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Celtic Tribolt Special Upgrade question

FrahaleahFrahaleah
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Which special upgrade do tribolts benefit from the most. I looked on the wiki & blue upgrades look good, but not entirely sure about which to go with.

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  • KororeKorore
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    The Tribolt wand is a special case, whereas if you have a certain amount of magic attack, red is more efficient.

    If I remember correctly, it's a very high number, like 400 Magic Attack or somewhere around there.

    Otherwise, blue is more efficient.
  • FrahaleahFrahaleah
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    @Korore Okay. Currently the tribolt has magic attack in the 30s, counting upgrades and reforges.
  • RingabelRingabel
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    edited January 23, 2017
    In general, when it comes to non-egoable magic weapons - you'd want to use blue upgrades for it, unless it's a tribolt. ( especially if the wand has a decently high roll ) The general use for a tribolt is for firebolt spam - and firebolt's damage scales better with max damage / battlefield overture than with magic attack - and this is from a DPS standpoint. ( which is irrelevant in most content - you'd be using it mostly for places such as Alban, Abyss Dungeons and... Phantasm?

    > and if you're master mage and are near the INT cap, you probably have enough magic attack to make red upgrades more beneficial.

    I'm no expert in this, but there's more in depth topics on other sites.
    > https://www.reddit.com/r/Mabinogi/comments/3y3uxw/how_to_special_upgrade_staff/
    > https://www.reddit.com/r/Mabinogi/comments/4lmfco/celtic_tribolt_wand_upgrade_path/
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    Since yours has a higher MATK roll - for the sake of not buying/making another tribolt and going through the process of upgrading/reforging it again, use red upgrades. It's a lot more beneficial in the long run. If you're planning to use it for Alban, you'd probably want to get a casting speed ~20 reforge on it too.

    ... if you have the chaincasting +4 upgrade on it, that is.
  • FrahaleahFrahaleah
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    Yes, the Chaincast+4 was a priority for me. As for the casting speed 20... I'm not that insane.
  • BuffalosBuffalos
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    Casting Speed is a surprisingly easy reforge to get on a wand if it's already rank 1 with 3 lines. Next time we get a treasure chest event, you should throw the hundreds of free reforges at your wand and see what you get.