Here's my sword PvE build, what needs to be changed?

pappayaponta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Europian Comando force

W/Mo

12 Mar 2006 at 09:44 - 1
W/Mo

1.Sever Artery
2.Gash
3.Galrath Slash
4."Watch Yourself"
5.Gladiators def
6.Healing Signet
7.Healing Breeze
8.Rez

Runes: Superior Tactics, Major ab., Major Vigor, Minor sword

Thoughts?

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

12 Mar 2006 at 10:21 - 2
ok your 2 downfalls are.....

gladiators defence and breeze

i think you should have

sever artery
gash
hundred blades{elite} (since this is a end of game elite) other choice Victory is mine{elite} if you havn't got the both of them mabye healing hands.
final thrust
healing sigit
vigerous spirit
live vicously
rebirth


hmm atrribtues should be around
9 healing
12 tactics
rest of sword

Me NoFat

Me NoFat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

USA

Crimson Explorers Worldwide {CrEw}; Lifetime graduate of [LBS]

W/

12 Mar 2006 at 11:12 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by pappayaponta
1.Sever Artery
2.Gash
3.Galrath Slash
4."Watch Yourself"
5.Gladiators def
6.Healing Signet
7.Healing Breeze
8.Rez
Drop Breeze. This is costly for a PvE warrior that is not farming. You should have monks that heal. You are a Wammo not a monk. Your class suggest that you can reduce the amount of healing you need and not increase the amount of healing that needs done.

Glads Def is a hard skill to use in most PvE situations. Most Pugs will not let you have the mob you would need for the AoE damage to be effective. No need for Rez (if that is rez sig it really needs to go). Use Rebirth instead. You will not be rezing during combat so no need to bring them back with full health.


Quote:
Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
sever artery
gash
hundred blades{elite} (since this is a end of game elite) other choice Victory is mine{elite} if you havn't got the both of them mabye healing hands.
final thrust
healing sigit
vigerous spirit
live vicously
rebirth I like the hundred blades or ViM choices here. Final Thrust is also a good addition. I would also think about adding Savage Slash for a good interupt.

I do not however like the vig spirit and live vic for the daily PvE build. Both should be unneeded in a PuG. With that said you do need some self healing and most seem to shy away from mending these days. You could take Watchful and get the +2 regen with nothing in healing. If you do that the slots are saved for more useful skills. Since your a Wammo if you want an energy mgmt skill that adds addren the set smiting at 3 and take balths spirit. You do not get much of a benifit going over 3 in smiting for balths spirit. Personally I would rather stay away from a maintained enchantment in PvE unless there is a real need for it.

so my mods to the above modification make this

sever artery
gash
hundred blades{elite} / ViM {Elite}
final thrust
Savage Slash
healing sigit
Watchful Spirit
rebirth


Healing 0
Sword 15 (11+3+1) or Sword 16 (12+3+1) or Sword 12 (10+1+1)
Tactics 11 (10+1) Tactics 13 (12+1) Tactics 12 (11+1)
Str 11 (10+1) rest in str (6 points left) Str 12 (10+2)


There are so many skills/attribute combos and playstyles that it is hard to give build advise these days without arguments. The best advise you could get here is to read all skill descriptions, think what you will fight, build to counter and kill.

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

12 Mar 2006 at 21:13 - 4
I actually like dropping healing all together, and putting points into Protection.

Between Watch Yourself and something like Aegis that affect several members (or all) of your party, you can help take a load off your monks. Damage prevented is better than damage you can heal.