Valefor.Argettio said:
You can psuedo 6hit 501 scythes with as little as 20sTP (3/4hits), so a 528 scythe with sword should be as easy as Volkom says.
Yes, taking for example Perdu sickle with 501 delay...you get 13.6 TP with each hit(with zero StoreTP); for a true 6hit build/5hit rebuild you would need at least 23StoreTP for TP and 22 StoreTP for WS; however, with a multi-hit WS like Guillotine this is not really necessary.
You get 13.6 TP on the first hit of Guillotine and all the other hits give you 1 TP returns, again, with zero StoreTP. Also, StoreTP not only applies to the first hit of a multi-hit WS but also on the extra hits as well.
Using the standard /sam, rajas ring, and brutal earring for 21 StoreTP for TP and WS...you will get a TP return, after a WS, of 20TP if you land 4 hits on guillotine.(you can also get ~21-22 TP returns with double attack etc.)
The 20TP return on WS is done by: 13.6 * .21 = 16.4 for the first guillotine hit, then the last 3 are one TP each, so 3 * .21 = 3.6...then it's 16.4TP + 3.6TP which = 20TP.
So you would do, 13.6 *.21 + 13.6 = 16.4TP * 5 hits = 82TP, 20TP from WS and then add 82TP from the 5 hits = 102 TP.
Also, if you land at least 3 WS hits(need to land the first one and any 2 others, since the first hit gives the highest TP return), you will get 82TP for 5 melee hits then do + 18.8TP from WS TP, which = 100.8 TP...so yes, you can still just do a "pseudo 501 delay 6hit build" with only 21StoreTP.
It won't be a true 6hit build because you need to land a least 3 WS hits, and when you start from 0%TP, it will take you 7hits to 100%TP. Therefore, it is actually a 7hit/5hit rebuild technically. But with Meditate you should pretty much never start a fight with 0%TP and, again, landing 3+ hits on WS shouldn't be hard...so yeah it works pretty well.
That being said, 528 with sword strap is a 512 delay, so using logic you can also see that you should have no problem with just 21 StoreTP, since you can do it with 501 delay like Argettio said.
I also pointed out in a previous post that 21 StoreTP actually gives a true 6hit with 512 delay(that is, you only need to land the first WS hit), thus if you're using a 528 delay weapon for whatever reason, sword strap works great for it. Specially with the new OAT vengeance scythe or the Ultimatum scythe, both from the magian quest which have a 528 delay.
Only reason I see not to use a sword strap with a 528 delay weapon is if you're trying to go with a 5hit/4hit rebuild with that 528 delay, in which case you would want rose strap but also other very specific storeTP gear which will sacrifice a lot of accuracy in the long run and limit its usage to only very weak mobs, and not for most things/events IMO.