Resists...

[RD_MuDgEtH]

I'm doing my Spellcraft suit at the moment and wondering about resists.

I read on a website, being a merc wearing chain, that I am resistant to crush, is this true?

Also, what resists should I try to cap, and which are less important?

Thanks in Advance.

 

[old.LandShark]

You have an inherent 10% resistance to crush. You have no bonus or penalty to slash resist. You are 10% vulnerable to thrust.
Most important are: body heat cold energy. Spirit and matter are debatably useful.... matter is AE DOTs, all weapon DOT procs, and some other shaman spells - root, disease etc. Spirit is middie PBAE and also a few weak crowd control spells, which being a merc (and thus, I assume, having determination2+ ) you don't really give a cack about.
For a merc I'd say your priorities were to cap dex, str, qui and con, hits, cold/heat/energy/body resists, +weapon spec and +parry, then if you can fit anything else in, stick it into matter and spirit.

Oh.... and if you can afford/bear to use a temporary suit until 1.63, the following is possible in 1.63 with only a single 100%qua piece:

Config Report

Stats:
Str: 75 Int: 0 Hits: 200
Con: 76 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 76 Cha: 0
Qui: 76 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 26 Energy: 27 Crush: 27
Cold: 26 Matter: 27 Thrust: 26
Heat: 25 Spirit: 26 Slash: 27

Skills:
11 Dual Wield 11 Parry
11 Thrust



Focus:



Chest:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: BOOM! (-2%)
Gem 1: 9 Crush Resist - 94% polished Fiery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 28 Strength - 94% perfect Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 2 Thrust - 94% uncut Dusty War Sigil
Gem 4: 28 Hits - 94% flawed Blood Essence Jewel
Utility: 53.7

Arms:
Imbue Points: 32 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 18%
Gem 1: 4 Dual Wield - 94% flawed Icy War Sigil
Gem 2: 9 Heat Resist - 94% polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 22 Strength - 94% precious Fiery Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 2 Body Resist - 94% uncut Dusty Shielding Jewel
Utility: 56.7

Head:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: BOOM! (-2%)
Gem 1: 9 Slash Resist - 94% polished Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Cold Resist - 94% polished Icy Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 19 Constitution - 94% faceted Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 20 Hits - 94% rough Blood Essence Jewel
Utility: 53.7

Legs:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: BOOM! (-2%)
Gem 1: 7 Cold Resist - 94% imperfect Icy Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 19 Dexterity - 94% faceted Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 60 Hits - 94% precious Blood Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 16 Quickness - 94% polished Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 52.3

Hands:
Imbue Points: 33 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: BOOM! (-2%)
Gem 1: 19 Dexterity - 94% faceted Vapor Essence Jewel
Gem 2: 9 Heat Resist - 94% polished Heated Shielding Jewel
Gem 3: 3 Dual Wield - 94% rough Icy War Sigil
Gem 4: 7 Spirit Resist - 94% imperfect Vapor Shielding Jewel
Utility: 59.7

Feet:
Imbue Points: 32 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: 18%
Gem 1: 9 Slash Resist - 94% polished Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 3 Parry - 94% rough Vapor Battle Jewel
Gem 3: 3 Thrust - 94% rough Dusty War Sigil
Gem 4: 19 Quickness - 94% faceted Airy Essence Jewel
Utility: 60.7

Right Hand:
Imbue Points: 34 of 28 (99% Qual) Overcharge: Impossible!
Gem 1: 9 Slash Resist - 94% polished Watery Shielding Jewel
Gem 2: 19 Constitution - 94% faceted Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 3: 25 Quickness - 94% flawless Airy Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 2 Thrust - 94% uncut Dusty War Sigil
Utility: 57.3

Left Hand:
Imbue Points: 35 of 32 (100% Qual) Overcharge: 46%
Gem 1: 5 Parry - 94% imperfect Vapor Battle Jewel
Gem 2: 4 Thrust - 94% flawed Dusty War Sigil
Gem 3: 19 Constitution - 94% faceted Earthen Essence Jewel
Gem 4: 2 Spirit Resist - 94% uncut Vapor Shielding Jewel
Utility: 61.7

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

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: Ancient Copper Necklace
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 10 Crush Resist
Effect 2: 10 Body Resist
Effect 3: 10 Spirit Resist
Effect 4: 10 Thrust Resist
Utility: 80.0

Cloak:
Name: Oil-Drenched Cleaning Rag
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 48 Hits
Effect 2: 7 Body Resist
Effect 3: 7 Spirit Resist
Effect 4: 18 Dexterity
Utility: 52.0

Jewel:
Name: Gem of the Spirit Abhorrent
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 7 Heat Resist
Effect 2: 7 Body Resist
Effect 3: 7 Matter Resist
Effect 4: 7 Energy Resist
Utility: 56.0

Belt:
Name: Scurceol's Belt (str version)
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 7 Strength
Effect 2: 7 Constitution
Effect 3: 10 Matter Resist
Effect 4: 10 Energy Resist
Utility: 49.3

Right Ring:
Name: Ring of Shadowy Embers (1.63)
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 16 Dexterity
Effect 2: 16 Quickness
Effect 3: 44 Hits
Effect 4: 6 Thrust Resist
Utility: 44.3

Left Ring:
Name: Infernal Black Diamond Ring
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 12 Strength
Effect 2: 12 Constitution
Effect 3: 10 Cold Resist
Effect 4: Empty
Utility: 36.0

Right Wrist:
Name: Roguish Bracer
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 4 Dual Wield
Effect 2: 4 Dexterity
Effect 3: 10 Energy Resist
Effect 4: 8 Crush Resist
Utility: 58.7

Left Wrist:
Name: Bracer of the Strong
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 3 Parry
Effect 2: 6 Strength
Effect 3: 10 Thrust Resist
Effect 4: 10 Matter Resist
Utility: 59.0

All the +thrust is replacable with +slash or whatever. There's none on jewellery.

 

[Trinilim]

The first one is a boom :X

 

[Draylor]

Only because hes too lazy to set gem qualities.

Anyone know of a list of all the updated epic rewards (ring, cloak, etc) in 1.63?

 

[RD_MuDgEtH]

Oh.... and if you can afford/bear to use a temporary suit until 1.63, the following is possible in 1.63 with only a single 100%qua piece:

Is this because of the Ring of Shadowy Embers?

Sounds like something from my epic set, but I dont think I have one

All the +thrust is replacable with +slash or whatever

What about crush? Why does everyone always leave out crush?

 

[old.SadonTheGrey]

whatever = crush

Generally crush the least popular weapon, is it not?

 

[Wou]

magical resists

If you can't cap all resists, leave spirit and matter low 10% - 17%.

Be sure to cap ( 23% - 26%) your crush resist, a lot BM's, hero's, champions, skalts,.. are crush, and they hurt if you don't have crush resist.

 

[[DK]hakke]

nothing wrong with crush

With Hammer and Feather Light Granite hammer as offhander

Stats:
Str: 75 Int: 0 Hits: 204
Con: 76 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 75 Cha: 0
Qui: 75 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 26 Energy: 27 Crush: 26
Cold: 26 Matter: 27 Thrust: 26
Heat: 27 Spirit: 26 Slash: 26

Skills:
11 Crush 11 Parry
11 Dual Wield

----

Withotu

Stats:
Str: 76 Int: 0 Hits: 200
Con: 76 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 75 Cha: 0
Qui: 75 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 26 Energy: 27 Crush: 27
Cold: 27 Matter: 27 Thrust: 30
Heat: 26 Spirit: 26 Slash: 26

Skills:
11 Crush 11 Parry
11 Dual Wield

---
Mp parts tho, 1.62

 

[Freppe^^]

^^

 

[old.LandShark]

Ignore the overcharge success chances in that SC plan. As Draylor said, they'd be a lot higher if i wasn't too lazy to set the gem qualities - but, the sc calculator has the wrong formula anyway. All of them will work if you have a 1000+ spellcrafter and use 99%qua gems. (or even, as Simius usually does, 2x 99% and 2x 98% per item) A lot of people have done a lot of suits at 4 or 5 point overcharge, and I've never seen a blow-up yet.

As for ignoring crush - well, be honest, ARE you a crush merc? No, didn't think so
Crush is a pretty lousy damage type for an alb, and the styles are not so wonderful that people choose it over slash (great styles) or thrust (great damagetype). Anyhow I'm sure you can work out that the +thrust is freely interchangable for slash OR crush, whatever floats your boat...

The ring of shadowy embers is your lvl43 quest epic ring, but at the moment it has - i believe - similar but inferior stats. In 1.63 I believe you return it to your trainer and he hands you the one used in my plan above.

Hope that helps.

Originally posted by [DK]hakke
nothing wrong with crush

With Hammer and Feather Light Granite hammer as offhander

Stats:
Str: 75 Int: 0 Hits: 204
Con: 76 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 75 Cha: 0
Qui: 75 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 26 Energy: 27 Crush: 26
Cold: 26 Matter: 27 Thrust: 26
Heat: 27 Spirit: 26 Slash: 26

Skills:
11 Crush 11 Parry
11 Dual Wield

----

Withotu

Stats:
Str: 76 Int: 0 Hits: 200
Con: 76 Pie: 0 Power: 0
Dex: 75 Cha: 0
Qui: 75 Emp: 0

Resists:
Body: 26 Energy: 27 Crush: 27
Cold: 27 Matter: 27 Thrust: 30
Heat: 26 Spirit: 26 Slash: 26

Skills:
11 Crush 11 Parry
11 Dual Wield

---
Mp parts tho, 1.62

No offence, but using a dartmoor hammer in the offhand.... WHY?!
And you can do the same without needing MP parts. As per my plan. No offence intended - genuinely curious as to why you'd use a granite hammer...

 

[RD_MuDgEtH]

As for ignoring crush - well, be honest, ARE you a crush merc? No, didn't think so

Well, actually I am <blushes>.

Im not fussed about the slighty less damage I apparently get with Crush, the important thing is, (and most people seem to forget this), this is just a game. I enjoy using crush, I like the styles and I like the way that I play my character, so I'm sticking with crush

 

[old.LandShark]

Well, I stand corrected
Anyway, I wasn't maligning crush - my Camlann merc was crush

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
No offence, but using a dartmoor hammer in the offhand.... WHY?!
And you can do the same without needing MP parts. As per my plan. No offence intended - genuinely curious as to why you'd use a granite hammer...

Featherlight Granite hammer has 2.2spd. Fastest crafted offhander is 3.0spd. And well.... I don't think there is a single crush weapon that comes close to a featherlight.

Use a FLGH offhand, with a 4.2spd War Hammer mainhand for best damage = uber 31% haste when dual-wielding.

 

[old.LandShark]

That much I guessed - although not that it was such a high %age...
What would it be using a 3spd offhander?
And would the 14.x-dps offhander vs 16.5, make up for the loss of haste?

(edit: not to mention the crappy stats and proc)

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
That much I guessed - although not that it was such a high %age...
What would it be using a 3spd offhander?
And would the 14.x-dps offhander vs 16.5, make up for the loss of haste?

(edit: not to mention the crappy stats and proc)

16% haste with the 3spd. BIG difference.

 

[Hit ^_^]

Right Ring:
Name: Ring of Shadowy Embers (1.63)
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 16 Dexterity
Effect 2: 16 Quickness
Effect 3: 44 Hits
Effect 4: 6 Thrust Resist
Utility: 44.3

? this a sidi ring?

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by Hit ^_^
Right Ring:
Name: Ring of Shadowy Embers (1.63)
Level: 0 Quality: 0
Bonus: 0
Effect 1: 16 Dexterity
Effect 2: 16 Quickness
Effect 3: 44 Hits
Effect 4: 6 Thrust Resist
Utility: 44.3

? this a sidi ring?

merc epic ring... so I'm guessing it gets stats (heavily) upgraded in 1.62/1.63?

 

[old.LandShark]

As i said above - it's the merc epic ring, gets an upgrade in 1.63.
As, btw, do all epic rings. Nearly all over 45 utility in 1.63.... been trying to collect the stats but it's surprisingly hard to get VNretards to just post the goddamn stats of their epic rings.

 

[Jiggs]

afaik they upgraded all the epic kit

 

[iluvatur]

man landshark .. pick up a calculator .. stop making pin look cleverer than he is ^^

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by iluvatur
man landshark .. pick up a calculator .. stop making pin look cleverer than he is ^^

FU debuff bitch!

 

[iluvatur]

Ouch ( he been practicing )

 

[old.LandShark]

Didn't know the formula, couldn't be arsed finding it.
Although... Pin! Gifv formula!

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
Didn't know the formula, couldn't be arsed finding it.
Although... Pin! Gifv formula!

(a + b)/2

 

[old.LandShark]

Oh. Straight average.
Guess who feels silly?

Not that I know the spds of craftable mainhand hammers anyway...

 

[belth]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
Not that I know the spds of craftable mainhand hammers anyway...

Here you go.

 

[old.LandShark]

Yes, obviously.... now which ones are mainhand-only 16.5dps?
When I said I was too lazy to find out, I meant it

edit: ok, no mainhander faster than 3spd? Wow, that's..... teh suck

Mark up another good reason not to be crush

 

[Pin]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
Yes, obviously.... now which ones are mainhand-only 16.5dps?
When I said I was too lazy to find out, I meant it

edit: ok, no mainhander faster than 3spd? Wow, that's..... teh suck

why would you want a fast mainhand? you want SLOOOW mainhand and fast offhand.

and yes, the slow mainhand is the 16.2dps weapon

Originally posted by old.LandShark
Mark up another good reason not to be crush

The crush option has a better haste than slash or thrust

 

[Pin]

I should also point out that there's 4.5spd hammers with cleric-oriented stats (Fate's Gavel, for example) which would be an even better choice for mainhand for a crush merc (and I believe you have a simple enough job capping all stats even with 2 stat-gimped weapons).

 

[old.LandShark]

I meant slower, obviously. ;p High spd etc... bah
And as far as 16.5dps weapons go, surely thrust is 2.9-3.4, slash is 3.6-2.6 (seems best to me?)
And if you're going to use 16.2... then slash is better than crush, again? 4.1-2.6...