09-03-2006, 07:54 PM
Alright, i've got a bit of a wierd one. My question is more about gear selection as i cannot make up my mind.
So, i'm playing a melee sorc as part of a trio of aura based chars. The party is supposed to perform in pvp and pvm. It consists of a fanat paly, a conviction paly, and an enchantress. The palys wear dream helmet and shield, hoj sword and dragon armor and use vengeance as their main attack. Mercs provide holy freeze, might, concentration (runeword), and blessed aim. The question is what gear to give the sorc.
The stats are the usual (str for gear, dex for max block, the rest of the points between vit and energy as i am using energy shield, but mostly in vit. need to run the numbers to figure out exactly how many in each)
Main skills are: enchant, fire master, lightning mastery, tk, some in energy shield.
So the question is what to use for the sorcs gear. For certain i am going to use a passion phase blade and zeal, and possibly upgrade to a kingslayer with vengeance. I also plan to wear a dream helm and shield. The problem is this: according to the enchantress/melee sorc guides i have been reading, you need +2 all skills to get the most out of using vengeance. I am fairly capable of acquiring gear, but not so capable that it isn't a lot of work. I'm putting a lot of time and effort into getting enough HRs to make all the runewords these chars rely on (got 2 out of the 3 chars fully geared), but i don't have spare HRs to blow on stuff like Maras, sojs or BKs. I currently have highlords which is 1 to all skills, so now i just need 1 more. I can get this from unique armor or helmet (no anni either), the question is which.
2x dream=level 30 holy shock. With lightning mastery added thats about 1 to 6 or 7 k damage added to my melee. So i definatly want that, so i'm thinking armor. My other gear is going to be ravenfrost, verdungos, rare ring with resists, dual leech and ar, sandstorm trek or gorerider, and dracs/souldrainers/blood gloves. Then i'm filling my inv with elemental damage charms to make the most of my masteries. For armor this leaves me with a few choices. I would most like to wear Bramble for thorns, Leviathan for full physical resists, or dragon for holy fire (more damage). But i need those skills, meaning either Arkains or Coh. Arkains is nice for the life and Coh for the resists, but since i dont have stormshield i can't get full physical resist. This makes me think perhaps i should use a helmet like Andys, delirium, or Nightwings. But then i only have 1 dream, so one of my main damage sources is compromised. Of course, i could wear dragon armor and shield for level 28 holy fire instead, but since i have masteries not synergy auras holy shock is massivly superior.
So, any opinion on what i should go for on the armor/helmet? Also opinions on this whole oddball build/group is welcome. I've done all the cookie cutter builds before so i just have fun doing this sort of stuff at this point.
So, i'm playing a melee sorc as part of a trio of aura based chars. The party is supposed to perform in pvp and pvm. It consists of a fanat paly, a conviction paly, and an enchantress. The palys wear dream helmet and shield, hoj sword and dragon armor and use vengeance as their main attack. Mercs provide holy freeze, might, concentration (runeword), and blessed aim. The question is what gear to give the sorc.
The stats are the usual (str for gear, dex for max block, the rest of the points between vit and energy as i am using energy shield, but mostly in vit. need to run the numbers to figure out exactly how many in each)
Main skills are: enchant, fire master, lightning mastery, tk, some in energy shield.
So the question is what to use for the sorcs gear. For certain i am going to use a passion phase blade and zeal, and possibly upgrade to a kingslayer with vengeance. I also plan to wear a dream helm and shield. The problem is this: according to the enchantress/melee sorc guides i have been reading, you need +2 all skills to get the most out of using vengeance. I am fairly capable of acquiring gear, but not so capable that it isn't a lot of work. I'm putting a lot of time and effort into getting enough HRs to make all the runewords these chars rely on (got 2 out of the 3 chars fully geared), but i don't have spare HRs to blow on stuff like Maras, sojs or BKs. I currently have highlords which is 1 to all skills, so now i just need 1 more. I can get this from unique armor or helmet (no anni either), the question is which.
2x dream=level 30 holy shock. With lightning mastery added thats about 1 to 6 or 7 k damage added to my melee. So i definatly want that, so i'm thinking armor. My other gear is going to be ravenfrost, verdungos, rare ring with resists, dual leech and ar, sandstorm trek or gorerider, and dracs/souldrainers/blood gloves. Then i'm filling my inv with elemental damage charms to make the most of my masteries. For armor this leaves me with a few choices. I would most like to wear Bramble for thorns, Leviathan for full physical resists, or dragon for holy fire (more damage). But i need those skills, meaning either Arkains or Coh. Arkains is nice for the life and Coh for the resists, but since i dont have stormshield i can't get full physical resist. This makes me think perhaps i should use a helmet like Andys, delirium, or Nightwings. But then i only have 1 dream, so one of my main damage sources is compromised. Of course, i could wear dragon armor and shield for level 28 holy fire instead, but since i have masteries not synergy auras holy shock is massivly superior.
So, any opinion on what i should go for on the armor/helmet? Also opinions on this whole oddball build/group is welcome. I've done all the cookie cutter builds before so i just have fun doing this sort of stuff at this point.