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If I have a fairly decent rapier, and I have it at But 3 Fat 2, but got swift strike, should I bother resetting it? It's not the absolute best rapier, and I don't know how much time I want to spend on it. I'll probably keep it for quite a few levels, so I'd like it hollowforged. Hypothetically if I DO get some levels into SS, should I reset it or would you guys just keep going?

I won't be buying anything from an auction for a while and I have a ton of hath, should I just go for DD6 at this point? No other perks I really need right now.

Eh nvm I just did it anyway. Yay~

This post has been edited by Drksrpnt: Jul 7 2018, 05:25

If I have a fairly decent rapier, and I have it at But 3 Fat 2, but got swift strike, should I bother resetting it? It's not the absolute best rapier, and I don't know how much time I want to spend on it. I'll probably keep it for quite a few levels, so I'd like it hollowforged. Hypothetically if I DO get some levels into SS, should I reset it or would you guys just keep going?

Well, personally i would. But this is actually something you have to decide for yourself. A perfect IW can take a while and cost a few amnesia shards. You could now reset and the next IW will be perfect. Or you will have to do 50 more runs to get the IW you want. Would that rapier you worth make 50 more runs? Because that, or something even worse could happen. And like i said. I would and actually i did. For my rapier i did quite a few runs. Actually even so many it was allready a running gag around here. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Just to be sure, you still do have spirit shield running right?

Also, second the question on your block, parry, and physical/magical mitigation figures. For reference I'm around 65% block, 45% parry, 75% physical mitigation, and 70% magical mitigation. I do get sparked occasionally in later IW and Arenas (more so in the former) but usually that's due to me being greedy and not refreshing regen. Sparking against only 4 monsters, assuming you are keeping your hp reasonably high, is pretty weird if you have spirit shield active.

I'm at 49% Blk / 41.2% Parry / 71.6% PM / 69.3% MM.

If I'm running Haste/Spirit Shield/Spark on IA, Regen/Protection/Heartseeker/Health Draught on, I can auto-pilot 4 mobs under any circumstance, 5 mobs the vast majority of the time (every now again I'll get hit by 5 parries in a row or something). Once I hit 6 mobs I have to start paying more attention and occasionally have to cast cure or Shadow Veil for increased sustainability. I can survive 7-10 mob waves but I have to consistently maintain my health.

Without haste I'm in the same boat as the other guy. I'm at risk once I hit 5 mobs at a time. I'm pretty sure I have zero chance to clear the later arenas. I guess that extra 15% from forging your shield makes a world of difference.

This post has been edited by ravenfrost123: Jul 7 2018, 07:55

I'm at 49% Blk / 41.2% Parry / 71.6% PM / 69.3% MM.

If I'm running Haste/Spirit Shield/Spark on IA, Regen/Protection/Heartseeker/Health Draught on, I can auto-pilot 4 mobs under any circumstance, 5 mobs the vast majority of the time (every now again I'll get hit by 5 parries in a row or something). Once I hit 6 mobs I have to start paying more attention and occasionally have to cast cure or Shadow Veil for increased sustainability. I can survive 7-10 mob waves but I have to consistently maintain my health.

Without haste I'm in the same boat as the other guy. I'm at risk once I hit 5 mobs at a time. I'm pretty sure I have zero chance to clear the later arenas. I guess that extra 15% from forging your shield makes a world of difference.

Yes, extra block is pretty useful. Also, 75% PM to 71.6% PM is actually a noticeable difference (13.6% more physical damage taken). That being said, I have to be careful with 7-10 monster waves too even with haste on later IW as well (though not arenas) so the difference probably not that big.

What's the function of Spirit Channeling? I have no idea what it does when I turn it on.

Question for myself:

Is Counter-parry actually useful? I notice when I switched to a rapier without any, my overall parry basically was unchanged, and my "Counter Attack on Block/Parry" remained at 75%. My assumption is that County Parry from Overpower increases the Counter Attack on Block/Parry but it's capped at 75% regardless, so it is essentially useless.

Counterparry is a % chance that you ignore a monster's successful parry, which is pretty worthless for 1h because overwhelming strikes gives 20% per stack of it anyways, and is very good for DW because it doesn't have overwhelming strikes.

What's the function of Spirit Channeling? I have no idea what it does when I turn it on.

Higher damage on attacks (I think double?), lower mana expenditure on spells.

What's the function of Spirit Channeling? I have no idea what it does when I turn it on.

+ Support spells cast with Spirit Channeling have much longer effect: I get Arcane Focus for 715 rounds when channeling, and 245 rounds of regen. And 60 rounds of imperil.

+ never-miss targeting. When Sp. Sc. is on, your imperil will hit always.

+ No mana consumption (or, 1 mana iirc, but thats negligible).

+ Mo damage for offensive spells.

Spirit Channeling?
Spirit Stance or Channeling? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Spirit channeling activates Spirit Stance if that makes any sense.

If I have a fairly decent rapier, and I have it at But 3 Fat 2, but got swift strike, should I bother resetting it? It's not the absolute best rapier, and I don't know how much time I want to spend on it. I'll probably keep it for quite a few levels, so I'd like it hollowforged. Hypothetically if I DO get some levels into SS, should I reset it or would you guys just keep going?

If it's only Magnificent, don't bother reforging and keep IWing till the end. Reforging is worth it only for Legendary+.

When I activate Spirit Channeling (or Spirit Stance, whichever is correct), I noticed that the charges decreases over time. Is this normal? And why is that?

Counterparry is a % chance that you ignore a monster's successful parry, which is pretty worthless for 1h because overwhelming strikes gives 20% per stack of it anyways, and is very good for DW because it doesn't have overwhelming strikes.

Actually, no, Overpower is not useless for 1H. It doesn't increase the DPS as much as Fatality, it's true, but it's certainly not useless. Keep in mind that you do not have Overwhelming Strikes on at all times, and likewise monsters are not stunned at all times either. Considering that Fatality 5 boosts your overall DPS by only 3% for a 50% crit chance 55% crit damage, one should definitely not waste his amnesia shards due to Overpower potencies instead of Fatality.

If one wants more DPS, one forges, period. It's way less expensive than spending dozens of amnesia shards.

Not to mention that we're not safe from Tenbro going on a rampage against 1H's broken procs that make high difficulty game excessively easy compared to other playstyles. He doesn't have a keen eye on low level players being geared with full Magnificent/Legendary.

This post has been edited by decondelite: Jul 7 2018, 10:39

When I activate Spirit Channeling (or Spirit Stance, whichever is correct), I noticed that the charges decreases over time. Is this normal? And why is that?

Yes, because it consumes charges every turn, you get more charge every time you block or parry.
If you play 1 hand with Rapier/Shortsword/Wakizashi+ forged shield, you can sustain spirit stance permanently.

Actually, no, Overpower is not useless for 1H. It doesn't increase the DPS as much as Fatality, it's true, but it's certainly not useless. Keep in mind that you do not have Overwhelming Strikes on at all times, and likewise monsters are not stunned at all times either. Considering that Fatality 5 boosts your overall DPS by only 3% for a 50% crit chance 55% crit damage, one should definitely not waste his amnesia shards due to Overpower potencies instead of Fatality.

If one wants more DPS, one forges, period. It's way less expensive than spending dozens of amnesia shards.

Not to mention that we're not safe from Tenbro going on a rampage against 1H's broken procs that make high difficulty game excessively easy compared to other playstyles. He doesn't have a keen eye on low level players being geared with full Magnificent/Legendary.

I guess I should save some nice off meta weapon in case Tenbo nerf 1H and buff something else mmm...

Quick question about Holy non imperil style mage on IW,GF:

With prof gain by staff + robe only, did anyone found out that how the performance (total turns) would be affected by different prof factor like 0.5, 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8?

What are the current most effective prefix-suffix Staff combinations for Mage builds for the following:

Dark Mage
Holy Mage
Elec Mage (Elemental)

Thanks!

JC

What are the current most effective prefix-suffix Staff combinations for Mage builds for the following:

Dark Mage
Holy Mage
Elec Mage (Elemental)

Thanks!

JC

Demonic willow destruction
hallowed oak staff of heimdall
shocking willow destruction