Armor Ignoring N/E - Please Critique

gafnalaz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

N/E

I'm working on a Blood/Earth build that completely ignores armor. My stats are currently:

Blood - 15 (12+1+2)
Earth - 12
Soul Reaping - rest ( i think 4 or 5 )

My skill bar looks like this:

Awaken the Blood
Soul Strike
Dark Pact
Vampire Gaze
Obsidian Flame
Kinetic Armor
Strip Enchantment
Offering of Blood

I start a battle using Awaken the Blood, then Soul Strike for ~96 dmg, then Dark Pact for ~58, then Vamp Gaze for ~62, then Dark Pact again, then Obsidian Flame for ~94... approximately 368 points of armor ignoring damage.

What do you think?

eternal_drake

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

No Lazy Fools

You could take off Kinetic and 1 other skill for Touch of Agony and Crystal Wave.

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

If you want offense, then you should follow that advice.

Armor ignoring means you go for HARD damage. Strip Enchantment is pointless. It ignores armor so why have it? To heal yourself? [if you're in random arena, I can imagine so]

Kinetic armor is great if you can keep spell casting non-stop. With blood magic's Offering of Blood, it would seem that you almost can.

But yeah, you should chuck that for Crystal Wave. more armor ignoring fun.

gafnalaz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

N/E

how close do you have to be for crystal wave to work? melee range?

MentalMidgit

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

OMG why does everyone use dark pact with awaken the blood

ive seen at least 20 builds using those 2 togethor

when u use ATB it makes u sac 60% max health with dark pact so u are sacrificing about 300 to do a mere 60 dmg

instead of dark pact use stone daggers

Enigmatics

Enigmatics

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tenafly, NJ

Defenders of Rillanon

W/Mo

Just a correction, but soul strike isn't a skill. I think you mean shadow strike.

Tuna

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dark Horizons

Quote:
Originally Posted by gafnalaz
how close do you have to be for crystal wave to work? melee range? Yes, its melee range.

Pinch

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by gafnalaz
then Soul Strike for ~96 dmg Did you ever play RO? :P

Mercury Angel

Mercury Angel

Avatar of Gwen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wandering my own road.

Quote:
Originally Posted by MentalMidgit
OMG why does everyone use dark pact with awaken the blood

ive seen at least 20 builds using those 2 togethor

when u use ATB it makes u sac 60% max health with dark pact so u are sacrificing about 300 to do a mere 60 dmg

instead of dark pact use stone daggers Awaken the Blood increases the amount of health sacraficed by a multiplier of x1.5. That means Dark Pact and all other 10% sacrafices becomes 15% sacrafice.
It is of my opinion that you've never actually used Awaken the Blood with a sacrafice skill, because that statement is rediculously inaccurate.

Red Locust

Red Locust

Site Contributor

Join Date: May 2005

Why the kinetic armor? Armor of earth is better in almost all cases.