Landmine or Sticky Icky for 3rd Job Trails?

Im going to learn them both anyways but i can only learn 1 now which 1 would be better since monster for 3rd job are a pain and i don't have Shuriken...oh yah for fox...

[fieryshadowcard]

Originally Posted by Dread

Im going to learn them both anyways but i can only learn 1 now which 1 would be better since monster for 3rd job are a pain and i don't have Shuriken...oh yah for fox...

Landmine. Debuffs are "luxury" skills. Since I assume you are going Thief Master, Landmine actually opens up a skill you might be maining because you don't have Shuriken: Explosives Expert.

Gloomy Mist, however (and by Gloomy Mist, I mean the alternative to Landmine in your thread title), is very situational in many ways, somewhat expensive to continually recast, especially when you don't need it, and only opens up more luxury skills for you (if I'm not mistaken, lvl 10 Gloomy is needed to unlock the Hide/Sudden Attack path).

Personally, I'd get Landmine to get Explosives Expert, go back to learn Shuriken (because the next batch of skills provides a powerful multi-target Shuriken skill that should also greatly improve your performance), and only then focus on Gloomy and the other skills. But, as I've said, this is my personal opinion.

[ChorusGrain]

Just went through it recently, and I'd say Landmine. I say this because, landmine is ranged and can be strong enough kill a target without getting into close combat with them (i.e. Tooth Flower and Madam Fondue...Flower causes faint, and Madam hits really really hard).

[Shade~]

Originally Posted by fieryshadowcard

(if I'm not mistaken, lvl 10 Gloomy is needed to unlock the Hide/Sudden Attack path).

You are mistaken. Hide needs Aura of Luck (Lv. 10) and Sixth Sense (Lv. 10). Sudden Attack needs Hide (Lv. 10). You do not need Sticky Icky at all, besides for its debuffing usage, which would only really be effective in bosses/PvP/GvG....not saying that it's a bad skill though.