vageta31 wrote on Aug 20
th, 2015 at 2:57pm:
Yeah, I knew about the level 3 for stances I misspoke. I was referring to something I keep seeing mentioned, I believe it was haste boost. I've never played a fighter yet, but I was also unaware that Barbs get a speed boost with a cooldown after playing one for a few days.
It seems like I do understand the basic gist of the wiz/fvs though I'm sure I'm missing some of the finer points. The abishai set as well as the FvS tier 4 caster level increase enhancement also for 3. I can see why higher FvS is wanted over wiz due to the the mana alone. I can't believe a wizard gets roughly the same mana as a warlock does at level 20 and they aren't even supposed to be true casters.
I also found a bit more information about a shiradi warlock by viewing some threads on this board(that were strangely about something else). One was called a Ruin Master I believe, who used a base of 12 lock.... but then ONLY took ES core 1 to get the basic aura, then up to core 4 of TS for the crit damage. This is... not what I expected of a warlock core to be honest. It seems a steep investment in a class for taking so very little of their enhancements. You've got a 4 sec aura that will do mediocre damage(I'm sure its mostly used or proc'ing some other skill) and some extra crit damage. I'm not exactly sure how I would build my shiradi lock, but I will actively try to incorporate more than just these 2 things.
Thats because 30% crit damage surpasses anything a 12 fvs can offer in terms of dps. Sure the 12 fvs is nice for archon, but warlock gets you aura which is better and does everything archon does. You dont play a shiradi warlock for the aura and eldritch blast, you play it to spam the missles, hellball, ruin, energy burst, and then other 2dary dmg sources.
The 6 wizard is for the said missles and the super bigged crit chances and the arcane supremacy (if timed and zerged right you can top any speed run). As a side a benefit of this build is the archon from fvs would always proc supremacy when u didnt need it, now with warlock you control it.
As for the last 2 levels, like I said its all preference. 2 fvs gives you way more sp management, 2 barb gives you ultimate zerging, or you can go 7-8 wiz for lvl 4 spells.