Echoes of Aincrad: 1st Floor Clear Guide (Death Mode)

I skip tutorial mission, because i don’t like sword and shield, I scared. U will start with Iori’s mission
u can farm a little bit at Plains of Departure safe area
spawn > cross the bridge > kill elite and mob > open map and respawn at checkpoint > again
stop when u reach lvl 10 go back to town and spend all growth point
At this stage our damage will be Iori and Dagger’s sword skill

• our priorities is HP try to push ur VIT to 30
• After that add some AGI to 10 (will give u a little atk spd to recover some SP)
• then END & MND to 5 (will give u some SP and Stamina to do something 😀 )

• Weapon:
  If u have deluxe edition+ it nice to use Proto Dagger, give ur beloved Iori Proto Sword
  If u don’t have deluxe edition use Steel Knife, Iori use Annealed Blade or Steel Sword
  Early EX-mods:
  You:
  – Atk spd or Damage to enemies w/ status effect
  – SP consumption -XX%
  – Sword skill damage +XX%
  – ATK +
  Iori:
  – Sword skill damage +XX%
  – ATK+
  – Damage to enemies w/ status effect
  – Status effect inflict (if u have status effect weapon) or other useful ex-mods
• Body Armour
  There few options here:
  Pick what u like
  My personal is Cotton Shirt some boss will spawn mobs during the fight or when u explore map, elite and mobs will group together and it will be anoying
  Leather shirt if fine but u wont get more cuz Dagger don’t use Shield baby!!
  Others option is Solider’s Mall, it will fill our big HP bar faster and give some Def
• Gloves
  Use Bandage Guards till u have Leather Gloves which give u -20% cooldown sword skills
  
• Boots
  Pick what u like:
  Bronze Boots
  -give u 10% Invicity dodge windows and perfect dodge Slash damage +20% if u confident with perfect dodge and can manage stamina
  Cotton Pants:
  -Give ur dodge -20% Stamina consumption if u spam dodge a lot
  Ranger Boots
  I missed this and dont know how to get that now, so if u have u can use it, free +5 to AGI

Early dagger skill mehhhh just spam it for damage, Dagger will shine when u have Rapid Bite, Dagger Barrage, Fulmination, Incision
ATTENTION!! U HAVE TO PUSH UR Dagger Barrage to LVL 5 ASAP
to unlock our Sword Skill upgrade u need Weapon Proficiency lvl 10 and do the quest at Town of Beginning
Our priorities is Dagger Barrage > Rapid Bite > Fulmination = Incision

GAME CHARGER!!

• Always hit stun Elite, sometimes boss too
• Give u IFrame until u strike
• Dash to boss’s blind spot, sometimes not

ITS A SHOTGUN!!

• OUR DAMAGE DEALER
• at lvl 1 it can delete 50% Elite’s HP if u hit all 5 Knives, make ur fight more comfortable
• at lvl 5 it can one shot Elite or even 30%~50% boss’s HP if u have all 7 knives

SITUATION SELECTION
(but i prefer max Fulmination first)
ARMOUR BAR?? NO FEAR FULMINATION IS HERE!!

• Can hit stun boss
• The only crush attack of dagger
• Good crush damage, at lvl 1 can delete Kobold shield but cant delete stupid mountain goat’s horn

MAKE THEM FLY!!

• Sometimes make Boss fly (didn’t test with 1st floor boss, I scared)
• After fly they will fall and broke their leg so they cant do anything, extra time for u to damage or do something else
• Can have extra attack while flying

Recommend

• VIT: 30
• END :5
• MND: 5
• AGI: 10

Then u can put 1 VIT 1 AGI every time u lvl up make sure VIT 40 before 1st floor boss then u can put to anything else that work with u

• Deluxe edition+
  -use Proto Dagger till u got ur first pink Dagger
  (EX-MOD)
  ATK
  Sword skill damage
  SP consumption -XX%
  Damage to Enemies w/ status effect
• No Deluxe edition+
  – use Assassin knife till u got ur first pink Dagger
  (EX-MOD)
  ATK
  Sword skill damage
  SP consumption -XX%
  Damage to Enemies w/ status effect
• BIS weapon:
  Hand Stiletto
  (EX-MOD)
  ATK
  Sword skill damage
  SP consumption -XX% / Damage Taken -xx% (if u scare)
  Damage to Enemies w/ status effect

BIS:
Earthy jacket
– Give u Def, Reduces damage taken when u near elite and bosses, very good in boss fight
– The reduces damage taken also helps us balance the negative effects of Hand Siletto

There are two options:
– if u can manage ur SP go for these
Ragefang Gauntlets
More Sword skill damage, more SP consumption
– IF NOT go for those
Sleek Gloves
Reduce SP consumption

Pick what u like:
Bronze Boots or Cotton Pants or Ranger Boots

BIS:
Dread not
-Iori’s sword skill is all Crush Attack so this sword is born for her
(EX-MOD)
ATK+
Sword Skill Damage
Damage to enemies w/ status effect
Normal ATK damage (or some useful mods)

if u note all of my weapon have Damage to Enemies w/ Status effect
So my ideal items ALWAYS like this
tons of effect grenade and mine, unlike soul game where we 1vs1 boss, in Aincrad we have partner who attract the boss’s attention so we can use these comfortable.
– REMEMBER!! ALWAYS HAVE SPARK TALISMAN this blind AOE effect super annoying for enemies

– Later of the game they have their Elite bodyguard
– Roar to spawn Mob/Elite during the fight, u cant do anything if u near them, but their mobs can so be careful
– All Mobs/Elites which spawn in that phase will die at the beginning of next phase
So before enter the boss room:
-We use Might Crystal (Optional: Spirit Crystal for 10% sword skill damage)
-Change to Free Roam let our partner do their things
– Situation:

• Only Boss:
  U can use Spark Talisman to blind boss >Rapid Bite > Dagger Barrage > Other Sword skill > normal attack for SP > after the blind effect gone > use 3 paralysis mine > normal attack for SP > (if cooldown done) Dagger Barrage > after the paralysis effect gone > use 3 frozen mine > normal attack for SP > (if cooldown done) Dagger Barrage > and repeat until u out of items > boss die
• 1-2 Elite and Boss:
  -our strategy is kill all Elite first
  Start>Spark Talisman to blind boss and Elite > Rapid bite and Dagger Barrage to delete elite out of the way > after done all we go back to “only Boss strategy”
  – If boss spawn mobs, kill which target u, when u clean them out u can continue the strategy

Rapid bite, Dagger Barrage, Fulmination

Our beloved because she have 3 Crush Attack skill which can delete Kobold Lord’s Armour Bar if she want
– REMEMBER TO SAVE UR COMBINATION SKILL to finish Phase 3 or escape from being overwhelmed
– Pay attention to Iori don’t let she die

– 1 Hammer Kobold (left of screen)
Super annoying can pull u back and do the whirling thing, slam, charge at u so annoying
– Kobold Lord ( middle of screen)

• Phase 1 Sword & shield delete his Armour bar with Fulmination and Iori’s Sword skill, can spawn sword & shield/sword/halberds Koblod
• Phase 2 Big SWORD hide, let Iori tank, find opening to damage
• Phase 3 The Disabled Kobold Lord dodge and wait opening

– 1 Psycho Kobold (right of screen)
Nothing special, just a stupid kobold do his things

– First delete the hammer kobold with Rapid bite and lv5 Dagger Barrage, careful Kobold Lord always charge at you.
– Normally He will charge at u after u finish Dagger Barrage and 2 normal attack. So be prepare.
– Fall back let the boss target Iori.
– After that kill the Pyscho Kobold then use the “only Boss strategy” .
– Don’t spam spark talisman.U need it for phase 2 because he can spawn Flame halberds Kobold which is annoying too
– Let Iori handle him. kill his phase 2 and that Kobold will die too.
– Now u in Phase 3 careful don’t get caught. just dodge and wait opening (or make one)then use all u have to one shot him.