A friend of mine has just raised his orc to 20 (shaman) and he doesn't know if he should wear heavy armor or robes (I dont know too, lol). All he wants to do is to solo in necro of sacrifice and then HC, also money arent issue :)
Any suggestions are welcome (from experianced players pls :cool:) btw, I didnt ask you about the weapon. Right now my friend has top D +8 which he can trade for any other weapon, ut he cant choose between a bonebreaker or SoL. :confused:
So.... the M.atk or the P.atk? Cast speed or P.def? Pls post your opinions and remember, his goal is to solo in catas till 40 ;)
i soloed my shaman all the way up to 37 in brig and +10 mithril dagger. but that was out in the field.
my playstyle was melee + drain when i was at half HP. plus i buffed myself (some will say that you shouldn't, but i don't see why not - everybody loves buffs). if you only use your mana for buffs and drain, you should be good.
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I hope you enjoy ur stay
For under 20 I would do wooden armor (personally I did bronze but hey looking back wooden is better). For a weap a shield/sword works, a 2 handed sword, a bow, or a mystic type weap. Personally I would do a 2 handed sword or a swrod/shield combo. the 1h sword and shield allows u to take more damage (block attacks) but the 2h sword deals more dmg with drain life getting u more hp back. Until u get guidance at 40+ u have to deal with this characters largest drawback..its the lowest acc class in the game.. so a bow can work however it is not as effective same for dagger .Staying healed with the drain life is no problem even if u decide to melee it with a sword/blunt/dagger.
at 20+ brig or manticore for armor and the same arguments for weaps. For my character I got dual swords. The bonuses for each armor is
Robe: most Mp avaiable, highest cast speed, but low p def, Perfect for a support role in groups
Light: more p def than robe, lower cast speed (great for solo/duos)
Heavy: most p def, lowest cast speed, and half the mp regen of light/robes (great for solo, tanking in big groups)
I went heavy all the way to lvl 52 (b grade) and rarly felt the pain of the reduced Mp regen and rarely had to sit too.
For the rest I will copy and paste from one of my earlier posts
ok Heres how I went for my WC
FP set and a bezerker blade (2h sword) 40-52 with karmian top/bottom (didn't even bother to complete the set) as backup.
Pre-56 getting groups will be hard I mostly soloed til about 48 or so and then started duoing til about 66 for the best xp. Since u have few buffs before 48 the extra mp regen of light and robes at this point is overrated.
Now my bezerker blade was +6 and then +8 so I decided to use it for B grade too however if not I would have gotten a GS. My main reason is that WC relies on M atk almost as much as P atk. So I decided the extra m atk I recieved from the 2h sword was worth no shield(as a bonus while the DPS is pretty close the 2 handed swords swing slower therefore less SS usage)
52-64 Bw light + bezerker blade with Bw robes as backup
At B grade bw light has the extra bonus os cast speed and p def and m regen. You will stay about equal with ur previous FP p def.
At this point Soloing becomes harder, if U decide to solo then a dagger would be ur best weap. However Duoing in my opoioins is the best I duoed all the way to 66 with my light/bezerker setup. We alternated tanking and the extra mp regen allowed me to keep my partner healed and the cast speed allowed for better crowd control
after 64,65 (don't remeber) I sold my Bw light and went for tallum robe. (finally able to afford it)
61+ My tallum robe was primary and my bw light became sec. I put on tallum light however bw p def was still higer. If I had the money I would get DC set as my secondary but cash is still limited.
since 66+ is almost all about grouping for melee a caster setup to help in full groups is prefered. DC robe is very good too however I didn't have the money and tallum is a good replacement.
I got a +9 AobA for PvP and a +5 sls*Tsu for PvE
in summary
heavy-solo
light-duo/small group
robes-big groups
duals/1h/2h swords- PvE group/duo dmg
dagger-solo damage (it can be used for groups too if u can afford the SS) watch out tho no m atk = lots of failed sleeps
Blunt w/ heatlh- PvP weap
40-52 solo mostly
52-66 duo mostly
66+ groups mostly
Chose what u want, orc mystics are the most versatile class. Pm me for more info I would have replied sooner but I didn't see ur post.
not for poles. clases without pole mastery will get nerfed in pole-using. not shure how, mb by puting tougher limit on amount of mobs you can hit, or by decreasing angle of swing.