Curse

Lt Smackahoe · Nov 09, 2005, 09:25 AM // 09:25

I have been experimenting in Augury and I guess I'm just not getting it, please help...
Cyclone
Bonettis
SoW
Vig Spirit
healing hands
Live Vic
Zeal Fire
?
Cruel Chaos axe of Fort
Thorgalls shield

healing 10
smiting 10
tactics 13

As I am still kinda new to this there may be basic things I am missing. Can someone please give me some basic insight into a godly farming build?

Thanx
Lt Smackahoe

Lt Smackahoe · Nov 10, 2005, 10:34 AM // 10:34

ANy help, any one...PLEASE!!!

Elrohir · Nov 10, 2005, 12:38 PM // 12:38

this is my build i am currently running:

8 healing
10 smiting
8 axe
8 tactics

cyclone axe
bonettis defence
vigourus spirit
bathazars arua
healing hands {E}
healing breeze (almost never use so i switch it out for symbol of wrath a lot)
mending
live vicarously

A lot people use gladiators defence for there elite but the it was hard for me so i tried healing hands and it worked I did this with basicly no shield (like 6 or 7 tact sield) and no runes for quite a while. This build takes a little time to get used to it just like any other build but once you do it is easy and every effective. There you go and i hope it helps.

Sister Rosette · Nov 10, 2005, 12:41 PM // 12:41

I don't know what 'SoW' is but throw in Balthazar's Aura and you're good.

EDIT: Just remembered SoW is symbol of wrath

megaforcetkd · Nov 10, 2005, 01:31 PM // 13:31

u have no axe mastery at all xD

Yukito Kunisaki · Nov 10, 2005, 04:49 PM // 16:49

maybe he/she doesn't want to use the axe for damage and wants to smite instead?

In any case, the flaw here is damage output vs. damage reduction. You want to reduce the damage you're swallowing and increase the damage [to the mob, not one enemy] that you're spitting out. (ok, that didn't sound right but you get the idea...

)

You want to be a W/Mo that can fight in Augury's Efficiently eh? We're assuming you're sticking to griphons and running from the Distracting Shot Devourers [God I love them... not]

I see you're using an axe, so some of the tactics defense skills will not be good for you [I was a fan of sword-toting riposte types]

How's this?

10+1+1 Axe
9+1 Tactics
10 Smiting
7 Healing

Cyclone Axe
Watch Yourself!
Shield Stance
Bonetti's Defense
Gladiator's Defense {E}
Symbol of Wrath or Healing Signet
Retribution
Vigorous Spirit (live Vicarously isn't worth the degen, Retribution however is ^_^)

I was thinking of Dolyak, but with such high tactics, I figured using Watch Yourself! is better. [no knockdown to worry about and 115 - 120 AL vs. physical is sexy]

Now here we have a damage reflecting damage reducing agent of Heaven. "But hey, won't the damage you're reducing affect Retribution?!" Well, yes, it does, but the idea is to let your hp dip to about 25%, then activate all of your damage reducers and healing skills (you've got a lot, 1 of which is an excellent energy manager) till you're back up to full hp, then let Retribution do it's thing again.

If you want more oomph with more risk, go ahead and bring Symbol of Wrath. If you want a bonus spike heal while hiding behind your Shout and Stances? Healing Sig works.

Lt Smackahoe · Nov 10, 2005, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Yeah axe is used for health gathering only not dmg, with live vic and vig spirit you get a ton of health 20 per creature you hit, can be upwards of 250 health added in on swipe.

Thanx for your input all.

Lt

MultimediaJay · Nov 10, 2005, 06:11 PM // 18:11

One of the big reasons for being a warrior is the best armor in the game for melee, but no points in the melee weapon?

I honestly don't know how I would put up with that. I switched to a running build for my last infusion run but forgot you had to fight once you got done running, so I was pretty much a distraction doing single-digit damage and healing myself a little for the remainder of that quest. Pulled it off but it was obnoxious as heck.

If you can't handle the desert's monsters, THAT would be why. You could get away with that as a Mo/W, where Smiting Prayers determines your weapon's power (so you could do damage with your wand and switch to axe to gather health like you said), but not as the reverse unless you can tolerate waiting for your energy to come back to fire off another spell.

Hope everything works out. Back then though I wasn't using tactics, I was using Strength, Healing Prayers, Smiting Prayers, and Axe Mastery with a Strength-based shield and got through the desert. This though would drive me nuts. Best of luck with it.

MultimediaJay · Nov 10, 2005, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sister Rosette

I don't know what 'SoW' is but throw in Balthazar's Aura and you're good.

EDIT: Just remembered SoW is symbol of wrath

Balthazar's Aura is a nightmare with a shield, even with gladiator armor.

5 seconds of Damage for 5 Energy, or 10 Seconds of Damage with 25 Energy. There's no comparison unless you have the resources to use both.

Lt Smackahoe · Nov 11, 2005, 09:35 AM // 09:35

Well this post might as well be barried now, they nerfed the farming to death, now you cant farm groups, gold items are going to be ridiculous in price now.

Not very happy with this, but thats the way things go with patches

Lt Smackahoe