Curse

Koning · Mar 28, 2007, 07:31 PM // 19:31

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Originally Posted by jbwarrior

But I have tried it with a hammer and with a axe..

Hmm, did u have 16 in weapon mastery?

It's really faster and tested too. Riposte might be better for single targets (boss farming) but against 2-3 you can't really choose which target riposte has to trigger.

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Originally Posted by jbwarrior

Try it for yourself.... to NOT killing the OB's and run to chaos plains.

I did

You can easily kill behemoths who are not placed together, the only ones you have to stay away from, are the ones where 3+ are placed in 1 single place (hope you understand whan i try to say, after all im dutch too

). They will blind you constantly, so killing without purge is indeed impossilbe. SO use the environment to let you bonder stay out of firing range and he will be safe. If you have to fight charged blacknesses while ur monk is in range of a spirit, just loose a few bonds. I only had Life barrier+vital blessing+ (balthazar spirit or life bond, dont remember exactly) on me, but that was enough with a dolyak of +40 armor and +10 armor in stance.

dies like fish · Mar 29, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

Nice build, when I saw Ractoh's thread on Warrior+Hero Farming, I also thought about taking symbiosis.

Puran Lighthart · Mar 29, 2007, 04:17 AM // 04:17

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Originally Posted by Koning

I find that it's ALOT faster if you drop the tactics and go 16 in sword. I used: flail
magehunter strike
standing slash
sun and moon slash
final thrust
dolyak
mystic regen
mystic vigor.
You hit 60-80 with the 3 attack skills (which are almost constantly spammable) and about 130 with final thrust...alot faster than ripostes + the occasional desperation/drunken blow imo.
With mystic vigor you can keep attacking without the need of healing which also speeds things up. Ripostes from aatxes can be annoying, but if you're playing concentrated you don't have to wasted you attack skills on them.
I play with 16 sword (like i said) and 15 strenght which makes dolyak +40 constant, so aatxes dont hit for more than 10 on me. (-2/-2 and +10 in stance armor) The occasional riposte is the only dmg, which is outhealed by vigor+regen fast.

Give tahlkora succor and strenght of honor, you do even more dmg (+8) and the higher hp isn't really needed. IF you ever run low on hp, just stop attacking (so ripostes/soj/clumsineess wont be triggered). terror's meteor shower (only 21 dmg) and SOJ is only doing 24 dmg anyway, and with +8 hp back from vigor only 16 which is easy for mystic regen to heal. Smites are dead in seconds.

Oh and just skip the behemoth's (possible but they don't drop ecto like jb said), and use an elemental sword if you are fighting aatxes+graspings.

Edit: like langdon says, weapons are faster than ripostes!

what do you switch out for succor and strength of honor?

Carboplatin · Mar 29, 2007, 04:44 AM // 04:44

drop succor, cause you already have b.spirit and i would keep str of honor.

dolyak or conviction (i hate the slow speed)
mystic regen
mystic vigor
flail

that leaves four slots for attack, i love deep wound too much so..

dismember
pentrating blow
cleave
swift chop or penetrating chop

thats what i would bring

jbwarrior · Mar 29, 2007, 06:15 AM // 06:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koning

Hmm, did u have 16 in weapon mastery?

It's really faster and tested too. Riposte might be better for single targets (boss farming) but against 2-3 you can't really choose which target riposte has to trigger.

I did

You can easily kill behemoths who are not placed together, the only ones you have to stay away from, are the ones where 3+ are placed in 1 single place (hope you understand whan i try to say, after all im dutch too

). They will blind you constantly, so killing without purge is indeed impossilbe. SO use the environment to let you bonder stay out of firing range and he will be safe. If you have to fight charged blacknesses while ur monk is in range of a spirit, just loose a few bonds. I only had Life barrier+vital blessing+ (balthazar spirit or life bond, dont remember exactly) on me, but that was enough with a dolyak of +40 armor and +10 armor in stance.

Yes I had 16 in weapon

. But I did not toke the skills you talked about. I will give it a try when we have the favor and I have the time. Thanks m8

jbwarrior · Mar 29, 2007, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Hi all,

I added a video on the first page... enjoy

Mr Jorgen

Koning · Mar 29, 2007, 10:47 AM // 10:47

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Originally Posted by R Langdon

drop succor, cause you already have b.spirit and i would keep str of honor.

dolyak or conviction (i hate the slow speed)
mystic regen
mystic vigor
flail

conviction in a stance so that would not be a good idea

And succor is only there because my bonder has 1 free slot left, and this maintained enchant is better than watchfull spirirt for example. altough I might try purge condition once to see if behemoths are more easy. and symbiosis is really not needed

Tiny Killer · Mar 29, 2007, 01:35 PM // 13:35

Looks good. Bedanked.

jbwarrior · Mar 29, 2007, 03:26 PM // 15:26

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Originally Posted by Tiny Killer

Looks good. Bedanked.

Thanks m8... LOL --> Graag gedaan.

Witte Was · Mar 29, 2007, 06:16 PM // 18:16

Video is great! Thnx for posting it as you promised

jbwarrior · Mar 29, 2007, 06:22 PM // 18:22

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Originally Posted by Witte Was

Video is great! Thnx for posting it as you promised

You are most welcome

Puran Lighthart · Mar 29, 2007, 07:57 PM // 19:57

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You can take the quest “Restore the Monuments”. (but if you go to the village, wait for taking this quest, otherwise you get 3 Dryders and 5 Grasping’s together, it’s possible to kill them all together, but it’s easier when you kill them 1 by 1) You can go to the “Vale”, you have 2 more groups of 2 Aatxes, kill them like how you killed the rest of the Aatxes. Proceed to the Vale and kill all the groups of Grasping’s. Watch out for popping DN’s here. When killed all the Grasping’s, you can go one and go for killing the Cold Fires and the Stalking Nights (if you want, they do not drop ecto’s) using the same strategy as with the Terror Web Dryders, they go down very quickly. When cleared this area, go back and take the quest “Restore the Monuments”. When you have this quest active, go to the Vale and kill the 3 Terror Web Dryders, using the same strategy as before. You have freed The Reaper.

it may have just been a newb mistake, but after i killed all the graspings, i went back and took the quest......upon returning i killed the dryders and went on my way but died due to the reaper dieing. Apparently there was a group patroling that i didnt see, that wondered into the reapers aggro range and killed him.....so there might be a neccesity to kill some.

Sprites · Mar 29, 2007, 08:22 PM // 20:22

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Originally Posted by jbwarrior

Hmmmm

I never had that problem...

didn't happen for ... a very long time , since aatxe don't attack the npc like at the beginning

beltran13579 · Mar 29, 2007, 10:12 PM // 22:12

is there any elite skill that would help cause he has no elite

Puran Lighthart · Mar 29, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

i was thinking of adding gladiators defense in but i don't know what skill to dump, if any.

jbwarrior · Mar 30, 2007, 12:30 PM // 12:30

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Originally Posted by Puran Lighthart

i was thinking of adding gladiators defense in but i don't know what skill to dump, if any.

If you want to use GD, I suggest the best skill to dump is Desperation or Drunken blow.

jbwarrior · Mar 30, 2007, 12:33 PM // 12:33

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Originally Posted by beltran13579

is there any elite skill that would help cause he has no elite

you could use Hundred Blades, instead of Drunken or Desperation Blow, also you could use Auspicious Parry instead of Deadly Riposte, for constand use of Riposte

osk · Mar 30, 2007, 04:32 PM // 16:32

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Originally Posted by R Langdon

drop succor, cause you already have b.spirit and i would keep str of honor.

dolyak or conviction (i hate the slow speed)
mystic regen
mystic vigor
flail

eh will mystic vigor with 0 Mysticism => +1HP per enchantment be feasible?

jbwarrior · Mar 30, 2007, 04:57 PM // 16:57

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Originally Posted by osk

eh will mystic vigor with 0 Mysticism => +1HP per enchantment be feasible?

With his build, you have about 5-8 enchantments on you, so evry hit is +8hp, so it's ok

beltran13579 · Mar 31, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

i was thinking of droping Deadly Riposte for Steady Stance so you have more energy, adrenaline for Riposte, and aren't KD from Drunken or Desperation Blow