Strategies for GVG Siege

Basic Strategies for GVG Siege

Introduction

This is a general guide outlines basic War of Emperium (WoE) tactics. It will go over the basic gears you will need, explain the roles of each class, and detail some of the reliable strategies of offense and defense. The offensive guild’s ultimate plan is to pierce through the defenders of a castle and break their Emperium undetected or forcefully. The defending guild’s must protect their Emperium and kill any enemies who dare enter your castle. The guild with the best coordination and communication will always triumph in WoE.

Gears

You will need to get some basic gears. What is considered standard is at least Marc, Thara Frog, and Poo Poo Hat. But here, I will detail some of the higher items you should get to give your guild the advantage:

Top Gear

Mid Gear

Low Gear

Armor

Shield

Footgear

Accessories

Weapons

Preparing Any Character for WoE

• Bring sufficient healing items and SP items. Do not expect your priests to heal you!

• Stock up until you have 89% Weight. You won't be gaining any items so don't worry.

• Don't bring useless items such as Fly Wings.

• Double check your gears to make sure you are equipping the right items.

• Make sure you brought all the switchable gears you may need for WoE.

• Don't customize your battle mode hot-keys at the last minute. Have a day's practice until you find a layout that you're comfortable with.

• Please use a character that has some VIT for WoE (The lowest should be about 40~60 base VIT).

Roles and Tips of Each Class

Wizard

• Do not go into the Emperium room until its heavily attacked by your tanks.

• Do not lead the way first.

• You are going to use mostly Quagmire and Storm Gust.

• Be careful with Quagmire because it affects your team as well!

• If there is water, use Water Ball for important targets such as Sages.

• You want Suffra or high DEX to go inside and immediately cast SG and Quagmire the pre-cast area.

Knight

• You are a distraction so your team can follow up.

• Be prepared to tank Asuras.

• If you have decent gears, kill some Wizards, Priest and Monks.

• Use a status weapon and use Spear Boomerang or Magnum Break.

• Survive as long as possible in the Emperium room.

• Remember to bring a lot of potions.

Assassin

• If you are a breaker, wait for the communication by your team to know when to sneak by.

• Else, use a katar or status weapon with a cursed/stun equipped and Grimtooth people.

• Venom Dust is nice.

• Do not use Sonic Blow too often. It is currently not viable until transcended classes arrive.

• Do not use Enchant Poison, some people have Argiope armors for this reason.

Blacksmith

• You have useful buffs so use them for your guild mates.

• Use Hammer Fall on pre-casters if you can.

• You have the highest ATK% skill (Mammonite) in the game that is ASPD based. Use it.

• Use a status Axe with Cart Revolution or Marine Sphere Card.

Priest

• Protect the breakers and casters (Especially your recaller) with KE.

• Don't bother supporting your tanks. They should be using White Potions.

• Do not use Heal often (even for yourself). The delay is too great and you should be using potions as well.

• Lex spam.

• Sanctuary the Emperium to heal it when defending.

• Buff guardians and keep them alive.

• A good Priest is the last one to die in combat.

Monk

• Kill tanks and other important characters like Priest.

• Be careful of Safety Wall, Hide, and the obvious deaths.

• Use Snap to get away from traps and enemies. You can also use this to distract people.

• If your DEX is low, do not use Throw Spirit Sphere. Instead, try Occult Impaction.

Hunter

• If you are AGI/DEX, you can help break and kill.

• Use a status weapon and auto-attacking people (breaking casts).

• If you are DEX/VIT/INT, place a lot of traps if defending.

• Blitz Beat bypasses defense so use it a lot on crowded areas if you are DEX/VIT/INT. With Bragi, it should be quite annoying.

Strategy for Offense

I'll be using our defense as an example and illustrate how to be able to pierce through it. Hopefully your guild reaches the pre-emp room. You are all buffed up and killed off the guardians. Defeating a defenders can be tricky, but the general outline is:

1. Send your Knights, tanks, distracters right in and disrupt pre-casters. Get rid of much of the traps

2. Rest of the team follow up and use long-range to weaken them.

3. Killers should focus on Wizards and Priests.

4. Breakers should sneak by.

5. Protect breakers.

Strategy for Defense

• Tanks should be in the front lines, attacking, and using status weapons.

• Make sure you have a trapper.

• Have some characters to roam to find hidden enemies.

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