Please read the following before u flame me:
I am new to the L2 world and I love it (3 weeks playin).The ppl I have partied with are great and the community is real cool as well. But, there are those few chronic obnoxious Pkers out there that I have a score to settle with heheheheh. They are dishonorable little rats. I am not cryin , in fact a cool aspect of the game is PvP. I do enjoy it. I currently have a level 40 toon. I know as I level up I will come across the peeps again many times as I already have. My 40 toons is my L2 enjoyment toon. He is used for good old raid parties, quests, my clan and for the sheer enjoyment of the game. But, he is not an elite pker. He is for partyin, which I love.
So , I will be leveling an Elite toon to fulfuill my dark need for vengeance. I have a list of 7 toons beheaded, quartered and measured for a pine box for one of the cementaries.
Anyway, I would like to thank you all in advance. You all have helped me out a ton here on the forums.
Assuming you'll be red, any high-damage class with a ranged weapon/spell will work. Generally this leaves archers and nukers, but a few others do quite well.
I realize you're asking for something specific like "Spellsinger FTW", but frankly I think that, given a setup that meets the criteria, it's not going to matter much.
My opinion on the best pk is this in order of 1337ness:
1) Necromancer
2) Sorc
3) HE
4) SH
5) SR
6) SpS
7) PR
As you can see its mages and archers. They are the best pvp'ers at the moment but every class has its strength and everyone will argue why their class is the best. With this chronicle summoners have become awsome pvp'ers so also dont count those out, with each new chronicle the balance of power shifts, who knows who will rock your socks in C5. My advice is, Play for fun, not for vengence.
I don't recommend a nuker as a perma-red-- they simply walk too slowly. I've been PKed on the PTS by nukers and then come back and killed them because I could outrun them. Choose an archer.
I would also recommend summoner, because its extremely easy to catch people off gaurd, and most importantly its a weenie PK-- you can kill from an extremely far distance. But I still think archer is the best choice.
Do not listen to them. They know nuffin about PKing.
Your only choice for the absolute Elite PKer is to go Dwarf Warsmith. You will sit on your *** in town all the time, making money, without ever loosing a fight.
I don't recommend a nuker as a perma-red-- they simply walk too slowly. I've been PKed on the PTS by nukers and then come back and killed them because I could outrun them. Choose an archer.
I would also recommend summoner, because its extremely easy to catch people off gaurd, and most importantly its a weenie PK-- you can kill from an extremely far distance. But I still think archer is the best choice.
These days mages are faster then melee's thanks to that stupid DC set. And they can happily go -str +dex.
My opinion on the best pk is this in order of 1337ness:
1) Necromancer
2) Sorc
3) HE
4) SH
5) SR
6) SpS
7) PR
As you can see its mages and archers. They are the best pvp'ers at the moment but every class has its strength and everyone will argue why their class is the best. With this chronicle summoners have become awsome pvp'ers so also dont count those out, with each new chronicle the balance of power shifts, who knows who will rock your socks in C5. My advice is, Play for fun, not for vengence.
That list is extremely flawed. We are talking about a permared not a pvper.
(The real list)
PW: Plains Walker wins it hands down. They are fast and they do a lot of dmg. They are > SR simply because dagger skills aren't equipment dependent so you can have crap gear and do full damage.
SR: They are fast and strong. However you need better weapons in order to use them to their full potential.
Other daggers: Same reasons as PW, but they aren't as fast.
Other archers: See above.
Mages are crap at pk. They really are. They are slow. An orc can out run you, and you will never even get a shot off. They are great at pvp, but a good permared is not a mage.
I don't recommend a nuker as a perma-red-- they simply walk too slowly. I've been PKed on the PTS by nukers and then come back and killed them because I could outrun them. Choose an archer.
I would also recommend summoner, because its extremely easy to catch people off gaurd, and most importantly its a weenie PK-- you can kill from an extremely far distance. But I still think archer is the best choice.
These days mages are faster then melee's thanks to that stupid DC set. And they can happily go -str +dex.
yeah... no. Any pker in a dc set would lose the set from deaths in a day. 2 days tops. All it takes is one reroll to say, "There is a permared in a dc set." To have all of AC camped with lvl 75s is 10 min.
Do not listen to them. They know nuffin about PKing.
Your only choice for the absolute Elite PKer is to go Dwarf Warsmith. You will sit on your *** in town all the time, making money, without ever loosing a fight.
Don't go mage class because for you to do anything the other person practically has to be flagged...
If your gonna go red, go archer. Stun shot is what usually does it if you plan on it. You will notice a majority of reds are Silver Rangers...this is because they are fast... They can stun, shoot...kill...and if something goes wrong they can run!
My opinion on the best pk is this in order of 1337ness:
1) Necromancer
2) Sorc
3) HE
4) SH
5) SR
6) SpS
7) PR
As you can see its mages and archers. They are the best pvp'ers at the moment but every class has its strength and everyone will argue why their class is the best. With this chronicle summoners have become awsome pvp'ers so also dont count those out, with each new chronicle the balance of power shifts, who knows who will rock your socks in C5. My advice is, Play for fun, not for vengence.
That list is extremely flawed. We are talking about a permared not a pvper.
(The real list)
PW: Plains Walker wins it hands down. They are fast and they do a lot of dmg. They are > SR simply because dagger skills aren't equipment dependent so you can have crap gear and do full damage.
SR: They are fast and strong. However you need better weapons in order to use them to their full potential.
Other daggers: Same reasons as PW, but they aren't as fast.
Other archers: See above.
Mages are crap at pk. They really are. They are slow. An orc can out run you, and you will never even get a shot off. They are great at pvp, but a good permared is not a mage.
don't rule out destroyer guys. Even though we aren't that great, we can take the damage and at the same time throw insane crits back....It may be hard for us to take down enemys sometimes, but with a healer behind us, we are unstoppable haha ;)
This is yet again talking about a perma red. Destroyer is equipment dependant to some extent and thus does not fit the role. Daggers and Archers are best for the job, PW, SR and then rest. A Nuker is not good cos it will have _crappy_ equipment, thus it will have slow castspeed etc.
And yes, as a PKer, runspeed is a critical skill. SRs are naturally fast-- they can evade, kite, and run away. And running is essential-- if a PKer gets caught surrounded, sometimes the only way is to run and log.
Tyrants make effective PKers-- kill with the bow and use the correct totems to run away.
As far as I understand, megalark wants to kill reds, not first of all be one.
Dagger may be great in terms of damage, but have you ever tried to run close to a red? They will ALWAYS run away, once they see an opponent who they cant kill with 2 or 3 hits. And to kill a guy who wants to run away, there is nothing better than an archer, because of the range of a bow. I'd say, go for SR with dex tattoos for that extra speed.
He said nothing about being a perma red, he wanted to know the best classes for killing people. I stick to my list, they are the best pvp'ers around no question.
many of the classes mentioned are only great with buffs. If you plan on going 100% solo on your killing sprees choose a summoner class. They got an AMAZING boost this past C4 chronicle. The funniest thing is you could be on a mountain or far as hell away and sic your pet on people. The nuker summons do damage comparable to actual nuker classes except the SUMMONER can buff them just fine, they don't need outside help like some SE or something for empower. So self sustained PKer I would say summoner would be a GREAT choice.
If a SR gets cought in a runt and loses their buffs, cause lets face it no one PK's with out buffs. they atlest have a self buff for WW 2. The second best would be PW. UE and Dash (I think they get dash).
Next would be HE, then TH.
Next SwS: they have alot of skills that really boost them selfs, and can run supper fast. good protection songs.
AW no way in hell, they run too slow! don't have a dash or anything. Nor PR, they have too low of HP, and stun resist to last vs's any one of like lvl.
Tryant: what a interresting idea. I haven't thought of that. but takes too long for them to get effective for their toteums. (I think, never played one)
Picking a class you'll play well with is heavily reliant upon your playing style..
If you like to run into the middle of a room and start wailing on your opponent with mobs around, going with a low-HP nuker isn't the best idea. But if you plan on standing back and keeping yourself off the radar, the higher damage/lower hp classes might be more to your liking...
Now that a year has passed since the OP, what would you'all consider the best class for a permared...PW? Archer?
check out my thread in the General section about Perma-reds, as these days Lineage2 is as carebear as it can possibly be. There is no more real use for having a Perma-red.
I don't see the real use in perma-red, period - so your thread is non-factor. Most perma-reds are imba classes anyways (you perma-red is SR? Lol and that's what everyone is suggesting), so there's no fun and/or diversity in the playstyle.