Curse

Alpha Moth · Aug 02, 2005, 11:45 AM // 11:45

Ok, im a noob with warior

i chose nec for life draining

So, im gunna focos on this +10 axe master
+8 blood
+8 strength

and rest on tactics (i don't know if that wil work

But wat i neeed help on is skill, wat mix should i have, im no tank, i wanna be half woth tank and killer.

Wat skills do u guys reccomend?

Photeus · Aug 02, 2005, 12:02 PM // 12:02

You're just looking to get some advice on skills to bring along into battle, eh?

Now, you said you want to be a half-tank, half-damage dealer (it seemed). If you plan on sticking with axes, I suggest you instead go an interruption + tanker. Axes have disrupting chop and you can use the unlinked ability...I think it's Distracting Blow (does no damage, interrupts targets and all adjacent). With blood + strength + tactics you should easily have the skills you need to build adrenaline really quick (I like the elite Battle Rage (E), but anything to increase attack speed or adrenaline gain will do you good.) Spam your 2 interruption attacks I mentioned, possibly using Mark of Subversion on healers. Also, in the blood line, you might like to go with Demonic flesh for a sizable boost to life for long period of time, which will help your tanking ability. Definitely bring plague touch (You'll love it, trust me).

As for life stealing attacks...I would only consider Life Transfer (E). All of the others have a casting time that is either too high, or cost too much for the little life they'll offer you. In some cases, healing signet will help you out more than any of these abilities.

You'll find out quickly that Necromancer abilities are quite the drain on a Warrior. Usually you should go with low cost and/or long lasting abilities. If you want to keep yourself alive, even Blood Renewal might be good, because it meets both of those needs.
If you don't like the ideas I've offered, I'd suggest trying out Curses instead of Blood, or Swords instead of Axes. They should offer a few more combos to your build.

Alpha Moth · Aug 02, 2005, 12:09 PM // 12:09

Wat would curses do, i seriously only can use ele and ranger

well, so necro is a downer, should i go to war/mo

Or should i be good tank or killer, or no half and half

Wat do you think would be best with a war/nec

Photeus · Aug 02, 2005, 12:37 PM // 12:37

I gave you my best thoughts on what I think would be good for the build you wanted. I'm not saying W/N is a downer at all. Indeed, I played a W/N Axe weilder-curser and did pretty well for myself. It was the type of class that I loved, where I always wanted to bring 20 skills with me to combat but only had room for 8!

Be creative and have fun with it, that's all that really matters

Enigmatics · Aug 02, 2005, 12:54 PM // 12:54

Warrior/Monks are ubiquitous in PvE, soley because they excell at tanking, with less effort than youo'd have to put in to make the same Warrior tank, but with Necro as a secondary.

The Red Knight · Aug 04, 2005, 11:44 AM // 11:44

IM rank 3 my warrior has yet to make me unhappy heres my w/n build

12+4 axe
10+1 str
8 curses

penetrating blow 20 + 11% armor pen with 21 dmg
eviscerate deep wound + 42 dmg
disrupting chop with frenzy you can interupt 1 sec cast spells
axe rake/executioners snare or extra damage on how much snare your team has
sprint duh
frenzy good way to pump damage out and get adrenaline
rigor mortis no block or evade
res signet/plague touch/rend enchantments/defile flesh
again depending on the build your team is running