- Oct 7, 2013
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You may have seen my bow sorc question earlier...
Yeah, screw that. I am interested in the bear sorc instead.
So, my main question is what exactly is the best for fast swing speed?
I am hearing conflicting accounts of what is needed. The Gris Caddy seems to be the most popular choice. What is the exact IAS needed for various weapons such as a PB and Zerker?
Also, how does Fanaticism factor into bearform swing speed? If only weapon IAS matters, could one theoretically just put Beast in a War Spike (-10 wias) and get adequate speed from the 40% + 29% Fana gives? Then the extra weapon swap for CtA would be uneccessary.
Also, what of a Breath of the Dying Phase Blade? I feel that one frame shorter would be worth the sacrifice to get the massive amount of bonuses from BotD. (-target defense, attributes, attack rating, and a smidge of dual leech on top of decent physical damage which is all one should need with energy shield.)
If it helps, here is what I am looking at for my build:
20 Warmth
20 Enchant
20 Fire Mastery
20 Telekinesis
20 Lightning Mastery
1 Frozen Armor
Anything left over pumps Energy Shield
Dream Bone Visage
Metalgrid/Angelic Wings
Gladiator's Bane* Um/Chains of Honor Archon Plate
Dream Hyperion
Thundergod's Vigor
Rare Gloves/Bloodfist/Magefist
Waterwalk/Aldur's Advance
a) SoJ + Raven Frost if no GBane or Angelics/b) SoJ + SoJ if GBane and no Angelics/c) Dual Angelic's or One + SoJ depending on AR needs
Breath of the Dying Phase Blade if it hits 5 frames/Beast War Spike MAYBE if it hits 6 or 5 frames/Griswold's Caddy
*As an aside, I noticed that many people overlook Gladiator's Bane, but this thing was MADE for an ES-using sorc. It has CBF which is always nice, huge defense, up to 20 physical and magical damage reduction AND a nice 50% poison length reduction. Poison has always been a big issue versus ES. If you find one with 20 DR and MDR, KEEP IT!
Thoughts?
Yeah, screw that. I am interested in the bear sorc instead.
So, my main question is what exactly is the best for fast swing speed?
I am hearing conflicting accounts of what is needed. The Gris Caddy seems to be the most popular choice. What is the exact IAS needed for various weapons such as a PB and Zerker?
Also, how does Fanaticism factor into bearform swing speed? If only weapon IAS matters, could one theoretically just put Beast in a War Spike (-10 wias) and get adequate speed from the 40% + 29% Fana gives? Then the extra weapon swap for CtA would be uneccessary.
Also, what of a Breath of the Dying Phase Blade? I feel that one frame shorter would be worth the sacrifice to get the massive amount of bonuses from BotD. (-target defense, attributes, attack rating, and a smidge of dual leech on top of decent physical damage which is all one should need with energy shield.)
If it helps, here is what I am looking at for my build:
20 Warmth
20 Enchant
20 Fire Mastery
20 Telekinesis
20 Lightning Mastery
1 Frozen Armor
Anything left over pumps Energy Shield
Dream Bone Visage
Metalgrid/Angelic Wings
Gladiator's Bane* Um/Chains of Honor Archon Plate
Dream Hyperion
Thundergod's Vigor
Rare Gloves/Bloodfist/Magefist
Waterwalk/Aldur's Advance
a) SoJ + Raven Frost if no GBane or Angelics/b) SoJ + SoJ if GBane and no Angelics/c) Dual Angelic's or One + SoJ depending on AR needs
Breath of the Dying Phase Blade if it hits 5 frames/Beast War Spike MAYBE if it hits 6 or 5 frames/Griswold's Caddy
*As an aside, I noticed that many people overlook Gladiator's Bane, but this thing was MADE for an ES-using sorc. It has CBF which is always nice, huge defense, up to 20 physical and magical damage reduction AND a nice 50% poison length reduction. Poison has always been a big issue versus ES. If you find one with 20 DR and MDR, KEEP IT!
Thoughts?