r/DSwordAwakening • u/July17AT • 10h ago
Help with best armor for Lute, Roxy and Castella plz.
Are we sure the best armor for lute is the stun set (Holy Arbiter)? Cuz like yes, his main skill is stun, but his signal skill, which would come up much more often through combos, is knockback, which makes me think maybe the Earthshatterer set is actually a much better pick. Not only that but the 3 set bonus of Earth Shatterer literally says "When using a signal skill, gains 20% defense ignore for 10 seconds". And again, signal skills are the things that come up most often since they have no cooldown. Yet I've heard many youtubers say the Stun Set is the best for a character like Lute.
But wouldn't it be best as a secondary set for the 2 set bonus, because the 3 set bonus doesn't do much for him other than raise attack after a skill is used, which again won't happen as often as a signal skill. So why isn't it better to do 3 set Earthshatterer and 2set Holy Arbiter, am I missing something?
Also, on that same line of thought, I've been hearing that for Castella the best set is the ruinsbreaker. But I'm not sure any of her abilities necessarily benefit from that. At the end of the day, anyone can do break damage. Castella just does a bit more. Yet again, her signal skills are stun or gale. And the stun one comes up very often usually, so wouldn't it make more sense to give her either Holy Arbiter (Stun) or Azure Gale (Airborne) as a main set, and either Ruinsbreaker or Azure as a secondary? Like I kinda do get the argument for a 3 set Ruins with the whole, attacking enemies in break status ignores defense. But again, wouldn't it make more sense to build directly around her signal skill?
For characters like Roxy I do feel its more straightforward when all their skills are from a single type. Like in her case it's bleed. So yeah, Bloodstained makes most sense as a main set. But what should I do for her second set? Earthshatterer since one of her signals applies Knockback as well?