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[v5.5 Beta Preview/Guide- Masters Edition] New Weapons- Midnight Eclipse and Astral Rend: Dwarf

Well, I did make a PRI review for both the new weapons, so why not do the Masters people some justice as well?

So today, we will be taking a look at the base forms of the two newly introduced weapons in v5.5:

Palatinus Equinox's signature 5-star lance- Midnight Eclipse,

and Spina Astera's signature 5-star scythe- Astral Rend: White Dwarf

WEAPON (LANCE):

1. Introduction:

MIDNIGHT ECLIPSE

Description:

Life is a self-contradictory antimonic helix. Everyone carries their beliefs forward and strives to leave their unique mark on the world. The purpose of being a warrior is perhaps to continue the exploration of the wilderness where the footprints of those who came before end.

2. Overview:

*All values are based on lvl 50.

[ATK: 287 CRT: 11]

Active Skill- Abyssal Might:

[SP: 0] [CD: 25s]

Launch a thrust attack, dealing 50% ATK of Physical DMG. If the thrust hits an enemy who is not in Invincibility or Iron Body state, it triggers a Throw ATK, controlling the target and dealing 90% + 1000% ATK of Physical DMG. While an enemy is executing certain moves, the wielder can unleash a Throw Counter unconditionally when the weapon skill button flashes, disabling the enemy and dealing 20% + 400% ATK of Physical DMG; this attack has no CD.

Palatinus Equinox equip bonus:

In Knight form, weapon skill becomes Throw ATK.

In Guardian form, it becomes Cannon Blast.

Tap [Weapon] to unleash Cannon Blast which reloads after 3 successive hits.

SEQ 1: 300% ATK of Physical DMG.

SEQ 2: 300% ATK of Physical DMG.

SEQ 3: 300% ATK of Physical DMG.

Tap [Weapon] after Special ATK to unleash Joint Cannon Blast:

SEQ 4 Joint Blast: 400% ATK of Physical DMG.

Shield Ram Joint Cannon Blast: 400% ATK of Physical DMG

Equinox Severance Joint Cannon Blast: 3 x 350% ATK of Physical DMG.

Passive Skill: Karma Wheel

Wielder's Crit Rate increases by 10%. Weapon skill deals 12% bonus Total DMG and 12% bonus Physical DMG.

3. Damage Comparison:

Now then, with the skill descriptions out of the way, let's see the performance of Midnight Eclipse when put in the same field as some other 5 star physical lances in the game and how these match up to it.

And as you already guessed, we will be doing this by using the DPS check stage provided to us in the Beta Client.

Oh and yet another reminder,

[DISCLAIMER: The following test is just for a simple demonstration in equally similar situations. These results can and will vary quite a bit depending on enemies/weathers/team comps/playstyle etc.]

We will be doing this comparison by doing a full burst rotation on a target 4-5 times (more runs to rule out possibilities of varying crit damage) with each weapon and recording the average damage observed out of the three runs.

The Team setup that will be used is:

(Yup, no PRIs used here.)

The Rotation:

HoS spear to activate SnS qte > SnS QTE + Charge Attack + Ultimate > HoS evade + chain combo + Ultimate > PE QTE > Evasion > Ultimate > Charge > Weapon skill > Switch to Guardian Form > Shield Ram into Equinox Severance + Cannon Blast/Weapon Active(2nd weapon active only applicable to Midnight Ataegina)

Enemy (Training Dummy):

(**Training Dummy has 2200 Physical DEF and 40% Elemental Resist)

RESULT:

- Midnight Eclipse, being the signature weapon, will obviously perform the best.

- Endothermic Lance and Abyss perform almost exactly similar, depending on the amount of crits you get in the fight.

- Hler's Serenity performs worse than the f2p options, in a weird turn of events.|

- Abyss Flower performs exceptionally bad on PE, mainly because of the lack of the throw skill and its overall skills being made to suit BK:E only.

3. Conclusion:

Although the f2p weapons in the game perform really close to the signature weapon in Masters tier, that changes drastically once you enter Exalted, so try not to skip the equipment for Palatinus Equinox if possible.

The weapon especially becomes a requirement once you enter higher levels due to the ability to chain into PE's combos, which no other lance in the game can do.

So the best-case scenario would be getting the gears along with the character (Weapon more important obviously).

SCYTHE:

Astral Rend: White Dwarf