Race Stat Help - Wood Elf Warrior

[DekThai]

If you are not twinked which I think you are not, I suggest you to put some points in STR because you will need to loot lots of craps to sell. And being Wood Elf, you will have low str.

its up to you, on my Ogre War, I put my pts in Stam and Dex since i need weapon procs and tanking.

Hope this help.

[Lazortag]

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

I fully Disagree with Combo.

If I were making a warrior today, it would probably be a WElf too. Maybe even HFL for the xp bonus, but more importantly the Agi and Dex. If you plan on playing for the long hall (as in getting to 50) all the trolls and ogres will be looking for agi gear, and you'll be 20 points ahead of them. You were right about Str and Sta, it will get maxed on its own, and the difference in HP at a low level is inconsequential.

The amount by which you'd be ahead in agi/dex/etc., the ogre will be ahead even more in sta/strength. You just can't deny that an ogre warrior is the best stat-wise.

It's just silly to say that sta/str will be maxed on its own, when you would only need to max it out "on it's own" if you didn't put enough points into it from the start.

In any case, I realize that the differences between class/race combinations are fairly minimal anyway, and so I understand why someone would want a wood elf warrior. In that case you should put the most points possible into sta, end of story.

[sgallaty]

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

I do plan to group as much as I can specifically dung crawling. I expect, as a tank, that I will be MT in groups.

From the reading I've done, it seams like it's much harder to get Dex for a warrior than it is Str/Sta. Why I decided to dump so many points in. Is this incorrect?

Or do you mean there's an over abondance of tanks or that no one needs tanks until 40+?

If you have a dedicated group you tank for, then that changes things altogether.

You can make anything work. Success as a tank is more about having a group to tank for than any stat or gear.

[toffty]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I think I'll stick with my current build and get amber rings/ears and save up for/get hero's braclet and TBB.

[Duie]

I ARE STARTED A FAD!!! Welcome to to the woodelfwannabe warrior club !!!!


Dont get upset when they ask for a tank because they think your a ranger or bard (and they will) just grinn and tellm to bite yer arse

[toffty]

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[pickled_heretic]

stam is fine if you're a twink, but otherwise you should put your points into str for the reasons you already mentioned. if your main is going to be a warrior, you are going to be ghetto poor for practically the entire leveling experience. strength will at least let you pick up a few more FS weapons and carry more plat. And the difference in stam will not pay off until you are basically max level anyway.

[Kassel]

If you want to tank you are crazy to not put your max points into stam. a few FS weapons here and there is not worth gimping your HP pool

[Dantes]

The encumbrance of armor is only a temporary problem. Using your starting stats to boost STR is not worth it. You will be able to get items like a Hero Bracer (10 STR), TBB (15 STR) or Mithril Plated Girth (9 STR). There's jagged bands, the jewelry you mentioned, and much more.

The problem is: bronze sucks. Avoid it like the plague. Get yourself a full set of small banded and wear that until you can start questing crafted. You can wear more armor before you'll be encumbered and get more AC for your buck. When you start questing crafted, resize all of your pieces to small via the dwarves in WC. Get some weight reduction bags to carry your spare weapons in.

Low STR was a problem for me as a DE starting out, but at level 37 with the gear I have now it's never a problem. I don't think you made a mistake. DEX and AGI are important, more so than STR. Your role as a warrior is not to DPS, it's to take damage. If you can't proc, you won't keep aggro. If you have low AGI, you'll get the shit beat out of you.

And novelty guy, I'm not so sure you HAVE to be an Ogre or a Troll to solo. I didn't get that memo, because I can solo Cyclops and Hill Giants just fine in mid 30s. Course I have to sit on my ass for a half hour to get all the health back, regen is a good point but I wouldn't go so far as to say smaller warriors are less capable. We can hold our own.

[Tronjer]

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

After doing some reading on the forum, people meantioned Dex being helpful with warrior aggro so I set my stats at 80/75/100/100 Str/Sta/Dex/Agi

Do yourself a favor and start from the scratch, as long as you didn't invest too much time into this toon. WE is a rather bad choice for a warrior, but if you want to stick with it it anyhow, put all 25 points into stamina. Even by totally disregarding dex for now, you will easily exceed 150 dex at level 50, with full gear and Shm buff. Which is thoroughly sufficient for holding aggro by dual-wielding yaks.

Aside of aggro management, the other part of the tank role is surviving and for this you need as much hp as possible. At lower levels there is not much difference between races but it will become significant once you hit 50. Talking about numbers: a level 50 full geared and buffed Ogre warrior, who put everything into stamina at char creation, max out at aprox 3.8k hp. Barbs and Dorfs have about 90 hp less under comparable conditions. However, your template with 75 sta will bring you below 3.5k and this is a huge gap toward the top in regard of absorbing hit spikes from later raid encounters. On top of that, the gap will still increase with a sta modifier of 6hp at level 60.