Jogo replied to Magic setup.. April 2, 2023 @ 3:37:10 am PDT
Much like everything else, you are likely to get closer to optimal results by combining various builds (e.g. wearing different armor pieces than, say, full padded).
Both elemental staves are excellent ranged weapons (although the frost one is terribly inaccurate at long range) and actually require skill to use. Getting that ballistic curve right on the staff of embers requires training and it is a fun thing to try doing.
Both let you RELIABLY parry regular seekers and soldiers, if your blocking skill is at least in the late 50s/early 60s, and you keep an eye on your stagger bar. Unless you are swarmed by a group of 3 regular seekers or stronger, somewhere in a tight spot, you will be fine. If you do get swarmed, get your buckler out and buy yourself some time. You cannot reliably parry 1-star seekers' claw attacks, so avoid those and just parry the bites and double claws. The higher your blocking skill, the less chance of attacks staggering you, of course. A stagger from a 1-star immediately followed by its claw attack might as well mean death.
My armor is 68 (carapace helmet, root harnesk, eitr-weave trousers, feather cape) -- a good balance between mobility, pierce resistance (by far the most common damage type in mistlands), and 'tankiness'. Lose the root harnesk for a SIGNIFICANLTY harder challenge.
Seeker aspic is my go-to eitr food -- seeker meat, royall jelly and magecaps are all plentiful. It also provides an extra 28 HP, which, combined with at least cooked seeker meat and any stam food, gets you some 120-odd HP. If you know what you're doing in mistlands, it's perfectly survivable.
Somehow, blood magic is not appealing to me and I do not use it at all.
Been having a heck of a blast with this build. It feels great to be able to fight almost anything on your own terms. For this build, having more than 85 eitr is counter-productive; I get by on seeker meat or wolf skewer, if I can find enough mushrooms, salad and seeker aspic. If I do need some extra length on that stam bar, I'll gobble up some fish 'n bread.
Have an absolute blast with your magic build of choice. :-)
Both elemental staves are excellent ranged weapons (although the frost one is terribly inaccurate at long range) and actually require skill to use. Getting that ballistic curve right on the staff of embers requires training and it is a fun thing to try doing.
Both let you RELIABLY parry regular seekers and soldiers, if your blocking skill is at least in the late 50s/early 60s, and you keep an eye on your stagger bar. Unless you are swarmed by a group of 3 regular seekers or stronger, somewhere in a tight spot, you will be fine. If you do get swarmed, get your buckler out and buy yourself some time. You cannot reliably parry 1-star seekers' claw attacks, so avoid those and just parry the bites and double claws. The higher your blocking skill, the less chance of attacks staggering you, of course. A stagger from a 1-star immediately followed by its claw attack might as well mean death.
My armor is 68 (carapace helmet, root harnesk, eitr-weave trousers, feather cape) -- a good balance between mobility, pierce resistance (by far the most common damage type in mistlands), and 'tankiness'. Lose the root harnesk for a SIGNIFICANLTY harder challenge.
Seeker aspic is my go-to eitr food -- seeker meat, royall jelly and magecaps are all plentiful. It also provides an extra 28 HP, which, combined with at least cooked seeker meat and any stam food, gets you some 120-odd HP. If you know what you're doing in mistlands, it's perfectly survivable.
Somehow, blood magic is not appealing to me and I do not use it at all.
Been having a heck of a blast with this build. It feels great to be able to fight almost anything on your own terms. For this build, having more than 85 eitr is counter-productive; I get by on seeker meat or wolf skewer, if I can find enough mushrooms, salad and seeker aspic. If I do need some extra length on that stam bar, I'll gobble up some fish 'n bread.
Have an absolute blast with your magic build of choice. :-)
11:13 am, April 2, 2023