Just got back into this game about a week ago, doubt anyone else here but me is still on, though online is still quite active.
Iāve been using two very specific sets with the Fighter and the Dwarf.
Explosive Fighter:
Detonating Sword
-Explosions on down air attack, is huge with maxed Judgement skill, taking up most of the screen.
Detonating Shield & Detonating Arm
-Both stack explosive damage on dash attack, do a ton of knockdown and knockback damage due to the blast, which sends enemies flying into walls with a floatier rebound than normal.
Vigilant Chaos Belt
-50% more damage dealt to enemies with status ailments, like the fire caused by all of your explosions. Doing a few instant down air attacks around the screen will proc fire on all the non-fire proof enemies, serving the purposes of fire damage over time and bonus damage for your attacks.
All other items donāt matter.
Only skill needed is maxed Judgement.
My favorite, the Ice Dwarf:
Ice Storm Hammers
-Turns lighting in Grand Smash to Ice, which creates a giant ice shards that spring up from the ground, a mini blizzard, giant freezing hail that falls from the top of the screen, and freezes nearby enemies. Two of them, for the double Grand Smash attack. % as ice damage and/or % chance to freeze enemies are very desirable on these hammers to maximize freezing for enemy immobilization and bonus damage.
Crystalline Charm
-Adds ice to slide attack, visually and damage wise. Around a 50% chance to freeze enemies, and is multi-hitting. This is useless without maxed slide, which makes it fucking amazing for two very cool reasons. First of all the slide now goes incredibly far incredibly fast, letting you go from one side of the screen to the other faster than anything else in the game except Wizard/Sorc teleport, this lets you do things like retrieve your hammers, get items, get rocks and get to enemies attacking your teammates quickly while also causing ice damage to anything that gets in your way, you can even use it to quickly stun a group of enemies if need be. The second and best reason is that it freezes elite enemies, which lets you throw them, making them your bitch. You can catch them mid attack too, stopping them from doing something high damage and/or annoying.
Vigilant Chaos Belt
-50% bonus damage to enemies with status ailments, in this case frozen enemies.
Due to theme, I put no points in fire skills, which are actually quite costly point wise, and I put those points in things that really boost the Dwarfās survivability and endurance, like maxed trinket maniac, a few points in wealth to health, maxed Adroit Hands, and one spare point in maintenance.