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zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

22 Sep 2006 at 01:50 - 1

Earthshaker{E}
Aftershock
Yeti Smash
Crude Swing(can replace with Healing Signet or IAS)
Armor of Earth
Dolyak Signet(for kd heavy areas, otherwise some other utility skill such as Watch Yourself or IAS)
For Great Justice
Conjure Earth

max Hammer Mastery
9-10 Earth Mastery
the rest Strength/Tactics
rune of superior Hammer Mastery, Vigor and Absorption(if you can afford all of them, most important being Hammer Mastery)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Defense(primary set)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Hammer Mastery(for more damage on the expense of defense)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of monster type slaying(for specific locations)
Galigord's Stone Staff(for casting your Earth spells)

can do well in either solo or party. for solo(and whenever you feel you'll need it) replace Crude Swing with Healing Signet for a self heal or for an IAS. if not in a kd heavy area drop Dolyak Signet for another utility skill(or IAS if you didnt drop Crude Swing)

you're basically a tank that can deal a lot of damage pretty quickly. you can solo trolls/hydras/drakes/griffons/etc with this build pretty easily
for parties you should be the tank and take all the aggro, you will do a lot of the killing while staying very safe.

this build can work well in low lvl PvP such as Fort Aspenwood and HA. wont be effective in RA/TA as its only 4 vs 4. as for GvG, it isnt aimed for it and I doubt it will work.

comments, suggestions, way to improve, flames, bashings, all are welcome

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

22 Sep 2006 at 02:32 - 2

Quote:

Originally Posted by zling

Earthshaker{E}
Aftershock
Yeti Smash
Crude Swing(can replace with Healing Signet or IAS)
Armor of Earth
Dolyak Signet(for kd heavy areas, otherwise some other utility skill such as Watch Yourself or IAS)
For Great Justice
Conjure Earth

max Hammer Mastery
9-10 Earth Mastery
the rest Strength/Tactics
rune of superior Hammer Mastery, Vigor and Absorption(if you can afford all of them, most important being Hammer Mastery)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Defense(primary set)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Hammer Mastery(for more damage on the expense of defense)
Ebon Hammer(15% while enchanted) of monster type slaying(for specific locations)
Galigord's Stone Staff(for casting your Earth spells)

can do well in either solo or party. for solo(and whenever you feel you'll need it) replace Crude Swing with Healing Signet for a self heal or for an IAS. if not in a kd heavy area drop Dolyak Signet for another utility skill(or IAS if you didnt drop Crude Swing)

you're basically a tank that can deal a lot of damage pretty quickly. you can solo trolls/hydras/drakes/griffons/etc with this build pretty easily
for parties you should be the tank and take all the aggro, you will do a lot of the killing while staying very safe.

this build can work well in low lvl PvP such as Fort Aspenwood and HA. wont be effective in RA/TA as its only 4 vs 4. as for GvG, it isnt aimed for it and I doubt it will work.

comments, suggestions, way to improve, flames, bashings, all are welcome

conjure earth doesn't exist. crude swing is terrible thanks to the last few words: easily interruptable. Otherwise, I'm fine with it. I like armor of earth in PVE.

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

23 Sep 2006 at 14:12 - 3

hmmm, there used to be a Conjure Earth skill, dunno where it disappeared into

so that leaves us with another skill slot for that utility/IAS skill
and it also leaves us with lower damage output and freedom of weapons, no need for an Ebon grip any longer.
so I guess the equipment will change into something like this:

Vampiric(5/-1) Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Hammer Mastery(20%)- this will be your primary damage weapon
Zealous(1/-1) Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Defense- this will be an energy emergency weapon
Vampiric(5/-1) Hammer(15% while enchanted) of Monster type slaying- this will be used for specific farming areas such as trolls
Galigord's Stone Staff- this will be used for casting your Earth spells

and the thing with Crude Swing is that you should usually use it after the Earthshaker so your knocked down targets cant interrupt it...
all of your adrenaline skills will be constantly ready thanks to For Great Justice and the constant beating of all adjacent foes.
so your combo goes something like this:
Earthshaker->Aftershock->Yeti Smash->Earthshaker->Crude Swing and repeat

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

23 Sep 2006 at 15:23 - 4

"there used to be"...you mean like beta's? I don't recall conjure earth, ever.

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

29 Sep 2006 at 13:51 - 5

hmmm... a lot of views but no replies...
whats up with you people? is this build good or not? how can I improve it? did you try it out and liked it? maybe not? why..?

LiamR

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Prefer Unlight Beer [PuB]

29 Sep 2006 at 16:33 - 6

I think it looks good, altough hammers arent used much in PVE, and it would be better in factiosn thanks to the grouping. crude swing can be interrupted by out of melee range attackers. I do not have much experience with hammers, but it looks great

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

29 Sep 2006 at 16:42 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by zling

hmmm... a lot of views but no replies... Only bad builds get alot of replies.

For this one, I'd drop Dolyak sig in favor of Watch Yourself. I'd also drop crude swing in favor of a IAS. You'll need to find something to bring instead of Conjure Earth... like a rez sig.

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

05 Oct 2006 at 22:52 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

Only bad builds get alot of replies.

For this one, I'd drop Dolyak sig in favor of Watch Yourself. I'd also drop crude swing in favor of a IAS. You'll need to find something to bring instead of Conjure Earth... like a rez sig. so I guess my build is not bad than

anyway, the Dolyak Sig is mainly for heavy kd locations such as hydras, tundra giants, etc, as I said in the build it can be replaced with any other utility skill with Watch Yourself being a very nice alternative.
I like Crude Swing as it fits perfectly with the combo however it also depends on the location, if you're gonna face a mix of melee and range I can see Crude Swing being interrupted a lot and thus useless, in which case replacing it with utility/IAS will be mandatory...
as for Conjure Earth, yeah, another free slot. Res Sig is always a nice choice if you're in a party, if solo than I guess another utility

perhaps a speed boost or IAS if you didnt take 1 already

Icyguava

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

W/Mo

06 Oct 2006 at 08:16 - 9

I guess there're no Mes player here or no one clearly understands my question.

The problem is an A/Mes easily hex me with slowness (so I can't reach her) and lots of other degen. What I've came up over the day is changing my sec to A as only shadow step could bring me to my foe and only then I can do what a W does.

Anyway, thks for everyone's time.

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

06 Oct 2006 at 08:51 - 10

Replace Crude Swing with Flurry..
Drop "Conjure Earth," Dolyak, and Armor of Earth.
Add Watch Yourself!, Healing Signet, and a Rez Sig.

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

06 Oct 2006 at 19:41 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icyguava

I guess there're no Mes player here or no one clearly understands my question.

The problem is an A/Mes easily hex me with slowness (so I can't reach her) and lots of other degen. What I've came up over the day is changing my sec to A as only shadow step could bring me to my foe and only then I can do what a W does.

Anyway, thks for everyone's time.