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If you are going to play on high settings with light armor and try and go deep into runs I think you need a way to not get hit as much.

Using a mace can work.

Using FUS RO DAH can work

and even using SS but if you do that you'll still want each round to last longer so you can regain your overcharge before the next round.

I kind of like light armor more for lower settings in this patch.

In fact my SD set fits best with IWBTH because of the recharge.

But I feel plate protection + estoc works better for IW. Haven't tried power/shield yet. What do you think?

This post has been edited by MidNightPass: May 29 2012, 23:11

Does Plate of the Turtle work better than Plate of Protection in this patch?

In fact my SD set fits best with IWBTH because of the recharge.

But I feel plate protection + estoc works better for IW. Haven't tried power/shield yet. What do you think?

It depends on what item/quality you are doing the IW, the Difficulty and its level/rounds you need to clear.

For me monsters don't start hitting much until round 175, but as I go deeper +200, +225.. the gear I use makes more of a difference. The fastest is going to be Power/best damage, then Power/protection. Plate/Protection could work but you lose all the damage from power armor. I haven't used my shield armor in this patch other then a little one handed. I also haven't had time to test each setup on BT-CF.

I think Power/slaughter is best for arenas, but if you want to level up gear on IWBTH that is in the level +300 you're going to take a lot of hits so you'll need spirit pots.

Does Plate of the Turtle work better than Plate of Protection in this patch?

Depends on the stats, but with turtle you get a lot more health.

Does Plate of the Turtle work better than Plate of Protection in this patch?

Depend on Item Level and base END bonus, at higher level, the stat bonus starts to stack up and outperform Protection in term of mitigation, with higher Base Health as nice bonus.

The fastest is going to be Power/best damage, then Power/protection. Plate/Protection could work but you lose all the damage from power armor.

Something like this vs. this (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Argh. Mix power/plate perhaps?

My SD set is quality of fine/superior, and I do IW at nightmare (at normal stamina). But I might raise the difficultly if I am able to.

This post has been edited by MidNightPass: May 30 2012, 00:37

Something like this vs. this (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Argh.

Just start with your best damage power setup and do an IW, CF, GF. You can then find how far you can go before things get bad. Then change 1 or 2 pieces that have the best Phy Mitigation with good damage. Then try the same run again to see how many more rounds you can do.

It depends on what item/quality you are doing the IW, the Difficulty and its level/rounds you need to clear.

For me monsters don't start hitting much until round 175, but as I go deeper +200, +225.. the gear I use makes more of a difference. The fastest is going to be Power/best damage, then Power/protection. Plate/Protection could work but you lose all the damage from power armor. I haven't used my shield armor in this patch other then a little one handed. I also haven't had time to test each setup on BT-CF.

Thanks for the advice.

What spells do you use in IA in your IW-IWBTH runs? Are shards required to most effectively play heavy melee for 100+ rounds on high difficulty? I assume you're using Estoc + Power Armor of Protection for IW-IWBTH, and Mace + Power Armor of Slaughter for the level 200+ Arenas on high difficulty, right?

Do I have good equipment? I really don't know much about the equipment in HV. When I shop I usually just go with the equipment that has higher numbers than the one I currently have. Any tips on what I should change?

Superior Mace Of Slaughter

Fine Shield Helmet Of Warding

Superior Plate Cuirass Of The Turtle

Superior Power Gauntlets Of Warding

Fine Power Leggings Of Warding

Fine Power Boots Of Protection

Thanks for the advice.

What spells do you use in IA in your IW-IWBTH runs? Are shards required to most effectively play heavy melee for 100+ rounds on high difficulty? I assume you're using Estoc + Power Armor of Protection for IW-IWBTH, and Mace + Power Armor of Slaughter for the level 200+ Arenas on high difficulty, right?

Haste, shadow veil, Spark, spirit shield when I melee most of the time then I cast protection/spirit shield to try and get channeling for regen II and heartseeker.

I don't use maces. Most of the time I use one of my estoc and the armor I use depends on the item I'm playing in. Best power armor or a mix of power/protection or slaughter or turtle.

I'll shard the armor if I know i'll be playing for 4 hours but I don't always do that if I just want to do arenas. Doing that is more for the lower cost of spells.

Do I have good equipment? I really don't know much about the equipment in HV. When I shop I usually just go with the equipment that has higher numbers than the one I currently have. Any tips on what I should change?

Superior Mace Of Slaughter
Fine Shield Helmet Of Warding
Superior Plate Cuirass Of The Turtle
Superior Power Gauntlets Of Warding
Fine Power Leggings Of Warding
Fine Power Boots Of Protection

Depends on what stats you want, damage, phy mitigation, block or a mix of everything.

if you are killing too slow get more slaughter, if you get hit too much get more shield/protection, if your health is too low get more turtle gear.

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someone wanted to know the HP of the 3 in DwD on normal

3 2 Scanning Rhaegal...
HP: 420622.8/420622.8 MP: 567/1292 SP: 265/669
Monster Class: Dragonkin, Power Level 1340
Melee Attack: Crushing
Weak against: Cold
Resistant to: Crushing, Fire, Elec, Wind, Holy, Dark, Soul
Impervious to: Nothing

2 2 Scanning Drogon...
HP: 829209/829209 MP: 593/1296 SP: 430/1070
Monster Class: Dragonkin, Power Level 1340
Melee Attack: Crushing
Weak against: Holy
Resistant to: Crushing, Fire, Cold, Elec, Wind, Dark, Soul
Impervious to: Nothing

1 2 Scanning Viserion...
HP: 431050.62/431050.62 MP: 533/1311 SP: 124/677
Monster Class: Dragonkin, Power Level 1340
Melee Attack: Crushing
Weak against: Cold
Resistant to: Crushing, Fire, Elec, Wind, Holy, Dark, Soul
Impervious to: Nothing

1 1 You use Scan.
0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=8223 (Rhaegal) LV=357 HP=420622.8
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=8225 (Drogon) LV=358 HP=829209
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=8224 (Viserion) LV=362 HP=431050.62
0 1 Initializing arena challenge #33 (Round 100 / 100) ...
0 0 Battle Start!

Is it alright for me to tackle FPM now that I'm past level 100?

If so, is there any spells/items/gear I need to do so? I'm mostly using Estoc+power armor.

Is it alright for me to tackle FPM now that I'm past level 100?

If so, is there any spells/items/gear I need to do so? I'm mostly using Estoc+power armor.

You mean FSM? On Normal it's ususally Weaken + Imperil + Silence for FSM (along with Infusions of Divinity to hit FSM's weakness).

This post has been edited by rpgman1: May 30 2012, 03:26

Is it alright for me to tackle FPM now that I'm past level 100?

If so, is there any spells/items/gear I need to do so? I'm mostly using Estoc+power armor.

Get Spark of Life, even at Normal, FSM may one-shot you. Power Armor is fine, but watch out for suffix, Slaughter and Protection have much easier time while Warding may find it difficult to take down FSM before running out of mana.

Spirit Stance plus 2Hand's first Skill can end the fight sooner, try to do that after you proc PA.

Dont use Imperil, it wont stack well with PA

This post has been edited by Coma: May 30 2012, 03:28

You mean FSM? On Normal it's ususally Weaken + Imperil + Silence for FSM (along with Infusions of Divinity to hit FSM's weakness).

Yeah, dunno where the hell I got the P from.

Don't have silence yet, are the first two okay?

Get Spark of Life, even at Normal, FSM may one-shot you. Power Armor is fine, but watch out for suffix, Slaughter and Protection have much easier time while Warding may find it difficult to take down FSM before running out of mana.

Spirit Stance plus 2Hand's first Skill can end the fight sooner, try to do that after you proc PA.

Dont use Imperil, it wont stack well with PA

Wait, so...don't use Imperil? Should Weaken be the only thing I use on him at lvl 104?

I've been abusing SoL, it's saved me countless times on IWBTH already.

& Here's the garbage random equips I blindly bought that I'm currently using.

Estoc http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=4226b32d14
Helm http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=d3f0a2f16c
Body http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=c87e0d98b8
Hands http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=65267649d0
Legs http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=8874de6aba
Feet http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=60888637d5

Here's my prof, if that matters
[puu.sh] http://puu.sh/xCHA

This post has been edited by youngfolk: May 30 2012, 03:40

Yeah, dunno where the hell I got the P from.

Most people suggest getting Silence anyway to prevent FSM from using it's Spirit Attack, which can kill you in one hit. Weapon and some of the armor pieces are good, but you need to dish out more damage so some better Power equipment would help. SoL helps out since CotF takes effect to protect you for 4 turns.

Most people suggest getting Silence anyway to prevent FSM from using it's Spirit Attack, which can kill you in one hit. Weapon and some of the armor pieces are good, but you need to dish out more damage so some better Power equipment would help. SoL helps out since CotF takes effect to protect you for 4 turns.

Then wait until 110 to fight FSM? I guess I'll fight IPU instead, but those 200k creds look so attractive to a poor dude like me...

Then wait until 110 to fight FSM? I guess I'll fight IPU instead, but those 200k creds look so attractive to a poor dude like me...

Same here. I haven't even fought anyone in the RoB yet and those credits are just so tempting. Most people save their blood tokens for FSM because his item drop usually leads to good equipment. On IWBTH, the arena drop bonus is usually of high quality from FSM. You could fight FSM now, but you lose those blood tokens if you'll get killed. Better be prepared with better equipment and Silence, or just go ahead and attempt to kill FSM on Normal.

This post has been edited by rpgman1: May 30 2012, 04:38

I can see why they save them, since Blood Tokens seem to be so damn hard to come by...hell, I only have 2 right now.

I can see why they save them, since Blood Tokens seem to be so damn hard to come by...hell, I only have 2 right now.

if you want blood tokens you should do all your arenas everyday (even if its only normal) after that grind as much as you can.

btw you can kill FSM before you kill the lower gods now?