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Knocking On Heavens Door · Feb 27, 2010, 08:37 AM // 08:37

My current build is OQMV0K39koSVKvaHsvA25qY8xfYeAA:
Mending Touch.........Protections Prayers - 2
Whirlwind Attack.......Sunspear Rank currently 5 nearly 6
Hundred Blades.........Swordsmanship - 10, 12 with armor
Signet of Strength....Strength - 10, 11 with armor
"For Great Justice"....No attribute
Tiger Stance............Strength
Vigorous Spirit..........Healing Prayers - 5
Strength of Honor.....Smiting Prayers - 7

I need more attack skills to make Hundred Blades work better, mainly aoe melee but i didnt know which ones there were. also i need help balncing the attribute points as i dont think ive done it very well.

Thank you for your time.

Crassus Praetor · Feb 27, 2010, 09:29 AM // 09:29

I would definitely lose Mending Touch, Signet of Strength, Vigorous Spirit, Tiger Stance and Strength of Honour.

Heals/prots should be taken care of by your team, and SoH on a hero to make it more effective and allow you to use attribute points for useful things.

I would take Sun and Moon Slash, Drunken Master for IAS/IMS, SY to fill up your last PvE skill slot, and Body Blow.

With the last slot you could take a res, if you really feel the need to.

With these changes the attributes would be Strength 12+? and Swordsmanship 12+?

K'baa · Feb 27, 2010, 04:57 PM // 16:57

I'm by no means a great skill expert but I use hundred blades in my farm build.I use enraging charge/FGJ/hundred blades/whirlwind/lions comfort. I use enraging charge to run up so I get a instant adren rush hit FGJ-hundred blades-then whirlwind this brings up lions hit it and hit whirlwind agian as lions will recharge it just keep repeating whirlwind lions till it/they are dead. The rest of the slots are filled with whatever is needed for area-hex removal-armor buff etc etc.

Terek Zelta · Feb 28, 2010, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Ditch the monks skills and Signet of Strength. Signet of Strength is unnecessary, SoH belongs on a hero (although with 9 Smiting Prayers, it can be done - I do it to great effect with Dragon Slash - but it isn't ideal.)

The basic Hundred Blades build is...

12 + 1 + 1 Swordsmanship
12 + 1 Strength

Hundred Blades
Sun and Moon Slash
Whirlwind Attack
For Great Justice
Flail
Enraging Charge
Save Yourselves

This works reasonably well. In my chains, I use Sun and Moon Slash before using Whirlwind Attack, so Whirlwind Attack can instantly recharge it.

You can use Lion's Comfort too, but under FGJ, I never really feel a need for it, because in a couple of attacks, everything's recharged anyway. I'd rather have SY or Enraging Charge.

Also, bring Mark of Pain on one of your heroes. Without it, Hundred Blades is pretty mediocre.

Edit: I just noticed I named 7 skills. Haha. These migraines make me a little dull. I normally bring a resurrection skill there, but go ahead and bring Lion's Comfort if you want, just approach it as adrenaline management and NOT a self-heal.

Winterclaw · Feb 28, 2010, 12:51 AM // 00:51

You can add Sun and Moon strike, but that's it for sword attacks that hit more than once. I'd drop Signet of Strength and swap tiger stance for flail.

Many people would, but I don't dislike Vigorous Spirit or strength of honor on a warrior. However both means you are spreading your points too thin.