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 Take 4-5 weapons from each tier you intend to play the character on. Then only choose 1-3 weapons out of each tier that you think will be the most fitting weapons on that tier. If you have 5 possible weapons that all have a strength requirement of 5, but one, which has 7, you might want to remove the 7 Strength weapon from the list of weapons you intend to use to have more Special points available for other things. Just as an example as to why we try to limit our character onto specific weapons. A Sniper is not a Sniper, neither is a Burster a Burster. There are different Snipers with different playstyles. Some go for the Snipers for the biggest possible range to have the range advantage and outplay your enemies that way. However, Snipers with less range usually shoot faster. It's always a trade-off in what you want to have or achieve.
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-While not as important and technically interchangeable down the line, it ''can'' have some influence in your general build. If you know you will almost always wear [[Metal Armors]], you will always have the [[Stonewall (Armor Trait)]] trait, allowing you to save a perk point on [[Critical Strength]] for example, or take it because then it would bring you to over 100% immunity.
+Since you now know your class and weapons, you can easily redestribute the skills how you want. Tag the weapon skill of your choice, take 2 additional support skills, and level them up as you need, not considering the amount of Skill Points you have for now. In 95% of cases, you want to max out your primary weapon skill, and spend the remaining points either evenly on both support skills, so you can later on (after level 24) level all the other skills to the lower of the two values, or in case you only have 1 skill you really care for, dump the remaining points into that to get it as high as possible until level 24 - however then you lose the ability to increase all the other skills as evenly.
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 Last but not least - As it stands right now, there are no meta-builds. At all. Even the very same class can have widely different builds attached to them. So always take someone's build with a grain of salt. It might work for them - but that doesn't mean it will work for you.
 == The Basics ==
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	A good build is what every Ashes of Phoenix player strives for, yet no-one can do.		A good build is what every Ashes of Phoenix player strives for, yet no-one can do.

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	Last but not least - As it stands right now, there are no meta-builds. At all. Even the very same class can have widely different builds attached to them. So always take someone's build with a grain of salt. It might work for them - but that doesn't mean it will work for you.		Last but not least - As it stands right now, there are no meta-builds. At all. Even the very same class can have widely different builds attached to them. So always take someone's build with a grain of salt. It might work for them - but that doesn't mean it will work for you.

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A good build is what every Ashes of Phoenix player strives for, yet no-one can do.

Before we begin talking about the more detailed factors of building a character, I need to say a few things right away.

First of all - unlike other projects, Stats and Perks on AoP are fairly balanced. There are almost never must-have perks, neither are there perks that are outright extremely bad. In general - if you like the sound of a perk and intend to use it - take it. Your character will not be that much worse, but you will get valuable insight in whether or not your choice was good. Remember, you get free rerolls from time to time, as well as have multiple build-slots to toy around with.

Second of all - builds are only good in what they try to achieve. That means, you will never be able to make a build that can withstand every risk. This begins with the simple fact that we have 4-5 different Critical Resistances stats, and you can not max out each and every one of them. Sooner or later you will run into the issue, that your build will need a weakness. You need to know that weakness and try to limit enemies potential abusing it - but you will never be able to remove it. Also - by tagging a weapon skill - you will automatically be less efficient with other weapons. A "Do all, be all" type of build is extremely unlikely, if not impossible.

Last but not least - As it stands right now, there are no meta-builds. At all. Even the very same class can have widely different builds attached to them. So always take someone's build with a grain of salt. It might work for them - but that doesn't mean it will work for you.

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