Help with Dark Avenger Equipment and Skill Build

[9to5routine]

Hey guys! I'm a returning player, last played during the 70 cap. I'm continuing with my DA character, but i'm unfamiliar with the recent updates, so some help would be greatly appreciated! Couple of questions:

1. During the 70 cap, to increase DPS, we used to prioritize Final Damage, Critical, then Physical Attack and STR in that order. Is that still relevant in the 95 cap?

2. Whats a good special skill heraldry for DA? Still Gravity Ball?

3. For level 95 accessories, there's 2 variants of Chiron Rings:
A) Chiron Ring (STR: 899, Atk: 1.9%)
B) Chiron Ring (Atk: 1419, Atk: 1.9%)
Which of these would result in more DPS?

4. For the lv 95 Champion Defence Enhancement Dragon Jades, there's 2 possible variants as well:
A) Champion Defence Enhancement Dragon Jade x7 (STR: 2800, Critical: 19681, Critical Damage: 9000)
B) Champion Defence Enhancement Dragon Jade x7 (STR: 2800, Atk: 1400)
Which of these would result in more DPS?

5. Same for the lv 95 Champion Attack Enhancement Dragon Jades:
A) Champion Attack Enhancement Dragon Jade x4 (Fire Atk: 8%, Critical: 12661, Critical Damage: 12661)
B) Champion Attack Enhancement Dragon Jade x4 (Fire Atk: 8%, Atk: 2400, Max Hp: 2.5%)
C) Champion Attack Enhancement Dragon Jade x4 (Fire Atk: 8%, STR: 1450, Max Hp: 2.5%)
Which of these would result in more DPS?

6. Im nearing lv 95; in the process of getting gear from the trading house. Anything wrong with what i have planned? (Im a pure PVE, F2P player NOT going for Final Damage):

General Equipment
Hero's Neris Sword (STR: 1100)
Hero's Neris Gauntlet (STR: 1100)
Hero's Neris Helm (STR: 972)
Hero's Neris Upper Body (STR: 2086)
Hero's Neris Lower Body (STR: 1548)
Hero's Neris Gloves (STR: 782)
Hero's Neris Shoes (STR: 782)

General Accessory
Chiron Necklace (STR: 4140, Atk: 996)
Chiron Earrings (STR: 3450, Critical: 16619, Critical Damage: 8304)
Chiron Ring x2 (Atk: 1419, Atk: 1.9%)

Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Destruction Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Bear Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Fatal Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Limitation Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Wind Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Life Vitality Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Health Enhancement Heraldry
Champion Defence Enhancement Heraldry

Champion Striking Fellowship Heraldry
Champion Attack Fellowship Heraldry
Champion Elevation Fellowship Heraldry
Champion Origin Fellowship Heraldry

Skill Heraldry
Premium Skill Herladry Graves (+20% Dmg)
Premium Skill Herladry Doom Blade (+20% Dmg)
Premium Skill Herladry Vengeance Storm (+20% Dmg)
Premium Skill Herladry Dark Crash (+20% Dmg)

Special Skill Herladry
?

Enhancement Dragon Jades
Champion Defence Enhancement Dragon Jade x7 (STR: 2800, Critical: 19681, Critical Damage: 9000)
Champion Attack Enhancement Dragon Jade x4 (Fire Atk: 8%, Critical: 12661, Critical Damage: 12661)

Enhancement Talismans
Champion Destruction Enhancement Talisman
Champion Bear Enhancement Talisman
Champion Fatal Enhancement Talisman
Champion Limitation Enhancement Talisman
Champion Wind Enhancement Talisman
Champion Life Vitality Enhancement Talisman
Champion Health Enhancement Talisman
Champion Iron Wall/Tent Enhancement Talisman

7. Would appreciate any pointers on my skill build as well! (Pure PVE)
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[Gloiii]

i guess you should also try the gear sim by spacem, since you post your gear here, using the sim would help you alot.

[9to5routine]

Thanks!! Didn't even know this existed hahah

[Gloiii]

ur welcum, just experiment with your build in dngearsim til you get what you want gear/stat

[darkb1ader]

Why didn't you max avenger main skills like doom blade and vengeance storm. IMHO, they're crucial for DA's DPS.

[9to5routine]

I didn't max avenger skills but i left them at their sweet spot levels

E.g.
Vengeance Storm LV 9 = 3285% ATK (+66% from previous level)
Vengeance Storm LV 10 = 3351% ATK (+66% from previous level)
Vengeance Storm LV 11 = 3707% ATK (+356% from previous level)
Vengeance Storm LV 12 = 3773% ATK (+66% from previous level)
Vengeance Storm LV 13 = 3840% ATK (+66% from previous level)

Leveling from 10 to 11 increases DPS by alot compared to other levels, so lv 11 is a 'sweet spot' level.
Putting 2 more skill points to lv 13 only results in a marginal increase in DPS; not worth the SP in my opinion.
I save up those extra skill points so i have some to spare when the level cap increases since im F2P

This 'sweet spots' happen at lv 6, 11, 16, and 21, for all active skills, all classes

[darkb1ader]

Yea I know about those sweet spot levels you speak off but DPS is still DPS as only few skills of DA give quite a lot of damage.
Not maxing those out means missing sweet DPS as well.
Unless you have other skills to max out, you probably would end up maxing those two anyways as those two and dark crash are the most powerful skills of DA.
But maybe you have a different play style then that would make all the difference, It's totally up to you anyways...

Besides saving SP for next cap is a waste as I believe the next level cap would come out probably on 2019 and quite confident that for every cap there would be skill reset so I don't mind using SP's at all.

[vangeodee]

https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/sea...-----0---0---0

NEVER skimp out on any DPS skill. Doom Blade and Vengeance Storm will be your top 2/3 skills respectively. MAX THEM.

[9to5routine]

^ See comment for previous post Im saving them basically cuz im a cheapskate

[vangeodee]

Doesn't matter. I've yet to see a situation wherein the sequence for meter is not (not counting additional damage):
1) Dark Crash
2) Doom Blade
3) Vengeance Storm / Dark Stinger / Graves

Your thought process is correct, level 11 does indeed give more board% compared to other levels, however that line of thinking only works when you have another tree in which you can invest in. Since you only have DA's line to build, why save SP? You're just losing out on damage for non-existent skills.

Here's the build I use for my own DA, there are a lot of skills you won't be using if you don't PVP (which I assume you don't since all you're asking is PVE related):

https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/sea...--0--0-0-0-0-0

You can literally max out everything of importance and still have left over SP. No more need to do "sp saving" in this cap.

[aBesolute]

Cheapskate or not, you're not maximizing your dps with lacking SP on the most highest dps skills you got. And you do know you're a spin off class. Theres no other route for your SP's other than the DA skills that are maximized when you transform.

[aBesolute]

And gear wise, thats good. Go for Str/Vit on everything. Str is 90% increase for DA's which is already a cheat.