Curse

marmaduke · Apr 17, 2007, 03:36 AM // 03:36

Stone striker combined with Nightfall's endgame shield w/ +10vs Earth damage? Or is it not worth it? That shield piqued my interest when I spotted it with my Elementalist Geomancer.

Bryant Again · Apr 17, 2007, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Hm. It's actually an interesting thought.

The way PvE is built right now makes it open to many builds. So, this might actually be something to consider.

-.- · Apr 17, 2007, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Why not just use Stoneflesh Aura?

placebo overdose · Apr 17, 2007, 04:54 AM // 04:54

b/c stoneflesh in not as fun :P

Turbobusa · Apr 17, 2007, 07:20 AM // 07:20

want to convert all damage to earth and screw your nice +20 al vs physical?

Thom Bangalter · Apr 17, 2007, 09:44 AM // 09:44

but you get +10 from your shield!

It's reasonably terrible on your ele aside from a few solo farming builds, It's even worse on your warrior.

The Mad Man · Apr 17, 2007, 10:11 PM // 22:11

Turbobusa has a point. if you use it, which im not trying to say is a useless idea, you get less armor against physical damage. Pretty significant. However, if all/most of the damage you are getting in an area is elemental, for example, it would be a great idea to use this tactic

-also, with this being such an obvious thing, i can't believe i hadn't thought of this before. Doh. everyone else probably has. gj for being one of the billions of better thinkers than I am lol

Razorwood · Apr 18, 2007, 09:28 AM // 09:28

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Originally Posted by The Mad Man

Turbobusa has a point. if you use it, which im not trying to say is a useless idea, you get less armor against physical damage. Pretty significant. However, if all/most of the damage you are getting in an area is elemental, for example, it would be a great idea to use this tactic

Doesn't Stone striker convert physical damage to earth as well?

You could also wear Dreadnought armor for the added elemental bonus, but I don't think you'd be any better off then not using Stone Striker.

bungusmaximus · Apr 18, 2007, 09:42 AM // 09:42

Ranger with winter + warrior with shield against cold damage, ggthxbye ^^

The Mad Man · Apr 18, 2007, 10:16 PM // 22:16

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Originally Posted by Razorwood

Doesn't Stone striker convert physical damage to earth as well?

You could also wear Dreadnought armor for the added elemental bonus, but I don't think you'd be any better off then not using Stone Striker.

since it converts thephysical dmg to elemental, my point is that the armor+20 vs physical on your armor won't work anymore. Therefore, you net -10 armor against physical and +10 vs elemental.

Craero · Apr 18, 2007, 10:26 PM // 22:26

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Originally Posted by The Mad Man

Therefore, you net -10 armor against physical and +10 vs elemental.

And you also lose the ability of having -2 stance,enchanted, or -5 20% against physical mod on your shield which increases that gap even more.