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Arcane Killer · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: lvl 35 kicksin question

I made a lvl 35 kicksin, nm rushed.

Gear:
Orphan helm (?)
artisans ancient armor of the squid (prubies)
black flail
whitsans shield (eld)
angelic jewelry
ik boots/gloves/belt
2x physic claws on switch

Skills:
20 dragon talon
1 dragon flight
1 bos
1 shadow master
1 in pre reqs

Stats (after gear):
191 str
69 dex
90 vit
25 ene
900 life
120 mana

crap charms

I'm wondering what I should do with 12 spare skills and what I should sock into the helm. (I'm thinking pruby or pamethyst)

Belarathon · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject:

you might need more into BoS to hit a speed BP i don;t know, you should look into that. Fade isn;t a bad thing to get too for when you face a sorc or whatever. Blade fury is useful in some cases also, cloak of shadows is not bad either. Mind blast and fire traps are almost a must for dueling casters especially sorc. The mind blast gives them the little white swirly above their head, making them to go into fhr animation for any dmg at all that they receive, so mind blast a few times, lay down some fire traps, and then they're being hit a lot and stun locked to hell, and you can easily kick them a few times, lay downa few fresh traps + mb another time, and then continue kicking. i would put at least 1 into MB (if not more for stun length), 1 into fire traps, 1 into fade, 1 into blade fury

Arcane Killer · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:

i looked it up on the jrichard post on his tables, it says i should hit 7/3 if im reading it right. also, i cast with the 2 shadow claws so im casting at lvl 5 bos.

Phyre · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:45 am Post subject:

With the prebuff claws he has on switch, he should be hitting the max kick speed.

As for the Fire Traps/MB, that really isn't that viable without a ton of mana. MB in particular takes alot of mana. With a soj on I was able to somewhat make use of it, but not really since the lock is almost gone by the time you start kicking them if you don't DF and if you do DF you barely have any mana left.

Jerkazoid · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:32 am Post subject:

use Pruby, sheal, or even pskull for dual regens, the 10 stats from amythyst is not as beneficial imo.

dont eld whitsands. it already has 92% blocking (sin,ama,bar). the extra 7% only saves a lvl 35, 4 stats.. use a jewel, ith rune or even pdiamond.

get 1 (or a few) into fade, it helps. having the extra res really can cut down onl cold sorc's and foh paladins. sacking speed for the res can be good in many circumstances.

1 mb is something i have considered. Blast then kick.
1 (or more) tiger strike (comes in handy)
1 (or more) in venom is always nice as its psn dmg can help a bit at 35. (205-225 in .4 seconds with slvl 10) [venom + bos is possible]

Arcane Killer · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:

on the fade: wouldnt it be counter beneficial to have fade on even for the res since it would slow you down?

would more pnts in df be worth it? would it be able to get enough ar to hit consistantly? it has mediocre dmg even at lvl 1 and can deliver a crush hit.

Jerkazoid · Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

Arcane Killer · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject:

true, it does use a lot of mana. one more thing i was looking at: what about blade shield? would you be able to get it to a high enough lvl to make it stay up long enough to be effective? cuz doesnt it transfer cb through it?

Phyre · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

Arcane Killer · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject:

oh, damn. >< ok, then im lookin at venom for the lvl, 1 ts, and fade. thx for the help bela/phyre/jerk.