illusionary weapon-build with axe?

Idath Blackheart

Idath Blackheart

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

[AssA]

W/R

hey guys...
I'm playing W/Me right now with sword and i'd like to switch to axe:

build right now: illusionary weapon, furry, riposte, deadly riposte, bonettis, heal sig, res sig, random

but now i want to use an illusionary weapon-build with axe?
any builds? ideas? comments?

thx

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

IW is bad. You'll do more damage just beating on things normally.

JDO1288

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

You don't gain any adrenaline from IW so you would never be able to use bonettis...IW is bad for warrior its much more effective to just hit things with your weapon...

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

E/

IW is bad period.
Specially on a warrior. I have seen some interesting things with it for clearing areas but over all it is a bad skill.

yum

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Idath Blackheart
hey guys...
I'm playing W/Me right now with sword and i'd like to switch to axe:

build right now: illusionary weapon, furry, riposte, deadly riposte, bonettis, heal sig, res sig, random

but now i want to use an illusionary weapon-build with axe?
any builds? ideas? comments?

thx Instead of welding a sword, use an axe?

O i c it iz a revolusio idear. /clap I r smat I won GW muhahaha

Edit: no IW sux, your build sux

Krazax

Krazax

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Idath Blackheart
hey guys...
I'm playing W/Me right now with sword and i'd like to switch to axe:

build right now: illusionary weapon, furry, riposte, deadly riposte, bonettis, heal sig, res sig, random

but now i want to use an illusionary weapon-build with axe?
any builds? ideas? comments?

thx
For the love of..

This was covered very extensively in a warrior thread on GWonline. Think the thread got up to 12 pages. It got so absurd over there, I eventually made a thread challenging people to use horrible elites in the RA's.

Example:




Eventually I posted a build with IW:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Krazax
Attributes:
12 Illusion Magic
14 Tactics (13+1)
4 Strength (3+1)
1 Swordsmanship (0+1) or 1 Axe

Balanced:
1) Illusionary Weaponry
2) Flurry
3) Sun and Moon Slash (double 34/34 dmg) or Cyclone Axe
4) Bonetti's Defense (11 sec)
5) "To the Limit!" (6 adren max)
6) "For Great Justice!" (doubles adren from TtL)
7) Healing Signet (+145 health)
8) Res Sig

Gear:
Radiant Gear, all slots.
Zealous +5 Energy Sword of Enchantment

If you can actually get targets to attack you, so Bonetti's does some good for your energy regen, the build can be fun. When you can't, it sucks and you need a Zealous mod to get your energy back. If you feel like being full offensive, replace 7/8 slots with Riposte/Deadly Riposte. Their dmg is the same as listed in the skill with IW up or not. IW does not piggy back on their dmg. The skills work normally with IW up or down.

The double hit from Sun&Moon is nice and all, but honestly, I felt a lot more productive with a zealous axe and cyclone axe, allowing me to get adren and energy back faster when fighting a lot of packed in targets. But then you loose the ripostes.


Approximations as a IW War/Me:
To kill any AL target with IW + Flurry takes about 13 seconds, not including cast time for IW.
To kill any AL target with IW + Flurry + Sun&Moon takes about 10 seconds, not including cast time for IW, or skill activations on TtL/FGJ to charge Sun&Moon. You hit FGJ, and then TTL to charge Bonetti's and get your energy back and reduce dmg. The talks in the other forum basically amounted to how IW is not for a warrior primary, and other classes use it a lot more effectively. You take a hit to your DPS using this skill, compared to using a regular warrior skill line-up.

But sometimes people just wanna mess around. So have fun.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

E/

kinda like running classic wammo in RA and having fun with it.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

amity is funny and bad
but iw is bad