The Last Dance III: A Dancer's Guide *New*

Capped DT in your tp set would be this

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If you don't have JSE +2 earring the next best choice is telos earring imo. Sherida paired with telos is perfectly fine.

-39 DT in that set unless I'm overlooking something.

Feet 10
Rings 10
Cape 5
Hands 5
Body 9

39 DT
47 PDT
Capped MDT with shell

Gleti's Breeches have -8PDT. Can also pretty well assume cape is -10PDT.

Correct

With -10 PDT on the cape you have -52 PDT and -34 MDT. The remaining MDT comes from shell V. And you should always have shell V when you're fighting anything. Trusts cast it, your healer will have it, every party setup will always have someone who can cast shell on the group. So it's perfectly reasonable and valid to build your sets with the expectation that shell V will be up the vast majority of time you're fighting stuff.

That caps both physical and magical at 50 while still maintaining an optimal tp gain. It's the best capped -dt hybrid TP set available to us.

Makes sense. I was thinking capping DT for stuff like Odyssey where you need BDT as well for the fetters.

There are only two fights you bring a dancer to in Odyssey. Xevioso, and KI1 of V25 Arebati. Both of those fights are procced by critical hits, which dancer is extremely good at. You don't need to adjust anything for breath damage taken in there. Neither of those fetters should be up for very long, and dancer has waltz anyway. The set I listed is the staple for capped -dt. There isn't any content where you would need to alter it for breath damage if you just want a good hybrid. I don't even bother with the moonbeam rings in my tp set, opting for gere and lehko's ring instead, and I get by just fine.

Thanks Melliny, much appreciated!

So there are no fights or times when you feel like (oh ***) you need the Moonbeam Rings on over Gere & I guess Epona (Don't have Lenkos)?

I think it's worth having a turtle set where you're not dependent on Shell. Context matters, and in a fight like Arebati, depending on what strat you're using / execution of the strat, you could end up getting hit with dispels. Sometimes the healer is too busy or slow to get to re-applying Shell.

The Hybrid set above is definitely fine, but for those that want extra MEVA + DT, the below set is even in offense -

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Ton of MEVA from slotting in Null Shawl, though it's technically 3 DT off from cap. You can swap a Moonlight Ring for a Defending Ring to cover the gap. Dedition / Telos / +1 DNC earring, are all acceptable swaps as well. Can also swap in a Yamarang if you want to squeeze out a little extra MEVA.

Thanks for the input, I like having a turtle set too. Was wondering if there's a target to aim for for Meva. I have 615 in TP set, then upto 710 when trying to survive.