r/DFO • u/GankyChan • Sep 04 '26
Question Chimera Help
Heya there, I’m a returnee and fell instantly in love with the Chimera, and used the event to instantly max her out, though im having trouble knowing what to maximise and avoid. My questions are;
What skills are a must to prio?
Is there an optimal rotation with recycling?
What skills are not worth levelling?
Also, any niche tips for getting the best out of the class
Thank you so much in advance
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u/EphidelLulamoon Call me creator, what do i create? truths. Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Here's the skill build i use on her:
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You basically want to max all of her higher level skills except her 60 as that's for utility, then a few low cooldown ones (i use 25, 30, 35, 40) for some sustain + trash generation for recycling, i setup my skill chain with her 25, 5 and 15 for even more trash generation without having to resort to commands, her 20 is another low-cd trash generator skill but i do not like how much it moves her, but there's a free slot in skill chain if you want to use it tho. Her strongest skills are her 80, 70 and 45 so slot all of those in on skill enhancement (the +55% skill attack one, skill attack + cdr is rarely worth it) and try to use them as frequently as possible.
As for rotation with recycling, the most you can do is use your low cdr skills first before your big skills.
It's not worth levelling any of her utility skills, so Sorting, Halflesh, Repulsor, C and Rising Moonsault, as all of these work just as well at level 1 or max level, it's also not worth it levelling all of her low cd skills just for recycling as its damage is independent from level.
Here are some tips:
- Many of Chimera's skills have the same cooldown, these being Saturn + Centrifugal Venom, A.I.R. + Hedgehog Dillema and Crown Shredder + Bounce Table, what that means is you can use these skills as combos as they'll always come out of cooldown at the same time.
- Sorting's VP2 is better because the normal skill and its VP1 version doesn't trigger the damage-dealing version of recycling, VP2 Sorting is a great skill to use at the end of a rotation or to grab out of reach trash cuz the boss moved around.
- Using C without any directional imput will make Chimera dash to the nearest trash and recycle it (there is a range limit however), very useful when you want to grab your low cd skills' trash and either don't have Sorting out of cd or don't want to use it yet. C also gives fat i-frames on a low cd so you can abuse it against bosses.
- Her 95 throws a shit ton of trash in the floor, it's a good idea to direct her fall in such a way that she hits all of these at once and get a big recycle off.
- When Chimera Recycles any trash she gets a huge speed boost that decays over 3 seconds, it can be useful in a pinch to dodge incoming attacks or just farming quicker if you find a moment where leaving one trash in the floor and picking it up for a speed boost would make you clear something faster.