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marmaduke

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Stone striker combined with Nightfall's endgame shield w/ +10vs Earth damage? Or is it not worth it? That shield piqued my interest when I spotted it with my Elementalist Geomancer.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Hm. It's actually an interesting thought.

The way PvE is built right now makes it open to many builds. So, this might actually be something to consider.

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Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

Why not just use Stoneflesh Aura?

placebo overdose

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

N/

b/c stoneflesh in not as fun :P

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

N/

want to convert all damage to earth and screw your nice +20 al vs physical?

Thom Bangalter

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

but you get +10 from your shield!

It's reasonably terrible on your ele aside from a few solo farming builds, It's even worse on your warrior.

The Mad Man

The Mad Man

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/N

Turbobusa has a point. if you use it, which im not trying to say is a useless idea, you get less armor against physical damage. Pretty significant. However, if all/most of the damage you are getting in an area is elemental, for example, it would be a great idea to use this tactic

-also, with this being such an obvious thing, i can't believe i hadn't thought of this before. Doh. everyone else probably has. gj for being one of the billions of better thinkers than I am lol

Razorwood

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

Xcoh

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mad Man
Turbobusa has a point. if you use it, which im not trying to say is a useless idea, you get less armor against physical damage. Pretty significant. However, if all/most of the damage you are getting in an area is elemental, for example, it would be a great idea to use this tactic Doesn't Stone striker convert physical damage to earth as well?

You could also wear Dreadnought armor for the added elemental bonus, but I don't think you'd be any better off then not using Stone Striker.

bungusmaximus

bungusmaximus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guild Of Handicrafted Products [MaSS]

W/Mo

Ranger with winter + warrior with shield against cold damage, ggthxbye ^^

The Mad Man

The Mad Man

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwood
Doesn't Stone striker convert physical damage to earth as well?

You could also wear Dreadnought armor for the added elemental bonus, but I don't think you'd be any better off then not using Stone Striker. since it converts thephysical dmg to elemental, my point is that the armor+20 vs physical on your armor won't work anymore. Therefore, you net -10 armor against physical and +10 vs elemental.

Craero

Craero

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mad Man
Therefore, you net -10 armor against physical and +10 vs elemental. And you also lose the ability of having -2 stance,enchanted, or -5 20% against physical mod on your shield which increases that gap even more.