Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: Uses Vk or not?
1.5 would be ideal. while the VKs do in fact cut your damage a bit, you are putting out damage FAR more frequently with a speed sliced VK so your dps (damage per second) actually increases.
i think you will find speaking with the members of this forum that the answer will be a resounding YES! use a speed sliced VK to get all the way up through TK Novice.
did i mention you want a speed sliced VK?
CrazyAce555 wrote:
I am training to beocem a TKM/ master commando, and atm am at unarmed II going on IV. I was wondering if i should use VK. People tell em to adn others tell me not to. It says you "do not have the skill to use this lah blah blah damage will be greatly decresed." I have a 2.2 speed 47-150ish damage. Should i use it or not?
Echo echo - the advice you received so far is 100% right on the money. Before you hit Novice, you'll get the "do not have the skill" error. Ignore it. What this means is that your damage will be reduced. But, you'll be hitting so much faster that your damage per second (DPS) will be significantly increased depending on the speed of the knucks. 1.5 is fantastic, 1.7 is sufficient. Anything slower is probably not what you want.
You will gothrough these like candy. Get them in crates.
Once you hit novice, you'll see your damage increase. Keep using the speed sliced knucks until you hit Power 4. Then, start buying damage sliced knucks. When youget toTKM, you'll be hitting at 1/sec for all knucks that are speed rated 2.9 or better (I think it's 2.9 but since most default is 2.2 no worries).
One thing to keep in mind is the mind drain from knucks. When, not if, you see your mind dropping due to the specials you're using, drop the knucks until your blue bars replinish. When you buy knucks DO pay attention to the HAM drain. Many a TKM has died from suicidal use of specials with high ham-drain knucks.