Character Rants

[Hasharin]

This thread was inspired by the fav character thread, except it's not just what ur favourite is or a coupla things about them, it is, in the greatest depth possible, go on a rant about situations that ur character has gotten out of , skill combos, and exactly why the hell your class (or specific character is the best.

Mine:

Assassin
No hero can argue with the usefulness of the assassin skills. MAssive vortexes of traps cannot be destroyed, and they usually wipe out all opposition if u've put enough levels into them. HAve you ever been surrounded? Assassin has Dragon Flight- the next best thing from leap and teleport- to get out of messes like that (novas get an honourable mention, but they don't realyl get out of the messes.

Also, many players are under the assumption that all martial arts only work with 2 claw weapons. Although that it's true that some require this, and that the assassin also gets bonuses from skill that enhance the use of claw weapons, it isn't needed. I, for example, have one of my weapon slots with 2 claws, but my weapon that really kicks ass is my 2nd weapon- a rare poignard and round sheild. I can use these (or any other weapons) with Phoenix strike to use high-level sorceress spells (like meteor and chain lightning) for as little as 8 mana! Sorcies have to pay 17 for the meteor alone, the one that is cheapest to use!

My character is Slayer Cloaked_One, currently level 39.

[WimzWaben]

You will soon find that those elemental martial arts blow once you reach hell.
Dragon talon and tiger strike are probably the best martial arts. Dragon talon hits fast and multiple times- it usualy has a really high ar once its been maxed the only downfall of "kicksins" is that they rely too heavily on what boots they use. Upgraded gore riders are by far the best, but are nearly impossible to get on non-expansion unless you are a donald trump in d2 standards. Dragon tail is useful for clearing clusters of enemies and dragon flight is useful to catch running foes or escape from being molested by a herd of monsters.

[Neo]

Actually any Myrmidian Greaves will do (they offer the most kick damage). Get CB elsewhere.

Martial Artist (Elemental Wise) also have the whole, no timer thing going for them. It is quite possible to unleash a meteor every 1.5 seconds constantly until the monster is dead -- so while your meteor may not measure up to a Sorceress's, you can fire them off much quicker.

Besides, add in an Infinity Mercenary or whatever, and she isn't to bad.

THe problem here is that, she will kill in hell just fine -- she just wont wipe the floor with the monsters like other builds can.

-Neo

[Hasharin]

my character isn't really a kicker. I lay down my level 9 death sentry (i know...i'm still puttin points into it) and once they are mostly dead, i rush in with phoenix and dragon tail. I usae the 2nd and third strikes the best. Freezing FTW!

lol, level 54 now. it's like 1 week later.

[Giantfish]

If you're trying to soften monsters up, stick to lightning sentry. Death sentry does less damage but it has corpse explosion so it's much better for finishing monsters off.

[Neo]

Light Sentry is better for damage, Death Sentry is better for helping with groups of monsters =o

-Neo

[PrestonBurke]

Okay, this rant about the Paladin's is more about fashion than there skills.

Am i the only one that thinks the Padalin runs and attacks funny? He archs his back forward and that looks just strange. When he attacks, it looks like he's targeting the groin area of the monster because the arch in his back.

I think the Smite attack looks and sounds gay too. In my opinion, monsters should be killed by anything but being bashed on the body with a shield.

Plus i don't like any other armor combo but : Crown, Field Plate, Aerin Shield and Broad Sword on a Paladin.

[Dayoh]

I think the Smite attack looks and sounds gay too. In my opinion, monsters should be killed by anything but being bashed on the body with a shield.

Yer, but its a shield :D, my fave was always a poison daggermancer iono why something different :)

[WimzWaben]

Bleh to the daggermancers. I tried making a lvl 24 lld daggermancer for shits and giggles and failed miserably(I had trouble killing non-llds!). The damage just doesnt work out until you get to level 30 and have access to poison nova.
Even poison explosion is worthless because you have access to corpse explosion, which in my opinion, is better at lvl 1 then poison exposion maxed(for killin monsters in hell at least), if you're making a pure poison necro though, you still wanna max that skill out :P

[Dayoh]

I tried making a lvl 24 lld daggermancer for shits and giggles and failed miserably(I had trouble killing non-llds!). The damage just doesnt work out until you get to level 30 and have access to poison nova.


I rarely every duel, i mainly PvM, or PvP for fun. those necro's and bone necro's are the best in my opinion, im sick of massing summons and standing around :rolleyes:

[Giantfish]

I remember that I once had a half-finished poisonmancer that did over 90k poison damage with poison explosion. The only problem with it is that tiny little radius.

[Dayoh]

Does corpse explosion benefit poison explosion?

[Kamikaze_Chicken]

Poison Explosion is only benefited by Poison Dagger and Poison Nova

[Dayoh]

Poison Explosion is only benefited by Poison Dagger and Poison Nova

Yer i thought so, its just been awhile lol.