New to the Shadowknight!!
 

Coming back after a 6 month absence I have decided to play a class and picked the Shadowknight. I was wondering what kind of gear to get him. I have scrounged up about 1k to spend on him? Still not sure if I am picking the Ogre or the Troll race yet either. Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.

Sword of skyfire til 10 then think of other gear

Focus on HP and AC in your early levels. STA will become more of an issue in later levels when it gives you more return on investment. Don't worry about DPS; you're not going to be doing a lot of it anyway and it's not your role in a group (although if you plan to spend a lot of time soloing, then a good weapon will be a lot more important). Just pick up a cheap (100-200pp) weapon and spend the rest of your money on tank gear. 5 AC / 55 HP rings (platinum fire wedding ring) are probably the single best item for your buck in your price range.

Rings, Skyfire, shield and fine plate. 1k should deffo be enough. A bit further up you can get a Mace of the Shadowed Soul, very nice and good value.

Also troll/ogre are useless in some narrow dungeons unless you are in a group with a shammy that has shrink.

What you want is two 5/55 rings. It'll cost ya 400pp but is an absolute must. Any purchases after that are debatable, but those two rings are not.

Thanks for all the help and tips. Its all appreciated

5/55hp rings, full bronze armour, sky fire and maybe a cheap 2hs for after 20 - firerune brand or something. Should easily get for under 1k, any left over pp you could get some good bang for buck tank gear : lumberjack cap, bloodstained mantle, ikky scale gloves (not to sure on tank gear though as I'm a druid)

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5/55 rings and Sword of sky fire with a set of bronze/banded as others have suggested is a good starting option. Just shoot for a low delay one handed and don't be tempted by better ratio twohanders initially because the damage cap renders those far lower dps starting out than one handers.