THIS SHEET IS OLD AND NOT UPDATED.
You still want accuracy, pierce, cdef, hp, def as stats… but there are better soulshield combinations now and some include pve sets (such as BT or VT shields)
Defensive Set (recommended)
Elder 1:
5550 HP
406 Cdef (main stat)
2260 HP / 174 Acc / 174 Def (substat)
290 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 2:
5810 HP
5530 HP (main stat)
182 Acc / 182 Def / 182 Cdef (substat)
304 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 3:
8660 HP (main stat)
152 Def / 152 Blk / 152 Eva (substat)
254 infusion (Cdef)
Elder 4:
6340 HP
465 Cdef (main stat)
2570 HP / 198 Crit / 198 Acc (substat)
332 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 5:
9790 HP (main stat)
172 Crit / 172 Blk / 172 Eva (substat)
287 infusion (Cdef)
Challenger 6:
5990 HP
417 Def (main stat)
179 Crit / 179 Blk / 179 Eva (substat)
298 infusion (Cdef)
Elder 7:
7390 HP
541 Blk (main stat)
232 Acc / 232 Def / 232 Cdef (substat)
387 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 8:
7660 HP
561 Cdef (main stat)
3120 HP / 240 Crit / 240 Def (substat)
401 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 5 piece set bonus:
15510 HP
165 Acc
298 Def
Challenger 3 piece set bonus:
490 Cdef
480 Pierce
330 CCdmg (16%)
Total (bolded stats are guaranteed, underlined are recommended substats):
78,230 HP (+2260 +2570 +3120 depending on substats)
1922 Cdef (+762 blue primers / +837 purple primers) (+182 +232 depending on substats)
480 Pierce (+1270 blue primers / +1474 purple primers)
0 Crit (+198 +172 +179 +240 depending on substats)
*165 Acc (+174 +182 +198 +232 depending on substats) *You want at least 120% accuracy
715 Def (+174 +182 +152 +232 +240 depending on substats)
541 Blk (+152 +172 +179 depending on substats)
0 Eva (+152 +172 +179 depending on substats)
330 CCdmg (16%)
Extra Thoughts: This is your super tanky “try to kill me, I dare you” build. I think this build is over the top tanky (and could get even more so if you sacrificed pierce infusions for HP/defense/blk/etc infusions). That being said --- you might have a hard time killing people with this build, especially other people using this build. It has no base crit chance and relies fully on your base damage with pierce (which should still be good). This build seems, at least in theory, super amazing for destroyers, FMs, and summoners that want to focus on stalling as LONG as possible. ***If you are under 120% accuracy (because you are missing the legendary ring), you should use Elder 3 and Challenger 4 or switch some infusions to accuracy to supplement.
Note on Elder 7 vs Challenger 7 and Challenger 5 vs Elder 5: Many people tell me that they decide to go for Challenger 3,6,7 + Elder 1,2,4,5,8. That set has about 8k more hp than my proposed set, but about 500 less block. I think block is an important stat for the neutral game in 6v6 --- and especially when fighting FMs for example (where their skills aren’t defense piercing and will be coming from the front where block is effective). I made the choice for Elder 7 because I feel that the guaranteed 541 block is more useful than 8k HP -- but if you think otherwise go for Challenger 7 + Elder 5.
Offensive Set (not recommended without Galaxy stage 3+ weapon)
Elder 1:
5550 HP
406 Cdef (main stat)
2260 HP / 174 Acc / 174 Def (substat)
290 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 2:
4880 HP
341 Crit (main stat)
145 Acc / 145 Def / 145 Blk (substat)
243 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 3:
6070 HP
445 Acc (main stat)
2470 HP / 190 Def / 190 Cdef (substat)
318 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 4:
6340 HP
465 Cdef (main stat)
2570 HP / 198 Crit / 198 Acc (substat)
332 infusion (Pierce)
Elder 5:
6870 HP
6540 HP (main stat)
215 Crit / 215 Acc / 215 Cdef (substat)
359 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 6:
5990 HP
417 Def (main stat)
179 Crit / 179 Blk / 179 Eva (substat)
298 infusion (Cdef)
Elder 7:
7390 HP
541 Blk (main stat)
232 Acc / 232 Def / 232 Cdef (substat)
387 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 8:
6440 HP
449 Crit (main stat)
192 Acc / 192 Def / 192 Eva (substat)
321 Infusion (Cdef)
Elder 5 piece set bonus:
15510 HP
165 Acc
298 Def
Challenger 3 piece set bonus:
490 Cdef
480 Pierce
330 CCdmg (16%)
Total Stats (bolded stats are guaranteed, underlined are recommended substats):
65,040 HP (+2260 +2470 +2570 depending on substats)
1361 Cdef (+519 blue primers / +594 purple primers) (+190 +215 +232 depending on substats)
480 Pierce (+1513 blue primers / +1717 purple primers)
790 Crit (+198 +215 +179 depending on substats)
610 Acc (+174 +145 +198 +215 +232 +192 depending on substats)
715 Def (+174 +145 +190 +232 +192 depending on substats)
541 Blk (+145 +179 depending on substats)
0 Eva (+179 +192 depending on substats)
330 CCdmg (16%)
Extra thoughts: This is my personal favorite build that acts as a hybrid of offense and defense. It has a lot of free defensive stats to give you very good survivability, but also has extra crit to help give you that extra punch to get through enemy’s massive HP. I like this build because it’s also cheaper to get (doesn’t use piece 8 of elder, instead using challenger 8). This build also has a lot of accuracy, so even those with higher than normal evasion/block shouldn’t be a problem. I think this build is great for assassins that like to go 1v1 people as well as general small scale brawlers. The Galaxy weapon really completes the stats of this build well -- providing a nice boost in Cdef and survivability.
I don’t follow this set exactly. My 5 piece has Acc instead of Crit, and my 6 piece has Blk instead of Crit as substats. Also my piece 8 has pierce infusion. The full set I use is below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/150002054322978816/245333639439712256/Zy_Soulshields.png. My sin with this set has 127.5% Acc, 56% Crit, 42.5% Pierce, and still boasts 43% Def, 145kHP, 2.56k Crit def, and 40% blk.
CCdmg Set (not recommended without Galaxy stage 3+ weapon)
Elder 1:
5550 HP
406 Cdef (main stat)
2260 HP / 174 Acc / 174 Def (substat)
290 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 2:
4880 HP
341 Crit (main stat)
145 Acc / 145 Def / 145 Blk (substat)
243 infusion (Pierce)
Sparring 3:
6390 HP
111 Eva
186 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 4:
5330 HP
371 Acc (main stat)
159 Crit / 159 Blk / 159 Eva (substat)
265 infusion (Pierce)
Sparring 5:
7220 HP
125 Blk
210 infusion (Pierce)
Challenger 6:
5990 HP
417 Def (main stat)
179 Crit / 179 Blk / 179 Eva (substat)
298 infusion (Pierce)
Sparring 7:
7770 HP
135 Def
226 infusion (Cdef)
Elder 8:
7660 HP
561 Cdef (main stat)
3120 HP / 240 Crit / 240 Def (substat)
401 infusion (Pierce)
Sparring 3 piece set bonus:
365 Cdef
354 Pierce
250 CCdmg (11%)
Challenger 3 piece set bonus:
490 Cdef
480 Pierce
330 CCdmg (16%)
Total Stats (bolded stats are guaranteed, underlined are recommended substats):
44,240 HP (+2260 +3120 depending on substats)
1822 Cdef (+226 blue primers)
834 Pierce (+1655 blue primers / +1786 purple primers)
341 Crit (+159 +179 +240 depending on substats)
*371 Acc (+174 +145 depending on substats) *You want at least 125% accuracy
596 Def (+174 +145 +240 depending on substats)
125 Blk (+145 +159 +179 depending on substats)
111 Eva (+159 +179 depending on substats)
580 CCdmg (27%)
Extra thoughts: This build most resembles a Tower of Infinity build and the BIS pvp build before Elder shields came into play. This is your ‘glass cannon’ build. As you can see, it severely lacks the HP and overall defensive stats that the other builds have (save for Cdef). However, this build has the highest pierce, good Crit, and 27% CCdmg to give you that extra killing power. Do not look to fight in large team fights as you will get blown up or chipped away at by AoE, but I think this build is perfectly fine for some 1v1 and 2v2 scenarios and will give you the edge if you can outplay your opponents. If you are confident in your PvP skills and understand when to ‘fight or flight’, then this may be the build for you. ***Please make sure you have at least 125% accuracy or you will miss tech chases often due to RNG block -- make changes as necessary to achieve that. Legendary Ring may be required.
I see quite a few people with this build (or build similar) and they feel VERY squishy compared to those with the 5 piece Elder set bonus. However, the people with this build hit like a truck when they’ve CC’d me. Again --- heavily heavily recommended to not use this build without a Galaxy Stage 3 weapon.
Working Sets prior to Endgame:
Full Naksun with Crit Defense Infusions
Why?: This is a very easily attainable set that provides stats in a similar manner to challenger (they have the same breakdown, but Naksun is overall worse). This is what I would call the bare minimum to go into pvp with. If you do not have at least this, you are probably more of a liability to your team than an asset.
Full Sparring with Crit Defense Infusions
Why?: This set is also very easily attainable (pieces 1-4 can be found from tower of infinity floors 1-20, and pieces 1-8 are from floors 21-30) and provides more defensive stats than Naksun, but also provides some pierce and CCdmg to give you a bit of extra killing power. This set also has fixed stats, so you won’t need to hunt around for a max soulshield --- it already comes with it’s max stats guaranteed. Fortunately, farming sparring is very efficient as you’ll use some of those pieces for climbing higher in tower of infinity too. If you can’t get all 8 pieces for whatever reason, replace what you are missing with Naksun.
Full Challenger or Mix of Sparring + Challenger:
Why?: This set is for those that can actively do tower, or may have done tower farming a lot in the past and have some pieces lying around. Combining them together will get you close to the CCdmg set and was a former best in slot set prior to the patch. The set bonuses are very good, and Challenger has quite nice stats. Classes that aren’t good at Tower or people that have high ping may struggle a lot with getting the challenger pieces, especially pieces 5-8 (as those require floor 41+ in the tower of infinity). However, this is a good set and is worth having (you’ll use these pieces for tower of infinity as well, albeit with different infusions most likely). Infuse a mix of crit def and pierce into this set.
Mix of Challenger and Hell soulshields:
Why?: This is a more defensive option than sparring, or can substitute for sparring in case you can’t farm sparring during a season because your starting floor is too high. The Hell Soulshields from the vendor are identical to the Elder soulshields, but have lower stats and infusion caps (and obviously a different set effect). A 3 piece or 5 piece set of hell along with challenger can be very good until you can get the Elder set to replace Hell.
Full Elder:
Why?: Full Elder is not a set I ever plan to use simply because I value the stats + set effect of Challenger better. However, it is not a bad set in the slightest. Full elder gives 3 second reduced cooldown on your main escape (normally Tab), and has hugely defensive stats. You will be very tanky with this set. Model the infusions based on the Defensive set above. This set costs 230 Galaxy Fragments (57.5k Battle Points) to attain.
Elder 1-5 + Challenger/Sparring 6-8:
Why?: This is the set I went for upon release of Beluga Lagoon. The reason being is that Elder 1-5 is VERY CHEAP to get and I had it farmed within a day of release. Pieces 1-5 require 80 Galaxy Fragments (equivalent of 20k Battle Points). Considering the fact that Elder piece 8 requires 60 Galaxy Fragments by itself (15k Battle Points), getting pieces 1-5 for only 5k more battle points is a steal. Challenger/Sparring 6-8 are just to round out the set and use for the set bonuses. There is much overlap between this set and the Defensive and Offensive sets, so the pieces don’t go to waste (generally). After attaining this set, I farmed up my Galaxy 3 weapon and then farmed up the remaining pieces of the offensive set. Many people I know did the same and it has worked out for them. You get the Elder Set bonus, the Challenger/Sparring set bonus, and you have many pieces in common with your endgame sets.
The stats you want to have in your build no matter what:
120+% accuracy (Thank you to /u/Shiro_chan for pointing out how important accuracy is to counter block chance… the higher the better)
2k+ Crit Def
2.5k+ pierce
As much def/hp/blk/crit you can get otherwise
Closing Notes:
Thank you for reading this. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to message me on reddit at /u/ZyreliaSen. I love to hear feedback regarding these things and provide quality content related to my favorite activities in Blade & Soul. Also, feel free to share this with others as you please, but please link the document itself or at least credit the source.
Coming soon:
Revised ‘endgame’ builds based on Skybreak Spire + higher galaxy levels and revised WIP soul shields (due to Acrimor set)
Last Revised: January 15, 2017
-Zyrelia
