Talk:Mystic Knight/@comment-26466600-20150605040151/@comment-23878607-20150606050906

That's a good build, very close to my favorite balanced build. Mine's a Strider start, 30 levels MK, 60 Assassin, all post-100 as Sorcerer; the switch to those ten levels of post-100 Assassin makes up for the Mage start's poor initial stats (except for Magick, of course).

Once you master the perfect block-- and you'll have the opportunity as a low-leveled MK which is REALLY FUN to play-- you will indeed faceroll everything in BBI as a L200 MK, plus, since the MK is a master squad leader, you can experiement with different pawn builds/types to fill out your party with impunity. By the time you're level 40, you should be steamrolling Gransys and thinking about moving on to the Everfall. It is exhilarating to fight Grigori as s level thirty-ish MK, and a little terrifying if you're a brand new Assassin without a lot of skills unlocked...

What I suggest to look for as rings while you're leveling are anything that gives you a +MAG benefit; you don't really need it, but there's no kill like an overkill, right? ;) I find the third tier MK rings just too freaking slow in BBI to be practical, unless I'm deliberately shorting the incant time to cast the first or second tier in a pinch. And then, why bother wasting the equipment slot on them?