I don't have any int equips, all I have is a 7int wand. I've been reading that you dont have to hp wash a corsair because of the ship, but I see that many people still do it. So my question is 1) how do you hp wash 2) how much int should I put? 3) is it worth it?
1) There are many guides in the forums about that, try reading them. 2)That depends on how much total HP you want and at what level you want it. 3)That is up to you to decide. I don't know how much natural HP sairs have by 200 but my guess is around 7k. In the current source you need 5.6k hp to be able to fight all the bosses (so even without washing you are good to go); On the new source you will need HB for HT, so if you want to be able to go HT without HB you will have to wash; If Pink Bean is ever released and his attacks are as powerful as they were in GMS then you are gonna need 11.5k and HB to survive, or ~18.4k if you don't want to depend on HB. High HP also helps in other bosses like BF (~11k touch dmg), Anego (~12k slap),BGA (20k+ kick), BGB (~11k short range attack) and the list continues. You shouldn't be hit by this attacks if you keep your distance, but more than once you are gonna make a mistake and get hit, high HP is gonna save your life when that happens. If you are good at dismounting your ship then high HP shouldn't be much of an issue, you just gotta be extra careful with the 1/1 attacks.
I am currently washing my sair just a little bit so that I can HT by level 155 meaning I need to get 5600 HP minimum. From my experience, and one of my friends who also has a Corsair, we have found that by doing around 40-45 washes, you should have enough HP by level 155 to do HT. HOW TO WASH: Pirates wash a little differently and we have more of an upper hand when it comes to washing, since through this method, we always gain the max amount of HP per wash possible rather than a random number using regular washing. That means Corsair always gains 20 HP per wash rather than 16~20 randomly through the regular method. The way this method works is, rather than saving your level up AP, you can simply add ur stats into STR or DEX whenever you feel like it. When you have built up a substantial amount of extra MP through int, you can use an AP reset, REMOVE FROM MP, ADD TO HP. You repeat these steps until you are satisfied or your hit your minimum MP. Also keep in mind to do AS MINIMAL washing as possible as sair, since you already know that the more HP you have, the faster your ship will be destroyed by 1/1 attacks. HOW MUCH INT YOU SHOULD HAVE: Personally, I am not sure. I have been washing from around 120 int from the lower levels and now, I use 140 int. I have 60 or so base int and the rest is from equips. Keep in mind that each wash takes 16 MP away. You can use the minimum MP formula to get a better understanding of how many washes you can do before you hit your min MP. I think you'll be able to get enough HP with just probably ~20 int per level up. Don't add too much int as you don't need to wash much at all. Use these as sources :http://royals.ms/forum/threads/fully-revised-hp-washing-guide.8286/page-8#post-215800 http://royals.ms/forum/threads/hp-washing-reference-table.17093/ IS IT WORTH IT? well, it depends on you. If you want to boss as early as possible, I say go for it. If you just wanna chill and grind for a bit, then you don't really have to. Have fun !
Check out the Gunslingers section in this guide: HP Washing for New Players Most Corsairs only wash to 5.6k HP for Horntail, because the more you add, the more damage your ship will take. That guide details how much INT you will need to reach that goal.
This, and also, it's important to keep note that in the new source, Horntail boss runs will be carried out in a different manner because you won't be able to freeze body parts like you do right now. This means that you'll want around 9k HP in total to Horntail in the new source; that's 5600 HP minimum IF you have HB (hyperbody). Because Horntail can dispel, if you get dispelled and lose HB, you could be killed in the time between being dispelled and the Drk in your party re-HB'ing. Moreover, when you go into HT, ranged attackers tend to stay on the right side of Horntail while melee attackers tend to stay on the left side. This means that you might not have the luxury of HB. If you plan on going for a corsair as your main and plan to play it for at least a decent period of time, you want to save enough MP to be able to wash to at least 9000 HP. Also, many say it is bad to wash a corsair to very high amounts of HP, but once you get the hang of dismounting/remounting your ship during 1/1 attacks, having high HP won't really be a problem, even if you do slip up from time to time. I am a level 16x corsair myself and although it took me a few runs at Zak and HT to get the hang of dismounting and remounting my ship, I can tell now that having higher HP (e.g. 9k HP as opposed to 7k HP) really has minimal effects. Quite a few experienced sairs on this server such as Beenzino (although he did get perma'd), itsDrew, and Pistols (has enough MP to wash to 10k HP) all have high amounts of HP/have potential to reach high amounts of HP. One reason I'm either quitting my sair entirely or remaking it is because I only have 7k HP and it'd be hard for me to survive during boss runs in the new source. I strongly advise you to wash.
@Kivin I really appreciate the in-depth explanation, though I'm curious as to why 9000 is the optimal HP without HB. Doesn't the unavoidable Horntail attacks only deal up to 7600 damage? Is 9000 HP meant to give you some margin for error as opposed to having to execute a boss run perfectly?
The 9000 HP that I recommended is what I've heard from several people. I think it has to do with the fact that HT can and will mass-seduce in the new source, and you'd need a minimum of 9000 HP to survive this. I've also heard that 9k might be desirable because you can get hit by an attack from the wings ~7k and by a falling rock ~2k damage at the same time (normally you get a period of invincibility after you've been hit by a monster; falling rocks disregard the fact that you've just been hit and can hit you in your 'invincibility mode').
