Hay, theres LLD here too! GREEEET! Granted, most of my knowledge is based on XPAC, but I had a few interesting private discussions with classic players, and know a few extra tricks. Mind you, I'm workig form a HC perspective here, so if I forget "essential" stuff like life leech its because I never bother. Still, dont discard any of my ideas
A clvl 9 dueller... here we go.
Firstly, don't ever forget Civerb's Cudgel. For Clvl 9 with no real stat reqs apart from some Strength, its an ideal toy for a basher barbie. It adds 17-23 to damage, and then another +9 for the level of the barb.
As for a level 9 amulet, harass normal andy untill she drops a nice rare with +5 str/dex and other usefull mods. She will drop it eventually... just might take an week or two
. In fact, mining normal Andy will provide you with most of the LLD gear you'll need for level 9.
Level 9 means two +80 AR rings. Presoj are cute, but they wont help you hit better. The AR rings will. If you can't find two +80 AR rings (likely), try and find some nagelrings.
As far as the armor goes, err, well, a good rare might be nice, if not, you'll need something that adds some stats. At that leve they are hard to come by... but Greyform, since its usable at level 7, adds 10 dex. Not that you need it very much though if you're not using clegs sword. However, for a Basher Barbie, if you're willing to dish out the strenght, try getitng hold of the Berserkers Armor. It adds +1 to all barb skills and actually is very nice for that.
Then theres the gloves, belt and boots. Gloves+Belt ideally is deaths, boots should be Hsarus or Gorefoot for the +2 leap (added mobility bonus ^_^) But Hsarus adds some resistance, and that's really nice. But don't forget Bloodfist (my personal favorite), 40 to life, 30 FHR, 10% IAS and 5 to minimal damage make it pretty much the best gloves ever. ever ever. ever ever ever. For LLD that is.
Shieldwise, well, a Bone Shield of Deflecting springs to mind. It has a decent block value and a lot of faster block. But ideally, a pelta lunata beats it for more life, energy, fast block etc. Umbral disk is also certainly worth looking at. Less life, but +10 dex and a high block value make it a good candidate.
And lastly, the helmet, well, this depends on the rest of the gear. If you used a Berserkers Armor you shoudl really go with the helmet too as it adds 8 AR per level, which is nice. Plus, the two together add 50 life, which is quite a nice bonus, and the armor also gains some additional defense.
So, how would my basher barbie look in classic, ideally?
stats:
14 Str, rest (9*5, so 29) into Vit
Skills:
Assume a normal PA, so 12 skills points ot distribute (8 form levels, 4 from quests)
9 to bash
3 in mace mastery
Gear:
rare +5 str ammy+@ boni (ar is nice)
two +80 AR rings
Deaths Sash
Bloodfist
Hsarus Boots
Berserkers Headgear
Berserkers Armor
Pelta Lunata
Civerbs Cudgel
That brings us to:
Life:
55 starting, 2 per level up, 8 level ups makes 18
18 life form levelups
116 life form stats
40 life from bloodfist
40 life from pelta (10 vit=40 life)
50 life from berserkers
20 life form life quest:
339 life
Str 51 (16 from stats, 2 from pelta, 5 from ammy)
Dex: base
Vit: 64
Energy: 20 (10 form pelta)
Blocking: 44% or something (too lazy, go look up yourself)
AR: well, dunno the end AR, but you've just added 160 ar from rings + 72 AR from the berserkers set, so its going to be somewhere around 500-600 methinks. Not bad.
Defense: same here, no idea, but 200-300 at the least.
Damage: I have on clue. Really. +9 from bash, then hopefully a perfect civerbsfor +23 and another +9 from your clvl.
I'd go with that for a level 9 basher.
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