Curse

Chthon · Jul 27, 2008, 04:41 AM // 04:41

I've never been a huge hammer fan, but I've been playing it a bit after recently coming across a very shiny archaic maul that looks great with my armor. (Thanks Fenrir!) After some tweakage, I'm reasonably happy with my Earthshaker build.

Now the question is: What prefix to put on the hammer?
Zealous because spamming crushing blow + crude swing gets expensive?
Vampiric to leverage the multi-hits on crude swing and whirlwind attack?
Sundering because it's a hammer?
Furious to accelerate the combo?

Dark Desicration · Jul 27, 2008, 05:19 AM // 05:19

furious or vampiric

Magikarp · Jul 27, 2008, 05:22 AM // 05:22

Vamp hands down. a simple 15^50 +30 will do it. Take an elemental hammer too, seeing as you'll be frontlining, meaning other warriors will be fighting you.

Ben-A-BoO · Jul 27, 2008, 07:04 AM // 07:04

Vampiric is for pressuring, Swap to a sundering for your adrenaline 'spike' aka KD chain ... crits on a lucky sundering are just too yummy.

Forget Furious, it's crap since it add's little to none on any pressure or spike.

And Ele of course if you decide to bash a warrior for a change.

Tyla · Jul 27, 2008, 08:30 AM // 08:30

Vampiric as a main hammer. Or Sundering, hammer sundercrits are quite sexy.

When in need of quick energy Esc -> switch, or click -> switch.

GG2U

**Marty Silverblade** · Jul 27, 2008, 09:41 AM // 09:41

Vamp gives the best DPS so that'd be my main. Sundering perhaps. If you find you're having energy problems, have a zealous I suppose.

Da Rk Bl Ad E · Jul 27, 2008, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyla

Vampiric as a main hammer. Or Sundering, hammer sundercrits are quite sexy.

Quite?!....Sundering hammer crits are the shit :P

I would have Vamp / sundering if I was you.

Bobby2 · Jul 27, 2008, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Zealous, so you can spam moar [[crude swing]!

Chthon · Jul 27, 2008, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Since it seems that some people didn't pick it up from my mention of whirlwind attack, this is a PvE warrior.

Teutonic Paladin · Jul 27, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Bring a Zealous Hammer and a Vamp Hammer, stay on Vamp until you need energy then use Zealous with your AoEs to regain energy.

zelgadissan · Jul 27, 2008, 10:45 PM // 22:45

Take your pick between vamp and sundering honestly. Vamp is better overall but seeing the big sundering numbers makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl. Also pack an elemental for warriors, just make sure to switch back before running to the rangers.

N1ghtstalker · Jul 27, 2008, 10:46 PM // 22:46

i use furious
goes good

Magikarp · Jul 28, 2008, 02:32 AM // 02:32

lol ok guys, i think we're just getting redundant, i think we've given more than enough answers :P

Cebe · Jul 28, 2008, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby2

Zealous, so you can spam moar [[crude swing]!

I agree. Zealous is great for the [Crude Swing]>[Earth Shaker]>[Belly Smash]>[Whirlwind Attack]>[Earth Shaker] combo.

But I do also keep a couple of other hammers around for builds in which I don't want to, or it's not appropriate to chuck out huge quantities of Crude Swing. I think typically I keep Vampiric and Ebon Hammers as alternatives.

zelgadissan · Jul 29, 2008, 02:54 PM // 14:54

^^ This is why a lot of PvE players fail - thinking carrying multiple types of hammers is for PvP only. It's sad, really. There's only one PvP post by timebandit. So please, tell me why you wouldn't want an elemental to do more damage against warriors, along with a vamp hammer to do more damage to everything else, along with a zealous hammer if you're having energy problems? You're only hurting yourself if you don't.

So many kids with no common sense in this game. /sigh

Snow Bunny · Jul 29, 2008, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nainoa

All these PvP posts when this is the PvE builds section and he mentions crude swing, earthshaker and whirlwind. So many kids with ADD or low reading comprehension in this game. /sigh

He's trying to be an efficient player.

Kudos for him, a /smack for you.

OT: Vamp and Zealous for pew pew and spam spam

Chthon · Jul 30, 2008, 05:23 AM // 05:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

So please, tell me why you wouldn't want an elemental to do more damage against warriors

Because the bonus damage from the Barbs/MoP your party's curse necro cast on the target is higher than the difference between your vamp and your elemental? Of course, that's only valid if your party has a curse necro.

JDRyder · Aug 02, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30

i use furious as my main. furious + FGJ = lawlz KDs,

If i want DPS i use vampiric but I try to shut down every thing when i play hammer with KD spam so i like furious better for hammer, vamp for sword and axe

Yukito Kunisaki · Aug 05, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teutonic Paladin

Bring a Zealous Hammer and a Vamp Hammer, stay on Vamp until you need energy then use Zealous with your AoEs to regain energy.

Smartest Warrior Evar!

If you're fighting melee types with high AL vs. phys. dmg, then an elemental hammer would be a good idea too. It should do more damage than the Vamp Hammer would. [vamp would rock vs. softies since their AL doesn't get in the way of your base dmg]

In that case, switch between Elemental mod and Zealous mod vs. phys. AL bonuses