Rubbinns wrote on Oct 7^th, 2014 at 8:03am:
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I pick known angles, only fatal in nat warrior, but for stance i go with 6 str 20% hp and 10% mov speed since mov speed was the only thing i lacked. (and i feel like this isnt working correctly, i should notice 10% but i dont)
Was thinking to get 6 con, but the hp % helps me more and when im in dreadnought the aboost puts my fort save over 85 anyways /prolly more now since i got 11 resist item but didnt figure out a layout with new gear yet.
Manyshot is useless on this build, only time i used manyshot was when i soloed partycrashers on ee.
I tried to use manyshot on former build but honestly the att speed and aoe capablity and loss from swf when manyshoting.. Just isnt for this.
I mean you have it as option in case there is that one thing that apsolutely requires ranging.
But thing is, this build requires a different mentality and its as follows: you are nearly unikillable no matter the content, you have multiple hot heals and multiple over time heals, you dont need to kite jump avoid or run away.
Issue most people have with new blitz is sustaining and keeping in lets call it high burst parties.
Honestly i solo alot, but i grouped with some friends /pro sorcs and wizzys/ and i still managed to get 10 stacks.
No matter the mass hold burst wail combo, they just dont dare to follow me into a pack of 10-15 mobs where i before jumping into mid press on boosts and start blitz dance.
Only need couple hits to be at 4-5 stacks.

Leveld to 28 without losing or not being able to keep a single bliitz.
Only time i lose it is when i die from alert and inability to properly selfheal
But that is me being dumb.

How i spend my points:
3 human racial, dam and heal amp
13 nature warrior, fatal harrier
32 points tempest, item negation thing, reflex /with 3 rogue plifes brace items i have enough reflex vs traps to make checks even in ee necro/
8 harper agent
24 in stalwart /max dex increase to get some dodge stance upgrades str, less damage when helpless and mov speed

NOTdarth wrote on Oct 7^th, 2014 at 7:28am:

I tested it yesterday for Balanced Attacks.

It did not.

But that was on my TWF/SWF build, so no idea if that fucks up something.

Why would you not invest in Deepwood Sniper instead of Tempest? Based on what you seem to do with your build, you could benefit from:

2 cores - +2 sneak atk dice, +20 Positive SP
T1 - 3 Imp Empathy for 12 Pos SP, 3 stealthy for +1 SA die
T2 - Nothing special if you get dmg boost from racial.
T3 - 3 favored accuracy (prereq), 3 Thrill of Hunt (+3 dmg continuously with your kill rate), and +1 Dex.
Fill to 20 AP as desired.
T4 - 3 Favored dmg (prereq), 3 Killer, Hunter's Mercy melee optional.
Killer is the big draw to DWS. Especially with your kill rate, you're talking easily sustainable 20% dblstrike as long as there's trash around.
Seems like better benefit to me than Dance, even with three ranks.

AP total - 26. 28 if Mercy attack as well.

That would free up 4-6 AP for other trees. If you free 6, you can still get 10% offhand strike from 2nd tempest core, and still take the reflex saves bonus.

Dargon wrote on Oct 7^th, 2014 at 10:50pm:


No you don't, the completionist feat doesn't contribute towards stat pre-reqs or skill points per level.

Dargon wrote on Oct 7^th, 2014 at 10:50pm:


Dont pick the int to attack, only the dmight, with a 6 tome starting 12-14 completionist pots it will give me free 7-8 damage per hit which is same as 14-16 str or so.
Seems like cleaves arent procing.

I wanted to go with deepwood honestly but the things i want cost to much ap and there is no way to get up to killer which is the only real good part without losing something more important. Without dance i would have aoe clearing issues, without stance i wouldnt have 1500 hp and 215 prr, without fatal harrier i wouldnt have the att speed.
Only thing that is odd is know the angles, but i had the free ap, the enchantment +1 is bugged, i can get reasonable int, i use libram anyways so why not?
Even if you drop 2nd tier upgrades, heal amp and damage boost you still wont have sufficient ap to take killer.
And dance is imo crucial for this build and comes with growing storm hast boosts and offstrike.
Without dance i would chop 1 mob 1.
Now i dont need to be a math pro, but i think being able to mortal fear balances 4 at once is better then a single target dstrike increase, i know the sneak is affected by melle power etc etc, but my boss dps isnt bad, in former build it lacked the zergish nature survival and proper aoe.
Totally fixed with this build.
Option would be to dont know pick stance for prr only drop the aoe and focus on sneak for more 1target dps in case you run with friends who can clear trash.
But that is not what i do, my friend is busy 5 boxing for loot so i need a strong build that can do ee effectively and fast /tho i got most necro gear i wanted alrdy.

I dont pick thousand cuts because i dont want to use ap on a ability that i can use once every 2 minutes

Dargon wrote on Oct 7^th, 2014 at 11:52pm:


You've understood the feat correctly, but in ddo the only things that are applied for skills per level and feats with stat pre-reqs are:

Base Stats, Level ups, Stat tomes.

This means:
Gear, buffs, Feats, Enhancements

are all excluded, preventing people (like me) from say starting with a paltry dex, then temporarily picking up completionist and a couple of dex enhancements in order to qualify for something like Improved precise shot

You'll notice that base stats and level ups can't be changed without LR'ing, whereas everything in the second list could be changed relatively easily.

Interesting. Thanks for clearing that up for me.


For AP, you wouldn't need to drop anything from stance, so survivability wouldn't change that way.

But I get that the tempest setup is more for your needs/style.
I was thinking that you could end up killing single trash mobs faster, and it might total to faster clearing than the slightly slower multi-target clearing. But the current layout is obviously working for you.
I was also remembering what I noticed when I tried one of the SWF druid wolfs, which is that I would get at least 3 SA strikes in before a mob noticed me, which with a bunch of SA, and MP scaling, would total some beastly dps boost. But again, not a factor if they're all coming at you with red DA. :-P

What the fuck is wrong with you posting pics like that? Cetus will go asking for more SWF nerfs if he sees this! Jesus fuck men!

NOTdarth wrote on Oct 16^th, 2014 at 6:51am:


Your right, will delete

SayWhatAgain wrote on Oct 16^th, 2014 at 7:00am:


About first one, i tried both tbh during etrs, i like precsision and if i would consider droping patack at times.
But basically raid is so freaking stupid that you only need to spam 3-4 days of nonstop completions to get your items and you will never again see it.
If you plan to run necro more would suggest precsion over patack.

About ragers, thing is, the buff lasts long so my playstyle is use it as swap in.
I really dont get much from belt beside guard and buff vs belt that gives me con resist and 2 slots.
About damage, it really depends on mob fortif my boosts etc.
It can be around 500 per first hit but can raise up to 2 k.
The sweetness comes from the att speed mutliple hits and possible mortal procs.
I would basically call this type of builds, proc builds that still have high dps potential. I cant crit for as much as a esos holy sword palie can, but i can crit half of his damage 10 times while he swings maybe 1 time.

Is my first video from gameplay, friend asked me to upload and i got couple requests.
As my pc really sucks bad, the last part is really messy and wasnt recorded correctly, basically is couple frames with boss droping dead.
Not even a attempt on a super speed run
I can bring it down by a minute or 2 most likely when i get last pieces of gear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJy4BwnWjc0&feature=youtu.be

NOTdarth wrote on Oct 16^th, 2014 at 6:51am:


Hey, I didn't bash SWF in a while now!

But to think I'm not aware of this. Come on now....