Valkrye queries

[Bahumat]

Im thinking of finishing my Valk, i wanna sc her but i needed to know a few things.

My spec will be 50 sword 42 shield 39 odins will, im probably only gonna use the shield for slam or when facing multiple attackers, so can i leave dex out the template? from some of the templates i have seen they did not bother with dex but i assume these were spear templates?

If i make the sc, how important is having piety? will it just increase my power pool or will it also affect Odins will spells?

I am leaning towards putting some piety in because of the patch love they receive with the mending line.

so to all the valk pro's out there, if i achieve a template that looks something like this, will it be ok?

101 str
101 con
random dex amount
75-85 quickness
75-86 piety
11 sword

 

[old.Whoodoo]

Afaik dex affects sheild styles, the lower the greater risk of failing to land say slam. I would rather go towards something like thanes, most temps end up with:

Str - cap (101)
Con - 75-80
Dex - 75-80
qui - 75-80
pie - 60+

Pie will affect your power pool, and to some degree your damage too.

Having so much to consider, like Thanes you get the same problem finding the perfect temp that suits both a caster and melee class at the same time.

 

[gohan]

if ur sword 2handed an only slamming u can afford to leave dex out, and 75 piety gives about an extra 30% powerpool so its worth it as valkys eat power ...an end :<

if u go spear its 50/50 str/dex btw so if u respec ull have to make an new temp if u leave dex out

 

[Fugue]

afaik dex will no effect your chance to land slam, only str and + to wpn will do that, cause of the higher weapon skill you will get from those.

As stated above spear damage output is str/dex based and Sword is 100% str.
so cap str and leave dex if you dont plan on using shield that much

 

[danmrman]

Im thinking of finishing my Valk, i wanna sc her but i needed to know a few things.

My spec will be 50 sword 42 shield 39 odins will, im probably only gonna use the shield for slam or when facing multiple attackers, so can i leave dex out the template? from some of the templates i have seen they did not bother with dex but i assume these were spear templates?

If i make the sc, how important is having piety? will it just increase my power pool or will it also affect Odins will spells?

I am leaning towards putting some piety in because of the patch love they receive with the mending line.

so to all the valk pro's out there, if i achieve a template that looks something like this, will it be ok?

101 str
101 con
random dex amount
75-85 quickness
75-86 piety
11 sword

Your playing mid now?!?!?!

 

[Nailez]

Having so much to consider, like Thanes you get the same problem finding the perfect temp that suits both a caster and melee class at the same time.

Also heretics suffer heavily from this imo, very hard to make good all round template for all round type char like these

 

[Bahumat]

Your playing mid now?!?!?!

I do have a lvl 50 ml5 shaman on mid excal which i played about 6 months back, however i dont play there anymore. I wanted good answers so thought best to ask in the mid section.

The valk is on Camlann

 

[hanza]

from some of the templates i have seen they did not bother with dex but i assume these were spear templates?

If i make the sc, how important is having piety? will it just increase my power pool or will it also affect Odins will spells?

wrong assumtion dext dmg are 50% str 50% dex

while sword dmg are str base. dext shall affect your chance to parry and to proc with your weapon

as you go for 39 OW i guess it smore for interrupting than for damage dealing, then pie shouldn t be your priority. but still you should concider getting some in template once you have everything else that you will need

 

[Illtar]

Thane templating beats anything else, heretic is easy compared

 

[gohan]

wrong assumtion dext dmg are 50% str 50% dex

while sword dmg are str base. dext shall affect your chance to parry and to proc with your weapon

as you go for 39 OW i guess it smore for interrupting than for damage dealing, then pie shouldn t be your priority. but still you should concider getting some in template once you have everything else that you will need

hahaha thats the funniest thing ive heard, dex has more chance of procing ur weapon u weapon has a % chance to proc dex will only affect ur "chance to proc" if ur spear as it puts up ur WS an gives more chance to hit an therfore proc

 

[Eithor]

Here you can find as good as all vital information about Valks (1.84 version), posted by the Valk TL (Demolira) himself:
http://vnboards.ign.com/midgard_valkyrie_professions/b22792/97184442/p1/?39


"afaik dex will no effect your chance to land slam, only str and + to wpn will do that, cause of the higher weapon skill you will get from those."

^^VERY wrong.
For thanes and Valks it's very important with high dex:
Dex is the only stat that affect block, parry, castingspeed AND the ability to land slam and other shield styles(str and/or ws DON'T affect your shield, parry and ability to land slam etc).

For example, if you would chose to go "Shield-Maiden" spec (actually viable for a valk, nifty styles :] ) you could skip out on str in template.

Since Valks will get the mend line in next patch (1.84, inc in 3-8 weeks i think), castingspeed is more of a issue than what it has been until now, for valks.

With the new mend line (very nice hot's, pbae insta heals etc) a Valk will drain it's power even more, having to use both OW and Mend spells, meaning don't skip out on piety (piety ain't a raising stat for valks).

"Thane templating beats anything else, heretic is easy compared"
Thats been true, for mids, until now(1.84) when valks about same stuff to template for PLUS mend stuff.
However a valk is not forced to do that, she can skip out on mend totally, and just use the base mend healing(and keep old template and spec), that in itself is a pretty nice boost (would be wiser/more potent to invest some spec points, template space and ra points into mend though, for overall better performance).