Aquamentis12

16 pets?! WOW!!!! You're devoted to your neopets that's for sure! I currently have 2 pets and the only stat-stealing I've experienced was when winning a level increase from a scratchcard in the Happy Vaelly kiosk. All of my stats from random faerie quests and Kitchen Quests have gone to my active pet. Those are the boons I prefer too. But with the last skirmish win, neither was an available choice so I went with Quest Refresh.

Sounds like you made a really good effort! Definitely work on your training and you'll get there! Depending on your training costs, you might consider doing Kitchen Quests to help with training. The prizes for Kitchen Quests is either a somewhat low-value item, an amount of NP usually under 1000np, or 1 point to a random stat. When I do a KQ I usually limit my total cost to around 5,000np. If all the items combined cost more than 5,000 I decide if I want to risk getting a lame prize, or stat point. Depending on your income and codestone training costs you might set this amount higher or lower if you like. Whatever you are comfortable with is fine. KQs usually ask for 3 or 4 items, and you get a lot of time to complete them. So if you want to skip one, waiting for the timer to run out can be a bit of a pain. Completing KQs also count toward your 10 on-site quests per day. Along with Snow Faerie, Edna, etc. After you've completed any 10 of these quests in a day, you must wait for Midnight NST for the counter to reset. Another option, is if you buy NC. The Faerie Quest Fortune Cookie costs 100nc each, and lasts for 9 days. 9x24hours. It will run out at the same moment you opened it, 9 days later. This can be a good way of training as you get one quest per day the cookie is active and as the regular random faerie quests give 3 stat points. With a few exceptions. Light Faerie I believe gives 2 levels, not 3, and Soup Faerie quests give 2 points to each of 2 random stats. Space Faerie and Fyora still give their heightened points, so those are good quests to hope for. And the Quest Refresh boon from the Obelisk War skirmishes will let you refresh the cookie quests too. I hope this helps! Good luck!

Considering the max NP per day is like, 1,500np it's not a huge help to get it all, but every little bit helps, right? lol Some, like Snowager on Easy, can SOMETIMES give you a Frozen Negg. These are rare but sell for around 270,000np right now. Snowy on easy has 700hp, but can do a bit of damage if you let him attack you. Trust me when I recommend against trying him on Medium. He has like, around 15,000hp on Medium, and can hit for over 3000hp damage. So you won't get your NP very quickly from fighting him on Easy, about 50np per battle. Most of the time it's junk for prizes. Usually frozen food. lol But, you can also get a couple of books and codestones from Snowy. I tend to battle him for the chance of a Frozen Negg or two. I'll battle Snowy first, to try for the prizes, and then if I feel like battling after that, I'll take on something a little easier on Mighty difficulty like Jelly Chia or Shadow Usul. Oh, I don't know what the prices are anymore. But Jelly Chia has a couple exclusive items. Jelly Pop Stamp, Jelly World Stamp, and Jelly Mysteries, a book. I used to sell Jelly World Stamp for around 100k each, but that was years ago. lol The value is probably still much lower, but you'll get your NP pretty quickly fighting Jelly Chia on Mighty difficulty.

Your stats are doing pretty well! Red stones are kind of expensive these days, since people are training up for the upcoming battle plot. Do you train using Kitchen Quests? If you don't already know, you can complete 10 on-site quests per day. Completing any Kitchen, Snow Faerie, Edna, etc. all count toward these 10 quests. I'm gonna post about KQs and FQCs just in case you don't know them, if you do, great, then the info is here for people who may not know about them. Kitchen Quests can give you a pretty junky item, an amount of NP usually under 1,000np, or a 1 point gain in a random stat. I recommend giving yourself a budget limit, since the non-stat rewards aren't worth much. I usually stick to around 5,000np or less for Kitchen Quests. Or, if you buy NC, there's also the Faerie Quest Fortune Cookie from the NC Mall. They are 100nc each and last for 9 days. 9x24 hours. You get one quest per day, ANY Random Faerie Quest can happen. The Quest Refresh boon from some of the Obelisk factions works on them too. These can be a great way to train as the stat boosts are usually 3 points per quest. With a couple exceptions. Soup Faerie quests raise 2 stats by 2 points each. Light Faerie Quests I believe award you with 2 levels, not 3. (Been awhile since I last checked) Space Faerie still gives a load of levels, and Fyora still ups your level, strength and HP nicely.

LOL Well with one of the beat weapons in the game in your arsenal, that's GREAT to hear you're itching to take on some stronger opponents! You still should take SOME opponents on at their easier difficulties. Though if I had some stronger weapons I know I'd want to tackle Snowager on Medium, just to see how far I could get. lol On Medium, he has ... I think it's 15,000 hp, and can do over well over 3000hp of damage in one turn. It's been awhile since I last tried him on Medium so I don't recall if I'm entirely accurate with his HP, but I KNOW he can still one-shot me, and my peophin has over 3000hp! lol But that's just one example where you'd still be better off trying some opponents on their lower difficulties. That being said, with the SAP you'll have a lot more options for who you can battle, and I am sure that it will be of GREAT use to you during the upcoming battle plot! I don't blame you for equipping it ASAP! Such a rare prize that was once only available at Smuggler's Cove. You definitely don't want anything to happen to it! I think the TP price is around 300-350mil for one. That's a lot lower than it's inflated price used to be, thank goodness, but still out of the price range for many neopians, myself included. lol Take good care of it and it will take good care of you. Although, one thing to keep in mind for the battle plot. If TNT is making these available before the plot, then they MIGHT be thinking up some counter-measures for later on during the plot. Normally, I don't think they'd be that sneaky, but it's unusual for them to release such high-end items for free as they have over the last full year. Including last year's Advent Calendar weapons. I MIGHT be overthinking things, I tend to do that, but I feel it's a good idea to have an idea what to do if you need to swap out some equipment during a battle plot. But DEFINITELY keep your SAP equipped, so nothing can happen to it! Even if you have to swap out other pieces of gear. I can't really make much in the way of suggestions before knowing what the plot enemies are using, and for that, we must wait until they've been released and those of us among the TDN staff can discern what their weapons are. But if I recall correctly, you should have some good alternate weapons to rely on for attacking if they have some strong defense items. Anyone with a SAP or that tier of equipment should be set up to do quite well in the next battle plot. That should make it feel more fun. Heh, even if I don't get a SAP, I'm prepped with my intermediate-level set to do some damage. High-damage items don't necessarily make a battle plot more fun, though it can help to extend how far you can go, which can help extend an aspect of the fun. Not to mention that the further you go, typically the better the rewards. I hope you have a lot more fun with your SAP!

WOW! You are VERY lucky! CONGRATULATIONS! The Seasonal Attack Pea is one of the strongest weapons in the game. Dealing a WHOPPING 28 SOLID icons! A mix of Light and Earth. For comparison, a Super Attack pea, the strongest constant in the game, deals 32 solid icons. LOL It's no wonder you are one-shotting most of your opponents with a weapon like that in your arsenal! I'd love to win one too, there's still MOST of the Advent Calendar Days left, so I have hope! So, just battle as efficiently as you usually would. You could use your SAP and your Grenade along with Lens Flare for your first turn, and if you still haven't defeated your opponent then, then just do your second turn like you normally would. Maximize the damage you deal while minimizing the damage you take. Since the SAP is multiple use, you can use it in round 2 as well, with your 2nd strongest weapon you'll wipe the floor with most opponents! lol You should have a MUCH easier time with even stronger opponents than the ones you listed too. I hope that answers your question. If you've any others, feel free to ask! And Congrats again!

Cool @sunny098! The battledome SHOULD be fun, so I'm glad to hear you're still having fun with your challengers! Have you been training your stats since your last post? Getting your Strength and Defence to the maximum boosts at 750 will certainly help you, and hopefully, depending on your set too, will allow you to beat Ryshu more easily.

It really depends on the opponent. I know you usually battle opponents you can beat quickly. But in a battle plot, chances are there will be opponents you won't be able to beat easily. In which case an item that blocks all of one, or in this case 2 icons could be useful, depending on what the icons of their weapons consists of. For example, if your opponent attacks you with Wand of the Dark Faerie. This will COMPLETELY block it's attack! Wand of the Dark Faerie is one of the best weapons out there currently. If I recall correctly, it's got a variable attack, but a max icon count of of 29. That's one less than the Ghostkerbomb, and the Wand of the Dark Faerie is multiple use. The Mystical Tablet isn't just a shield. It's a dual-duty. Since it defends AND attacks, it's a weapon I would recommend holding onto. Also, just a reminder, it blocks 100% of both Darkness and Physical icons. 100% blockers are great because you know you'll receive zero damage from the icons they block regardless of your defense stat. I know you won't probably come across an opponent with a Wand of the Dark Faerie in the opponents you usually fight. But it's not a bad idea to prepare when there's a battle plot incoming is it? We don't know what we'll be facing in it yet. And, I have a theory that this battle plot will be used to test new fixes to the battledome. In which case, I ALSO theorize that TNT MIGHT make it so that the ability Shhhhhh! MIGHT be able to stop Lens Flare and Warlock's Rage. This is ONLY SPECULATION on my part, but it's been something I've wondered since the last BD update, and that was a long time ago. TNT has a habit of not keeping things "fair" for the players in battle, but we as players merely have to deal with what they give us. For example, in the past, 1p opponents have been known to use once per battle abilities more than once in a battle, successfully. If Shhhhh! gets an "upgrade" from TNT, battles will require more thought than simply using Lens Flare/Warlock's Rage and your two most powerful weapons. But again, this is just speculation on my part. I could be wrong this time. But I believe in being prepared for different scenarios that may be put into play. I'd still recommend keeping such an interesting weapon. But if you want to sell it or something, that's up to you. I can only offer my opinions on it.

For The Mystical Tablet? Yeah that's what it's stats look like! That's even better than the Altadorian Swordbreaker! (a weapon that has only 6 icon attack and blocks all physical).

Wow @GillyTook, that is a GREAT prize! Not having played Legends and Letters I didn't know about it, so I had to look it up over at JN. So while the attack is rather weak, 9 total icons. The defense is amazing! It blocks 100% of BOTH Physical AND Darkness! It also heals 3-30hp. I'm not sure if this is PER turn or not, but there doesn't seem to be an indicator of "one healing item at a time" so you can most likely equip it WITH a healer. Yes, Sword of Malum is almost as good as the anagram swords in the Hidden Tower. So definitely keep that in your line-up! It sounds like your set is more versatile now. that's good. When the battle plot starts, you should be set up to go pretty far! For defense, I would recommend a Downsize! from the Defence Magic Shop. As it blocks 50% of all damage once per battle. Downsize looks like this. https://items.thedailyneopets.com/items/downsize It's an r68 and restocks frequently. Usually sells in Player shops for 3k-5k. So you can buy it from a player shop or the Defence Magic shop in the Neopia Bazaar. Congrats on the GREAT very cool weekly prize! lol I hope I get a chance to earn one from the weekly prize pool one of these days!

Hi @sunny098! Tekkitu if kind of fun to battle isn't he? XD I haven't fought him in some time. But he is a fun one. lol Those are some nice scores and battle numbers you've shared. Very nice! Your stats are looking pretty strong! Your strength is just over the 600 boost, and your defense is close to reaching it! After that, there are only 3 more boosts to achieve for Strength and Defense, capping off when you get them to 750. So you're well on your way! Thanks for your interest in this thread. If you would like to show off your battle set, or have it evaluated, we've got another thread for that, here. https://tdnforums.com/topic/56298-got-a-cool-battle-set-want-it-rated-post-here/

Currently watching a blast from the past. Filmation's Ghostbusters cartoon from the 1980s. Unlike "The Real Ghostbusters", which was based off the movie with Bill Murray, Filmation's version, was a continuation of a LIVE-Action series called Ghostbusters that they did in the 70s. In this animated continuation the sons of the previous, live-action Ghostbusters take the reins. Teaming up with their dads' old partner, Tracey the gorilla. Who invents all of their ghost-busting gadgets. I liked both of the series growing up, but Filmation's Ghostbusters, while a little cheesy, is definitely more creative. Just my opinion on that. I got bored trying to binge "The Real Ghostbusters" dvds, someday I'll go back and finish Season 2 and the rest of it. lol Anyway, FIlmation's Ghostbusters is available for free on Youtube. Here is the opening. And here's the link to the playlist with all of the episodes. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4Ztn9euy7QYRzYFdcknAXRoyE2LTQQ6 Enjoy! ;D

Oh man, that's a shame. TNT really threw us a curve-ball with those two items. Almost nothing from the advent calendar, weapon-wise, is usually very useful. Actually, if you use Roxton's Trusty Bowie Knife and the Altador Cup Weapon, the Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone, you can effectively stop 75% of a Super Attack Pea. Both do 15 icons of damage, but while Roxton's Trusty Bowie Knife blocks 75% of Earth, the Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone blocks 75% of Air while doing a combined attack of 30 icons. You won't likely run into any Super Attack Peas anytime soon though. I'm just mentioning that because it's a killer combination. Yes, the Ghostkerbomb is once per battle, you'll get it back for the start of every new battle. And it's ok to not buy it, now or ever. It is at the Hidden Tower, but you might find it slightly cheaper from another user. Some people don't use bombs, some do. It's mainly useful if your primary multiple use weapons are weaker than the bomb is. If I had a Super Attack Pea, one or two of them, or one of them and a Wand of the Dark Faerie, I might consider getting rid of my G-bomb, just because the average damage I could do in one turn would be on par with using 2 G-bombs at almost max attack. (Ghostkerbomb has some fractional icons, so it doesn't always do 30 icons of damage.) Then again, Ghostkerbomb might be useful if were then to go up against an opponent that could block dark, earth or air, or multiples, but not the icons the G-bomb uses, Earth, Fire and Physical. For shields. It depends on the shield. There are 2.5 types of shields. There are defenders, that only defend. There are Reflectors that can reflect some damage back at the opponent, and then there are the Dual-Duty weapons, which can do more than one function at a time. Feel Better Soup and Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife, are examples of a Dual Duty weapon. Depending on your opponent you might want a straight shield. IMHO those are generally good when your opponent has a lot of a certain icon-type. Like, Lava Ghoul, has a fair amount of Fire and Light. So, something like Flaming Oven Gloves, would block some of each of those... If I recall correctly, 3 of each, or maybe it was 4 of one and 2 of the other..... I used to use them, but I can't recall now. lol But you would use your weapon and the shield as your two items that turn. Plus whatever Faerie Ability you think is best. Although, if you're using Lens Flare, or when you get there, Warlocks Rage, as you know you can use 2 weapons while using those abilities since you don't have to worry about being attacked when using them. A Reflector can be decent if you're running low on health or defense items, and you still need to attack and defend at the same time. There are 50% reflectors for every element except Physical. (That icon can't be reflected.) But most of them are cheap but will eventually permanently break. At least the 50% ones. There are stronger reflectors that will not break and reflect more. Let's see if I recall them..... these restock at the Defence Magic shop and WILL break after several uses. 50% Dark - Ultra Dark Reflectorb 50% Earth - Shovel Plus 50% Light - Dual Battle Mirror 50% Fire - Turbo Flame Reflector 50% Water - Super U-Bend 50% Air - Double Dryer There is a caveat to the Dual Battle Mirror though. From Coltzan's Shrine you can get an item called an Expert Lens. This reflects 50% Light as well, but will NEVER break. Plus they are CHEAP! The higher level reflectors also restock at the Defence Magic Shop, but they are all r99 and most reflect 75% of their element. I managed to see and snag a Combo Battle Mirror once, though it's probably the "cheapest" of them on the player markets so it's not worth an even trade with the others. There's one that I can think of called Superior Reflection Shield. This one is awesome because it reflects 100% of light, but ALSO 25% of Water. So it's a couple of Steps above the other light reflectors. The last type are the Dual Duty. Hanso Charisma Charm is a good example that I haven't brought up yet. 10 icons attack, and blocks 100% of Dark. It's like a weaker version of Illusens Staff. Which while technically classified as as Dual Duty, should probably be classified as a multi-function. Though I haven't seen anyone else call it that. I think it could be classified as such because it has more than 2 functions. It attacks, can block all dark, and under the right circumstances, reflect some dark and heal. There are a few weapons that could fall into this imaginary category of multi-function. Ah yeah, if there are items you want Illusens Prize Shop and they would cost more NP to buy than you would get from Selling a 2nd Illusens Staff, then I would say go for the other items. The staff will probably take awhile to regain some of it's depreciated value on the player market so it's all in if you're willing to wait to sell it, while the other Illusen items you'd like will probably go up in price as well over that same period of time. And you're welcome. I hope this new post is helpful to you too.

Well, you have to worry about defense if you go after opponents stronger than you. If you can't beat them in 1 turn, since you only have Lens Flare and no other freezer. As for your weapons, I went through and looked at each one of them, and their specific stats. Most you could swap out for other items, Or leave those slots blank if you wanted. Let's look at your multiple-use weapons first. Yooyu Knuckle Duster 14 7 Physical 7 Light Fiendish Key 11-16 5 Fire 5 Light 1-6 Physical Shining Celesta Sword 9-13 6-10 Light 3 Physical Defense 3 dark Winged Palm Blade 11-16 5 Fire 5 Light 1-6 Physical Reflecting Vanities 11-16 5 Fire 5 Light 1-6 Physical Sword of Malum 16.5-22 5-6 Earth 5 Fire 5 Light .5-6 Physical Sword of Malum is clearly your strongest of these. The rest are pretty weak. If you paired Sword of Malum with 1 Illusens Staff. That would be a stronger combination for you as Illusens Staff is a 14-19 icon weapon, that defends all dark and when your HP is below 20% it heals you for 20%. It sounds like you bought 1 Illusens Staff already, right? Then I think you should look at prices of other prizes whether you want to keep them or sell them and then decide what to spend your prize shop points on. Buying a 2nd Illusens Staff won't really help you much in battle, you can't stack the healing because one staff would heal you for 20% first before the other did, thus only one would activate it's healing effect. Also, when you use your healing item in the same turn you use Illusens Staff, the Healing Item Goes FIRST. So if that takes you above 20% of your max HP, Illusens Staff will not heal you that turn. I tried it myself. I bought 1 Illusens Staff, and I have enough points to buy a 2nd and maybe something else. I don't know what I'll do with my remaining points, YET. But I plan on doing some price-checking first, see what would be a good investment. As for your other items.. Thistleberry Pingrenade 13-24 (once per battle) 9-16 Earth 4-8 Physical It's max damage is only slightly higher than Sword of Malum's, and it's only once per battle. You might consider this on your opening move combined with Sword of Malum and Lens Flare. If this combo doesn't take out your opponent, it would still cause a decent bit of damage. Though as Bombs go, Ghoskterbomb is still the best regular bomb, at a possible maximum of 30 icons of damage. Though it 7-8mil it's still rather steep in price. i forget the exact damage of Jhudoras Potion, it's a bomb, and I believe it's almost as strong as Ghostkerbomb, but I don't know it's current price off-hand. Just a suggestion that should be a bit cheaper. Though you may choose not to have a bomb either. That's also an option. Onto your last item. Oasis Tonic 35hp heal From what I saw on the SSW, it runs about 290,000np. Pretty bad price for healing only 35hp. Like with Granny, I would suggest a Feel Better Soup. It's a little less than double the cost of your Oasis Tonic, at about 440,000np. Heals 50% of max HP once per battle, and during that turn will also block 100% of Air icons. Which may or may not help you. But if you had a Feel Better Soup, you would be set for your healing item for a VERY long time. If you didn't get one for free from the Advent Calendar you'll still get a bit off when you consider how much you can sell your Oasis Tonic for, it would be like getting the feel better soup for less than half the normal price then. Another item you might consider, Roxton's Trusty Bowie Knife. 15 icons and blocks 75% of Earth damage. It's at least buyable, I don't know the current price, but the last time I looked was about 560,000np. Though you might have one, I believe it was handed out in last year's Advent Calendar. I'll suggest one more item, as a novelty. The Heavy Robe of Thievery. You can't use it yet. Because your agility needs to be 201, though you do meet the intelligence requirement for it. That being said, if you got your agility to 201, the Robe would allow you to steal a random item from your opponent. Stealing currently does NOT work in the BD. It used to, but then it broke somehow. Hopefully it will be back for the upcoming battle plot. Like I said, I'm mentioning it as a novelty. I hope this helps! If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

Hi Gillytook, sorry I didn't se your post until just now. To answer your question, nope! In the original battledome pets had some weaknesses and resistances to certain types of icons though. Like Peophins, for example, if I recall correctly had a 15% weakness to fire icons. Kaus, on the other hand, had a BUNCH of icon types they were resistant to. I forget what Kaus were weak against, maybe nothing. Peophins had some water and earth resistance too, but I don't recall by how much. The OLD in-depth battlepedia, what later merged with JN to form their battle dept, I believe used to have a page about that. But that was when they were their own battlepedia only site, separate from JN. The only effect icon types have in battle now, are what icons can get past which pieces of equipment that can defend damage. Against all pets now, without defending, a 10 icon weapon like Scroll of Scholar, will do the same damage as a 10 icon Ramtors Spellbook, even though they have different icon sets, when wielded by the same pet. It's a confusing system to get used to. It made no sense to me when I first started, and I had quite a lot of experience playing different video games with different setups for equipment and stats before I started playing Neopets. i had never before, or since, come across such a ... unique battle system. Yes, I'll go with unique.

You're welcome! I'm glad I was remembering correctly!

Hmmmm unfortunately right now I don't have time to go back and reread our exchanges to find it, but I THINK it MIGHT be a Thick Smoke Bomb. You can buy them from player shops or from the Secret Ninja Training School. They are 1-use, but block ALL damage on the turn they are used. I THINK I suggested that to you. I'm expecting a phone call any moment, or I'd go back and reread what I said the last time you asked for advice. Otherwise, your set looks pretty good since, if I'm remembering correctly, you battle opponents you can usually finish off with one turn. If you need some more specific defense items during the battle plot, whenever that starts, we can tackle that at that time. Since right now nobody knows what the battle plot opponents will be like or what their arsenals will be. If that's NOT it though, the Thick Smoke Bomb I mean, I can go back and look over what I suggested to you a bit later this evening.

LOL Well...... not really, though if you wanted a dual duty weapon that also takes a chunk of dark icons out of an opponents weapon, you COULD maybe use it then. Though a Hanso Charisma Charm or Illusens Staff both block full dark and have more attack power. Illusens Staff moreso than Hanso's Charisma Charm. I saw some people trying to trade the Glaive for an Illusens Staff a little earlier today. You might get lucky and get one for the glaive, due to the fact that not everyone got one. I personally don't think what some people are asking for their glaives, but that's the market for you. Not everyone will agree with the common pricing. You might also just mount it in your gallery because it does look pretty cool. Ok Granny. Thanks again for the lend. It's no problem. I don't often get weapon-lends so it's only proper to offer a credit for lending. I'll just update the entry and make sure it says that it doesn't need testing any longer. Thanks again.

@GillyTook and @granny63020 First off, thanks Granny for sending me the Glaive for testing. It looks like it does 8 icons in attack. 5 Earth and 3 Air, and blocks 5 dark icons. A pretty sub-par weapon compared to some of the others that TNT has released recently. Gillytook, now you know what the Glaive does. I wish it were a better weapon, but then I'd be even more inclined to buy one since I somehow did not earn one of my own. lol I'll be sending the glaive back to you shortly, Granny. Thank you again for the lend. If you'd like, I can credit you on the page for lending the Glaive for testing.

For some reason I did not. I only got the particles and the woodland mortog. Sure Granny, thanks! I would appreciate the lend for testing purposes! I don't know, though they probably have similar stats since they are final prizes. The hip blade, if I recall, is weak, like only 6 icons maybe... Illusen's Silver Shield, while I don't know it's NP value off the top of my head, if I'm remembering correctly blocks all Earth and a few dark icons. The shield would be worth considering if you ever go up against someone with massive earth icons in their arsenal. I haven't fully decided what I'm going to spend the remainder of my prize points on. I could get a 2nd Illusens Staff and an Illusens Silver Shield, but I'm not sure yet if those would be wise investments or not.

I don't know, but I just checked the TP and the Auctions, and people are selling them dirt-cheap now. In auction some are going for only a little over 10mil. It's insane! From what I can gather, some people might be using their side accounts to get multiples of Illusens staff. Ugh, which destroys the balance and the point of having such a "rare" item in a prize pool. So, I don't think it'd be such a great investment any longer. Since it'll be awhile before they are worth triple-digit millions again. I just got an Illusens Staff for myself from the prize shop. It's an interesting weapon. It seems healers go first in the BD, even if you place your healer in Slot 2 for the battle round. So you can't use it's healing power before you use your healer. Unless your healing item doesn't take you above 20% of your max HP. Haven't tried out it's darkness block/reflective ability yet.

Ok cool. If you'd rather spend your recycling points on other prizes that's fine. I just thought I would mention it's value on the TP because it probably has the best value of any items in either prize shop if you wanted to sell it. But that's fine, I'm glad I could help clear things up for you with JN's profile on the weapon.

Well Granny, thanks. That's a nice compliment. Going by JN's profile of the weapon, Illusens Staff can do a minimum of 13.6 icons and a maximum of 19. TNT loves to throw weapons out there with Fractional and variable attack icons. It's annoying when you try testing weapons, believe me! So on JN's profile they say the mean (average icons) is 16.3 so the damage it does will roughly average 16.3 icons provided they all get through to the opponent. Now this part, might be more of what confuses you. 1. The user blocks all dark. 2. If dark is blocked, and there is unblocked light damage (lets say there is x light) : 2a. The light makes copy of itself into dark (now there is x light and x dark). 2b. The user receives 100% of the light and 25% of the dark, and reflects the 75% of dark. For #1, that means that if you're attacked with dark icons, it will block all the dark icons. However, if #2 happens, that changes. For #2 the way I understand it. Is that if you receive dark and light icon damage, and you don't block all of the light. Then the light makes a copy of itself but is turned into dark icons. The user, you, will receive the damage from the light icons and 25% of the dark, but reflect 75% of the dark. Whether this means 75% of the total dark, (darkness from the attack AND darkness from the light-copy that became dark) I don't know. Because I've never used it before. TNT DOES like to make things incredibly confusing like this sometimes. Whether you need it or not is up to you. The 20% heal when your pet goes below 20% MAX HP would be useful, and it doesn't interfere with your regular healing item. Though if you're going to use both this and your healing item. I don't know if it would work, but I would put Illusen's staff in slot 1, and your healer in Slot 2. This is something else I'd like to test when I get hold of an illusen staff for myself. It sells for quite a bit, 200mil on the TP right now. So, if you got it and didn't like it, you could always sell it for a massive profit since you'd have gotten it for donating stuff. Fiendish key could easily be replaced. There are other weapons that could go too, but I believe I mentioned those the first time you posted about your set. However you want to battle is up to you after all. Depending on what you're donating, you should be able to get enough points for it. Ironically, items from Jhudora's quests work well for donations since they are usually r130s. Items like Poisonous Lollypops, Malice Potions, Caustic Potions, Purple Blob Potions, Dark Faerie Magic books and Noxious Nectars, are all r130. The prices on these items has been skyrocketing though. Good luck!

Hi @GillyTook, so you're still using this same set as before? I would say that Illusens Staff might not be AS useful for you as it would for a pet with higher HP. But it could still save you under the right circumstances, especially if you participate in the upcoming battle-plot that TNT is planning. Since some opponents will probably be at your strength level or higher. Illusens Staff can also be obtained from completing the last of the 50 Illusen Glade quests. But this way is probably much cheaper to obtain it. Damage-wise, it's 13 earth icons and about 0.5-6 physical icons. So a maximum damage of 19 icons. Your Sword of Malum is stronger than this. However, it also blocks all dark. Also, if you receive both light AND dark icons at the same time. If I recall correctly, it should reflect 75% of the dark damage. You will still take light and 25% of the dark damage though. Lastly, and probably it's most useful ability. If your pet falls below 20% of it's max health in battle, it will heal your pet by 20% of max health. This can keep you in the battle much longer than otherwise. So, if your HP falls below 27 HP, it will heal you 27.8 HP. Which is 20% of your ixi's current max health. This is a multi-use weapon. I've never had one before, so I can't say I know exactly how it works. But I think it should heal you each time your HP gets below 20%. That being said, I joined Illusen's team to get it myself. For power I would've preferred Wand of the Dark Faerie, but Illusen's staff isn't bad at all. In fact it cuts Wand of the Dark Faerie's attack down quite a lot from what I've read about both weapons. On a side note, if you get it and don't like it, you can always sell it. Current pricing on the TP is around 200-225 million NP. Overall, it's got more attack icons than Hanso Charisma Charm, which also blocks 100% dark, it also can reflect sometimes, and it can heal you. So it's definitely a weapon you'd want to consider hanging on to. I hope that helps.

So, it's been quite awhile since I shared anything new. So here are some of the redraws that I did most recently. Prettz vs. Valkus, from the OVA Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals. Then there's Skeletor from the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Lastly, a fun scene from the anime, Fullmetal Alchemist. A scene from their trip to Rush Valley. Where Ed has to be held back for a short-joke insult, until the insulter insults Ed's automail, which Winry, the girl, made. So she gets angry and tells Ed's brother, Alphonse, to let him go. lol