Dark Summoners when compared to the Soul Eaters are more PvP oriented since most of the EXs she gets are more of whacking and stuff like that. She has only slight debuffs from the Soul Eater tree as not much skills are needed when we are at the 60 cap. It’s already possible to focus on only one side of the tree.
She is a generally easy class to play and also easy to climb up the PvP ranks. In ladder they are one of the top few Kalis.
Her weapon of choice are fans.
Pros:
- Sadism Pleasure buff heals you.
- Very PvP oriented since her claw skills are just lifting and whacking down when changed to the EX form.
- Has many DPS skills.
- Considered semi DPS.
- Cool down reduces as the skill level increases.
Cons:
- Mana problems are sometimes your worst nightmares.
- She has little defense.
- Dark attribute class. Nest boss resists the attack.
There are 3 skill mechanisms you need to know and understand to fully utilize a Screamer to it’s full potential. Screamers are still rare in the game since most players take the mainstream dancers loads of players don’t understand what your skill does. Though for a Dark Summoner it’s still better to know what your other tree skill does.
Curse Status - One of your skills to kill off enemies. As when they are cursed every 2 seconds while they are dealing damage they will at least reduce 2k HP. It takes the base 100% of your magic damage. So in PvP it’s at least 2k. Only walking then the curse will not be in effect even a tumble can reduce your HP. Utilize your curse skills well since its sometimes sadistic to see your opponents dash to their death.
Branded Status - When you/opponent/mob are branded you can see a plus sign around you meaning you are branded and if any of this skill hits you be prepared to get extra damage. Spirit Paper, Soul Gate, Ghost Scream and Summon Puppet. The three skill allows an extra hit meaning an extra bird is summoned, Soul Gate’s ghosts allows an extra hit. Soul Gate will also be smarter in targeting the opponent. Ghost Scream will produce additional talismans. Summon Puppet will be allowed to be summoned.
Delay Status - When you are hit by Cling Snake, you are slowed down by at least 50% and will gradually recover. It’s effect is like the ice slow effect. Also skill like Cling Snake, Ghost Scream and Dragon’s Soul can induce the delay effect.
The skill build is just here to guide you and can be changed to your preference. This skill build is purely built to my way of playing. I would be noting at the skill descriptions to show which skills could be changed if you would not want to add the skills. So enjoy!
The build would be written and explained in the context of a hybrid build, Pure PvE and PvP build are attached below.
Soul Wind – Level 1. This skill is considered mid range but you don’t really need this skill at high level.
Despair Needle – Not needed for a blade dancer usually as you have enough skills to keep catching your opponents.
Sting Breeze – Level 1. Not really needed as high levels but this skill has two parts. One part would be pushing the mob back and the second part is lifting the mob up into the air
Fancy Turn – Level 1. The skill makes you turn on the spot and whack mobs 360 degrees around you.
Spirit Blow – Level 1. This skill is great as it lifts your opponent up into the air and allow you to waste their Aerial Evasion or their Tumble skill. It also uses physical attack and can deal big damage at the higher levels.
Negative Ghost – Level 1. Not really needed but when you are at low level it could help in PvE as it makes mobs walk away from you like they are confused. Gives you a little breather space. In PvP you can also use it to push your opponents away from you and then cast Despair Needle.
Phantom Guard – Level 5. This skill is very useful regardless of PvE or PvP as it increases your superarmor and also gives you damage reduction. Meaning your MP will be drained in place of your HP. Your MP consumption is also reduced while this skill is active.
Spirit of Genie – It’s a free skill and really helps in raids or dungeons. It increases all your stats by 80% in PvE for 15 seconds. Just get it.
Slight Turn -Level 1. It allows you to kick enemies from the side
Soul Kiss – Allows you to attack enemies that are on the floor. This skill I would consider not really reliable as if you miss the enemy and they wake up you would have to perform the skill until it ends.
Return Spin – Not needed as you seldom can stun enemies and it’s a waste of SP.
Ghost Kick – Level 1. This skill allows you to land faster back on your feet after Aerial Evasion or casting your dancer skills.
Turning Step – Level 5. Your Tumble skill, not really much information here.
Dummy Ghost – Level 6. The higher the skill the lower the cool down. This skill gives us the bigger advantage with all classes as the escape distance is very far compared to other classes. But the bad part is that you can only use this skill when you are staggered or flinched. Use this skill well as it can save your life several times.
Aerial Evasion – Level 4. Allows you to recover while in the air.
Slave Hand – Level 1. Your wake attack skill it also pushes mobs and opponents away from you while you wake up.
Physical Mastery – Level 5. Max it for more HP.
Mental Mastery – Level 5. Gives you more MP.
Mind Conquer – Level 4. Having this skill maxed can help you in ladder as the MP you receive in ladder can be very low.
Dark Summoner Skills
Phantom’s Rage – Level 1. Allows you to stay in the air for awhile. Throws 5 claws at your opponents.*Note that in PvP, Moonblade Dance can be even higher then you and if the skill hits you can fall back down onto the floor. L
Blitz Claw – Level 11. This skill can deal decent DPS if your opponent or mobs are together. But the damage dealt is lessen after consecutive 2 hits. Neither the less it’s one of your main skills when you are under Beyond Time.
Phantom Claw – Level 16. Great skill to push opponents away. Has a slight stagger when you hit them. The EX will help even better.
Chain Claw – Level 1. I use this skill only for utility as it’s a very good skill in wasting your opponent’s Aerial Evade. You can chain together with Spirit Blow after they Aerial Evade. Even as a Dark Summoner there is no need in increasing it even higher.
Revenge Zone – Level 11. This is also another DPS skill when it turns into the EX. This skill is good in corralling mobs together and will also lift opponents in the air in PvP.
Rampage Claw – Level 10. The higher the level of this skill the stun is also increased. I try to find stun stats for my plates and also use a Shock plate and my stun is currently at 8k. Usually its enough to stun mobs but for PvP mostly you can stagger your opponents. Just throw a normal attack to make them fall.
Phantom’s Avenger – Having this skill for the damage increment skill cool down reduction is also good. Note that you are invincible as long you have the claw mark above your head. It’s like a mini Divine Avatar, many Screamers and other classes don’t know about this effect as I have PvP a lot of times with this ultimate and they continue attacking me after being buffed. Your attack speed is also greatly increased. Summoning Soul Gate and Beast Spirit is also faster. If you can brand you opponent it would be even better since puppet and your Phantom’s Avenger buff can deal the extra damage on it.
*While casting make sure you are not cursed, I would also stand far away from my enemies since any flinch, electric shock or time stop can cancel the ultimate.
Soul Eater Skills
Stigma of Curse – Level 6. Having this at level allows you to produce 2 talismans meaning double the chance to imprint your opponent/boss. At level 11, you can throw 3 talismans. In DNsea we do not have the effect when you hit the same opponent twice the debuff is gone. You can still summon puppet. Hitting your opponent once would stagger them so throwing another talisman would make them fall to the ground.
Summon Puppet – Level 5. Definitely a must max for screamers as this is mainly the skill we get accepted for when we take part in nests. The extra damage done to the boss is good.*Note that some boss reduces the puppet duration by half. Typhoon Kim is one of them.
Spirit Paper – Level 1. Just for utility and the small curse debuff.
Cling Snake -Level 1. Just to move on to Soul Gate, though it’s a good skill to slow down opponents/mobs.
Soul Gate – Level 1. Just for utility as without the EX. This gate is not very smart.*This skill can travel through relics and summons in PvP. If another gate is on the field summon your gate so both will attack each other.
Beast Spirit – Level 6. Another DPS skill if you get your opponent in the center of the skill. It also deals curse damage.*Usually I use rampage claw to stun opponents before throwing Beast Spirit.
In PvE you can use Revenge Zone to coral the mobs then use Beast Spirit.
Dragon’s Soul – There is no real need for a dual ultimate for Dark Summoners although most of the time your ultimate would just to be to buff yourself this ultimate can deal more damage than Phantom’s Avenger.
Passives and Buffs
Spirit Twinge – Level 1. You just need it to flinch opponents or to get close with them by casting Dummy Ghost right after the skill. Hold the Shift button to activate the Tumble skill.
Ghost Scream – I do not rely on this skill since most of the time I find it hard to utilize and there is a bug with this passive since there are times I do not activate this skill after Tumbling. It delays your opponent if hit and also extra talisman are produced and dealt in their direction when they are branded. Also there is not enough SP to allocate into this skill so it still depends if you want to add this skill.
Grudge Formation – Level 4. Some players feel this skill is great in terms of PvE, you can get this skill to it’s max level if you remove SP from the Claw skills.
Resent Area – If you want Resent Area too you can reduce Grudge Formation by 3 SP and give Resent Area level 1.
Increase Soul – Level 3. It’s a great skill in terms of buffing you but the price to pay is with your HP. This skill does not base on the % of HP you have as seen on the skill description. It only will remove 251 HP at level 3 of the skill for every 2 seconds. The buff can increase almost 2K Magic Attack and helps a lot.
Dark Summoner Skills
Sadism Pleasure – Level 4. This skill is a good level 45 skill since it can heal you at a good rate and also increases your dark damage. It has also been reported that the buff applies to your party members but the healing part is bugged or maybe never part of the feature to also allow your party members to heal. It only adds Dark Attack to their skills which would not benefit any raids since most of the time there will not be any Dark Element class.
Chaos Formation – Level 4. This skill is also another DPS skill that deals 11 hits. Though the skill damage output is not that great but it has a big AoE and a high super armor breakage. The skill also lifts the opponent up at the last hit and even with i frame the skill will ignore and continue dealing damage to them.
Phantom Claw EX – Level 1. It adds extra 2 hands to the skill and adds 30% more damage to the skill. The skill lifts and whacks the mob/opponent back to the floor at the 3rd and 4th hand.
Chain Claw EX – Level 1. This skill is still used for utility as it whacks the opponent into the air then whacks it back down again.
Revenge Zone EX – Level 1. This skill changes the zone to explode faster and the explosion will be 2 times more. So if you are caught by this skill only Aerial Evade at the last explosion.
Attached below are the skill builds for the Hybrid, Pure PvE and Pure PvP.
Happy Gaming~!
Hybrid Skill Build
Pure PvE Skill Build
Changes Made:
- Negative Ghost and Despair Needle is removed.
- Spirit Blow is now level 6.
- Grudge Formation is level 6 as it is a good buff in PvE.
- Stigma of Curse is level 1 since most of the time you will brand the target successfully.
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