Prime WS Information, Testing, Discussion

Preliminary testing for Oshala (Prime Staff WS) - not much here as we were also doing a normal-ish Sortie run to see if anything changed, but it's more than nothing:

Aftermath effect seemed to boost magic damage by ~7-8% or so at AM3, lower effect at lower levels. It follows Relic Aftermath rules for duration (1 minute at 1k TP, 3 minutes at 3k TP), but it has three levels like Mythic.

There was no difference in Gallimaufry rate with Opashoro on compared to other characters or other runs, and no visible difference in boss AI, though we didn't do D/H/Aminon. I got Hexahedrite from Gartell, everyone else did not.

Very impressed/happy with Mumei damage so far. Did some limited tests and seems stronger than R15 Masa Fudo.

BoG/EA Frailty/Indi-Fury/Chaos/Dia2/Min5/Marcato Honor


WS gear used for Fudo and Mumei:
3000TP R15 Masa Fudo:


3000TP Mumei on the same Acuex:


3000TP Mumei with AM3 up on another Acuex to show when AM3 applies:


2249TP Mumei with AM3 up:


Note that Acuex take -12.5% damage to slashing, which we realized after the fact.

AM3 did not overwrite/refresh itself.
AM applies on the activating WS.
Can confirm Mumei multistep dark will still heal bosses

More Mumei:

Aramith9 posted a video using the scythe against A boss:

Ok sacrificed a run and tested Origin

Test Methodology: Fotia for fTP, Absorb-INT for WSC
1000 fTP: ~3.0
3000 fTP: ~9.225
WSC: 60%STR 60%INT

No time to test 2000TP. I might sacrifice another 5min in the next run to get that last detail.

Soul voice ARIA / attack cap no etudes
[20:58:39] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:58:39] Aita takes 96478 points of damage.
[20:58:46] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:58:46] Aita takes 68146 points of damage.
[20:58:50] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:58:50] Aita takes 57987 points of damage.
[20:58:51] Pherixa uses Mighty Strikes.
[20:58:55] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:58:55] Aita takes 44417 points of damage.
[20:59:01] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:59:01] Aita takes 83944 points of damage.
[20:59:07] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:59:07] Aita takes 80605 points of damage.
[20:59:11] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:59:11] Aita takes 81292 points of damage.
[20:59:16] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:59:16] Aita takes 39645 points of damage.
[20:59:20] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[20:59:20] Aita takes 36725 points of damage.
[21:03:15] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:03:15] The Demisang Deleterious takes 41783 points of damage.
[21:03:22] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:03:22] The Demisang Deleterious takes 52979 points of damage.
[21:04:43] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:04:43] The Demisang Warrior takes 52924 points of damage.
[21:04:52] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:04:52] The Demisang Warrior takes 49359 points of damage.
[21:05:23] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:05:23] The Demisang Monk takes 79796 points of damage.
[21:05:32] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:05:32] The Demisang Monk takes 50082 points of damage.
Soul voice songs down----------------
Normal Aria should be attack cap on bosses
[21:11:24] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:11:24] Degei takes 83772 points of damage.
[21:11:32] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:11:32] Degei takes 70374 points of damage.
[21:11:40] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:11:40] Degei takes 64215 points of damage.
[21:15:33] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:15:33] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 20130 points of damage.
[21:15:38] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:15:38] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 41875 points of damage.
[21:15:43] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:15:43] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 40019 points of damage.
[21:15:53] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:15:53] The Cachaemic Ghoul takes 47974 points of damage.
[21:15:59] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:15:59] The Cachaemic Ghoul takes 61021 points of damage.
[21:20:16] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:20:16] Skomora takes 62032 points of damage.
[21:20:23] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:20:23] Skomora takes 65333 points of damage.
[21:20:29] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:20:29] Skomora takes 66072 points of damage.
[21:25:25] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:25:25] The Biune Porxie takes 74514 points of damage.
[21:27:37] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:27:37] The Abject Acuex takes 61529 points of damage.
[21:27:43] Pherixa uses Disaster.
[21:27:43] The Abject Acuex takes 41286 points of damage.

[00:57:19] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[00:57:19] The Demisang Red Mage takes 33412 points of damage.
[00:57:25] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[00:57:25] The Demisang Red Mage takes 29884 points of damage.
[00:57:44] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[00:57:44] The Demisang Black Mage takes 36862 points of damage.
[00:58:14] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[00:58:14] The Demisang White Mage takes 39503 points of damage.
[00:59:58] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[00:59:58] Degei takes 52362 points of damage.
[01:00:14] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:00:14] Degei takes 29823 points of damage.
[01:00:21] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:00:21] Degei takes 23455 points of damage.
[01:00:30] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:00:30] Degei takes 26174 points of damage.
[01:03:53] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:03:53] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 17512 points of damage.
[01:04:01] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:04:01] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 27286 points of damage.
[01:04:06] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:04:06] The Cachaemic Bhoot takes 20504 points of damage.
[01:05:53] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:05:53] The Cachaemic Ghoul takes 26726 points of damage.
[01:06:04] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:06:04] The Cachaemic Ghoul takes 21020 points of damage.
[01:06:13] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:06:13] The Cachaemic Ghoul takes 25941 points of damage.
[01:07:57] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:07:57] Skomora takes 28719 points of damage.
[01:08:05] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:08:05] Skomora takes 39113 points of damage.
[01:11:39] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:11:39] The Biune Umbril takes 18997 points of damage.
[01:11:46] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:11:46] The Biune Umbril takes 19441 points of damage.
[01:12:17] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:12:17] The Biune Umbril takes 15344 points of damage.
[01:12:53] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:12:53] The Biune Umbril takes 25645 points of damage.
[01:13:00] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:13:00] The Biune Umbril takes 17692 points of damage.
[01:13:45] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:13:45] The Biune Porxie takes 60692 points of damage.
[01:16:44] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:16:44] Leshonn takes 48007 points of damage.
[01:16:52] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:16:52] Leshonn takes 44558 points of damage.
[01:16:57] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:16:57] Leshonn takes 45901 points of damage.
[01:17:07] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:17:07] Leshonn takes 46926 points of damage.
[01:20:52] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:20:52] The Abject Acuex takes 30657 points of damage.
[01:20:57] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:20:57] The Abject Acuex takes 29826 points of damage.
[01:47:05] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:47:05] Gartell takes 40616 points of damage.
[01:47:15] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:47:15] Gartell takes 36731 points of damage.
[01:47:24] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:47:24] Gartell takes 31547 points of damage.
[01:47:32] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:47:32] Gartell takes 30207 points of damage.
[01:47:39] Ahlen uses Imperator.
[01:47:39] Gartell takes 27586 points of damage.

I was attack starved till ~leshonn and gartell I should have been close to attack cap (on gartell) unless the one chokehold I got hit by removed something like chaos roll (log doesnt show what he absorbs from you)

On gartell we had dia 3 + light shot + armor break + 5x box step SV honor march 3 minuet 1 madrigal

I was gearing imperator for dex it might be mind focused so maybe next run ill do gain mnd / use mind cape

[23:13:07] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:07] Aita takes 39816 points of damage.
[23:13:12] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:12] Aita takes 39120 points of damage.
[23:13:18] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:18] Aita takes 36630 points of damage.
[23:13:23] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:23] Aita takes 30943 points of damage.
[23:13:29] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:29] Aita takes 32798 points of damage.
[23:13:35] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:35] Aita takes 32500 points of damage.
[23:13:40] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:13:40] Aita takes 42552 points of damage.
[23:15:07] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:15:07] The Haughty Ranger takes 21795 points of damage.
[23:15:12] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:15:12] The Haughty Ranger takes 18030 points of damage.
[23:15:22] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:15:22] The Haughty Ranger takes 35064 points of damage.
[23:15:30] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:15:30] The Haughty Ranger takes 31902 points of damage.
[23:15:38] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:15:38] The Haughty Samurai takes 47728 points of damage.
[23:22:19] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:22:19] The Demisang White Mage takes 30364 points of damage.
[23:22:33] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:22:33] The Demisang Warrior takes 16160 points of damage.
[23:26:55] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:26:55] The Demisang Thief takes 21060 points of damage.
[23:29:52] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:29:52] Degei takes 32515 points of damage.
[23:30:01] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:30:01] Degei takes 33536 points of damage.
[23:30:07] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:30:07] Degei takes 44401 points of damage.
[23:30:14] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:30:14] Degei takes 45784 points of damage.
[23:38:20] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:38:20] Skomora takes 48081 points of damage.
[23:38:26] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:38:26] Skomora takes 63822 points of damage.
[23:38:34] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:38:34] Skomora takes 49710 points of damage.
[23:38:37] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:38:37] Skomora takes 50425 points of damage.
[23:43:18] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:43:18] The Gyvewrapped Naraka takes 9508 points of damage.
[23:43:25] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:43:25] The Gyvewrapped Naraka takes 12192 points of damage.
[23:43:47] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:43:47] The Gyvewrapped Naraka takes 12424 points of damage.
[23:43:54] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:43:54] The Gyvewrapped Naraka takes 12211 points of damage.
[23:44:04] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:44:04] The Gyvewrapped Naraka takes 14556 points of damage.
[23:48:50] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:48:50] Triboulex takes 14374 points of damage.
[23:49:00] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:49:00] Triboulex takes 54036 points of damage.
[23:49:06] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:49:06] Triboulex takes 57689 points of damage.
[23:49:13] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:49:13] Triboulex takes 30624 points of damage.
[23:49:21] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:49:21] Triboulex takes 36019 points of damage.
[23:49:25] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:49:25] Triboulex takes 29703 points of damage.
[23:55:45] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:55:45] Ghatjot takes 72620 points of damage.
[23:55:52] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:55:52] Ghatjot takes 61073 points of damage.
[23:58:24] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[23:58:24] The Abject Obdella takes 30657 points of damage.
[00:02:53] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:02:53] Dhartok takes 56774 points of damage.
[00:03:00] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:03:00] Dhartok takes 44960 points of damage.
[00:03:06] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:03:06] Dhartok takes 38756 points of damage.
[00:03:12] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:03:12] Dhartok takes 44838 points of damage.
[00:03:18] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:03:18] Dhartok takes 50007 points of damage.
[00:03:25] Kiratal uses Terminus.
[00:03:25] Dhartok takes 55305 points of damage.

For aita I had a potent frost on me nearly the whole time so it seems to have some agi scaling for sure because I had max buffs / debuffs for him (for terminus)
Another note for those WS assume every boss I had tp bonus 700 from warcry 190 from body 200 from ear and didnt hold TP (except ghatjot where I did a 3k)
I was likely attack capped on all bosses.
Only Aita /trib / ghatjot /dhartok I had soulvoice aria.

A lot of the trash mobs I wasn't attack cap and didn't use warcry.

So we didn't do proper testing tonight because we're focused on full clearing the zone. But here are some numbers from the bosses that are kind of crazy. These bosses all are 2 hour songs (Aita is 2x Minuet, 2x March, 1x Madrgal; others are 3x Minuet, 1x Madrigal, 1x Honor March) with Chaos/Sam roll. Aita has Dia III and Box Step and the others have Armor Break/Dia III/Box Step. We don't use GEO so no Fury/Frailty.

For reference, I never hit 70k+ with Torcleaver (66k is about the highest) and on Gartell I usually use Anguta where Cross Reaper tops out at around 55-60k (with occasional 70ks)

I know this isn't proper testing but my preliminary experience tells me these Weapons/Weaponskills absolutely clap.

Got Fimbulvetr up to 97k on Aita with no GEO. Not sure if that's any good, but it felt ok. Also had a couple 95ks in there on the same encounter.

This is super buffed to the teeth, DNC/drg. Actual useful info and math things from Simon be here soon.

It is ultra front loaded like savage blade.

Ok so the data we gathered suggest very low WSC and very high fTP at 3000. Im talking about something like 20% DEX/AGI/CHR and 20+ http://fTP.

3000TP Ruthless first hit only were avg 24559 spread here was only 3%, so it could be slightly less in reality
3000TP with 4 additional hits (3main hand and one with Cento) were 28223

This means 4.0 fTP from 3 additional hits were around 4k damage total. If you take away base damage of the weapon and unfortunately ignore fSTR (because we dont know specific value here, but it was low or neutral probably. Either way it wouldnt change the conclusion by much anyway), then we would need only ~203 base damage from WSC (and thats assuming PDL aftermath is only 5%), which is very low and based on your stats would only require 20% DEX/AGI/CHR. This also mean 1.0fTP with main hand is like ~1200, which puts first hit fTP at 3000TP at 20.

Not the best testing, but here are some numbers with Gae Buide in sortie. Focused a bit more on keeping TP closer to 3k on Leshonn. Aita fell off the rails a little quick on this run.

Degei SV marchx2, minuet x2, Aria
Non SV on the rest HM,minuet, madrigal, aria
Dia III, angon, box step on all enemies

[Jabrolout] ¨ Degei: Diarmuid 76099
---------------- TP 346 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Degei: Diarmuid 57619
---------------- TP 274 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Degei: Diarmuid 65749
---------------- TP 310 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Degei: Diarmuid 70173
---------------- TP 377 ----------------


[Jabrolout] ¨ Leshonn: Diarmuid 90305
---------------- TP 308 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Leshonn: Diarmuid 93838
---------------- TP 292 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Leshonn: Diarmuid 73120
---------------- TP 276 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Leshonn: Diarmuid 56797
---------------- TP 340 ----------------



[Jabrolout] ¨ Aita: Diarmuid 54276
---------------- TP 292 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Aita: Diarmuid 46156
---------------- TP 353 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Aita: Diarmuid 42609
---------------- TP 464 ----------------
Set used:
ItemSet 391844

Yeah, massive difference when gearing for straight wsd on Diarmuid at least. Was aiming to ws between 2000-2500 tp after putting up am3. Full buffs for all of these fights.

[Jabrolout] ¨ Aita: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 264 ----------------


[Jabrolout] ¨ Triboulex: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 387 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Triboulex: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 218 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Triboulex: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 202 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Triboulex: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 233 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Triboulex: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 341 ----------------


[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 245 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 230 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 87532
---------------- TP 283 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 99999
---------------- TP 275 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 92619
---------------- TP 257 ----------------
[Jabrolout] ¨ Gartell: Diarmuid 86734
---------------- TP 225 ----------------

Pinaka:

Sarv>Sarv>Sarv = Darkness

Recorded the entire Sortie run, but unfortunately the file ended up corrupted with missing frames. I was able to save some screenshots from it. There was a lot more data that got lost, including Sarv dmg against Acuex mobs at 3k 2k 1k, Savage Blade with & without AM3 respectively. I am going to post only the data I can back up with screenshots and memory.

On Ghatjot:
RNG ML31/NIN - With max buffs: SV/Bolster/Crooked Chaos/Dia2/Boost STR

Rattk. Cap:


Velocity Shot: YES
Hover Shot: 4
True Shot: YES
TP:3000

Note: Would have most likely hit 99k without Hover Shot

Velocity Shot: YES
Hover Shot: 25
True Shot: YES
TP:1200~


I did use other WS’s at HS25+TS to see if they beat Sarv with AM3 boost and from memory the numbers roughly:
Jishnu's Radiance = ~40k
Refulgent Arrow = ~70k
Empyreal Arrow= ~80k
Sarv True Shot Set:

Note: No TP Bonus pieces for testing reasons & Nyame R25

We moved on to Demisang monsters which in this case I was using Ternion Dagger +1R15+KC and spamming Sarv from melee distance. After spamming so many of them at 1k 2k 3k with regular buffs the numbers seemed consistent. Although Demisang mobs do get bunch of buffs on them.
Velocity Shot: NO
Hover Shot: 0
True Shot: NO

1k TP was in 30ks


2k TP was in 50ks



3k TP (no screenshot on this one but highest I got was ~70k)
Note: AM3 PDL+ was applied to Savage Blades. At 3k TP it went from 65-70k to 75-80k+ on Demisang monsters with regular songs+chaos+furry/frailty. I wish the recordings were working to go over it with more accurate data.


In conclusion: From this short 1hr experience, Sarv is very strong. The weapon is still at stage 3 which means it has much room to get better. The ability to hit cap dmg by just utilizing True Shot and not needing Hover Shot opens back up the “classic” spam ranger stance. With Hover Shot and True Shot combined hitting cap damage under 1.5k tp (with max buffs) with the self-darkness skillchain opens alternative strong options. Hopefully, there will be another go at this coming soon with actual video.

Katana sucks and I want my Galli back

-ML18 NIN/DNC (to prevent trait interference from subjob)
-Capped attack (Fury, Frailty, Chaos, Dia III, Box Step 5, Red Curry Bun)
-Abject Acuex used for every test, stat down and drown removed before every WS



3000TP w/ TP Bonus -> WSD swaps and Kunimitsu offhand:
1000~2000TP w/ TP Bonus Offhand:

Probably have enough test set data to get a general idea of fTP but not enough to get a 100% number.


I'll run these after I'm done with my nightly duties if no one else does it first.

After today's run I'd say Maru Kala (H2H) is pretty much identical to the Katana post above. 1000-2000 TP was around 40k, while 3000 TP was pretty consistent 60k with very similar set that I posted a page back.

Overall Maru Kala appears to be worse than Victory Smite, except that the weapon is pretty good at boosting the damage of Victory Smite thanks to the Crit Rate and PDL aftermath.

I don't think its base stats put it ahead of Verethragna, but maybe at higher stages???

On the plus adding a strong distortion option really did open up monk skill chains. An easy 4 step: Maru Kala > Shijin Spiral > Smite > Smite is actually better than previous options we had. Using Maru Kala as a skill chain option or to put up AM felt like the right way to use it, it's not designed to replace anything we had before. Spamming it is probably not the right way to use it.

Had my first test run with Varga Purnikawa and using Maru Kala.

Seeing all these big numbers made me excited, so far only one person posted an underbuffed sample of Maru Kala damage which looked very low...

Turns out that's not coincidence. Unless I'm missing something, which is hopefully the case, it is extremely weak.

Was a full melee run (ABCGE) with chaos roll, minuets (SV for G), indi fury, berserk, impetus, etc. Average damage for Maru was 25k. The highest spike was 42-45k. In the same conditions with Verethragna R15, victory smite is in the 55k-80k range.

Capped impetus hits were ~2600 while for Vere's it's around ~2300, not including AM3 hits which can spike to 7700.

Aftermath information:

Tests done by shooting with capped attack as outlined earlier in the thread.

1000tp: 2% PDL for 60s
2000tp: 5% PDL for 120s
3000tp: 8% PDL for 180s

Scales between each breakpoint like Mythic AM. E.x.: 1611tp produced a 3% PDL aftermath.

Was a discussion in discord about monster VIT which triggered me to go find the VIT of a couple Sortie mobs, which will be useful info whenever we get the Stage3 weapons to test for their stat values.

I tested Abject Leeches (good for piercing) and Abject Hecteye (good for slashing+piercing). Nothing for blunt/h2h, might get something for those another time. Would have to be something like fomors or pixies. Have data on slugs too but I need to check something else before I commit to those. I'll list them for now though.

Lv119 Abject Leech - 184VIT
Lv119 Abject Hecteye - 189VIT
Lv134 Esurient Slug - 311VIT


Things to consider for aspiring testers:

-Sortie is a generally unfriendly test environment due to the time limit.

-There is no easy way to test for fTP replication in Sortie. We can fudge it by manipulating ACC so that the first hit often misses but getting something to happen like only 1 of the last 3 hits landing would be hard. Much easier when you can go hit a NIN mob.

-Multihit weaponskill testing will be complicated because of the last point. We can't say whether fTP replicates or not, therefor we can't know specific fTP of each hit without spending a lot of plates. Getting the first hit fTP and full WS fTP would be 'easier' but still a pain in the ***.

-What Sortie will be good for is getting general data such as WS mods (unlikely to get exact WSC but will know what affects which WS at least) and a general idea of http://fTP. For ranged and single hit melee WS we can get much closer to an accurate set of values assuming the people testing are properly documenting all of the necessary information so that we can pool results into bigger sample sets.


What you'll need as a tester if you want precise numbers:

-Ruspix Plates to spare.

-Patience, and a lot of it.

-The ability to, without uncertainty, cap attack on your target mob for your job. For most jobs on ground floor enemies this means having a GEO to go with you for Frailty+Fury. For higher PDL jobs you likely need a bit more than that, and for basement mobs you'd need more support such as a BLU, and/or COR, and/or BRD, etc. especially for high PDL jobs.

-Stat flexibility. You want to be able to adjust your stats by a bit at a time to determine and pinpoint WSC values. Pieces of gear that adjust more than 1 stat can potentially be unreliable because you're affecting more than 1 component of WSC at a time on WSs that have more than 1 stat that affects its WSC. Accessories are usually the easiest pieces to use for this, but a lot of them can be tough to source.

-Good work ethic. Your data is meaningless if you can't document everything properly. Keeping track of your stats, buffs, debuffs, etc. can be important to getting a clear idea of what's happening with a WS. Keeping accurate accounting of your damage numbers, TP values, etc. is also very important. If your data can't be confidently tracked and mathed out then it is useless. These weaponskills could also be potentially complicated by other things such as ratio bonuses and the PDL aftermath, making healthy data even more important.