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Keneth · May 27, 2007, 05:31 PM // 17:31

I've been through most of the threads in this part of the forums and I've noticed that hardly anyone uses warriors and most who do just have basic swordmen with only slight differences. Sure the superiority of MM's, SF nukers and even crit barragers is indisputable, also a monk build or two is a must but it seems like half of the heroes in my repertoire is just sitting there without any half decent build. Some of them can be converted, like Zenmai to ranged, Razah to MM etc. but nothing really for Koss or Goren, are there no useful builds for warriors?

Moral55 · May 27, 2007, 08:59 PM // 20:59

I have several, but there in no way uber, so see if you like any of these.
Vary simple axe war.
Pen blow, dismember, Executioners strike, crit chop, glads defense, Watch yourself, sheilds up. heal sig.

Sword animal master, best with Beast master team, (beast master SF + BM you curse necro, and healer.)
Barbarous slice, Gash ( switch if in HM war heavy area), Final thrust, wild blow, charm animal, heal as one (awesome healing skill) disrupting lunge, call of protection.
BM war Code: OQITEVKbxBxCYCMBlNzqs3wZAA
BM SF code: OgJToYWazBXQ3Gr0COzmh2IAAA
A BM curse necro build :OAJUYyDbHcO5BhWZwSUV5DInNDA

Shadow hammer war.
Devastating hammer, yeti smash, mighty blow, griffons sweep or wild blow, flurry, shroud of distress, caltrops, res sig.
code: OQcTExJ/1ZsEH/KHFsyBM7JAAA

And finally a GfTE's group build
Penetrating blow,Eviscerate, axe rake, "watch yourself, Go for the eyes, never surrender, shields up!, other.
Code: OQkjIxVpZOTFpiThrYh9xvl0CA

Ad to that a GftE's ranger : OgkkcdYZmaqzi5xUjtw1bhTsRAA
and one more party member that meshes well with this type of build (you have plenty of options) then your set!

Anyways I hope you like some of these ideas.

Keneth · May 27, 2007, 09:18 PM // 21:18

Hrm, I already have a GftE hero team and getting pets (at least dire ones) would take too long to interest me at this point but you did give me a good idea for a W/A build. I'll have to try it out to see how the guys handle the skillset. Thanks

More builds are welcome of course

Paulooze · May 28, 2007, 01:23 PM // 13:23

I dont trust my heroes, koss is using simple build with spammable attack skills:
Dragon Slash {E}, sever artery, gash, sun and moon slash, galrath slash, wild blow/final trust/distracting blow, then its on you, what do u want to give him, i am using signet of malice, but i think u can give him anything u want... i dont use heal. sig, cause he stupid (he use it when he has 2 points of health). I love moral's w/r build with heal as one... thank you! I'll try it when i will be in game... I hope I could help with your koss (goren)...

Destinyy · May 29, 2007, 10:29 AM // 10:29

Interesting thread...

I have about 4 nice builds for my warrior (my char) that I like to run depending on my mood, 100 Blades, Dragon Slash, Triple Chop, Cleave... When it comes to Koss, I jst give him those builds and he ROCKS!!!

100 Blades
Sever
Gash
Sun and Moon
Enraged C
Watch Y
Tiger Stance
Res

Triple Chop
Cyclone
Lacerate
Execute Strike
Then the 4 others as above

flettir · May 29, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00

the way i see it (in pve anyway), warriors are supposed to tank, not do massive damage. that having been said, all the koss builds ppl put up with like 6 attack skills drive me nuts.
i go axe, just cuz i like axes more somehow, and i happened to have a kanaxai's axe lying around. furthermore, i find Endure Pain to be a MUST for just about any warrior, it's effectively a 250 instant heal, the monks just have to make sure you're high on health when it ends. so, here goes:
Eviscerate, Executioner's Strike, Agonizing Chop, Endure Pain, Vital Boon, Mystic Regeneration, Conviction, Rez Sig.
11 axe, 10 str, 10 earth prayers, plus runes of course (whatever you can afford).
this works best with radiant insignias, though the recent price spike has kind of limited that option. However, since all 3 attack skills take adrenaline, this should still work fairly well even without any insignias.

Sun Fired Blank · May 30, 2007, 11:28 AM // 11:28

If I used Koss (and I don't), I would probably test a combination of:

[skill]Auspicious Parry[/skill][skill]"Watch Yourself!"[/skill]

The AI is very dumb. It won't bother to circumvent Auspicious Parry. Even casters are likely to wand him. It's a guarenteed block every two seconds, + @ Tactics: 13 (11 + 1 + 1), you receive four strikes of adrenaline and +22 AL. That said, Auspicious Parry + "Watch Yourself!" is also very effective at lower levels. @ Tactics: 8, you receive three strikes of adrenaline and +16 AL. That means you could be creative and use the combination on a non-warrior class.