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Zothen · May 30, 2007, 08:09 AM // 08:09

Hi All!

Are thier any good E/W builds for proficies? I've looked on the boards,but,
can't seem to find any. Thanks for any & all info!

Zothen

Dr Strangelove · May 30, 2007, 08:12 AM // 08:12

Not really, the only thing I can think of that I'd want from /W is shields up, and maybe a defensive stance in RA. You can make a fine enough build with just your ele skills, though, and changing your secondary is pretty easy.

Stormlord Alex · May 30, 2007, 08:16 AM // 08:16

You can't find any because... There aren't any.
Eles with warrior weapons deal poor damage, and are woefully squishy (tieing in an element leads to an either/or situation - Earth Magic has no Conjure to up DPS, and the other lines don'y have any decent defensive skills)
And Tactics are of little use to an Ele, as Ward vs Melee and Blinding Flash > Watch Yourself! and Defensive Stance, simply put. Well... maybe a stance for screwing Assassins in RA if your a Fire ele...

In short, there is very little the Warrior class has to offer an Ele, thus few E/W builds are seen.

Francis Crawford · May 31, 2007, 02:04 AM // 02:04

Balanced Stance is useful in some Prophecies-only farming builds.

That's the only time I've gone E/W.

Hyprodimus Prime · May 31, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52

The OP didnt specify PvP or PvE, so ill post this one. http://www.pvxbuilds.com/index.php?t...ic_Aura_Farmer

A friend of mine developed that back in the day, and I made the page for him.

But then again, he did say prophecies only....

Phi · May 31, 2007, 06:37 AM // 06:37

I used this build just for the fun of it and ended up doing the Defend Droks titan quest. (With henchmans of course)

Conjour Flames
Hundred Blades
Sever Artery
Gash
Savage Slash
Watch Yourself
Mark of Rodgort
Rez Signet or whatever suits your liking

If you had all 3 chapters i find this build very easy to use and its also good in pvp with some changes

Conjour Flames
Hundred Blades
Sun and Moon Slash (factions)
Hamstring
Watch Yourself
Immolate
Glowing Gaze (nightfall)
Rez signet

or if you don't like using rez, take either Flame djinn storm (NF) or savage slash or Healing Signet

Stormlord Alex · May 31, 2007, 08:19 AM // 08:19

^^ Of course, that build would fail miserably in PvP... ^^
No IAS = terrible dps
No speed buff = no way to catch fleeing foes (no, not Hamstring... if it gets removed, or if your target is prot'd... what are ya gonna do?)
No Deep Wound = yeah.
Oh, and Hundred Blades is weak. Even Conjure warriors don't run it.

Also, it lends very little utility or the spiking capability of an actual warrior to the team... Please, it is not a 'good' build, you'd do far more damage with Immolate/Mind Blast then you'd still have a whole 6 skills to play with.

EDIT: Mind *Blast*, not Burn... burn sucks

Thom Bangalter · May 31, 2007, 09:07 AM // 09:07

I've run shields up and balanced stance in HA, but that was more out of necessity rather than it actually being a good build for general usage.

tenshi_strife · Jun 01, 2007, 04:23 AM // 04:23

well the only e/w build i run is a troll/minotaur farming build. and its mostly war skills lol. and im not too sure if the skills are all prophecies.

XvArchonvX · Jun 01, 2007, 05:04 AM // 05:04

I've heard of people running E/W with hammer and air KD skills for fun, but I don't believe there are really any legitamate uses for a warrior secondary on an ele beyond some wierd niche build in PvP or some bizarre farming build in PvE.

absolutcrobi · Jun 07, 2007, 05:49 AM // 05:49

Built one for fun, she does OK, I just like trying out weird things like this. I also play Magic:TG, i have alot of weird decks there too. Kinda my style.
[card]Blinding Flash[/card] [card]Shock[/card] [card]Belly Smash[/card] [card]Teinai's Wind[/card] [card]Crushing Blow[/card] [card]Elemental Attunement[/card] [card]Aura of Restoration[/card] [card]Healing Signet[/card]

Really its only good against melee characters who are up close in your face. Its still fun to watch. Im sure i could make it better, but well i have too much A.D.D. to concentrate on just one char for too long

OgFUgUmO1aNcjzhXJHCWIF0iAAA

Wyat Hawke · Jun 07, 2007, 01:08 PM // 13:08

Well, we have the E/W UW farm, but it's not recommended...

Magnetic Aura Farmer

Madman100 · Jun 09, 2007, 10:00 PM // 22:00

I came back to the game recently and have been using my E/W heavily the last week or so. And I think I've found a decent balance of skills (although I'm still only level 19 and seem to have very few skills so it may change more).

10+2 Air Magic, 5 Earth Magic, 5+2 Energy Storage, 10 Hammer Mastery, 2 Tactics

Mighty Blow
Lightning Strike
Lightning Javelin
Whirlwind
Crushing Blow
Bonetti's Defence
Armor of Earth
Aura of Restoration

The important part is to ALWAYS have the aura on, self healing with each spell is a must. If you seem to be drawing agro, use armor of earth (maybe Kinetic Armor, this build is still a work in progress) and if you're surrounded, use a whirlwind following up with a crushing blow to deal extra damage and weaken them. Mighty blow is still a maybe, it takes a while to build up the adrenaline for it. For some long range damage, alternate between strike and javelin, using the recharge time to close the gap between the target a bit. If you find yourself low on energy and running out of armor of earth, bonetti's is an absolute lifesaver. It lasts for 6 seconds and can potentially recharge you to full in that time. If you've already got a meatshield then I suppose that can be swapped for a rez or a signet of capture.

Once I've got some max armor, I'm planning to add brawler's insignia to all of the pieces - this gives an extra 10 AL per piece, boosting you up to a ranger's base armor.

Even though I'm not at the endgame yet, without total full equipment and all the insignia and runes I want, it's still rather good at dealing damage, can take a bit of tanking (don't go without a competent healer if you're planning that) and seems to do well at staying alive.

Ecklipze · Jun 09, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

If I do go E/W, which is very rare, I/I'd only do it to take self defence skills such as [card]Shield Bash[/card] and/or [card]Deadly Riposte[/card], along with my other regular skills.

Equipped with a shield and sword of course.

ArKaiN · Jun 11, 2007, 04:07 AM // 04:07

the only reason to go /W is the defense stances(probably one or two). Still sucks, imho.

Prince Lek · Jun 11, 2007, 03:28 PM // 15:28

I came across this video a while ago

the build seems to do a lot of damage..but lacks a little on the defensive side..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5p6vEjDVw

I am pretty sure the skills are

shock
res sig
frenzy
Protector's Strike
Crushing Blow
Lightning Orb
glyph*
elite skill*

I cant really figure out the glyph or elite skill

Edit:

heres is another quick video i found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmHDh...elated&search=

Stormlord Alex · Jun 11, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

The Glyph's Glyph of Sacrifice, for insta-Orb... The elite is Magehunter Strike, tying in a 1/2 sec activation time attack to form some kind of spike.
It works well enough, but would never match an actual warrior in the long term - lacks any self defense, any utility, and without a cancel stance for Frenzy... Expect to blow up an awful lot.

Kudos to Darkfury, naturally. Owning scrubs is fun

NJDFan82 · Jun 11, 2007, 10:13 PM // 22:13

I created a Canthan PvE E/W a while back, mostly so I could unlock skills for both professions, but I don't intend on changing secondaries any time soon. Blessed Insignias with a +45/-2 while enchanted Tactics shield let me get a bit closer to combat. I don't run Warrior weapons, though.

Mostly it's standard Elementalist builds with some Tactics skills thrown in, such as [skill]"Watch Yourself!"[/skill] and [skill]Protector's Defense[/skill]. I will admit, though, that I have brought [skill]Healing Signet[/skill] before. E/W doesn't let you do a whole lot of special things but there's nothing wrong with it.