Curse

kvndoom · Nov 10, 2005, 01:04 AM // 01:04

I give you this, since I get asked for it a LOT:

It's actually a variation of what I normally use, because I was out power-leveling a Guildie, so I had him heal me instead. When he left, I said what the hey, I'll try this build with healing signet. It was still good for 4 at a time, though I did get killed once by 3, hence only 459 health at the time. The benefit of this was that I had 1 energy regen AND a free skill slot (if I soloed with this I wouldn't need rez). So, it's a start, I might play with it some more.

That's Ivor's Staff, by the way. Kicks so much ass I can't sit down after using it.

Enjoy!

Mer|in · Nov 10, 2005, 01:15 AM // 01:15

I am so jealous...

FazeDx · Nov 10, 2005, 01:15 AM // 01:15

Could u tell where u farm, what skills, what items, and stuff? i would like to know. Thanks.

Lasareth · Nov 10, 2005, 01:22 AM // 01:22

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Originally Posted by FazeDx

Could u tell where u farm, what skills, what items, and stuff? i would like to know. Thanks.

May I recommend the first post

Farin · Nov 10, 2005, 01:45 AM // 01:45

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Originally Posted by FazeDx

Could u tell where u farm, what skills, what items, and stuff? i would like to know. Thanks.

Judging from that post, i'd say an Insightful 20/20 Smithing Staff of Enchanting. 12 Points into smithing prayers, 13 Strenght, 7 Tactics. For the skills, Balthazar's Aura, Symbol of Wrath, Doylak Siget, Watch yourself, Healing signet, shield of judgment, Balthazar's spirit and one skill of your choice. Right outside Augury rock, the one closer to Henchmen.

Victory Gaint · Nov 10, 2005, 03:27 AM // 03:27

HOLY CRAP.....THAT'S ALOT OF CLAWS....

Digitalblast · Nov 10, 2005, 04:04 AM // 04:04

call me noob but ive just realized that f9 shows all your inv bags like this. =/ 500+ hours and four chars all done the game. ouch.

Batou of Nine · Nov 10, 2005, 04:06 AM // 04:06

congrats.!

My minatour horn collection is only 20 under that mark! teh race is ON!!! =D

fenix · Nov 10, 2005, 04:07 AM // 04:07

OMG Digitalblast - I agree. I never knew you could do that. That's cool. This build seems pretty good, do you get any good drops? Because I know that Hydra's drop better than Griffons.

monk muffle · Nov 10, 2005, 04:08 AM // 04:08

couldnt u use this same build out of ember camp or owul du have to vary the build?

Mark of Rodgort · Nov 10, 2005, 04:09 AM // 04:09

mines at 170claw. i use an ele though. mesmer secondary but none of the skills are helpful in the build.

hydras usually drop caster stuff.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E · Nov 10, 2005, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Yeah my friend was like, man I got to use F9 more often; he did F5 F6 F7 ect...
watch'n me play on my comp; while his was gettin setup.

and to farm that many topaz crest's; thats alotta time; they didnt drop often enoff for me when I needed a collecters item.

but you cant beat my friends 750 Avacar cap's (they droped so often during riverside runs)

Manfred · Nov 10, 2005, 04:15 AM // 04:15

Grrr, yeah, I ended up buying them after slogging through 10 minutes of farming for my first crest.

Hmm, I got the horn bow for my ranger, what did y'all get?

Lady Ting · Nov 10, 2005, 04:41 AM // 04:41

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Originally Posted by Victory Gaint

HOLY CRAP.....THAT'S ALOT OF CLAWS....

HOLY CRAP THAT'S ALOT OF SKILL POINTS

kvndoom · Nov 10, 2005, 06:15 AM // 06:15

I already see one tweak I could make to this setup (at work now, boo-hoo)-

Drop Strength to 12, increase Tactics to 9. Heal Signet would be >100 points instead of ~90. Watch Yourself would last 9 seconds vice 8. Dolyak would still be 18 seconds, but 34 armor instead of 36. However, req 9 Tactics shields are more common than req 7, so with this you could run either of the following 2 setups:
a) Malinon's Shield (if you've got the dough...) or equivalent -2 shield + Droknar's Smiting Rod
b) Malinon's (or equivalent) + Vamp Sword of Enchanting, maybe Vigorous Spirit for 8th skill, with whatever's left in Healing Prayers, to offset the sword's blood loss. Sword itself won't really do any damage (unless you get a low req collector's or quest reward one), but it'll steal health from the current target, and you can switch to a different weapon when you're not fighting. Come to think of it, there's a 10-14, +15% enchanted Longsword that has req 3 that you get from one of the Piken Square quests early on, that has the Crystalline skin. That would look cool, and still do ok damage. Not as high as the Rod's 11-22, but faster attack rate.
The net armor increase over my staff would be 9 (+16 shield, -2 Dolyak drop, -5 from staff), but I'd have a -2 to all damage plus 45 extra health. Don't suppose anyone has a Malinon's I can uh, borrow indefinitely?

My two -2 tactics shields are both req 7, so I could keep my stats the same, but more healing in place of 2 armor points still makes more sense.

As for Topaz crests, they drop pretty often for me. I just enjoy farming Hydras more than anything else out there. Sand Drakes usually will follow you much like Griffons, so you can round up groups of 6 or more with a little patience. They're much easier to kill, and I've gotten several nice shields from them. Couple good Defenders, both req 8 strength, one -2 in stance (for running), one -2 enchanted.

I'm gonna play with this some when I have time, and see how I can tweak it even more. Suggestions are welcome, as always. That 8th skill slot is just begging to be filled...

Hannibel · Nov 10, 2005, 03:13 PM // 15:13

lol that build doesn't seem good to me, putting smite skills on a warrior, with balthazar spirit giving leaving you at 1 energy reg when warriors only have a base of 20 energy+10energy with a staff, 30 energy balthazar aura cost 25 energy alone, so it would take a long time to kill these guys.

kvndoom · Nov 10, 2005, 03:26 PM // 15:26

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Originally Posted by Hannibel

lol that build doesn't seem good to me, putting smite skills on a warrior, with balthazar spirit giving leaving you at 1 energy reg when warriors only have a base of 20 energy+10energy with a staff, 30 energy balthazar aura cost 25 energy alone, so it would take a long time to kill these guys.

Ummm, yeah, ok...

a) post your better idea.

b) don't tell me what does and doesn't work if you haven't even tried it.

c) less than 1 minute per group. again, if you can do better, please let me know how.

Death by Ooga Booga · Nov 10, 2005, 03:50 PM // 15:50

Hannibel, I'm sure Kvndoom knows what he/she is doing since he/she does have 400 Claws and over 2 mill. in xp. At least I would hope so. LOL

Yukito Kunisaki · Nov 10, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18

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Originally Posted by kvndoom

Ummm, yeah, ok...
c) less than 1 minute per group. again, if you can do better, please let me know how.

10+2 axe
10 Tactics
10 Curses

Enfeebling Blood, Bonetti's Defense, Mark of Pain, Victory is Mine! {E}

30s. hex that does 30 AoE armor ignoring damage per hit, vs. your 10s. of AoE armor ignoring dmg with 30s. recycle time. [or was it 25? I forgot]

I suppose in some scenarios it won't work [where the enemy is using ONLY ranged skills and refuses to bunch up around you] BUT in the case of Balthasar's Aura, Mark of Pain beats it in efficiency hand over fist...

Can kill an army of 15 griphons in 24s. But that's only against lvl 22 griphons. What do I know about tanking melee only mobs?

Stormbringer · Nov 10, 2005, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Nice nice, I have half of the XP you have, and I bet 0.09% of your money

Gonna try ur build,never seen anything like it, on a warrior that is...