Advancement Test Hall/Water Cannon

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Description

Use Water Cannon to defeat as many monsters as you can within the time limit. Dealing more damage will result in a higher score. As the test rank increases, stronger monsters will appear and you will need a higher score to pass the test.

Equipment

• Advancement Outfit
• Water Cylinder

Points

• 20 Points: Attacked an enemy with Water Cannon
  • +50 Points: Attacked a bonus monster with Water Cannon
• 70 Points: Defeated an enemy with Water Cannon
• 50% of damage is converted into points
  • This is only tallied at the end of the test

General Tips

• Your Chain Cylinder, Flame Burst, Rain Casting, Wind Blast, and Sand Burst ranks will carry over into the test, so having higher ranks would be useful.
  • Some Close Combat skills will also carry over. These are Smash, Defense, Counterattack, Windmill, Assault Slash, Combat Mastery, and Critical Hit.
  • It is recommended to have rank 1 Rain Casting to freely Water Cannon without worry of aggro.
    • To safely use Rain Casting, you can kill all of the enemies except one, which you can then blind with Sand Burst.
    • Specifically, this is best done before the boss wave as the Shadow Wizards will multi-aggro you, teleport, and are capable of stun-locking you.
• You will get bonus points based on half of your highest Water Cannon hit.
  • Collect all the MP potions because you start with reduced current MP, which Water Cannon damage scales off of.
  • Water Cannon does more damage the closer the player is to their target, and also gets a bonus for being used while under a rain cloud.
  • A critical hit with all of the above could very easily equal half of the total SS-rank requirement, even for the Dan 3 test.
• It is recommended to kill the Blinker first as you are unable to attack while subjected to their Beholder Beam Attack.
  • Using Sand Burst is recommended; alternatively use Chain Cylinder or Smash it to death.
• Since the final repeating round of enemies give an additional 50 points per hit, it is recommend to get to the final round as quickly as possible.
  • Using Windmill to clear waves while you wait for Chain Cylinder's cooldown is an effective strategy.
• The estimated bonus score for the maximum damage of the skill is announced when attacking.