Thursday, July 1, 2010

Daja Races Breakdown

Logical racial choices for the Daja class are presented here.  As usual, mention any other races you want considered in the comments.


Onillin Ti:
With very strong attributes including high wisdom and willpower, with high dexterity and speed with two 100% winged slash racials to boost the daja's physical attacks to acceptable levels, onillin ti is another obvious race.  22% difficult to hit isn't terrible, although the % isn't high enough to actually make a daja "difficult to hit".  But those aren't the reasons that onillin is a standout race:  The very high % time-walking and 15% time-bending are.

Dajas are the only class with a spammable, powerful heal.  Field aid and compelled rejuvenation have nothing on dajain holy analgesic.  A 20% reduction in lag results in a direct 25% increase in healing output and lightning output.  When combined with a subclass such as dajain healer, the healing output potential of this race is amazing.

Sun Kedoeji:
For the most part, sun kedoeji is a "light" version of onillin ti.  While some of the benefits offered by this race are useful (18 quick, 60 agility, 5 more NR, 12 hit, 48% 1/2 NR, 24% mental resistance), the attributes offered are much weaker.  The racial attacks are stronger as well, since 100% radiating sunbeam is bound to be very powerful on any wisdom-stacking character.  However, the dip in willpower/wisdom/speed/dex and loss of time-bend and some time-walking make sun kedoeji not quite as flashy.  It is, however, a more well-rounded choice.


Silver Elf:  An obvious choice for any healing class, silver elf comes with 28% augmented healing, which translates to 28% more healing output.  9% free movement will help protect against impairments, one of the primary sources of frustration for a daja in pk.  When combined with 11% lateral deterrence (the only race recommended that has lateral deterrence), and high quickness/agility, and decently powerful racial attacks, silver elf is a decent choice for dajas.  It's not particularly flashy, but it gets the job done.  The only caveat is that the augmenting healing provided by the race does not overlap with the augmented healing available to the Dajain Healer subclass, which is disappointing to say the least.

Storm Wielder:
This race offers decent wisdom, some willpower, high NR and damage and even a little bit of massive size, although massive size is less valuable to a daja or fallad than another class, since blessing of the meek's ability is flatly superior to massive size.  The main draw of this race is the 50% lightning dominance, which translates into +50% lightning output.  Combined with the damage (and extra damage from str), this is not a bad running race for a daja.  The added 66% !dodge can be a nice advantage as well, although the defenses of this race are not strong.

Svirfneblin:
This race, along with frost dragon, is an obvious choice for newer dajas.  High int/wis (along with good willpower, solid racials and some quickness), and "doesn't run out of mana" are very strong reasons to choose this race.  The counterattack racial is also a welcome addition to the strategy of "let them beat themselves to death on my face".