


Meliodas Longsword alternative build
I was looking over my characters when I noticed Meliodas's engraved armour for his longsword isn't that amazing. Well it is a solid damage increase, that's about all it is, it doesn't add any new interesting properties to how you play him. So I figured hey why not give him some normal armour instead and see if it's any better. I've seen similar ideas before but I'm not sure if they're exactly like this:
- The eye of the ominous star top mainly for the increased crit damage it provides. I need a better roll on it but it feels like it was made for Meliodas since he tags in and then tags out in less than 10 seconds
- Mad miner 2 piece set for crit damage
- Arachne 3 piece set for crit chance increase
- Bloody scale belt just to fill a slot and he does tag in a lot after all so it can't hurt
About the only main issue is I need a better enchant on my sword, it's max crit chance but I'd like some crit damage there too. Testing this out it seems like it's faster at killing or sometimes just on par with the engraved set. It's not insanely better but at least it gives a use to these pieces. I did also try the 4 piece crafted armour set that increases crit damage and normal skill damage, it was basically on the same level as the engraved armour too but it was worse than this setup. With all buffs crit chance should hit 100% and crit damage should be at 212%.
As for the team, Diane is there for the burst with the adventurer's gauntlets for a slight increase to the burst speed, although any burster would do. Daisy has her 3rd engraved armour set for the crit chance and crit defense it adds on, plus she uses a Melody of Temptation Grimoire maxed out for an extra 40% crit resistance decrease. I would probably not use this without her since I think she really makes it work with her gear. And Mannie is just there for the first strike and her buff. Potentials are P1 Diane, P6 Meliodas, P3 Daisy, and P5 Mannie. Most potential points are useless imo and that's why my Daisy and Diane aren't maxed yet.
I hope this post helps to inspire people! I just wanted to hopefully get the ball rolling on discussions in here. If you have any ways to make this setup better or a different suggestion for what to use feel free to share!