UNDERSTANDING ON HOW TO SPAM A SKILL (BASIC)

Last edited on: 20 May 2020

Introduction

First of all, we must know that not all skills are spammable. A skill may have Variable Cast Time (VCT) or/and Fixed Cast Time (FCT) or/and After Cast Delay (ACD) or/and Cooldown (CD).  

To spam skills fast, you need both Attack Speed (ASPD) & After Cast Delay Reduction (ACDR). Also you may need 100% VCT Reduction (VCTR), FCT Reduction (FCTR) & CD Reduction (CDR). It depends on what skill you using. 

There a skill only have ACD & very low CD with no VCT & FCT. For example is Wind Cutter (RK's Skill). So for Wind Cutter, you only need ACDR & high ASPD to spam it. Since the cooldown only 0.2 sec, so Wind Cutter don't need CDR.

There a skill that have ACD, VCT & FCT only. For example is Reverberation (Minstrel's Skill). So for Reverberation, you need ACDR, 100 VCTR & 0.5 sec FCTR to be able to spam it. 

There a skill that have ACD, VCT & high CD. For example is Metallic Sound (Minstrel's Skill). So you need ACDR, 100% VCTR & 2.5 sec CDR to be able to spam it.

So basically it depends on what skill you using. Ok now let us understand what is VCT, FCT, ACD & ASPD. I don't think I need to explain what is Cooldown (CD) right? Becoz it's easy to understand 😆

Cast Time - VCT & FCT

Well, I think I will just share a link to you guys 😝. For better understanding on what is VCT & FCT, you guys can go here: Cast Time

In short, VCT can be reduced by Stats alone or Percentage Reduction from items. You only can attain 0 second VCT either by Stats alone or Percentage Reductions alone, but not in some combination of the two due to the nature of the VCT formula.

You can see how fast is your Cast Time above you head (psst. not above your head IRL but in game). Gif belows show an example of long Cast Time:

After Cast Delay (ACD)

All skills are temporarily grayed out after execution, blocking their use. Most skills have this value. During Cast Delay (or Global Skill Delay or After Cast Delay), the character can move and attack freely, but cannot use any skills. There is no visible indication of Cast Delay except the grayed out skill icons of all skills in the Hotkey bar. ACD can only be reduced by ACDR from items. Cannot be reduced by Stats.

Gif below shows example of ACD (the grayed out skill icons of all skills in the Hotkey bar):

Attack Speed (ASPD)

For details about ASPD, you guys can go here: Attack Speed

So basically for skill spamming, ASPD reduces the Animation Delay. I will show example on how ASPD (Animation Delay) affect your skill spam on the next subtopic "How to ACD & ASPD Affect Skill Spam Rate?" below.

How ACD & ASPD Affect Skill Spam Rate?

Ok so for this topic, I will only shows how ACD & ASPD affects skill spam  Keep in mind that this is just theory based. Skill spam rate also depends on your ping (What is Ping?). The lower your ping, the smoother your skill spam rate. I will show an example of my test on how ping affect my skill spam rate in subtopic below "Skill Spam Test".

So now I will show you the difference when you have low ASPD with high ACDR, high ASPD with low ACDR and high ASPD with high ACDR. You will see how both ASPD & ACDR affects your skill spam rate. Check out gifs below:

Spamming Wind Cutter with 146 ASPD and 80% ACDR.

Spamming Wind Cutter with 193 ASPD and 0% ACDR.

Spamming Wind Cutter with 193 ASPD and 80% ACDR.

How to Know/Calculate Your needed ACDR & ASPD?

So, to calculate how many ACDR% you need for a skill is by using this formula:

ACDR% = [1 - (ACD you want ÷ Skill ACD)] × 100

*If you want 7 hits per sec, the ACD you want = 1 ÷ 7 = 0.14 sec

*If you want 5 hits per sec, the ACD you want = 1 ÷ 5 = 0.2 sec

To calculate how many ASPD you need is by using this formula:

ASPD = 200 - (50 ÷ hits per sec you want)

To calculate ACDR% needed:

Let say Reverberation has 1 second ACD and you want 0.14 ACD (7 hits per sec). Calculation will be like this:

ACDR% = [1 - (0.14 ÷ 1)] × 100 = 86%

So for Reverberation, you need 86% ACDR to spam at rate of 7 hits per sec. Assuming you already have 193 ASPD, 100% VCTR & 0.5 second FCTR.

To calculate ASPD needed:

Let say you only want 7 hits per sec (max spam rate). Calculation will be like this:

ASPD = 200 - (50 ÷ 7) = 193 ASPD (rounded from 192.86)

In Monster Hunter, it's capped to 5 hits per sec. So total ASPD you need in Monster Hunter is:

ASPD = 200 - (50 ÷ 5) = 190 ASPD

Here I prepared a calculator. So no need to calculate yourself. Simply fill the value and it auto calculate the ACDR & ASPD you need
Calculator download link: ACDR & ASPD Calculator

Skill Spam Test

I did a test using my mechanic using Arm Cannon level 2 (Instant Cast) using default client.

at ~300 ping

Battlestats
193 aspd
100% ACDR
100% VCTR
0.5 FCTR

Damage dealt
damage dealt 9798 (no variance) per hit.
damage per sec = 29,394

Result
29,394 / 9798 = 3 hits per sec

So as you can see, at 300ms ping, even with max ASPD & ACDR, I only able to get 3 hits per sec max. Sometimes I do get 4 hits per sec but very few chance. Tho some players with ping 300ms able to reach 4-5 hits per sec. So I guess, maybe PC performance also affects our skill spam rate (not confirmed, just a guess). This only happen to target-based skills. For self target skill like Rolling Cutter (GX's skill), we still able to get max spam rate 7 hits per sec.

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CREDIT:

Thank you to all guildies from Cat Butt, friends & all players that shared their knowledge/info to me. Without them all, I'm nothing.

Reference: 

Skills (iRO Wiki)

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Audit Log

If there any edit I made in this post, I will update the change/audit log here. So none of u not gonna miss anything new.

7 May 2020

• Added new subtopic "Skill Spam Test"

20 May 2020

• Added calculator download link in "How to Know/Calculate Your needed ACDR & ASPD?"

How to Tank in Monster Hunter? (Basic)

Last edited on: 13 Julai 2020

↪ Related post: List of Possible Tank Gears in Monster Hunter

↪ Related post: Minstrel Tank Build in Monster Hunter 2

I have posted topic about my Minstrel Tank build & list of tank gears. Check the related post link above ☝. Now it is time for us to learn how to tank in monster hunter.

Tank Role Skills

First of all, we must understand all of the tank role skills in Monster Hunter.

Sentinel

In game description: 

Passive: Receive 15% less damage from all sources. Deal -15% reduced damage to all enemies.

Active: Taunt your target significantly increasing your aggro.

Usage: Tank must go first and use Sentinel on Great Monsters before DPS start hitting them. After using the Sentinel, make sure the Red  aggro (What is Aggro?) icon is on you. Make sure the Red aggro is always on you. If you lose the Red aggro, use Sentinel again on the Great Monster as fast as possible. If Red aggro on other member & Sentinel on cooldown, tell them to move to safe area. Wait until Sentinel cooldown gone & use it again on the Great Monster

Red Aggro (Highest Aggro).

*this gif just showing on how to use it. It's an insta cast single target skill.

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Climactic Fury

In game description:

Passive: When hit (got hit by mobs), you will gain Fury. Fury may stack to a maximum of 6 with each stack increasing defence [1 stack = 3%, 2 stack = 7%, 3 stack = 11%, 4 stack = 16%, 5 stack = 21%, 6 stack = 26%]. Fury stacks can only be gained every 3 seconds with a 10 second duration. When the duration ends, the stacks will decrease by one.

Offensive: Unleash your Fury, expending all stacks to inflict catastrophic damage to the target. Dealing further bonus damage if all 6 stacks were unleashed. Upon attacking you are left Emotionally Exhausted, unable to generate Fury and unabled to re-cast Climactic Fury for 15 secs. The severity of the attack is determined by Weapon ATK, Equip ATK, total HP, Hard DEF, and is further increased based on how much Health you are currently missing.

Usage: For Garranth/Garronath run, Climactic Fury (CF) is used to kill them faster. Keep spamming CF until your run completed. If you can't tank well, better to keep the Fury stacks so you receive less damage as stated in the description. For Nyia/Nysori run, most tank only use CF to kill the Charming Allure Clone. Especially in Nysori run, the Clone can 1 hit kill players. It's highly recommended to use CF with 6 stacks for highest damage to sure kill the clone. Note that you can only gain Fury stack if the Red aggro on you. As long you have the Red Aggro, you can gain the Fury stack from any monster. Red Aggro can only be gained from Great Monster.

*this gif just showing on how to use it. It's an insta cast single target skill.

          

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Vanguard

In game description:

Active: Completely block the next incoming attack. After blocking gain an extra Fury stack, as well as gain a buff which grants +15% Max HP and -20% After Cast Delay for 15 seconds. Block Duration 1 second.

Usage: Mostly, I use Vanguard to gain extra Fury stack faster so I can use next CF faster. To gain the extra Fury stack & also the Vanguard effect, make sure you got hit by Great Monster during the cast time. If not, you won't gain extra Fury stack & also the +15% Max HP & -20% ACD. Also, as shown in the gif below, I received 1 damage after casting Vanguard. Tho I'm not sure if it intended that there is a 1~2 second delay before I receive 1 damage after casting Vanguard. Vanguard also helps in increasing CF damage since it gives bonus Max HP. You can use Vanguard before using CF.

*this gif just showing on how Vanguard works. It's a self target skill.

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Defiant Stand

In game description:

Active: Defiantly take a stand, protecting yourself from any source of damage. Such an act of defiance fatigues you, making you less of a threat to an enemy while protected. Immune to all damage. Unable to generate Agrro. Duration 15 secs. Cooldown 4 minutes.

Usage: Defiant Stand (DS) completely immune to all damage. This skill is good to use during emergency especially when u low HP. Use wisely because the cooldown is really high. I recommend to use it during Ice Cage in Nysori hunt. Use when needed.

*this gif just showing on how Defiant Stand works. It's an insta cast self target skill. OUTDATED GIF: Old Effect. Will update new later.

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Elemental Aegis

In game description:

Active: Grant 20% resistance to all elements and increase max elemental cap by 5% for 15 seconds. Fury cost: 2.

Usage: Tbh, I rarely use this skill. Mostly I use during Nysori's Ice Trap for less damage from the ice meteor. You guys can figure it out when/what else situation it's good to be used.

*this gif just showing on how Elemental Aegis works. It's an insta cast self target skill.

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