Nurlipus said:
Anyway, couple of questions:
Since I saved 10 points from fade, is there another skill that it's worth putting these extra points in? I have 9 - 10 or so saved right now just sitting there (I have all the standard skills maxed, only 1 in BF etc)..
Well you could go different routes .. all depending on what you fell like so I'll list all those I've done :
1 : Pump Fire Blast for more Death Sentry Shots - I liked this one cause I only had to place 1 Death Sentry, but got tired of it cause the damage wasn't enough and cause as fast as I could place all 5 traps it wasn't of any use to me.
2 : Pump Blade Fury - You need Damage and at level 20 it does give additional 90 damage. People can say all they want that this isn't a lot, but still it doesn't suffer a 3/4 penalty so that is an option that at least should be considered if nothing else
3 : Try getting Blade Shield - For the coolness effect. Not that great in effect but i'ts a last defence and it looks great. BUT A NOTE ON THIS! If you're using Blade Shield with an Etheral weapon, to my knowledge -durability- WILL go down. I could be wrong but I never did want to test it with my Cryptic Eth Sword.
4 : Mind Blast - max it and go the Convert route. I tried this and had a blast, but it was only fun in single player games, people in multi player games (groups) hated it cause it made us have to wait around to kill stuff)
5 : This one is my current project. With merely 15 skills, is it possible to make a good kicker... I've been testing with +skill claws, and so far I*ve not been too disappointed. I find that I lack speed, due to using fade rather than BoS and fr this reason may drop the idea.. but it'd be nice if others tested this idea.
6 :Go Dual claw and pump Weapon Block - Well since i started this build Block was always a problem, so I tested the Dual weapon idea. With only 3 points in this skill I had more block then I did with my Tiamat. On this I'm still debating. I loose Tiamats +200 effective damage and 35% resistance, but gain an actual chance to block. The Claw I was using as an add on was Jade Talon obviously due to the Resistance... since none of the mods transfer to Blade Fury I looked at seconddary mods...
Well this is what I've tested, so if any of these catch your interest.. let me know and I*ll elaborate a little.
Nurlipus said:
...My damage is a little low I feel, max is about ~1800 using regular stormlash with venom + enchant. How on earth did you get that up to 3k?

Just load up on light dmg charms? I only have 1 or 2 of them atm, and no facets, so maybe that is the problem I guess. Just seems a big difference to make up with only charms.....
Without Charms but with Venom and Enchant and Gear : 556 - 1995
Naked without any gear at all.. with Venom and Enchant and Charms : 494 - 1517
With Charms and Gear as well as Venom and Enchant : 663 - 3144
My stash if filled with 1-39+ small charms and 1-80+ medium charms of pure lightning. It's quite a lot of damage it delivers especially with the -10% enemy resistance (I upgraded my Facets) on to hit. I still have room for my Cube so I'm quite pleased with that part of the setup.
Son Of Ra