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This post has been edited by as013: Aug 1 2018, 14:40

Should 1H heavy consider shadow veil?

Should 1H heavy consider shadow veil?

I don't use it. I do have it maxed out from when I was a lower level and with shittier equips, but now that my block and parry, and mitigations are so high I can play everything on PFUDOR, it really doesn't help.

If you're in a real bind, like finding you can not survive every/every other round, it might help. But in that case, Haste might be better? Not sure. I just know that once in a while I may cast haste, but rarely shadow veil anymore. Both haste and shadow veil cause my overcharge to run out much faster, and I get way less counter attacks. It's just faster with way less micromanagement to use them.

So if you have no survivability issues, IMO, you don't need it. If you do and, I dunno, haste doesn't work too well, you can try it out. Hopefully some other 1h heavy folks can chime in and give you some more feedback.

Is FRD a viable enough reason to replace Godslayer?

Running a 1-h shield build, been able to do PFUDOR relatively easily currently.

Is FRD a viable enough reason to replace Godslayer?

Running a 1-h shield build, been able to do PFUDOR relatively easily currently.

For 1H it is not. Afaik it can be quite usefull for 2H and DW player. But as 1H you really should keep Godslayer.

Follow-up question as I've been meaning to switch over to a DW build.

What's the current meta for that? Niten only? Two Rapiers? Armor build to go with it?

Well armor would be shade of course and as off-hand a weapon with high parry. So of course you can go niten. I mean now that it gives proficiency. I am just not sure if it would be the best way to go. That was before my DW time. But when i did play DW -all that long time ago (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) - i did use a build with a club as main to stun them and a rapier of nimble as off.

Follow-up question as I've been meaning to switch over to a DW build.

What's the current meta for that? Niten only? Two Rapiers? Armor build to go with it?

My build is Club Mainhand/Rapier of Balance offhand for maximum crit and hit chance (with balance as offhand you can reach 100% offhand hit). The only other viable option is Rapier mainhand/Wakizashi offhand for maximum parry chance. You have to go for overpower on both of them though which you don't really have to do if you go for club instead, because stun prevents parry/evade.

Besides that, savage or agile shade of the shadowdancer would be best.

Thanks for the advice!

Slaughter Shortsword/Nimble or balance rapier is also a viable combination. It has a bit more defense than a club/rapier combo from the parry on the shortsword, though you lose on the stun procs.

Rapier/Waki is also a really strong combo but at that point, you might as well just put on a shield and 1h everything.

When do people usually use energy drinks? To stay above 80 stamina for doubled exp, or to stay above exhausted level so they can continue IW/GF?

Edit: I still don't get why replacing 45 forge Peerless nimble waki with 13% block SDE Force Shield should result in a huge survivability increase, but it does.

This post has been edited by Lunarika: Aug 2 2018, 06:36

Edit: I still don't get why replacing 45 forge Peerless nimble waki with 13% block SDE Force Shield should result in a huge survivability increase, but it does.

Because block is a broken stat.

When do people usually use energy drinks? To stay above 80 stamina for doubled exp, or to stay above exhausted level so they can continue IW/GF?

Edit: I still don't get why replacing 45 forge Peerless nimble waki with 13% block SDE Force Shield should result in a huge survivability increase, but it does.

to play GF, mostly. And if you have LBGT hath perk, you use 1 per day at least. I went for double exp on rare occasions, like when I was very close to level 500 and I wanted to get there the same day.

Force shield, yeah that's the meta for a reason.

Is Charged or Radiant considered a better prefix for elemental casters?

Is Charged or Radiant considered a better prefix for elemental casters?

(charged. but don't tell anyone, cause they are still cheaper than radiants)

p.s. unless you have near-peerless stuff, and you cast without imperil, then radiants are the way to go.

Because block is a broken stat.

Here's the weird thing.

(IMG:[puu.sh] http://puu.sh/B7jD0/9ead6ae11b.png) vs (IMG:[puu.sh] http://puu.sh/B7jDA/f34cfc30d0.png)

(This was on my shade set, so that's why the evasion is so high). You figure going from 54% parry to 88% would be a bigger increase in damage reduction than a 50% block rate.

I mean I know that meta is obviously to go with the 1h + shield. Does upgrading the shield's block increase your DPS because of the increased blocks?

(charged. but don't tell anyone, cause they are still cheaper than radiants)

No, they aren't.

Here's the weird thing.

(IMG:[puu.sh] http://puu.sh/B7jD0/9ead6ae11b.png) vs (IMG:[puu.sh] http://puu.sh/B7jDA/f34cfc30d0.png)

(This was on my shade set, so that's why the evasion is so high). You figure going from 54% parry to 88% would be a bigger increase in damage reduction than a 50% block rate.

I mean I know that meta is obviously to go with the 1h + shield. Does upgrading the shield's block increase your DPS because of the increased blocks?

It's not that surprising - 50% block gives you the effective mitigation against physical attacks as (54+100)/2 = 77% parry alone, and surely 50% block against magic attacks is worth more than the remaining 11% block against physical attacks.

It's not that surprising - 50% block gives you the effective mitigation against physical attacks as (54+100)/2 = 77% parry alone, and surely 50% block against magic attacks is worth more than the remaining 11% block against physical attacks.

Can you please explain where the numbers in the formula come from? Too dumb to understand x.x

Edit: I still don't get why replacing 45 forge Peerless nimble waki with 13% block SDE Force Shield should result in a huge survivability increase, but it does.

Because you're comparing DW with 1H?
1H has way higher survivability by default since it stuns enemies.
I've never really done any math on that but I wouldn't be surprised if the stuns nearly halve the damage received.