HOW TO BUILD THE PERFECT THOMAS ANDRE! FULL GUIDE! [Solo Leveling: Arise]

[@AnmolShinde-x6p]

Helll yeahhh....i got him A5 this afternoon being f2p and now gonna build him actually like a goliath.... Thank You for this guide Sir

[@Cricket__is__love]

that aint a guide watch ollie hart who does the best guides and no one is close to him

[@xDbrad]

@@Cricket__is__love He makes decent videos for beginning level players, anybody that somewhat knows what their doing would benefit more from this guide tho lmao especially since Ollie gives wrong info a lot of the time, in Thomas's guide dude said Crit damage and damage increase were the best options which is really dumb considering you need crit chance for crit damage to do anything whatsoever, that's common sense

[@Cricket__is__love]

@@xDbrad what its recomendend in thomas kit crit damage and damage increase

[@AnmolShinde-x6p]

@@Cricket__is__love nah im fine with payne's guide....i dont really need q complete guide on how to build it just an overview to make sure im doing stuff correct

[@racohyts3673]

Let's goooooo bro happy happy new year wen it comes 🎉🎉

[@PayneBlade]

Happy new year!!

[@Johnny2Badd]

I am having a rough holiday my guy i hope yours is better and you are feeling better! My computer decided to go out on me on Christmas day lmao! I am sorry if you have been doing lives and i have not been there, i have my PC on life support lol. Don't think i can afford to fix it anytime soon so wanted to give you a heads up! Pretty sure it is just the graphics card but Alas i am poor especially after the holiday! One Love ✌❤‍🔥

[@PayneBlade]

Sorry bro! Hopefully you find a solution and get back to it. Gotta get 2025 to start off better than 2024 ended

[@Johnny2Badd]

@PayneBlade took me all day but got it working on low settings for now. Hopefully can hold out a bit longer lol!

[@azaitan]

Great video, I got Min at A5 and akari at A1, i think will still be better for me to just pair my min to buff his ult until i can get my akari to A5! Just to add, after the first ultimate cooldown is up. His second and third ultimate can be activated with no cooldown and subsequently every cooldown you will be able to activate his ult 2x. Not sure if its a bug or feature. Min ultimate benefits his 2x ult because of this. (I guess u may have already known this but leave it out on purpose incase its a bug)🎉🎉

[@madhavmohanraj6146]

just pulled thomas . that makes it a10 lets go baby

[@pamelus6479]

I’m still waiting for you to build mine for me properly. I max out everything about him and still I’m not doing enough damage 😂……happy new year brother.

[@RyanMK666]

I’m actually enjoying have a F2P account now, since my main has finally full cleared hard story and the workshops. (Hard Baron POS I’ve not done 20 yet but I’m not at THAT level just yet) I’ve enjoyed using the knowledge I now have to min max correctly and what characters to try and pull for.

[@RyanMK666]

Any chance of a Charlotte build by the way? She’s the one character that I feel like I’ve built right but then it feels like she’s doing nothing.

[@PayneBlade]

Yep! I'll do them all slowly. I'll work on a few others this week

[@stargazer4784]

I started a F2P for similar reasons. I found it quite fun in the beginning to replay the story, but the fun has been taken away since the story got nerfed and I honestly find it a bit of a chore now to upkeep two different accounts. Thinking of just dropping the F2P altogether now since I know I'll probably never take the BoT/PoD/GB rankings seriously on this account anyway.

[@RAZIQUL03]

Nice video, can't wait for gunhee and cha hae full guide👍🏻

[@Squiiick]

Would've appreciated if you could show every piece, to know which ones to go def% on the main stats ^^

[@PayneBlade]

Only one (boots)

[@ABDULLAH-IIII]

bro I was waiting for real a beautiful reward when we reach level 100 but just the regular unfortunately

[@PayneBlade]

Lol ya I'm not surprised that's all we got tho because this dude doesn't have a limit to his lvling

[@ABDULLAH-IIII]

@ lOl 😂 😂 😂

[@douglasjenes2147]

Payne made me self conscious need another artifact event my a10 Thomas only has 26k I get the worst artifact roles lol

[@tatsukinomiya]

Will you be making a playlist dedicated to character guides, bro? For easier navigation?

[@PayneBlade]

Ya I definitely can

[@tatsukinomiya]

@PayneBlade Appreciate you, I'm fond of these deep dives. Good content

[@gcbusiness11]

Which is better for Thomas damage increase or crit damage @payneblade

[@PayneBlade]

Crit DMG overall

[@Rak4nP]

question: Did go gunhee get nerfed or something? in the guild boss before I could get with him Thomas and Cha. Thomas would get around 560K and gunhee would get around 340K and Cha around 130K, but now he does not cross the 180K. I have him A4

[@allanmonteverde5078]

yeah same, it feels like the dmg decreased on guild boss

[@xDbrad]

Nah, maybe you have the wrong armor on him or something?

[@dg-df7sz]

Mine also, he used to be in my top 3 now , he finishes on the bottom.

[@nenwfst8891]

I'm using 8 guilt​@@xDbrad

[@Rak4nP]

@@xDbrad No I'm using the 8 piece of Burning Greed and over 20k def

[@FaiziTheGreat1]

Hey which stats to level up? Only strength like u used to do or mow even perception too

[@rahul_10610]

With A10 weapon thomas' backshots become crazy

[@PAlouidor]

Lol😂

[@Shadowspectre001]

For artifacs main stat Is percentage or flat better

[@colamanodoy4775]

Thanks for the video ^^ I wanna ask about the artifacts, for the boots one, is it better to go for defense or the critical hit damage one?

[@PayneBlade]

If u have enough crit dmg from gear and cores then def is better

[@Lex_9]

Since he uses obsidian doesn't that make damage increase a less desirable stat? I think Mouse did a video on gb where the higher rage you get the damage increase gets worse and def pen gets better Also why is there a difference for his desired defence between p2w and f2p?

[@PayneBlade]

in regards to def pen and dmg inc it depends on how far u are going into rage. GB works differently than most content. as for def f2p vs p2w the difference is u get more resources as p2w so u can farm more and use more keys etc

[@AnTKiNG-4u]

Yoo Payne it's been a minute😅

[@NerdyTMNT]

Lmao! I see what you did there 😂

[@PayneBlade]

[@urek2872]

Mate how much def penetration and damage increase do you think its good for Thomas

[@PayneBlade]

20% a pop

[@urek2872]

@@PayneBlade Thanks mate and Happy new year :)

[@elshomz]

hey payne, are you using defense boots or crit damage?

[@PayneBlade]

Crit DMG

[@Azrael_Serph]

Regarding Thomas's boot main stat is it better to have crit damage or defence %.

[@PayneBlade]

if ur crit dmg can be made up from the cores then go def%. I like to personally put cdmg to 200% min and def at 30k+

[@ExhaustedEx]

@@PayneBlade according to my tests, 20% crit dmg is less than 1k def, i think, crit damage above 180 makes no sense

[@johanvanderhoven8105]

Sla artifacts confuse me. Like when do i use additional stats or %stats and does it count for every character or does some characters differ

[@PayneBlade]

Additional stats for all hunters and % ATK and hp% for SJW since he scales off 2 weapons. U still want a good balance of additional ATK and atk% for SJW but for the most part he uses % more

[@johanvanderhoven8105]

@PayneBlade but your thomas andre has a %def artifact from your latest video so thats why im confuse. Caise a previous video youve said what you just told me

[@Changmin200]

​@@johanvanderhoven8105 It also depends on the artifacts, I have a def% with a +3 additional def

[@panda-kun101]

wasn't curse supposed to be the worst for thomas? I've been using guardian since I got him.

[@PayneBlade]

Guardian is good ya but in all my testing it came out worse than curse with obsidian and warmonger. It's also maybe because guardian is bugged on occassion

[@shivamshitole5555]

For hutners percentage cores decrease their cp

[@PayneBlade]

Yea additional is better for hunters except hp% if u have a good base gives more HP but lowers cp by a tiny amount

[@StormJY]

Is Def% or Crit Dmg better as the main stat on Thomas’ boots?

[@PayneBlade]

def% if you have enough crdmg from cores and gear

[@beastgamingyt007]

Also easy to get 200% crit dmg but even with 2 roles in every artifects in defence, u will get around 25k defence.

[@aphoticlex614]

As a new player, what should I do with 40k essence stones, should i spend it all on thomas andre?

[@PayneBlade]

get him to advance 5

[@伯Ars]

3rd ig, hey payne, hope life with family is good, are u going live any time soon

[@PayneBlade]

hey bro Jan 6th. I got kids full time for the rest of the week since they don't have school.

[@tanji-sama]

Hi, I'm new to SLA and don't know what Thomas boots main stat should be, because everyone saying HE NEED DEF but what's with crit dmg on boots? What should I go for? Ty in advance guys

[@sundar3920]

depending on how much defense you have lets say you have above 30k defense you can choose crit damage crit damage boots are awesome overall in boots but if you dont have good enough defense you should go for defense

[@stargazer4784]

I think def % has a higher ceiling. You can make up for missing crit damage from accessories and cores.

[@tanji-sama]

Ok ty for the advice

[@adeebyusuf8474]

if we are p2p.. then can we use 8-piece curse ???????? .. like if I use other armor I get low total power... i get like 150k power

[@PayneBlade]

U can keep it for now til u get enough power but even with less combat power the 4 and 4 pieces are much better for DMG

[@raziakhatoon1201]

Is damage better than total power ???

[@phantom4154]

@payneblade Why is your precision of hunter 98% but my is 87% even though we have same level and A10 Thomas 🤔

[@PayneBlade]

probably due to my gems

[@drayled]

when i try to support u it said "Support is unavailable for this content creator" why is that?

[@ItsNot-That-Hard]

the draw event is back pls put back the link

[@fatedeternity3695]

Wait why below 10k mark for crit rate? Isn’t it capped at 50 %

[@fatedeternity3695]

Is it just Thomas ?

[@Johnny2Badd]

10k crit is needed!?!? i been putting them up to 8k but not that high

[@richiekasiram9601]

𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕤𝕖𝕖

[@tpayne3252]

Do i just go for all def% artifacts? With crit

[@PayneBlade]

Additional def main when possible, def and Crit with DMG in on left (unless GB then def pen) and right side Crit DMG, def% and add def and DMG inc or def pen if GB

[@Free2playpayne]

Can you do one for milien

[@PayneBlade]

Yep!

[@Free2playpayne]

@PayneBlade thanks brother

[@Free2playpayne]

@PayneBlade really appreciate the effort you put in your videos

[@bro.dijak1359]

How to build the perfect choi??

[@wyvarion]

full curse focus on attack only. he cant crit so dont focus on that

[@SahilWarner]

Full atk blessing with a5 wapon (weapon mandatory)

[@PayneBlade]

he is being sarcastic lol

[@madhavmohanraj6146]

you dont

[@bro.dijak1359]

I wanna build choi I heard he could solo baran​@@PayneBlade

[@LadishKannadasan]

what about 8pcs curse set for thomas? is is good?

[@Cricket__is__love]

yup for stimulation tp purpose only

[@beastgamingyt007]

Yes, modes like simulation and wobl u can use 8p curse, but guild boss, pod use 4p curse and 4p obsidian

[@beastgamingyt007]

My f2p Thomas build a6 himself and his weapon: Defence: 28k Crit rate: 9k Crit dmg: 195% Def pen: 16% Dmg increase: 20% Talents all maxed Core not maxed (cr, dmg increase, cd)

[@fatedeternity3695]

why do u need 9k crit rate ? isnt it capped at 50%

[@beastgamingyt007]

Over critting, because if boss level is higher than hunter and also if my tp is less than the recommended tp, my stats will be reduced (9k crit is 100%, that can maybe reduced to 50 or 60%)

[@fatedeternity3695]

@@beastgamingyt007 wait does that apply to all hunters and sung jin woo too?

[@fatedeternity3695]

@@beastgamingyt007 So if the boss level is higher than you, your all stats is reduced ?

[@beastgamingyt007]

@@fatedeternity3695 yes

[@TreynX25]

just got hm to a5 today

[@averagejoe9229]

is it worth to get him A10? Im a light spender with a fresh account.

[@beastgamingyt007]

He is worth every spend, but if u r f2p and not an end game player, i would suggest u to stop at A5 so that u can pull for other hunters aswell.

[@1darkglass132]

Doesn't additional HP on core add more than HP%?

[@sundar3920]

Only for hp Doesn't matter where % is better than flat stats

[@alessiospagnesi8697]

it does and he says that in the video too, flat is better for now at least

[@yosif9869]

Iam new to the game and got Thomas but I can't find his weapon banner why?

[@Spoopball]

No hunter ever gets a weapon banner. You can get them sometimes from events (his weapon event was a month ago). You have to go to the craft menu and spend "red tickets" it's the only way as of right now

[@romy1924]

You have to craft his weapon now

[@Hajun_max]

Question: I have A5 go gunhee A4 his weapon, A5 Thomas A5 his weapon, A5 Cha A3 her weapon and A6 Alicia A10 her weapon. All this and i still can't get 220k power for each, does anyone knows the reason

[@PayneBlade]

Probably artifacts, cores

[@Hajun_max]

Cores maybe bz i only got epic for all them , but artifacts I got 8 curse artifact for Cha, Thomas and Alicia for gunhee I got 8 greed artifact

[@GODTITAN-07]

4 curse, 4 behemoth my build

[@BlackThunderX]

Hella bored sir. Nothing to play, completed all modes, did all runs... wait for new content is so longggggg.

[@PayneBlade]

Ya this a big time lul atm

[@luiseduardomestreangelone8040]

I mean when u pay to play a game. . . Thats what kinda happens. As a f2p i got A LOT! of things to do and progress. Enjoy the game people. . . Go easy and enjoy the ride. Everything is a rush nowadays 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@SNIPEY_Y]

Just grinding Pod and GB

[@romy1924]

​@luiseduardomestreangelone8040 what are you talking about. Most free to play have already caught up. Even global players are already at 1.2b TP. I'm f2p and got nothing left to do but summon for weapons and heros😂

[@iamSJCool]

@@luiseduardomestreangelone8040I am f2p and am almost done with the story but I have other accounts to grind and build.

[@brocal9986]

Too much light Units i wait for Sung jinwoo father 😂

[@Samarpan_GRG]

Is thomas better than gun ghee

[@StierZerk]

In terms of of damage & power output, andre definitely better. But ggh alaso a good unit. You need them both to utilize damage output more better. Having akari, definitely bonus

[@a5v93]

W vid

[@Sanzo_-]

Heyyyy

[@MetazioGaming]

🎉🎉🎉

[@PayneBlade]

@@MetazioGaming happy new year my brotha!

[@MetazioGaming]

@PayneBlade Happpy New year Paynionssss 🤣

[@lovelyboyforever1084]

Me still need last copy for a10 bad luck almost 750 summon

[@Tophier]

Almost lv100

[@bellion-sm8wb]

Hi

[@clnseat]

All these comments about supporting just show people aren't actually watching the video 🤣🤣🤣

[@PayneBlade]

😂

[@MDHasan-qn2cr]

can u giveaway your draw tickets , maybe this much with isnt looking good , i can take good care if u share :)

[@mohammed9w553]

Thomas is the second top hunter in manhwa after SJW's dad who is also light , so maybe we should really aim for a10.

[@aidenvanwyk8327]

FIRST!🎉

[@larsjay_16]

❤

[@TEJA071]

The support button is freezed for me

[@PayneBlade]

yep as mentioned, it will be active in a day or 2 when new season starts

[@Doba2]

Me too. Idk what's going on 😢

[@cryptoforfuture8838]

free to play 35k def thomas? 38k def is ideal? what u smoking?! u seen that anywhere? if u look at the top guild, top 10 guys there got thomas at 35k-35k and we talking guys that do 11b on GB on an avg run

[@PayneBlade]

U didn't listen clearly. I said p2w 35k to 38k and f2p 28k to 35k. U can go back and listen. I'm smoking something called listening skills

[@ultracongaming5457]

@@PayneBlade lmao nice one

[@jamalmilan1753]

First

[@niramaipnayanar]

hey payne idk y i cant support u man , idk some bug ig. GUYS PLZ UPVOTE THIS TO RAISE THIS CONCERN . There's a white button on top of ur support button idk why netmarble is doin this but plz resolve this

[@niramaipnayanar]

same with all the other peoples as well

[@PayneBlade]

I explain it in the video haha. Season is over. Gotta wait until tomorrow for new season to start

[@niramaipnayanar]

@@PayneBlade sorry man , i saw ur video pop up in 2 mins and was like doin this . Yea I totally forgot about that lol ^ ^

[@PayneBlade]

@niramaipnayanar lol np

[@7h_yuta]

🎉🎉🎉