I should be able to get a char or two to level 30 before the weekend. Now I just have to think of an appropriately ridiculous failtastic build... :badteeth:
Good duels today, even if they were a little lopsided. The hammerdin and druids were seriously lighting things up. :badteeth: Hope to see more people around. The other three were using pretty common gear (mostly easy to find sets/uniques/socketables/socketing material), but really gave me a heck of a lot of trouble at times.
For comparison's sake (I'm looking at your hybrid, jdkerr), my hybrid's LCS: Javelin//Bow. Aside from those, it's just Rogue's Bow, Peasant Crown, Death's Hand/Guard, Sander's Riprap, Angelic Wings/Halo, a generic ring with lots of mana, and some charms with damage. Nothing too special.
Does anyone have input on how viable a kicksin might be at this kind of level? Doesn't seem to great unless it's some kind of CB/OW build, but just tossing it out there.
i have some insight into 30 kicker, but take it with a grain of salt, it's been a while since i had to know the specific break points and such. there are more than a few options for kicksins too, i went with the easiest to obtain one back when i made mine. go for lvl 24 kicks. use fade. hit a good ias break w/o BoS.
1sin/life circlet 2os socketed with rubies
angelic ammy
+skill/ias blade talons sockted with shaels (i think mine is 1sin/20ias with one shael. you have some leeway with ias)
upped rubied twitch
rhyme grim shield
2ma/10ias/good mods gloves
angelic rings
string of ears
rare war boots. fhr is a good thing to get here as well as some frw. i also like mine to be eth/repair for the less stat req. eth doesnt add damage, just lowers req.
switch
2x +2 shadow claws for prebuff
in stash i have an upped pair of gtoes for high life bears/barbs since crushing is great.
as i said there are many ways to go with a kicksin. a caster killer with claw block, a better range weapon and some tweaks to gear to get more crushing blow.
edit: i should have saved myself a lot of repetition over the years and made a 30 kicker guide. here's some links i found of me repeating the same thing over and over. there's other info in there too though, check em out. the first thread in particular has a good write up by zangief a few posts down.
My BF assassin is nearly leveled. Her skills and stats will be a bit haphazard for the first few duels, but hopefully those crushing defeats will tell me what to do with her respec.
Sorc is next for leveling.
I have a charger already, and I was thinking of making a hammerdin and/or a whirler. Maybe I'll make a kicker a la cdm.
I've managed to get 4 classes to 30, still working on the gear/builds (I guess you always are, technically).
@SnickerSnack whirlers are pretty tough to make unless you have a WW helm. I've found Bloodletter's range to be much too small for pvp. But if you have one, go for it!
@SnickerSnack whirlers are pretty tough to make unless you have a WW helm. I've found Bloodletter's range to be much too small for pvp. But if you have one, go for it!
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that. I do have some fairly nice helms with +1 barb skills, and I have 2 SoJ, so maybe that will be enough. Thanks for pointing it out though. I'll probably try to trade for a good helm then.
I don't have any intention of coming back to SC play, but this is absolutely perfect for me to find decent MLD gear (definitely not SoJs if I find any though) to move from HC to SC to duel with. You can expect to see me attempt to get a few characters together within the next few months. Hopefully the luster has worn off by then .