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Hmm, your build is set up quite differently than mine:
Level 151
Strength 180
Dexterity 151
Agility 151
Endurance 150 (I have a +1 boost from the shrine)
Intelligence 106
Wisdom 151

Just switched to DW from one handed.
what are the best weapon combo?
currently using dagger mainhand and rapier offhand

@thth: I think the best combo is Axe of Slaughter on main hand and Rapier of Balance (or of the Nimble) in offhand... ethereal as possible to get rid of burden...


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@zzc: Your stats is nearly like mine (and you have 'all' better equipment than I)... I beat TT&T arena at level 200 in Hard with a TH weapon with only ~20 proficiency (switched from DW (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) )...

So... jump in...
...don't worry, you are safe... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Just switched to DW from one handed.
what are the best weapon combo?
currently using dagger mainhand and rapier offhand

club + rapier, axe + rapier. i'd switch to rapier/dagger at the very least. you really want PA for higher difficulties.

nmm

This post has been edited by frankmelody: Jul 17 2013, 20:13

club + rapier, axe + rapier. i'd switch to rapier/dagger at the very least. you really want PA for higher difficulties.

Now I am noticeably more squishy, if I use axe or club I would need to cast heal even more and I think it will decrease the overall performance.

axe + rapier is more squishy than club+ rapier. Are you using light or heavy armor? Try casting sleep. (and put points in mind control for aoe)

bring some heal potions and use them.

Light armor is viable vs heavy, right? Also, changing to DW from mage and I'm wondering how to best use spells to help me now.

Hi I'm also a DW user here

I'm using 2 dagger due to its high acc which make my off hand strike happen more often (79%) , and dagger have good parry too (my parry change is about ~54%)

With those I have no problem clearing all the arena available at Hell difficult using 5-6 mana pot

Light armor is viable vs heavy, right? Also, changing to DW from mage and I'm wondering how to best use spells to help me now.

Generally, you'd want to pick an element and buy equipment that augments the strength of attacks associated with that element (eg. items with Niflheim on it augments cold spells). I believe it's best to focus on augmenting cold spells in the beginning then move onto Holy or Dark spells much later. Also worth remembering that hitting an enemy with one element could make it weak against another element (eg. hit something with fire spell, there's a change it'll get a debuff that'll make it weak against ice spells). Finally, at the risk of stating the obvious, keep yourself buffed at all times. You're way too fragile as a mage.

As for my questions, is it possible to send multiple equipments through one mooglemail? Also, am I correct in assuming there's no working Base Stat Display plugin currently?

This post has been edited by b779a: Jul 18 2013, 12:29

1 equipment, type of item, or type of currency per message.

already alot of request for multiple attachment for MM to our pony overlords but still do not apply yet (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

maybe in future patch (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Light armor is viable vs heavy, right? Also, changing to DW from mage and I'm wondering how to best use spells to help me now.

Just like with mage, you'll want to keep multiple buffs up on yourself. You aren't as squishy, so you may not need all the protective buffs all the time.

When I'm running Cold Mage, I usually keep all buffs up (Haste, Protection, Spark of Life, Shadow Veil, Regen, Arcane Focus, Spirit Shield and Absorb), simply because monsters hit so hard at high difficulty. Absorb and Spirit Shield are dropped when I go down to Hell from IWBTH. Debuff is only Imperil 95% of the time, with a Weaken or Silence thrown occasionally (or Sleep or Silence in Ring of Blood).

When I'm running 2H IWBTH, it's the same set of buffs, just with Heartseeker instead of AF. Go down a few levels and I drop Shadow Veil (costs too many MP) and Spirit Shield (unneeded below Nintendo with Heavy's defense). Given Heavy's defense, I rarely throw debuffs, usually a Weaken at particularly annoying Giants or a Silence on a Celestial that I know I can't kill before it fires a high power skill at me.

The most important buffs for a melee to have up are Haste, Regen and Protection. Heartseeker, once you have it is also huge (+25% damage = kill mobs in 80% of the turns = 20% less damage and time taken)


DW has a few options that 2H doesn't. Sleep is much more effective, since you won't Domino the mob and wake it up. I remember using that extensively when I was low level DW, and now we have 3x mob Sleep available at high levels. Weaken is still very good at crowd control, and has the advantage of a much lower cooldown. If you aren't using a weapon that procs PA, then Imperil can be a useful spell as well at higher levels, since it strips physical defenses as well as magical ones. Generally DW will put a Rapier in offhand to dish out PA anyway, but until you pick up a good Rapier (good Balance Rapiers are expensive) Imperil will do the job just fine.

It is possible to get STR or DEX item world potencies on shields right? I want to me sure I'm not wasting my time by resetting it over and over again.

DW with light armor and mainhand ethreal axe (getting a good ethereal rapier with a good strength PAB is on my to do list, so double ethereal axes right now) is by far my favorite play style. I keep regen on myself usually, but don't bother with heartseeker usually unless I get a mana gem or channeling. Just costs too damn much, and I have a good axe and strength pumped way up anyways. As the diffulty ramps up I put haste on, then protection, spark, and then shadow veil. At nintendo I don't usually bother debuffing things in the arena, but IWBTH I spam em. Weaken and imperil on what I'm currently smacking, and try to keep as many asleep or at least weakened as possible. Once you get all 3 DW abilities, you can really dish out some damage when charged up. I usually let myself charge enough, eneter spirit stance and kiil the last monster of the round, then rapid fire all 3 starting the next round.

It is possible to get STR or DEX item world potencies on shields right?

Yep.
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Item_World#Potencies

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I'm wondering, one of them is called "exquisite" isn't that better than "fine?"

However, the 2H sword does WAY more damage... I'm confused!

Why would anyone pick this katana over the sword?

Also, does attack accuracy +% do anything with an ethereal weapon anyways? Thanks!

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I'm wondering, one of them is called "exquisite" isn't that better than "fine?"

However, the 2H sword does WAY more damage... I'm confused!

Why would anyone pick this katana over the sword?

Also, does attack accuracy +% do anything with an ethereal weapon anyways? Thanks!

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there are many things to take into account.
the item quality is determined on the overall stats, so it's possible that a fine piece of equipment can be better than a legendary one on a single roll.
also you are comparing different weapons with different base stats.

but the main reason because the damage in higher on the fine longsword is the suffix "of Slaughter".

Also, does attack accuracy +% do anything with an ethereal weapon anyways? Thanks!

I'm not sure where you get the impression that ethereal weapon always hits, but that's incorrect. Void is just another damage type which is rather special because there's no monsters with void weakness/resistance.
If you don't land the hit, the attack still misses even though it's a void weapon.

I'd recommend you to read a bit of wiki first, especially

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Level_Scaling tells you about level scaling in HV.
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/HentaiVerse_Scripts_%26_Tools There's a script to compare equip's base stats.
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Ranges Informal table for equip's base stat data.

This post has been edited by varst: Jul 19 2013, 21:20

Does Vigorous Vitality affect regen?