Equipment Guide 37+

[Haushinka]

--Introduction--
I searched the internet for hours over the past week looking for a good equipment guide for war from 37-75. I checked every where and all I could find was guides that listed every possible armor WAR can wear. Well I can check the AH for that kind of a list, and at least then it would list the expensive stuff (which no guides do). So I decided to make my own list of things I plan to buy.

Please bear in mind that I do have the gil to afford the elite gear; this stuff is not required but I may have overlooked an option because an expensive item was available. In some cases I will post alternatives however this is a guide to the best Warrior DD Equipment, not the and most affordable.

As many people suggest /thf is the best DD sub for WAR from 37-49 then once /nin gets Duel Weild II that combo becomes more effective for damage in most situations. Becuase of that I will assume you will use /thf (gaxe) from 37-49 then /nin (duel axe) 50+.

After 55 you will want to carry two sets of gear with you. Once for +ACC and one for +STR. This is crucially important for Rampage which is based mainly on strength. I have found that you will get the best damage over time if you wear a lot of accuracy gear. The slightly weaker attacks make up for the additional few hits a fight. This said if you are hitting 95% of the time anyway you might want to consider keeping some of your +STR gear on when building TP since you won't miss much anyway. The big slot to watch this is your ring slots, swap out +ACC and +STR often here depending on the situation. Swapping Life Belt and Swordbelt+1 (later Warwolf) will help too.

--Great Axe--
Primarily use axe after 50 as Duel Wield 2 is very good, and so are viking axes.
LVL37 Horror Voulge
LVL42 Raifu
LVL46 Eisentaenzer
LVL49 Gigant Axe

--Axe--
LVL37 Mythril Axe +1 x2
LVL40 Combat Caster Axe x2
LVL43 Combat Caster Axe +2 x2
LVL48 Viking Axe x2
LVL56 Darksteel Axe+1 (replace 1 Viking Axe)
LVL63 Fransisca (Replace Darksteel or Vilking with this depending on situatioin)
LVL68 Acha d'Armas (Replace Fransisca or Vilking with this depending on situatioin)
LVL70 Juggernaut (replace Viking Axe for good)
LVL71 Tabarzin (replace Acha d'Armas)
LVL72 Woodville's Axe (replace Tabarzan)
LVL73 Maneater (replace Woodville's Axe)

--Ranged--
LVL19 Flame Boomerang
LVL33 Long Boomerang
LVL43 Combat Caster Boomerang +1
LVL63 Bomb Core

--Back--
LVL24 Nomad Mantle
LVL47 Jaguar Mantel
LVL55 Royal Army Mantle
LVL61 Amemit Mantle +1
LVL71 Forager's Mantle

--Body--
LVL29 Eisenbrust
LVL40 Royal Squire Chainmail
LVL45 Brigandine +1
LVL55 Royal Knight Chainmail
LVL57 Scorpian Harness +1 (not much point for the cost since this will only last two levels)
LVL59 Haubergeon
LVL69 Hauberk (if you didn't get a hauby+1)
LVL75 Adaman Hauberk

--Ear--
LVL21 Beetle Earring +1 x2
LVL55 Spike Earring x2
LVL58 Assault Earring (Replace 1 Spike Earing)
LVL61 Minuet Earring x2 (Nice if you have a BRD.)
LVL63 Coral Earring (Replace 1 Spike Earing)
Lv 72 Suppanomimi (Replace Coral Earing)

--Feet--
LVL24 Winged Boots (alternate: Bounding/Leaping Boots)
LVL34 Republic Greaves (Use if your nation controls the region you're leveling in)
LVL52 Fighters Calligae (Used for TP gain to 75)
LVL61 Taru / Hume RSE2 (Macro in for WS)

--Finger--
Use +ACC rings for TP build when necisary and +STR rings in WS macro.
LVL34 Venerer Ring
LVL35 Jaeger Ring
LVL36 Puissance Ring+1 x2 (use these if you hit easily)
LVL40 Snipers Ring x2 (used for TP gain)
LVL54 Victory Ring x2 (replaces Puissance Rings+1)
LVL72 Triumph Ring x2 (replaces Victory Rings)
LVL75 Vulcan's Ring x2 (replaces Triumph Rings)

--Hands--
LVL27 RSE (Hume)
LVL30 Royal Squire Mufflers
LVL40 Ogygos's Bracelets (May replace hume RSE if you don't mind losing dex)
LVL50 Enkelados's Bracelets (standard hand gear to level 75)
LVL60 Pallas's Bracelets (luxery on par with hauby+1)
LVL70 Alkyoneus's Bracelets (extreme luxery)

--Head--
LVL24 Emperors Hairpin (alternate: Eisenschaller)
LVL41 Voyager Sallet
LVL43 Valkyrie's Mask
LVL70 Optical Hat

--Legs--
LVL25 Republic Subligar
LVL55 Royal Knight Breeches
LVL69 Thick Breeches +1
LVL70 Barone Cosciales
LVL75 Byakko's Haidate

--Neck--
LVL33 Peacock Charm (alternative: Spike Necklace)
LVL55 Royal Guard's Collar (If you didn't get PCC)

--Waist--
LVL18 Brave Belt
LVL40 Tilt Belt
LVL43 Swordbelt +1 (for WS)
LVL48 Life Belt (for TP gain)
LLV71 Warwolf Belt (replaces Swordbelt+1)

[Haushinka]

I've finished my first version of this guide. Please look over it and provide any suggestions for gear that is clearly better than what is listed.

[Missing Link]

ty for guide

[Haushinka]

Updated a litttle from my experiences to 52. +ACC doesn't matter as much as I thought pre 56. And when i tank I used DD gear anyway as WAR holds hate by doing lots of damage. I would only recomend tanking with nother WAR or if u have a PL 20+ levels above you.

[Haushinka]

Added Valkyrie's Mask to the list.... I wish I hadn't overlooked that at 43.

[Haushinka]

Added Jaguar Mantel

[Haushinka]

Updated for a few more things I learned along the way.

[Vilicant]

i must make a comment about this guide, i mean it seems good, but honestly a majority of the stuff u have on it is rediculously expensive it seems, idk i just had to get it out there

[Haushinka]

lol... you should have seen it before.... it is a lot more reasonable now. when i first set it up it was all hauby+1 and sniper+1. i cheapened it a bit, i think the only really expensive item is the PCC and i provided an alternative to that.

This guide is supposed to be a set of equip that will make you the best DD in the game all the way to 75. That does require some expensive stuff, but things like hauby are required.

I'll go through and remove some of the luxery items that I didn't use when I leveled. If I didn't get it you know it is pure luxery.

[Vilicant]

thats 1 thing that i gotta begin doin, putting atk+ equip in my ws macros, cuz i have drachen greaves in my jump macro, like i think im gonna buy swordbelt+1, maybe some str+ or atk+ rings if i can find em and use those in ws macro, idk if ill have all that room in the macro lol