Nightshade SC template

[VodkaFairy]

Tricks I (want to) use:

- Cloth boots/gloves to equip to envenom my weapons so that saves me 11 skill points in the rest.

- Weapon switching: one weapon to PA and move with. On that weapon I have high CS and stealth. On main hand I have more piercing and celtic dual.

Things I want to know

- What are nice items to use? I came up with these but I need some more / better ones; suggestions?

Necky: Avernal Necklace (Have this 1 already)
Cloak: Melancholy Cloak? (Have this, not very good utility though)
Jewel: Infernal Black Diamond?
Belt: Stout Leather Belt (Have this 1 already)
Left Ring: Alder Wood Ring
Right Ring: ?
Left Wrist: Ixthiar Bracer of Silent Resistance
Right Wrist: ?

- What do all the resists do? I don't know really

Body: Poisons?
Cold: Magical Damage?
Heat: Magical Damage?
Energy: PBAOE damage?
Matter: ?
Spirit: ?
Crush: Melee Damage
Slash: Melee Damage
Thrust: Melee damage

- What resists are in your opinion most important to cap? I'm thinking of melee resists (duh) and mezz/poison resistance. The rest is less important imo. When a wizzie or so starts blasting I'm dead anyway. And nightshades are solo often and wizzies are only found in groups.. well.. most often.

That's it I think.. I would be very happy if you have a nice template / suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Sharp Thing]

j0 need to cap everything on one set, and you dont got these problems then ;o

 

[VodkaFairy]

That's unfortunately impossible for a nightshade

 

[old.Laryssa]

FOund on daoc.catacombs.com

Stealth:35+15
Envenom:35+15
Pierce:35+15
CS:44+15
CD:27+15

I still need to get my armor and weapons "Alchemized" - any suggestions? I'd love to hear what others have done.

I was thinking of a matter DoT on the Guarded Rapier (I open with GR then switch weapons to apply 3 poisons), the weapon ablative for the right hand dagger, a DD on the off hand (high CD should help it proc frequently), Ablative on the Arms, Chest and Legs and the Reactive DoT or DD on a couple armor pieces.

I haven't tried the CD styles yet. I'll have to check 'em out!

Stats:
Str: 76 Int: 0 Hits: 173
Con: 77 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 76 Cha: 0
Qui: 47 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 27 Energy: 0 Crush: 24
Cold: 23 Matter: 24 Thrust: 26
Heat: 0 Spirit: 17 Slash: 25

Skills:
11 Celtic Dual 11 Critical Strike
11 Envenom 11 Piercing
11 Stealth


Focus:



Chest:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 30%
Gem 1: 10 Quickness - 99% flawed Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 13 Constitution - 99% imperfect Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 28 Strength - 99% perfect Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 19 Dexterity - 99% faceted Vapor Essence Jewel
Utility: 46.7

Arms:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 30%
Gem 1: 2 Thrust Resist - 99% uncut Airy Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 19 Dexterity - 99% faceted Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 19 Quickness - 99% faceted Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 28 Constitution - 99% perfect Earthen Essence Jewel
Utility: 48.0

Head:
Imbue Points: 32 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 50%
Gem 1: 13 Strength - 99% imperfect Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 7 Constitution - 99% rough Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 5 Piercing - 99% imperfect Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 4: 3 Stealth - 99% rough Airy Battle Jewel
Utility: 53.3

Legs:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 30%
Gem 1: 7 Body Resist - 99% imperfect Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 7 Crush Resist - 99% imperfect Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 5 Matter Resist - 99% flawed Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 68 Hits - 99% flawless Blood Essence Jewel
Utility: 55.0

Hands:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 4 Envenom - 99% flawed Dusty Battle Jewel
Gem 2: 4 Piercing - 99% flawed Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 3: 4 Critical Strike - 99% flawed Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 4: 4 Celtic Dual - 99% flawed Icy War Spell Stone
Utility: 80.0

Feet:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 30%
Gem 1: 19 Dexterity - 99% faceted Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 19 Strength - 99% faceted Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 3 Stealth - 99% rough Airy Battle Jewel
Gem 4: 60 Hits - 99% precious Blood Essence Jewel
Utility: 55.3

Right Hand:
Imbue Points: 31 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 70%
Gem 1: 3 Critical Strike - 99% rough Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 2: 2 Piercing - 99% uncut Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 3: 5 Body Resist - 99% flawed Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 11 Matter Resist - 99% faceted Earthen Shielding Jewel
Utility: 57.0

Left Hand:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 4 Critical Strike - 99% flawed Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 2: 4 Envenom - 99% flawed Dusty Battle Jewel
Gem 3: 11 Crush Resist - 99% faceted Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 3 Thrust Resist - 99% rough Airy Shielding Jewel
Utility: 68.0

Two Handed:
Imbue Points: 32 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 50%
Gem 1: 4 Piercing - 99% flawed Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 4 Celtic Dual - 99% flawed Icy War Spell Stone
Gem 3: 4 Critical Strike - 99% flawed Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 4: 7 Strength - 99% rough Fiery Essence Jewel
Utility: 64.7

Ranged:
Imbue Points: 0 of 0 (99% Qual) Overcharge: None
Gem 1: Empty -
Gem 2: Empty -
Gem 3: Empty -
Gem 4: Empty -
Utility: 0.0

Neck:
Name: Rhoiwyn's Necklace
Level: 50 Quality: 100
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 30 Hits
Effect 2: 10 Body Resist
Effect 3: 10 Slash Resist
Effect 4: Empty
Utility: 47.5

Cloak:
Name: Doherty's Custom Cloak
Level: 45 Quality: 100
Bonus: 20
Effect 1: 9 Thrust Resist
Effect 2: 9 Slash Resist
Effect 3: 13 Constitution
Effect 4: 3 Envenom
Utility: 59.7

Jewel:
Name: Song of Stealth
Level: 47 Quality: 100
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 7 Dexterity
Effect 2: 6 Cold Resist
Effect 3: 3 Celtic Dual
Effect 4: 3 Stealth
Utility: 46.7

Belt:
Name: Knotted Vine Belt
Level: 50 Quality: 100
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 4 Celtic Dual
Effect 2: 15 Hits
Effect 3: 8 Matter Resist
Effect 4: 6 Crush Resist
Utility: 51.8

Right Ring:
Name: Twisted Truesilver Ring
Level: 0 Quality: 100
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 4 Constitution
Effect 2: 4 Strength
Effect 3: 5 Body Resist
Effect 4: 6 Slash Resist
Utility: 27.3

Left Ring:
Name: Infernal Black Diamond Ring
Level: 50 Quality: 91
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 12 Strength
Effect 2: 12 Constitution
Effect 3: 10 Cold Resist
Effect 4: Empty
Utility: 36.0

Right Wrist:
Name: Ixthiar Skin Bracer of Silent Resistance
Level: 47 Quality: 100
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 6 Quickness
Effect 2: 12 Thrust Resist
Effect 3: 10 Spirit Resist
Effect 4: 2 Stealth
Utility: 58.0

Left Wrist:
Name: Mischevious Bracer
Level: 48 Quality: 89
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 12 Dexterity
Effect 2: 12 Quickness
Effect 3: 7 Cold Resist
Effect 4: 7 Spirit Resist
Utility: 44.0

Doherty - Gawaine

 

[old.Laryssa]

Luckie's Suggestion about Resists:

+26% Slash, Thrust, Crush, Body
and at LEAST 25% Matter 24% Body - I'm going to try to jack this up more, I've found more jewelery pieces I can get since I last worked numbers out.

The next most important resist on my list is Energy, and Cold / Fire are least important.

 

[Arnor]

ill do a resist recap:

body: healer spells, skald spells, mincer spells
heat: fire wizzy nukes only afaik
cold: dark-rm nukes, ice wizzy nukes, wizzy root, dark-sm nukes
matter: cabby dots, sorc dots?, shaman dots/roots/disease
spirit:sm pbaoe, all necro spells
energy:sorc mezz, rm gtaoe, supp rm nukes, rc rm nukes/bolts


thats it of the top of my head, if something is wrong, sue me

 

[old.Laryssa]

soz forgot the link (if u not aware of it)

The thread is long but contains nice ideas and SC templates.

 

[VodkaFairy]

I found a superb template on the US boards for nightshades. It does involve armorswitching to envenom but I don't care about that.

Config Report

Stats:
Str: 74 Int: 0 Hits: 204
Con: 75 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 75 Cha: 0
Qui: 75 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 27 Energy: 19 Crush: 26
Cold: 28 Matter: 25 Thrust: 27
Heat: 18 Spirit: 21 Slash: 25

Skills:
11 Celtic Dual 11 Critical Strike
11 Piercing 11 Stealth



Focus:



Chest:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 22 Strength - 94% precious Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 22 Dexterity - 94% precious Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 22 Quickness - 94% precious Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 22 Constitution - 94% precious Earthen Essence Jewel
Utility: 58.7

Arms:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 22 Strength - 94% precious Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Thrust Resist - 94% polished Airy Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 68 Hits - 94% flawless Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 13 Constitution - 94% imperfect Earthen Essence Jewel
Utility: 58.3

Head:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 25 Dexterity - 94% flawless Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 7 Body Resist - 94% imperfect Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 7 Slash Resist - 94% imperfect Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 9 Crush Resist - 94% polished Fiery Shielding Jewel
Utility: 62.7

Legs:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 28 Dexterity - 94% perfect Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 22 Quickness - 94% precious Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Slash Resist - 94% polished Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 20 Hits - 94% rough Blood Essence Jewel
Utility: 56.3

Hands:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 2 Stealth - 94% uncut Airy Battle Jewel
Gem 2: 3 Critical Strike - 94% rough Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 3: 76 Hits - 94% perfect Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 11 Crush Resist - 94% faceted Fiery Shielding Jewel
Utility: 66.0

Feet:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 7 Body Resist - 94% imperfect Dusty Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Matter Resist - 94% polished Earthen Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 9 Energy Resist - 94% polished Light Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 4 Celtic Dual - 94% flawed Icy War Spell Stone
Utility: 70.0

Right Hand:
Imbue Points: 37 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 6%
Gem 1: 4 Piercing - 94% flawed Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 5 Stealth - 94% imperfect Airy Battle Jewel
Gem 3: 5 Critical Strike - 94% imperfect Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 4: Empty -
Utility: 70.0

Left Hand:
Imbue Points: 31 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 38%
Gem 1: 4 Piercing - 94% flawed Dusty War Spell Stone
Gem 2: 3 Critical Strike - 94% rough Heated Battle Jewel
Gem 3: 5 Spirit Resist - 94% flawed Vapor Shielding Jewel
Gem 4: 4 Celtic Dual - 94% flawed Icy War Spell Stone
Utility: 65.0


Neck:
Name: Avernal Necklace
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 19 Constitution
Effect 2: 10 Heat Resist
Effect 3: 10 Energy Resist
Effect 4: Empty
Utility: 52.7

Cloak:
Name: Pooka lords mantle
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 8 Cold Resist
Effect 2: 8 Heat Resist
Effect 3: 2 Stealth
Effect 4: 16 Quickness
Utility: 52.7

Jewel:
Name: Infernal Black Diamond
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 18 Strength
Effect 2: 10 Body Resist
Effect 3: 10 Cold Resist
Effect 4: Empty
Utility: 52.0

Belt:
Name: Stout Leather Belt
Level: 50 Quality: 90
Bonus: 25
Effect 1: 12 Strength
Effect 2: 12 Constitution
Effect 3: 6 Spirit Resist
Effect 4: 6 Matter Resist
Utility: 40.0

Right Ring:
Name: Alder Wood Ring
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 40 Hits
Effect 2: 6 Slash Resist
Effect 3: 6 Crush Resist
Effect 4: 6 Thrust Resist
Utility: 46.0

Left Ring:
Name: Mother's Dance
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 3 Celtic Dual
Effect 2: 3 Piercing
Effect 3: 3 Slash Resist
Effect 4: 3 Body Resist
Utility: 42.0

Right Wrist:
Name: Warshadow bracer
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 9 Constitution
Effect 2: 9 Quickness
Effect 3: 10 Cold Resist
Effect 4: 10 Matter Resist
Utility: 52.0

Left Wrist:
Name: Ixthar Bracer
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 2 Stealth
Effect 2: 6 Quickness
Effect 3: 12 Thrust Resist
Effect 4: 10 Spirit Resist
Utility: 58.0

 

[VodkaFairy]

Only thing I need is a load of cash, which is the easier but time consuming part.

I can get a warshadow bracer from Oblivion - now I have a nice template. Two DF items. Stout leather belt which I already have. Mother's dance and Pooka Lord Mantle I have to buy. And two SI quest items.

Looks like you're getting your MP dagger Obli

Another question - does the alchemy-dot-proc stack with poison? If no, what are good procs?

DD: Nice damage, affected by resists
DoT: Nice damage, affected by resists and possibly (?) doesn't stack with poisons.
Ablative: 100 less dmg, sounds nice, but not too super.
AF: Less dmg/less hits on you, sounds nice, don't know how effective.
Stat-proc: Useless when buffed.

 

[Sharp Thing]

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
That's unfortunately impossible for a nightshade

ebonn is quite close, hes got everything capped except a cple of resists ;o

 

[old.Laryssa]

DoT procs stack aslong the source is not the same

so you should be able to stack 3 DoTs

matter - DoT Alchemy lvl47
poison - lifebane
heat - oro's stilletto (afaik)

 

[old.Laryssa]

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
Pooka Lord Mantle I have to buy

it's a OTD in the Cursed Forest (lvl49 afaik)

 

[VodkaFairy]

Originally posted by Sharp Thing
ebonn is quite close, hes got everything capped except a cple of resists ;o

And *voila* there's my question, as it's impossible to cap everything, I wanted to know which resist is more important

I'm gonna use the above template I posted though - it looks great with easy-to-get items.

 

[Sharp Thing]

i didnt say its finished yet ;p

 

[old.Laryssa]

wait till the new quest items are in the game (1.60+)
they look awesome

 

[StormriderX]

Well I'd recommend waiting till 1.61 for the 4x10 resist necky which will make things a lot easier for you. Also I would drop the 11cd for better resists imho since you're counting on cs/envenom for damage not cd...

Oh and always use mp items with 5pt oc

 

[old.Laryssa]

Originally posted by StormriderX

Oh and always use mp items with 5pt oc

if you are reach enough - yes
ask Kisenda about the leather set I made her - 200 retries on more than one part

 

[StormriderX]

Originally posted by old.Laryssa
if you are reach enough - yes
ask Kisenda about the leather set I made her - 200 retries on more than one part

hehe tis why I always buy off the rack

 

[Arnor]

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
And *voila* there's my question, as it's impossible to cap everything, I wanted to know which resist is more important

I'm gonna use the above template I posted though - it looks great with easy-to-get items.

I've capped everything on arnor


look on the previous post for resist-info

 

[Spamb0t]

Originally posted by old.Laryssa
quote:
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Originally posted by VodkaFairy
Pooka Lord Mantle I have to buy
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it's a OTD in the Cursed Forest (lvl49 afaik)

he spawns at the pookas at innis too..

 

[censi]

Wodka...

2 ixthar bracers (speak to lvl 48 BMs this week or b4 1.60)
Gem... Go DF diamond or Song quest thing or Summoner one.
Rings go 1.60 quest ones.
belt stout lether
Cloak pookha mantle (much better than Fairy thing and common to)
Necky go avernal.

Dont worry if your only say +9 CD (+11 dont matter) also only go for +20 energy as luri get +5... The rest you can cap with standard 5 point over charge or get damn close to it.

 

[Ebonn]

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
That's unfortunately impossible for a nightshade

Its possible.. ive already tested it. unfortunatly good luck getting the items for it :[

as for mine.. im a few % off 3 or 4 resists and about 1 hp from capping everything.

 

[Ebonn]

And also a list of good items ofc you may need to swop and change to suit your own setup.

Neck : Potent deathwatcher chain - avernal neckie - Rhyiwyns neckie ( si quest ).

Jewal : DF dimond one - Cinerous pearl gem - Evil eye.

Belt : Stout leather belt - knotted vine belt ( si quest ).

Rings : Mothers ring of dance - any of the 3 good rings for shades in 1.61. ( si quest )

Bracers : Warshadow bracer - Ixithar bracer ( si quest ) - Wormskin Wrap.

Cloak : Pookhalord mantle - Grand summoners silken mantle.

 

[Ebonn]

O and my sets include +11 envenom as i dont often have time to swop armour apply venom re-equip armour etc..( and its really annoys me :] ) so imo u should be able to get very close to cap.

 

[VodkaFairy]

Can you post your template then please Ebonn? I'm curious now!

Just bought a Mother's Dance ring so it better be in it!

 

[Athralmall]

My template includes +11 Envenom as well. The last thing I want to have to do is fiddle around swopping stuff round

That said, it took me ages to get my template as good as I wanted it, and now I'll have all stats capped, 1 hp off HP cap, all resists capped except 2 which are still pretty high (around 17-20% ish) and skills capped, with the exception of CD but there won't be too much difference between that and the set-up I have now.

:great:

 

[VodkaFairy]

Good for you

Can you post the config file please?

 

[Athralmall]

I'll pm it you...when you pay-up for the Rapier

 

[VodkaFairy]

Rofl -- I can't find all those people that won the auction!

 

[Athralmall]

Darn :doh:

Oh well, 'cos I'm in a good mood I'll pm ya it anyway - check ya inbox in a bit :wub:

:great: