I personally feel that each race has got 2 egos that are meta/very strongly recommended while the 3rd one can be something that you personally enjoy/use a lot. Giant: 2h-axe (for GFS), 2h-sword (if you've got divine blade), KNUCKLES!!! (highest ego damage skill damage and it comes with a debuff chance + the faster stage 2,3 attack is useful but not a must), 1h-blunt works if you got the frosted Frosted Borealis Hammer build for midgame, or chain since chain works on all races endgame, or lance for lance builds.Д®lf: Bow/Crossbow (since ego isn't just about the special skill bonus, but you also can get up to +30 max damage, +15% crit damage, and +5% crit rate, and the bleed debuff), chain cuz chain, and the last one is dealer's choice. Cylinder could also work if you have a heavy alchemy build with erg50 etc. Humans: 2h-sword (for divine blade/Fanatic Blade FH and rage impact CDR), Chain (cuz chain got that op damage numbers and the +20 second bonus duration on chain burst is very useful), and either 1h-sword for the celtic dual wield or lance for lance charge builds. Even with the new veteran dungeon that got released today, magic does ok until the boss where it sucks due to the boss having a ridiculous amount of hp.

But as you said, the magic based boosts are meh when you go for the harder and tankier endgame parts of the game. For magic users, both the staff and wand are amazing to ego, with the mana regen+intermediate magic/fusion bolt chain cast, and of course the hailstorm boost.

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