Just Wow, I couldn't believe what I was reading until I read this

I'm leveling my Fiona alt to 90 for the event

It has no range and does worse DPS than amaranth kick [ Blossom Blow ]

Help, how can't you expect a 2nd smash to deal more damage than the 4th smash ? You are right the jump is flashy and useless.

Amaranth kick is cringey bad, it is incredibly slow yet does not hit very hard at all by itself.

Just no comment ...

Shield deflection is an odd skill, given that counter attack is superior. It is incredibly niche, since you can stop in the middle of combos to quickly block attacks with your shield anyway

Not really, what if you are in the middle of doing an amaranth or spinning ?

Shield bash is still useless, especially the two additional hits which are terrible DPS and take far too long to pull off.

Shield bash has invu and lets you go almost straight into amaranth kick at a low sp cost. Also Shield bash is pretty good to avoid being eaten by lakiora or getting grabbed by Yohaad, just saying.

The main issue with counter attack is that it has no I-frames so when bosses spam fast multi hit combos, you can only counterattack the last hit in the combo

It really comes down to your att speed. Also counters damage is pretty significant and why would you like it to auto aim ? The first counter goes in the direction of the damage source just aim the second one. The ability to aim counters gives more depth to fiona's gameplay against some bosses just like in this situation



Counter attacks have many advantages over cross cut, even though both abilities work based on countering attacks they are vastly different due to their mechanics thus comparing them in a simple isolated example is not relevant at all

Chaining CA -> Amaranth kick is great damage...except for the lack of I-Frames preventing you from doing it most of the time, such as when the boss finishes a combo then suddenly does a backswing to hit you while you are winding up for an amranth kick.

Having i-frames on amaranth sounds crazy to me. Why not just deflect that said backswing and get that sweet 50% damage bonus or even pull off 2x amaranth ?

Slashing high is a terribly inefficient skill for its SP cost

This skill gives you +20% speed for 20 sec as well as giving you infinite stamina and you call it terribly inneficient ??? I would love to know what hammer players think about that

That being said, you can't make such statements with that little experience you have playing fiona. Most of what you said is just so wrong, maybe you just feel better playing vella, in that case keep playing her and have fun

Oh I thought right after stigma is the one time you can't parry though?

Yea you are right, you can no longer parry after fiona recovers from hitting the ground with the hammer. But you can parry before she does, just when your hammer connects with the boss/enemy ( or whatever ). You actually got plenty of time to deflect once you get used to doing it. Here is an example, images are better than words !



Also 1:18 here

Ohey I forgot to mention ! Iron defence doesn't grant the sweet infite stamina that SH does ( and butterfly combo is quite stamina hungry )

Hey, there really is no reason for me to play hammer with largeshield. No you don't want shield enhancement because hammer fiona doesn't rely on counters to deal high damage but on her butterfly combo ( SH mode ) and double stigmas. Counters are quite fast, they still deal sone nice damage even without shield enhancement and they give a lot of sp, which is all you want as a hammer player. There are a lot of situations you simply can't take advantage of with a large shield just like this one



I just effortlessly built 265 sp and dealt some nice damage out of counters. I can't figure how a largeshield player could handle this

Plus i don't think you get enough sp during raids to juggle between Iron Defense, Slashing High and Shield Charge. Also iron defense doesn't grant you the 20% speed buff and the skill has a long cooldown

I hope my view on this matter helps you

Hello everyone !

I am a fiona player from EU and I would like to share with you my youtube channel I started not long ago where I post solo videos. I love running solos, I find it very challenging and entertaining ( duos also, so if anyone from eu is interested in running some duo raids just call me ! ). I hope those videos might be useful to you and I'll try updating the thread as often as I can ( with other raids or better performance on the raids i've already done ). I'm open to any feedback and tips you might have for me, thanks and enjoy !

Ps : I play vindictus with a 360 controller
All of my solos are unbuffed ( no dmg pot ), not using any consumables nor pots. Stats are in the description


My youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxpWizeOI9AkkAklSp-hRGg





Niflheim :

Zecallion Post-Rise

Succubus Queen Post-Rise

RBL Post-Rise

Season 3 ( Old ) :

Regina

Lord Glas

Lugh

Yohaad

Habitant

Redeemers :

Neamhain first solo clear pre-rise

Neamhain solo post fiona buff

Neamhain speedrun - Fiona party play

Dullahan solo

Aes Sidhe Day One

Arcana ( Day One )

Other Stuff :

Feather Sprint compilation

Muir