For those unfamiliar with the weapon's properties... Supposedly the "Weakens Defense +15" = Defense -15% to target. I don't know how true this is, don't have the means to test, but I've heard it from enough people to trust it for now.
On most mobs, it procs usually within 4 hits. There are some mobs resistant to it (for example, since I -think- it's an Earth based enfeeble, it has horrible proc rates on Puks, who are aligned heavily with Wind), but 1~4 hits is the case the majority of the time.
Key point: It does not stack with, and overwrites Angon.
Now, obviously -15% is worse than -20%, but think of the future. Level 75->80 made Stribog's -10 go up to Langdebeve's -15, so I'd say it's safe to assume 80->99 will gain AT LEAST another -5. This would make it equal or even eventually superior to Angon, and it overwrites, which usually happens within the first few hits.
All that in mind...I don't see much of a use for meriting Angon more than 1/5 if at all any more. That first 30 seconds should be enough to stick the Langdebeve's effect, which you can then keep up fairly constantly throughout the match with a half-decent Haste build.
So... Is 2/5~5/5 Angon a waste, all that in mind? I already took one merit out of Angon for Empathy with the new Spirit Link boost, and I like Empathy enough that I'm considering taking more out of Angon to further enhance it. I mean really, what's the point of an extra 45 second duration if it's overwritten in less than the base 30 anyway?
I currently have 1/5 Empathy, 4/5 Angon, and 5/5 Deep Breathing (I solo a lot, and it's saved my *** on more than several occasions).
Not Drg, so can't comment much but i believe Angon will still hold its place on High lvl mobs. haven't heard of any of the enfeeble Weapons procing on HNMs yet (if you do that). So I'd wait til more info comes out more trials ect.
Definitely, not gonna take off 140k worth of EXP before it's a for-sure thing lol. But I'd like to know for future reference, when I finish the rest of my merits.
I don't do much endgame, but Langdebeve has no problem proc'ing on Dynamis mobs, including zone bosses, if that helps. No less frequent than random mobs.
Definitely, not gonna take off 140k worth of EXP before it's a for-sure thing lol. But I'd like to know for future reference, when I finish the rest of my merits. I don't do much endgame, but Langdebeve has no problem proc'ing on Dynamis mobs, including zone bosses, if that helps. No less frequent than random mobs.
If your getting Procs on things you do Then thats all you really need. But as Deimos Said, Go ahead and do your other merits and just put off G2(at least 4). Until Angon's status has been confirmed.
I think any enfeebling effect with a red "Downward helix" animation is considered a wind enfeeble, and as such won't proc on most of the things that are actually weak to Piercing, so I'd suggest keeping Angon either way.
I had no idea the animation was so specific....
Wouldn't all add effects be wind then (the enfeebling kind), because I can only remember 1 animation on things such as Thal's evasion down, or acid bolt's def down.
I had no idea the animation was so specific....
Wouldn't all add effects be wind then (the enfeebling kind), because I can only remember 1 animation on things such as Thal's evasion down, or acid bolt's def down.
Well that's because most basic "stat down" effects are wind-based, like a max HP down or max MP down effect.
There are lots of enfeebling effects for weapons but you don't see them often because no one really uses weapons with special enchantments, like the LV20ish dagger that has Ensilence. It's a really cool static-like animation but no one uses it so you probably won't see it. Granted, that would be wind-based also because Silence is Wind.
I had no idea the animation was so specific....
Wouldn't all add effects be wind then (the enfeebling kind), because I can only remember 1 animation on things such as Thal's evasion down, or acid bolt's def down.
Well that's because most basic "stat down" effects are wind-based, like a max HP down or max MP down effect.
There are lots of enfeebling effects for weapons but you don't see them often because no one really uses weapons with special enchantments, like the LV20ish dagger that has Ensilence. It's a really cool static-like animation but no one uses it so you probably won't see it. Granted, that would be wind-based also because Silence is Wind.
I've had the Scythe equivalent process both on Colibri and Mamool Ja (Exp camps) well. Never on a Puk though.
That's because Colibri and Mamool Ja are both wind-based, but don't have the same wind affinity as Puks. Natural MACC rules will tell you that something will always proc at least 20% of the time unless it's flat-out immune, which Puks are, to all wind-based damage and enfeebles.
I've had the Scythe equivalent process both on Colibri and Mamool Ja (Exp camps) well. Never on a Puk though.
That's because Colibri and Mamool Ja are both wind-based, but don't have the same wind affinity as Puks. Natural MACC rules will tell you that something will always proc at least 20% of the time unless it's flat-out immune, which Puks are, to all wind-based damage and enfeebles.
That's exactly what I was implying, puks aren't even immune to Wind, they just flat-out absorb it. Which I'm not entirely sure how that works on a Magic Accuracy/defense level, but would certainly explain why Defense Down never processes on them.
angon's time to shine is at the start of a zerg. you wouldn't want your ally to wait on your weapon to proc. angon is still king of what it does... for drgs... it's really the only reason you'd take a drg to a zerg.
I know the def +15 does not stack, but this also the same for the impairs evasion + 15 ??? Wishful thinking that the evasion +15 would proc and then use angon to take away defense too !!!
Can now confirm that the "+15" is indeed 15%. Tested using the Gnats' ability Insipid Nip, which transfers own debuffs to the target. My base DEF at the time was 337, 505 with Cocoon up (which was overwritten and would not overwrite the effect), after gaining Nip's transferred Def Down lowered me to 286.
286/337 = 0.84866488472....
Roughly 15.1%, round to 15%.
For those unfamiliar with the weapon's properties... Supposedly the "Weakens Defense +15" = Defense -15% to target. I don't know how true this is, don't have the means to test, but I've heard it from enough people to trust it for now.
On most mobs, it procs usually within 4 hits. There are some mobs resistant to it (for example, since I -think- it's an Earth based enfeeble, it has horrible proc rates on Puks, who are aligned heavily with Wind), but 1~4 hits is the case the majority of the time.
Key point: It does not stack with, and overwrites Angon.
Now, obviously -15% is worse than -20%, but think of the future. Level 75->80 made Stribog's -10 go up to Langdebeve's -15, so I'd say it's safe to assume 80->99 will gain AT LEAST another -5. This would make it equal or even eventually superior to Angon, and it overwrites, which usually happens within the first few hits.
All that in mind...I don't see much of a use for meriting Angon more than 1/5 if at all any more. That first 30 seconds should be enough to stick the Langdebeve's effect, which you can then keep up fairly constantly throughout the match with a half-decent Haste build.
So... Is 2/5~5/5 Angon a waste, all that in mind? I already took one merit out of Angon for Empathy with the new Spirit Link boost, and I like Empathy enough that I'm considering taking more out of Angon to further enhance it. I mean really, what's the point of an extra 45 second duration if it's overwritten in less than the base 30 anyway?
I currently have 1/5 Empathy, 4/5 Angon, and 5/5 Deep Breathing (I solo a lot, and it's saved my ass on more than several occasions).
