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Old Mar 28, 2012, 07:57 AM // 07:57   #1
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Arrow Tired of Melee? Spear Warrior! Critique & share.

Spear Warrior build.

Ever get tired of not getting accepted into a party just cause they got 1 melee already in the party ? Or even worse, the party leader wants nothing to do with your close-up fighting class since they despise melee characters for whatever reason.

I was thinking one day of how my assassin can play melee and AP skill spammer that is generally accepted by the community; or even bow i guess. (probably more accepted than beast master...) So i thought either bow or spear build would be the most likely fit well with warrior's skill set. I picked spear cause it's adrenaline oriented and shoots faster.

ok so i gave pvxdecode a shot, didn't work out, but here it is: OQkiExlMNTqgJkV6dVAvxXJ6BA


I think there's room for improvement, i made this without thinkin into it too much but i saved it and pullled it out for few quick uses and it worked fairly well. I still have a free hand for shield or focus even; high strength again gives you room for sentinel runes if needed. My favorite part is using "I am the strongest" with Signet of Aggression because IATS lasts forever when not firing and SoA is close to spammable, overall good synergy and fuel for SY! and extra "oomph" from Strength bonus. The rest is spoken for. Critique and share.

So i made a new thread about Spear Warriors since it's not melee related. Hope it's ok to have multiple threads here.

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Old Mar 28, 2012, 10:42 AM // 10:42   #2
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I'm thinking SoA might not be the best skill for this. I'm guessing the point is to deal decent damage, and not keep up SY, SY is just a bonus. This is fine, imbagons can do their imba stuff better. But, SoA is a break from your damage. I would prefer to be using flail and hitting twice in the cast and aftercast time it takes to use SoA.

You may be using it to build adrenaline during battles, but because keeping up SY isn't your main point, I would suggest another damage skill or maybe drop the strength to 10 and get some party support from the command line.
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Old Mar 28, 2012, 11:06 AM // 11:06   #3
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I have a warrior and use spear sometimes. My build for it is usually:

STR 12+runes / Spear 12
Barbed Spear
Spear of Fury
Merciless Spear
Rage of the Ntouka
Pain Inverter
Save Yourselves
Flail
Optional

I usually enter the fray with Rage of the Ntouka to charge Flail and Barbed Spear and the rest is pretty much straightforward..
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Old Mar 28, 2012, 05:17 PM // 17:17   #4
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Yeah, SoA really isn't that good. With the aftercast, it takes 1.75 seconds to get the two adrenaline from SoA, which ends up being only about a quarter second quicker than simply auto-attacking. Not to mention that it cuts into your dps.
If you want more adrenaline, I'd consider taking Enduring Harmony in order to lengthen FGJ's uptime.
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Old Mar 28, 2012, 06:08 PM // 18:08   #5
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When I get bored of up close me-lee I swap to spear this is what I run from time to time

Barbed Spear|Spear of Fury|Merciless Spear||Stunning Strike|Flail|Enraging Charge|FGJ|SY|

Attributes as follows minor/major/superior strength all on user preference I use major STR 15str 12spear

Barbed can be removed for another attack skill Mercilless can be replace for a pve title skill or another attack skill
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Old Mar 28, 2012, 07:37 PM // 19:37   #6
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i have ran W/p since the first days after nightfall came out. i have ran many builds but the most stable PVE build ive made was (Defy Pain, flail, Pain Inverter, Vanguard asassin, Save Yourselves, Blazing Spear, lions comfort, and "We Shall Return") 12+1+1 strength 12 spear Masterey 3 Command (OQkjExls5Q+E8Vyl7iieKY/V4YA) i take a furious spear of fortitude with a +5 energy insc and a switching spear with a 15^50.
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 08:51 AM // 08:51   #7
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thx for the replies and builds

on using SoA, i rarely use it in the middle of the battle, just like my last builds, i use them for missions and quests, and thats when using it in between fights -- from one group to next is where it shines because thats when i keep "iats!" up for the next battle too and i use SoA before and after battles; giving free adren, and also to keep adren from completely cooling down ( i hate those moments) But maybe there are better alternatives given the situation...

Although like someone suggested above, enduring harmony seems like a great idea thanks.
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