For The Shinies! A Guide For Thief

Anyone have an updated evasion set, dt set and a hybrid between dt and eva for thf?

Here are my sets:

sets.defense.Acc = {ring1="Moonlight Ring",ammo="Staunch Tathlum +1",
head=PDThead,neck="Loricate Torque +1",ear1="Sherida Earring",ear2="Telos Earring",
body="Pillager's Vest +3",hands=TPhands,
back=STPback,waist="Reiki Yotai",legs="Mummu Kecks +2",feet=DTfeet,ring2="Moonlight Ring"}

sets.defense.PDT = {ring1="Moonlight Ring",ammo="Inlamvuyeso",
head=PDThead,neck="Loricate Torque +1",ear1="Genmei Earring",ear2="Odnowa Earring +1",
body="Pillager's Vest +3",hands=DThands,
back="Moonlight Cape",waist="Flume Belt +1",legs="Mummu Kecks +2",feet=DTfeet,ring2="Moonlight Ring"}

sets.defense.Eva = {ammo="Yamarang",
head="Turms cap +1",neck="Warder's Charm +1",ear1="Sanare Earring",ear2="Eabani Earring",
body="Turms harness +1",hands="Turms Mittens +1",ring1="Purity Ring",ring2="Defending Ring",
back=FCback,waist="Engraved Belt",legs="Turms Subligar +1",feet="Turms Leggings +1"}

sets.defense.MDT = {ammo="Staunch Tathlum +1",
head="Turms Cap +1",neck="Warder's Charm +1",ear1="Sanare Earring",ear2="Odnowa Earring +1",
body="Turms Harness +1",hands="Turms Mittens +1",ring1="Moonlight Ring",ring2="Purity Ring",
back="Moonlight Cape",waist="Engraved Belt",legs="Mummu Kecks +2",feet="Turms leggings +1"}

PDThead = Adhemar bonnet+1 path D
DT hands/feet are augmented herc

First set is a PDT set with accuracy for an "oshit I'm taking hits but can't stop dealing damage" and 3rd set is a Meva set, 2nd and 4th are max PDT/MDT sets respectively.

I expect Triple Attack Damage+

My non RMEA THF (Skinflayer, D+12) just hit a 58,500 SA AC Rudra's on Glassy Craver. Does it take extra piercing damage?

Yeah, I break 80k on it regularly.

I see more and more people offhanding it and talked to one guy that swore by it. He was not poorly geared by any means. I thought it was odd and that the lack of ilvl would cause issues.

I'm quite certain it's the best offhand for dagger jobs with SV madrigal in zergs. I was playing with dnc spreadsheet the other day and the absolute highest dps I've observed (6.8k ish) was done with tp bonus offhand if ws set to rudra, with sp active.

For zerg like teles, our acc is usually wayyyy overcapped with sv, that acc from ilv doesnt matter. Its possible to reach 1800 acc with buffs when NM only has 1500ish acc requirement. and Im not seeing how extra white dmg beats 1000 tp bonus, personally.

Things may change after update with even better ilv offhand options, such as follow up attack su5. Until then I'd trust what spreadsheet says.

I like how in your scenario you think, "we can use weird *** weapons" instead of, "maybe we don't need all these accuracy buffs".

Etudes are often overlooked when you don't need the accuracy from Madrigal. In the situation you're describing having +84 STR or DEX for every DD is probably better than using TP bonus dagger on 1 DD.

Well, if you want to get super technical to try and prove yourself right, 50 DEX from Twash offhand and 84 DEX from SV Etudes will beat offhand TP bonus dagger for every job you listed anyways.

I mean, your argument hinges on having 2 SV mads to have enough acc to allow you to use a non-ilvl weapon in the first place. All I am saying is if you swap those mads to Etudes, you'll still be fine for accuracy and deal more damage overall.