Heaven Tome
Spicy Paw
Personally, I don't think the 18 accuracy is going to help you much, but if you are a accuracy nut, go ahead and get it. Kinda useless for non ascended characters fighting non ascended characters.
Hell Fire
This will increase your critstrike rate. For non ascended players, I suggest you get this if you care about your critstrike rate. If you are ascended, you may want to opt out on this because you will be able to obtain a high critstrike rate regardless. But if you want the maximum critstrike rate period, max this.
Iron Twist
This increases your focus by 1. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the heck this is talking about.
Furious Charge
If you are planning to get Noble Hunt tome, you have to max this even if you don't like the skill.
Dragon Soar
This is totally up to you. Since pre ascended players have only 48 tome points at 150, if you went both the powerful aid and durable fighter route and you want both Noble Hunt, Unceasing Hatred, and Heaven Design tomes, you will have to sacrifice something.
I suggest you not to max this unless your plan is to be a pure offensive balo meaning you don't care about Iron Guts at all. This is for pre ascended players though. Personally, I don't think the decrease helps out a lot, but it starts to show the higher the level you get.
Heroic Fire
I think they translated this incorrectly or I'm just not understanding it. Read the above comment for Dragon Soar and decide for yourself.
Gold Dagger
I find this tome skill useless unless you are PvPing a lot and you switch postures a lot. Do not get this tome if you plan on not switching postures a lot during crucial times. Otherwise get it.
Vital Blood
If you want Noble Hunt, you will have to max this.
Dragon Shadow
If you want Noble Hunt, you will have to max this.
Heven Vault
If you want Noble Hunt, you will have to max this.
Noble Hunt
If you went the Powerful Aid route, you MUST max this tome skill. It has a 30% chance to remove one negative effect, increases your base attack, and best of all...it decreases the cooldown timer by 3 seconds! 4 if you have the charm! This tome is necessary for pre ascend and ascended Balos if they choose to go the Powerful Aid route.
Blood Blade
This increases Blood Drip's bleed effect by 4 seconds. I don't remember if there is a charm for this but if there is, then its a additional 6 seconds. This could be useful if you love Blood Drip, but if you don't even have the skill, there is no need to tome it unless you need to get to the other tomes.
Ruthless Kill
This is only useful if you have the skill Slaughter. It will bump up the health requirement by 6%. I forget if there is a charm for this, but if so, its 8%. Not too shabby if you ask me, but still not worth it to me.
Blood River
This tome skill will reduce the cooldown timers for Blood Drip by 3 seconds and Slaughter by 6 seconds. If you have these skills and use them regularly, then these will be a must have. Otherwise, its not necessary to get or even go this toome route.
Tiger Maw
If you plan on getting the Dragon Light skill, you must max tiger maw regardless.
Dragon Fury
This will improve the Dragon's Light attack increase by 50%...75% with the charm from elder of arcaness. I suggest you get this tome if you have dragon light.
Endless Strike
This skill increases the duration of tiger maw and dragon light. Personally, this is a waste for pre ascended players and even ascended players. The only reason you would need it is if you are buffing someone who is going to be away from you for a long time. Even then, I'd tell that person to go get a Vim who has a longer buff time.
Combat Tome
Constant Dance
Useless tome, but you will have to max it if you want to reach the other tomes.
Wary Wind
This tome skill is actually pretty good if you use mountain wind reguarly in afk grinding. Otherwise, it is useless.
Cloud Peak
This tome is useful if you like to spam reinforce, but I doubt many will be spamming that skill so unless you do, you skip this tome too.
Light Walk
A must have if you have Potent. It reduces the cooldown by 20 seconds which is a must for PvP or PvE.
Fiery Land
If you use fiery flame in normal afk grinding, this would be useful, but even then, I wouldn't get it.
Sheer Cliff
Once again, if you don't use reinforce, you don't need this tome skill. You have to think to yourself, will you be using Reinforce in endgame terms?
Double Blade
Raises base attack of Fiery Flame and Reinforce. Useless once again unless you use those skill 100% of the time.
Cloud Climb
Reduces Nothingness walk by 20 seconds. If you have this skill, its a must have, but if you are planning to reduce the cooldown for Ancient Soul, you have to max this anyways.
Route Cut
Reduces Tiger Roar's cooldown by 20 seconds. If you want to reduce Ancient Soul's cooldown, it has to be maxed regardless.
Flood Voice
Increases the range and reduces spirit consumption of War Song. Useless to me, but if you wish to reduce Ancient Soul's cooldown, you must have it maxed.
Heaven Design
This reduces Ancient Soul's cooldown timer by 1 minute. 1 minute 20 seconds if you get the charm. Its really up to you if you want this tome as its not really a must have, but if you want to spam Ancient Soul faster, you must have it.
Thunder Crash
Increases the max targets for Thunderbolt by 2. If you use thunderbolt all the time, then its a must have, otherwise its useless.
Frantic Charge
Same thing as Thunder Crash except its Song of Antipathy skill and its 3 targets when maxed. If you use that skill all the time, this is a must have.
Fury Lord
Increases the effect duration for thunderbolt and song of antipathy by 3 seconds. If you get this tome skill to rank 3, Blade Swinger's maximum targets is increased by 1. If you are a AoE build Balo, then you must have this.
Beaming Chat
Increases the duration of scoff by 2 seconds. Only useful if you are a tanking build.
Mad Ravage
The duration of Furious Roar is increased by 2 seconds. Only useful for tanking builds.
Hot Debate
Reduces the cooldown for Scoff by 15 seconds and Furious Roar by 30 seconds. If you are not a tanking PvE build, this skill is useless. Otherwise, its a must have.
Blood Tome
Iron Bone
Useless if you ask me as I will be taking -1 damage anyways most of the time and I never thought of Balo as a Evasive group of people. If you need the tome skills below it, then you have to max it.
Mass Evasion
This skill is actually pretty useful as once Vilen reaches Rank 3, your Critnull is increased by 2%. This makes such factions like Lupin cry because they probably won't critstrike you.
Heroic Rotting
I have no idea what Resilience is so no comment for now.
Wrath Hand
Only needed if you plan on getting Unceasing Hatred.
Glaring Eye
Only needed if you plan on getting Unbending Soul or you just want the attack decrease.
Unbending Soul
This will increase the amount of damage that Iron Guts will deflect to spirit by 30%. If you get the charm, its 40%.
Battle Spirit
Its the same comment as what I said about the Gold Dagger in the Heaven Tome.
Shattered Gold
Only needed if you plan on getting unceasing Hatred
Cracking Spirit
Only needed if you plan on getting Unceasing Hatred
Dead End
Only needed if you plan on getting Unceasing Hatred
Unceasing Hatred
My comment for this is the same as what I said for noble hunt. It will add a bounce damage effect to the skill and the rate is 30% of each level of Durable Fighter and lasts for 4 seconds. You also get a 34% chance to resist damage and negative effects for 3 seconds. Best of all, the cooldown is decreased.
Best Power
This skill will raise your resistances for the skill Blood Bathed even more. A must have if you PvP a lot.
Great Valiancy
This raises your resistances for the skill Spirited even more. A must have if you PvP a lot.
Unique Aptitude
This reduces your chances of being slowed by 9%. Kinda useless skill if you ask me, but you can max it if you want.
Frenzied Escape
You must max this if you want Self Doom. Its the only way unfortunately.
Self Doom
This will raise Ambition's health increase by 50%. I think there is a charm for this and it would be further raised by 75%. A must have for PvP players if you ask me, but for PvE players, you can skip this. For ascended players, this skill may not be as useful and you can skip out on the whole thing. But if you want the most HP possible even after ascension, you must have this tome skill maxed.
Full Protect
Read my comment about Endless Strike and apply it here.
