by SupremeTentacle » 26 Mar 2015, 11:17
LFS is literally shit.
All it is is a slightly stronger, faster water cannon, which is also just as shit. It doesn't have enough damage to really become useful, while Aqua Needle at least has enough functionality to take out a single monster at higher ranks. LFS is also completely unuseable against rooms that contain ranged monsters under the assumption that you intend to mob. Even if you don't intend to mob, it's not very functional unless you can kill monsters in 1-2 shots, which generally isn't the case because its pretty weak. It scales out super hard as you progress through the game, where as single targets like aqua needle scale in. Even with a +100 Satan Cross and its free +40 lightning, LFS's damage is pretty much negligible against Edo tier mobs.
Also, aqua needle will fire all of its shots before the animation is actually done, so you can force them to come out first frame if you cancel into the skill, or auto once to proc all the damage if you rolled at the start of the animation.
Even taking early game into consideration, LFS is not very good. While it might have its use in grinding areas such as Gedoumaru, it's pretty much useless in Yakumo Temple.
It's only really useable in two rooms in SF, both of which are more easily cleared with a superior skill such as boulder dash.
Starting in Echigo, there is absolutely zero reason to continue using LFS, as you'll get heavily punished by Kubire Oni, Bakezouri, Bakeneko and Tsujigami in EE. Even if you derp and decided to go with a shittier grind location such as grotto, it still sees no benefit to its use due to receiving punishment from blue pengs and similar mobs.
Selling all of my gear for ~40% of its market value!
~4 lv. 108 to 115 weapons remaining
Some skill card 7's, ougi, orna'd maga and other stuff too!