. Tet blackstar awake is a huge scam.

[@UMessis]

I would agree with you if you don't pvp a lot. If you pvp then I would say kzarka is still better for the easier brackets. Whereas with pve the monster damage you get with the blackstar is more than a bracket so yeah.

[@pauljables6142]

Yeesh, 7,400 caphra for lvl 9 caphra... That's 22 billion invested + the cost of the item. I know it's not really about money but when time is factored in that's WAY too much money and grinding. I'll buy the TET BS and be happy. I think that's the main thing for most players, how much time/money for the extras.

[@MrStone125]

You can still get extra ap out of those caphras levels unlike bs. It's not that bad honestly getting caphras. They've added a lot to grind areas along with rifts and rbf dailies

[@pauljables6142]

@@MrStone125 too late already quit that garbage game.

[@kontoldesune]

@@pauljables6142 small brain. mmo is not for you go play your fps games

[@K.Gottlos]

Unlucky. I play warrior awakening, but i have a tet BS Awakening weapon, bcs of the look. I would never take a dande, bcs bs looks way better ^^

[@HelgeM1407]

What if you're playing awakening ninja and also use many pre-awk skills?

[@NothingnessKing]

You need a Kzarka bro

[@christophermsmith3]

It would've been nice to see a spreadsheet/list of the ap brackets you were talking about.

[@getrekt.9722]

Google is your best friend.

[@sindbay646]

If you play succ it is not only 70% ap from main and 30% ap from awak And if you play awak 70% ap and 30% from main?

[@UMessis]

No it's not only 70%, it is 100% from main hand + 30% of awakening and vise versa.

[@sindbay646]

@@UMessis why in the world do they say that now we that corsair awak is released we turn pre awak scaling down to 70%?

[@sindbay646]

@@UMessis I have a pic that prove your wrong with your statement, if that was true, why do they say at corsair release, bc she dont have her awakening at launch her dmg calc will use 100% of her main hand weapon? if she alrdy did that

[@Keemomaster]

Nice Vid but you left out the Blue Kzarka

[@sjroxiii4778]

this is true !

[@malestieva748]

you forget the 30% ap you borrow from awakening or main weapon....

[@mqaisataloss.5951]

Offin shai here i come !

[@alunox9519]

how much did you swipe for that gear

[@UMessis]

He grinds like 6h a day everyday

[@pxpq]

If you buy tet blackstar you will attempt pen and fail. get pen kzarka and dande so that you wont do stupid shit.

[@Seiza_InSomnia]

Unless u are a grinder, then just go tet BS, much more dmg than kzarka pen

[@powerblazing3603]

you dont try pen without crons...if you do that you are stupid and there's no solution for that lol xD

[@Seiza_InSomnia]

@@powerblazing3603 well, somehow u gona need to stack up ur failstack... sometimes u need to fail pen attempts to get a 150-200 fs

[@powerblazing3603]

@@Seiza_InSomnia right but it definetly not gonna be a blackstar xD

[@jerryjerri2936]

Damn bro you be hatin on Blackstar gear 🤣🤣

[@MrStone125]

Doesn't sound like he was, like at all? Armour on the other hand...deserves all the hate.

[@itsgeo8569]

What if I’m poor and my RNG is shit … am I just straight out of luck lol

[@Ra7eNzTH]

Save ya silver and buy it. that's only one option so far

[@MrStone125]

Go grind in Valencia areas, they're good money now and for people with not as much ap/dp

[@javierfarias3583]

nice

[@HaPKoMaTo3]

Always make sure you are hit capped or very close to being hit capped on spots. Double black star for PvE only is the only way cuz regualr ap from hitting brackets is 1:1 damage wise with monster AP. And don't go for PEN Kutum, it's not worth it =)

[@ShinobiXXXBDO]

Pen kutum is actually good considering you get 2 ap 2 dp as well as extrra ap. as right now i need 2 ap for the next bracket.

[@HaPKoMaTo3]

@@ShinobiXXXBDO well It's good if you have Pen BS for your stance and other upgrades are much more expensive. But before that i'd keep it at Tet.

[@thebossman972]

Oof I got a pen kutum from the guaranteed pen

[@aviatinggamer9051]

@@ShinobiXXXBDO pen kutum is definitely nice for the 4 gs. But it is the last piece of gear you should V imo (but do it before Ving accessories)

[@DracoMilitis]

Godr-Ayed kinda makes BS better in general

[@GabeIG]

offin

[@allanowo1284]

*1 taps pen blackstar on 161 stack :>

[@hydro1595]

leaking guild chat

[@cain7925]

No offense mate but pve gear comparison in BDO are non existence.

[@cainrip89]

but then if you pve succ and pvp awak sadge

[@sandro4076]

5 circle of all....interesting u sold yr ass to developers ? or just playing 30\7 ?

[@ImChoice]

Yeah I play a lot

[@adrianchew6260]

Easy Say Boss weapon=Multipurpose, BlackStar=PVE high dmg output, except the player is Monster class...haha.

[@deko2298]

i stick with pen bs awa and main.

[@dslick6234]

This game sucks. Endless grinding for literally nothing. Pvp is stun and 2 shot. Dumbest shit ever..

[@raz3379]

Literally

[@cm6gaming259]

Sub’d. Instant Sub.