I'm a level 19 N/W (unfortunately), 45 Cabal armor, max damage gold truncheon, 500/48 health and energy. Not a bad character considering I hardly play. However I seem to really suck. I've seen people level 14 who can pull about 10 monsters that normally somebody my level would do, and kill them all (either farming or missions). But I can't seem to take on more than 1 at a time, 2 if I'm lucky.
Why do I suck? Due to my inability to farm, I can't invest too much into armor to last longer. But it's not just farming; in general quests and missions I seem to lose health fast, or die.
Is it my skills? I don't have many since I don't have much time to devote to the game. My skill points now are 9 blood magic, 8 death magic, 8 soul reaping, 7 curses, 5 tactics. None I've invested in my warrior side since I use a truncheon.
My actual kills contain the following...
Barbed Signet, Blood Ritual, Shadow Strike, Vampiric Gaze, Well of Blood, Defile Flesh, Enfeebling Blood, Faintheartedness, Shadow of Fear, Soul Barbs, Suffering, Weaken Armor, Animate Bone Horror, Death Nova, Deathly Swarm, Necrotic Traversal, Rotting Flesh, Soul Feast, Vile Touch, Well of Suffering, I Will Survive, Endure Pain, Healing Signet, Shield Stance, Resurrection Signet.
I have no real build because I don't know what works and what doesnt, and thus far my current skills seem to suck no matter how I have them.
I'm not sure what else to include. What should I be doing to die less? Out of my available skills, what kind of build should I make for now?
(Just a note, I didn't put this thread in the farming section since it's not primarily about farming).
I suck.
coaster
Moloch Vein
The main reason you suck, as you put it, is you spread your attributes way too thin. You should go with maximizing one spell line plus your primary attribute. That means Curses + Soul Reaping, Blood + Soul Reaping, Death + Soul Reaping.
Forget that you have a secondary. /W is almost useless. You can change it after ascension.
Also, I have to ask you about equipment. Are you using a truncheon with no offhand? That would be a major error. Is your armor upgraded with proper runes? That would be, for you, attunements, a vigor rune, and getting four headpieces, one for each attribute, and put on a rune of the appropriate attribute on it.
Your skills seem to miss a whole lot of bread-and-butter skills.
Answer these first questions and we'll start from there.
Forget that you have a secondary. /W is almost useless. You can change it after ascension.
Also, I have to ask you about equipment. Are you using a truncheon with no offhand? That would be a major error. Is your armor upgraded with proper runes? That would be, for you, attunements, a vigor rune, and getting four headpieces, one for each attribute, and put on a rune of the appropriate attribute on it.
Your skills seem to miss a whole lot of bread-and-butter skills.
Answer these first questions and we'll start from there.
Omniclasm
Max out blood, put rest in Soul Reaping, and use all of the blood skills you have. Not the greatest build, but probably an improvement, and the easiest one to use.
coaster
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moloch Vein Also, I have to ask you about equipment. Are you using a truncheon with no offhand? That would be a major error. Is your armor upgraded with proper runes? That would be, for you, attunements, a vigor rune, and getting four headpieces, one for each attribute, and put on a rune of the appropriate attribute on it. I have an offhand. It's a gold Idol (+12 Energy/+10 Armor). Fairly good I suppose.
As for armor upgrades, between everything I have; Minor Vigor x2, Rune of Attunement x2, Minor Blood Magic. I could probably stand to invest money/farm for new runes, as these are all minor and somewhat obsolete for my character.
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Your skills seem to miss a whole lot of bread-and-butter skills.
Never heard that analogy before, so I have no clue what that means.
Blackhawk
What areas are you having problems with as well, as I'm assuming at 19 you're at the desert (didn't say which chapter so I'm assuming Prophecies, plus its like 3am so forgive me if Im wrong) which can be a bit of a pain regarding interrupts and degen which I'm guessing is why you might keep dying fast.
coaster
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What areas are you having problems with as well, as I'm assuming at 19 you're at the desert (didn't say which chapter so I'm assuming Prophecies) which can be a bit of a pain regarding interrupts and degen which I'm guessing is why you might keep dying fast.
Actually, just making my way out of the jungle now as I sort of forgot to play for at least a month, so that's starting to get easy.
I should also mention that yep, I have Prophecies and nothing else. coaster
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Max out blood, put rest in Soul Reaping, and use all of the blood skills you have. Not the greatest build, but probably an improvement, and the easiest one to use.
I figure that's the best thing to do, plus a couple runes to max it out even more.
Moloch Vein
Vigor runes don't stack. Do you mean vitae?
You need insignia on your armor, I recommend radiant for general purpose. Do you fulfill the requirement for your offhand? Otherwise you only get 6 energy from it. Bread-and-butter means, "must have" skills. Example, you don't have Blood of the Master. Are you sure those are all you have? And yes for the skills you have it would probably be easiest to go with something like: Shadow Strike - Vampiric Gaze - Well of Blood - Shadow of Fear - Enfeebling Blood (I know I contradict myself but you can get a decent effect at low rank in Curses with these) Resurrection Signet Two optional stick say four points into Curses, that's enough. Spec SR around 9 (maybe 8+1). Boost Blood. Don't use a superior rune. Use a major one. You want some leeway if you're indeed as poor as you claim. coaster
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moloch Vein Do you fulfill the requirement for your offhand? Otherwise you only get 6 energy from it. Absolutely.
Quote: Originally Posted by Moloch Vein Bread-and-butter means, "must have" skills. Example, you don't have Blood of the Master. Are you sure those are all you have? Positive. I guess it wouldn't hurt to go run around and do as much as I can to get skills when I have some time.[/quote]
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And yes for the skills you have it would probably be easiest to go with something like: Shadow Strike - Vampiric Gaze - Well of Blood - Shadow of Fear - Enfeebling Blood (I know I contradict myself but you can get a decent effect at low rank in Curses with these) Resurrection Signet I'll use that as a base and play around. When I have some time to sit down and do quests I forgot to do I'll experiment with new skills. Quote:
Time will fix this. Also, make sure to do Forgotten Wisdom and Hero's Challenge as soon as you can.
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Quote: 45 Cabal armor You're going max armor. Either you can wait till you hit Droks in the normal course of the game, or you can buy a run from Beacons. If you need help coming up with gold/materials, post here and I'm sure people will be willing to assist you. (If no one else will, I will at least.)
You'll probably want radiant insignias for general play. You can buy those now and just salvage them out when you upgrade your armor.
Finally, you're going to want three (max AL) headpieces -- one each for blood, curses, and death magic. Put the corresponding rune into each so that you can swap them when you swap builds.
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