Starting a Erudite SK, any advice?

[dredge]

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[john_savage1982]

Erudite SK = Fail SK.

Be a troll or ogre.



























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[CHusk2]

^ Not true at all.

I played an erudite SK on live up to 38, he was awesome and he looked bad ass. What I did was hit 5 from the kobold camp near the entrance to Paineel. Then I went to Qeynos, made it through the sewers to North Qeynos & got a bind. From there I killed gnolls in BB until I could sell. With Gnoll fangs exp was very fast.

For me, a kind stranger gave me a FS 2H sword and I thought it was the most bad ass thing ever, so I went 2 hand. I eventually switched to 2H blunt when I got the Rage War Maul. It served me very well.

Erudite SKs have excellent armor quests like http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=1275

If you follow my other SK "guide" you can get your faction very high with all Qeynos factions, including the Bloodsabers & Knights of Thunder at the same time. This will allow you to do bandit sashes, which is a massive advantage in terms of money & exp.

After Qeynos I headed to befallen. You can get some really good armor and the Bone Bladed Claymore there very early. (though the -8 agi is a big hit for Erudites. the Rage War Maul would be better).

Good luck, and if you need anything just pm Alkaiser, i'll be more than glad to hook you up with some equipment & help.

Alkaiser Baneofmistmoore 38 Cleric of Prexus

[guineapig]

Starting a Erudite SK, any advice?
I think they look cool and their stats are about the same as Dark Elfs right?
So where do I put the starting points?

Was thinking 5 to agi, to get away from the under 75 penalty, then even out sta and str to about 80 each?

Should I go sword and shield or 2hs? or keep them all maxed?
I have never played a tank before.

Where should I go? What quests should I do? Any help appreciated.
Thanks


You could add 5 to Agility but only if you have left over points after dumping everything into stamina. I think you get 20 points and I think you can place at least 15 into stamina before it doesn't let you add any more.
Strength is the other option as erudites are lacking in that department but personally I think between the syphon strength self buffs and the fact that STR is a bit more common of a stat to find than AGI in classic SK gear, it might be a waste.

I'm pretty sure Erudite SKs can bank in Freeport with very little if any faction work (dubious to the mobs that are normally KoS to Shadowknights) which is a bonus too.

[Hoggen]

No clue about here, but on live, erudite necs could bank in Neriak. SKs being tank necs would likely be able to do that also, but I can't vouch for either live or here.