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Hello there!

I've searched the forum but still not entirely sure about the best choice of legendary weapon for 1 handed heavy style.
Been using this rapier for quite a while:
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/141181624/39d2f1a236

Then got my hands on legendaries and not sure which would be the best to soulfuse and upgrade in IW for a long-tern:
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/154634312/8ba7a5eba6
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/164147157/e8db7f6a8e

Heard that bleeding wound may be viable after all. With the use of power armor the damage output doesn't seem to be different that much at first glance. Wonder what is the expert opinion on axes right now.

One would advise you to stick with the Mag Rapier of the Nimble here. Illithid provides no useful bonus since a few versions of the game (so since a handful of years). An Axe fits very bad as well, because it doesn't have any parry at all, and as you said the higher ADB gets diluted in the ADB bonus provided by power armor.

At what point it would be "easy" to handle IWBTH difficulty for late arena like the trio and the tree? I did IWBTH on Dreamfall, but I have to do a lot of manual actions (healing every 2/3 turns at every beginning round, use skills...) instead of simply refreshing buff and attacking with normal attack, with a heal every 5/10 rounds. It was pretty tedious. Does it get easier or is it what I should expect?

My best build is 2H, and I have these equipments :
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/38884522/948c9e4198
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/52156203/5bd835d3e6
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/53341264/320db6ed98
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/48493848/80f9b34e3b
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/80788822/f6ddb2afa3
- https://hentaiverse.org/equip/86629891/3c62312986

What am I lacking?

At what point it would be "easy" to handle IWBTH difficulty for late arena like the trio and the tree?

When your defense and/or damaga avoiding stats are high enough, to prevent most of the damage.

Does it get easier or is it what I should expect?
My best build is 2H,

In your case? I guess both. It will get easier. I mean you dont even have soulfused all your armor. So of course that is something that will cost you some stats. Also 2H isnt really the strongest playstyle out there.

What am I lacking?

Soulfusing of some of your armor would be the first point. I mean your helmed is 239 while you are allready 272. 33 Level difference is quite something. And the second would be forging. Just some minimal forging on your weapon is just not enough at your level to allow you to play IWBTH just fine, you really should do at least the minimal forging on your armor too. And also your weapon, it is just Mag, a Leg one would be of course better. Also you have a lot of shade armor of negation, not really the best suffix of shade. Also i just did notice, some of your equipment is pre 0.84. You should replace it with propper gear asap. And this does include the Gauntlets, the Breastplate, the helmet and the estoc. Doing that should help you. Oh, and because the mentioned equipment is bad overall, dont waste your credits on forging or IWing those. It is not worth it.

This post has been edited by Uncle Stu: May 20 2020, 21:33

Ouch basically my equipment are not up to par. Thank you for your insight!

Small question though, how did you notice that my equipment are not good enough for the current version?

Ouch basically my equipment are not up to par. Thank you for your insight!

Small question though, how did you notice that my equipment are not good enough for the current version

Ah, sorry i forgot, i did notice with the Live Percentile Ranges script. When you use it and look at your equipment in the link you will see it like this.


And all those stats should usually between 0 and 100%. When you see stats that are way below 0%, you know that you are looking at a pre 0.84 equipment.

[quote name='Uncle Stu' date='May 20 2020, 00:38' post='5683737']
Tbh in absolutly most cases it is keep them low and sell the crystals, i mean sure, you could level them up and get them more win/kills and higher chance for HG Mats, but overall, this is a really, really, long term investion and depending on how much crystals you actually would invest, it could actually take years for them to pay you back in materials and bindings.

My daily crystal income total is around 50k to 60k. So which is better for me? PL25 army or high PL army?

So something between 4 and 5 crystal packs? Well i dont know what i should tell you. Like it was allready said by Fudo Masamune. Invest into your monsterlab is a really, really long term investment. So the question is not really what is better, but what would you prefer? If it is credits now, sell the crystals. If you dont need those credits now, but would prefer to increase your overall income slowly but steady and dont mind for any real payoff anytime soon, go level up those monster. This really mostly depends on what you prefer. I mean for your monster to even start to make a different, you would need to bring them at least above PL 500, that is when they start to bring HG Mats. But they do that with a very low chance, that only starts to change at around PL 750, when they also stop bringing any LG Mats, but of course that is still not the highest HG mat chance, far from it, so in the end when you really want your monster to bring you some HG mats, you would need to bring them above PL 1000, the "best" would be of course above PL 1500. Which is also the point where they will be encountered by most player, which of course will result in increase kill/wins for them and more gifts for you. But that isnt cheap, it really isnt.

Ouch basically my equipment are not up to par. Thank you for your insight!

Small question though, how did you notice that my equipment are not good enough for the current version?

just looking at the equipment ID and we could see that it's pre 0.83 equipment - which generally have worse stats than equipment generated post 0.83 patch. moreover if you use mag they usually would only have current exq stats.

Also, even if you bump your equipment using budget which is generally available for your level, I doubt you'll be able to comfortably play on IWBTH until nearing mid 300. 2h simply don't have enough damage avoidance to be played comfortably for mid level.
I remember trying various budget build around lvl 360-370, and 2h need higher heal cutoff compared to other build for me to play it safely (other I could work by healing at around 40-50% HP, 2h need to be healed around 60-70%).

if you wants to play on IWBTH or even PF as soon as possible, try using 1h-shield (don't need to change your armor to heavy for now.) exquisite/mag rapier with mag/legendary whatever shield (I use legendary kite shield at your level) should be enough for a start.
It will be way slower than your 2h, but it is safer.

This post has been edited by Fudo Masamune: May 20 2020, 22:25

@Fudo Masamune

Will do that, I have a 1H persona with heavy abilities, but no good equipment. Sooner I can handle higher difficulty, sooner I can drop better equipment I guess. Thanks for the advice!

Hmm, I'm a bit torn on my helmet armor pieces for my build. I am currently using a legendary power helmet that I recently got from a RE, but I have several magnificent power helmets that might be better.

Should I stick with the higher tier power helmet or should I go back to one of my mags?

Legendary Ruby Power Helmet of Protection: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/232890437/eea968fe42

Magnificent Power Helmet of Slaughter: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/131517242/9fef99235a

Magnificent Power Helmet of Balance: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/135915481/794ca13d7f

Magnificent Savage Power Helmet of Warding: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/108415419/fd13c87485

Should I stick with the higher tier power helmet or should I go back to one of my mags?

Well, lets compare them and take a closer look.


Imo, i would use the Leg Helmet. The overall improvement of a Leg compared to a Mag, would be more impactfull as a few more damage points you would get from the Mag of Slaughter, or the little bit more crit chance from the Mag of Balance, or the bit more MM from the Mag of Warding. Also i really wouldnt go back to a Mag with only two PAB. The Leg may be not the best Helmet out there, but imo the stats are fine, if it is the best you have, and why would it jugg5 if it wouldnt be, keep using it.

Well, lets compare them and take a closer look.


Imo, i would use the Leg Helmet. The overall improvement of a Leg compared to a Mag, would be more impactfull as a few more damage points you would get from the Mag of Slaughter, or the little bit more crit chance from the Mag of Balance, or the bit more MM from the Mag of Warding. Also i really wouldnt go back to a Mag with only two PAB. The Leg may be not the best Helmet out there, but imo the stats are fine, if it is the best you have, and why would it jugg5 if it wouldnt be, keep using it.

Thank you for the advice and explanation. I tend to overthink a bit when it comes to builds in any game, and I've sometimes heard that sometimes a Magnificent gear is better compared to some Legendary items. I'm hoping to get something better eventually, but I'm fine with my current inventory.

Thank you for the advice and explanation. I tend to overthink a bit when it comes to builds in any game, and I've sometimes heard that sometimes a Magnificent gear is better compared to some Legendary items. I'm hoping to get something better eventually, but I'm fine with my current inventory.

And that is sometimes true for some stats like i did pointed out. Btw when you go for a better helmet you should look at the stats that are important for the way you play the game.

One would advise you to stick with the Mag Rapier of the Nimble here. Illithid provides no useful bonus since a few versions of the game (so since a handful of years). An Axe fits very bad as well, because it doesn't have any parry at all, and as you said the higher ADB gets diluted in the ADB bonus provided by power armor.

Thank you, that's what I got as well. Having parry to lower from 50% to 20% really made pfudor impossible.

By the way, question to everyone here. Does elemental mitigation matter at all or I'd be better off rerolling high-quality equipment at IW until I get that 10% bonus to HP from every item? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
Searched the forum and didn't find anyone mention any armor potencies other than juggernaut.

Don't bother reforging elemental potencies because you did not reach a potency 5. The difference is very, very negligible and it'd cost a ludicrous amount of time and credits. On the other hand, forging an elemental prefix a lit a bit, as melee, is rather cheap and can help.

This post has been edited by decondelite: May 21 2020, 12:23

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Not having Dark Descend and having to IW a Soulfused equipment, what is the best way to proceed?

Starting with Nightmere to get the first potency?
Hell to get two?
More?

Continuing with 1 level at a time?

Not having Dark Descend and having to IW a Soulfused equipment, what is the best way to proceed?

Starting with Nightmere to get the first potency?
Hell to get two?
More?

Continuing with 1 level at a time?

I would do 1 level at the time if it was a very hard-to-get combo, but if you just want jug5 you could also take the gamble of double reforge costs. Or, just get dark descent now.

Dark Descent cost too much and i normally use IW Services, this time i cannot due to the lottery soulbonding.

Anyway thans, i think ill double and hope.