Hi guys. Pretty new to the game, and i have 2 main questions to begin with :)
As an Elven Wizard i get to summon Boxer the Unicorn. It says that is should get more MP, but I do not get any additional MP points.. What's that all about? And is it actually worth summoning?
What i basically wanted to know is this, what are the different summons of the ES used for? If anyone could inform me on that it would be greatly appreciated.
It's a waste of time and money to summon pre 40, trust me.
Also, the Boxer has a recharge skill you can use to replenish mana, it doesn't boost your maximum. Your other summon you have right now, Mirage, has a windstrike spell and is usually your PvP summon, cause of its low cost and its nuke.
When you hit 40, and transfer to Elemental Sumoner, you'll get a Unicorn called Merrow. This is going to be your best friend for a very long time. Merrow has a powerful AoE nuke, and if you practice, you can take on group mobs by yourself with no outside buffs.
Is there any data on how much MP the Boxer can replenish? Cause i would consider it kind of useful in a caster party, depending on how much it actually replenishes. Thanks for the reply.
It's never useful because it takes 30% of your exp and you can only summon it once every what... 4-6 hours? Summoning isn't worth it while you're still an elven wizard.
More like 52-55. I can understand if you want to play a summoner... but until your nukes start to fail... you're better off nuking. Besides.. at 56 you get your Seraphim and summon friend abilities... making you a valuable and fun character to play!
I just want to clear up some things that appeared unclear as I was scanning here. Boxing you use to recharge yourself, and only yourself. Its worth summoning when you can while expin. Summon pony, recharge yourself full, unsummon pony. Personally, when I hit lvl 40 on my ES I just wanted to be a summoner, so I took unicorn and I aoe'd outside Dion, and then later Oren on the half hp group mobs. Very fun class ^^
You'll hear a lot of folks mention "Nuke to 52!" or "AoE! AoE!" whenever the subject of Elemental Summoners comes up -- just don't forget that melee works just as well if it's more your thing. I was using Boxer melee-style straight at 20, so it works if you want to give it a shot. :D
You can, of course, nuke AND summon, and that is really the best solution 40-52 now that you have the 10% consumption merrow.
I never fail to be amazed at people throwing away that much almost unpenalised damage - a shot-spamming merrow allows you to move on to mobs that give much more exp than those you could two-shot by yourself, the 10% are compensated easily.
I never fail to be amazed at people throwing away that much almost unpenalised damage - a shot-spamming merrow allows you to move on to mobs that give much more exp than those you could two-shot by yourself, the 10% are compensated easily.
I strongly disagree. I say 1-55 with nukes is the best way to go.
I deleveled to 54 for the sake of arguement. Give me an area you would level at 54 for merrow and I will fraps myself for a few kills. I will then move to my nuking spot and fraps myself again. I know I will get more exp there... but that's not the point. I do not believe you.. but if you don't mind... tell me what I am doing wrong.. because whether I agree or not... I have no other options past 56~
Have the Merrow attack a 2nd mob while you kill some other mob. You'll be killing several mobs at the same time then :> It also have longer range than other mobs and it can tank for you as well, very useful when mobs are trying to build a monster pyramid..
I did Swamp Tribes this way, unbeatable XP Oo; Required heavy OOP support though!
His recharge is quite useful.
I found the best way to level was to nuke until empty (without boxer), then summon boxer and fight while he recharges you until he is out of mana or you are back to full mana and then dismiss him. It takes a little work to get used to the recharge timer and make him useful between recharges, but you will get the hang of it.
70% XP is a LOT better than 0% XP while sitting on your backside.
Granted, this is from someone who is always ironman solo and does not have a boxed recharger following him around for recharges...
Have the Merrow attack a 2nd mob while you kill some other mob. You'll be killing several mobs at the same time then :> It also have longer range than other mobs and it can tank for you as well, very useful when mobs are trying to build a monster pyramid..
I did Swamp Tribes this way, unbeatable XP Oo; Required heavy OOP support though!
I did this on my necro with Reanimated man while I was leveling in IT crater + doing the quest to boost my xp/hr gain. It works awesome. I just had him attack all the golems in the area (which take 3-4 shots to kill) while I 1-2 shot all the gargoyles, eyes, and shackles. His 15% xp drain turned in to ~30% XP bonus. Don't need shots or anything, and buffs come from all the melee herbs that I would pick up for him.
Summoner would probably do alot better, because they get much better servitor buffs.
I think a summoner would do quite well in Apostate deeper in. Can get like 10k+ a mob in there I think.
I haven't had much good luck using level 35 skill on high level mobs, they seem to fail alot more often than 1 in 10.
I was AoEing at that time because I didn't have empower.
But for nuking, there are two simple options. Mulch outlined one above, so I won't say anything else about that - for the other, simply send the merrow one mob ahead while you finish off your last target with Solar Spark, then move on to whatever it is that the merrow is attacking, aqua swirl, start solar spark and send the merrow off to the next target.
That can and will enable tougher kills than 'your current nuking spot' - maybe EV upper layer, or EV.
ETA: To keep using your skills, use BSpS, have high INT, and more importantly, hunt low white or green mobs.
I never fail to be amazed at people throwing away that much almost unpenalised damage - a shot-spamming merrow allows you to move on to mobs that give much more exp than those you could two-shot by yourself, the 10% are compensated easily.
I strongly disagree. I say 1-55 with nukes is the best way to go.
I deleveled to 54 for the sake of arguement. Give me an area you would level at 54 for merrow and I will fraps myself for a few kills. I will then move to my nuking spot and fraps myself again. I know I will get more exp there... but that's not the point. I do not believe you.. but if you don't mind... tell me what I am doing wrong.. because whether I agree or not... I have no other options past 56~
Well probably it IS the best way to go up to 55, IF you have a boxed se or an active se friend to duo with you. Otherwise you will need to sit a lot once you will need 3 hits to kill any mob (that with a +5 homunk and demon set) with you lowbie lvl 35 nuke. Don't come with summon the recharger, becouse unless you have a sponsor guy (i have one :P) it will be too expensive.
I've founded the the mix of nuke one mob while your 10% summon kill other mobs. You're a duo party alone :P
I had my SE (emp 3, recharge), a +11 homu, and +4 int. I two shotted everything. Even now.. I can two shot white mobs at lvl 55 in the cemetary... 3 shotting the ones that happen to fail (1 in 4 mobs at that point).
See the thing is I am fairly new to the game. So the option of me having an SE backing me up or even getting a hold of a +11 Homu seems pretty far off. At least for now :D
So i think i'll tag along with using my merrow at 40, and partially nuking or having some dual swords to back it up. I guess i'll just take it as it comes.