Curse

Dairith · Sep 14, 2008, 02:46 AM // 02:46

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Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

1. buy the rest of the campaigns
2. go e/me. if you can't change your secondary yet, ascend.
3. [obsidian flesh][stone striker][mantra of earth][stoneflesh aura][sliver armor]
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!!

You forgot something, fixed for correctness

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[obsidian flesh][stone striker][mantra of earth][stoneflesh aura][arcane echo][sliver armor]

daze · Sep 14, 2008, 02:58 AM // 02:58

[[obsidian flame] is a very powerful spell, but because of the low cost and recharge, it is very easy to overuse it and exhaust yourself.
[[sliver armor] is a pretty nice skill for earth tanks because it improves defense and deals damage.
But your build is to the point now where you will need to go try it out and determine for yourself what skills are not necessary.
Most earth tank builds are made of these skills
[obsidian flesh][stone striker][mantra of earth][sliver armor][stoneflesh aura]
you can always use [[glyph of swiftness] or [[arcane echo] or even [[ebon battle standard of wisdom] in order to keep up obbi flesh 100% of the time... I always did like to [[arcane echo][[sliver armor]

this is what by build would look like
[ebon battle standard of [email protected]][obsidian [email protected]][stone [email protected]][mantra of [email protected]][stoneflesh [email protected]][arcane echo][sliver [email protected]][GOLE]
you may swap out [gole] for [churning earth] or another damage skill depending on the area you are fighting in. Sometimes [[mantra of earth] is all the energy management you need to make the build work. If you are in an area with a lot of knockdowns, you can use [i am unstoppable]

And just an addition: Since you are using stone striker, you would probably benefit from running full Geomancer insignia for an extra 20 all around AL. That should take care of all your tanking needs.

Tyla · Sep 14, 2008, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Mantra of Earth should be enough energy management. Lose Earth Attunement.

Stoneflesh Aura isn't for the ability to stop criticals, it's for the ability to severely decrease damage while blocking out the criticals for the rare occasions you'll need that.

N1ghtstalker · Sep 14, 2008, 10:12 AM // 10:12

try [unsteady ground] or [sandstorm] if it's for nuking purposes

daze · Sep 14, 2008, 10:53 AM // 10:53

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Originally Posted by N1ghtstalker

try [unsteady ground] or [sandstorm] if it's for nuking purposes

[unsteady ground] and [churning earth] are fun to mix together.

Bowstring Badass · Sep 14, 2008, 03:04 PM // 15:04

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Originally Posted by Donovan Cyclonus

Well, I don't have anything to really sub it with. Like Obsidian Flesh maybe, but I use to protect me from spells. Which I think are a bit more improtant then critical hits...

Unless I'm wrong?

Keep ob flesh, just drop obsidian flame.

Donovan Cyclonus · Sep 14, 2008, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Okay so you guys are saying I'm better off with something like:

[Aftershock][Earthquake][Obsidian Flame][Stone Striker][Mantra Of Earth][Stoneflesh Aura][Obsidian Flesh][Aura Of Restoration]

I like that build actually.

daze · Sep 14, 2008, 08:01 PM // 20:01

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Originally Posted by Donovan Cyclonus

Okay so you guys are saying I'm better off with something like:

[Aftershock][Earthquake][Obsidian Flame][Stone Striker][Mantra Of Earth][Stoneflesh Aura][Obsidian Flesh][Aura Of Restoration]

I like that build actually.

Your build is almost fully self sufficient. All it could use is probably a skill to keep up obbi flesh constantly like [[glyph of swiftness] or [[ebon battle standard of wisdom].. With [[earthquake] and [[obsidian flame] you are probably going to find yourself exhausted pretty early in battle. But im sure you will find a balance to it after testing it out. You might want to consider using [churning earth] with [aftershock] instead of [earthquake] with [aftershock].. Especially if you are talking about Hard Mode because all enemies are moving faster than normal in Hard Mode. So all moving enemies would get KD.

Donovan Cyclonus · Sep 14, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Yeah the exhaustion gets pretty bad. I'm going to tamper with it for a bit then re-post.

Age · Sep 15, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

I would go with Glyph of Swiftness as well even when you get Archane Echo.I am bad as this should be in The farming forum.