50's SK Gear Advice

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've found since getting my Vindi BP I am keeping my Blood Ember BP bagged to use the shielding clicky.

Oh yeah Blood Ember BP is a great bagged clickie. I still need to get one myself, I am still using Stave of Shielding hehe.

Originally Posted by Crede [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

OP stated he mostly solos as a casual and is asking for gear advice. DSM is right, for sks this means lots of str/dex/mana helpers(narandi crown, BE greaves, etc.) and hp regen where it makes sense. As a 50+ sk trying to solo efficiently going out of your way to stack hp is meaningless.

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[Jimjam]

May be worth just sticking with the SoS... I think a large part of my love of my BE Bp was how long I was wearing it; I've grown emotionally attached.

The buff does grant some MR and I've found levels 50-52 Magic Resist to be super useful, partially because it helps you shrug off slows/roots/charm/other spells that can ruin your day (*shakes fist at kobold noble*) but also at these levels you may drop in to a naggy / vox raid and that MR really helps stay in toetotoe with the dragon (last dragon fight I was the only one never to leave Naggy's side /flex).

I see Keebz has broken out of 52 now, so I suppose MR loses some of it's appeal. I'll probably keep most of my MR gear once I surpass 52 - my hp/ac have appeared to be more than sufficient and honestly root and slow particularly are annoying.

Anyone got an upgrade to Clay Guardian Shield for sale on blue? Sarnak Battle Shield or that one beginning with A from CoM? Is it fairly easy to get an SK shield for rot DKP in ToV?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

May be worth just sticking with the SoS... I think a large part of my love of my BE Bp was how long I was wearing it; I've grown emotionally attached.

Agreed, it is not a necessity, SoS works fine. I just like the clickie because sometimes SoS takes a while to proc, so it slows down my kill speed at times. The clicky would fix the issue, but it is more of a nice to have than something I need, which is why I have been dragging my feet on it.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Agreed, it is not a necessity, SoS works fine. I just like the clickie because sometimes SoS takes a while to proc, so it slows down my kill speed at times. The clicky would fix the issue, but it is more of a nice to have than something I need, which is why I have been dragging my feet on it.

It is good to have for fashion - for trivial content i’ll often switch out to the blood ember suit to just get a cohesive look.

[dablackgoku1234]

Does the SoS proc heal?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by dablackgoku1234 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does the SoS proc heal?

I am pretty sure the mage shield line of spells does not heal, to prevent those classes from being ghetto healers. That would be cool if it did though hehe.

[Keebz]

SoS Major Shielding proc does not heal. Can't speak to the BP, but I'm assuming no.

BE greaves plus prioritizing STR worked well for grinding through HHK. Now that I've outgrown it, and mobs hits harder, I'm switching over to a lot more HP/AC items, but kill speed is still a limiting factor.

Still no Narandi Crown, but managed to snag a ToV weapon somehow so progress is progress. Turns out, half the ToV dragons are knight weapon pinatas.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Keebz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

SoS Major Shielding proc does not heal. Can't speak to the BP, but I'm assuming no.

BE greaves plus prioritizing STR worked well for grinding through HHK. Now that I've outgrown it, and mobs hits harder, I'm switching over to a lot more HP/AC items, but kill speed is still a limiting factor.

Still no Narandi Crown, but managed to snag a ToV weapon somehow so progress is progress. Turns out, half the ToV dragons are knight weapon pinatas.

Sounds like great progress so far! Yes lol, ToV is a great place to get cheap knight weapons that are great.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Let me just give you a basic example you probably don't know about Shamans.

The spell https://wiki.project1999.com/Inner_Fire stacks with Focus of Spirit. This means if you have Living Thunder Earring equipped (saving a buff slot on see invis), you could cast Inner Fire on yourself (which would take up the see invis buff slot), and you would get +20 HP and +3 AC. This means my Living Thunder Earring is actually a 13 AC, 20HP, 10MR, 9 STR, See Invis (Worn) item. That is clearly the superior item in every way to Earring of Essence. If you stop and actually think, you may learn something new[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is precisely why saving buff slots is important. If you TRULY believe Max HP is the ultimate stat, wouldn't you want to cast all of the HP buffs you can on yourself, including Inner Fire? And if you say "Earring of Essence is better because 10 HP is better than 13 AC!", I can't help you.

[Samoht]

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