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Level 18 Lightning Bolt Zon (Tanking variant)
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Ardlien

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:21 pm    Post subject:  Level 18 Lightning Bolt Zon (Tanking variant)  

Purely speculative at this point, as I'm not nearly wealthy
enough to just slap together characters on a whim.

My idea is this; since lightning bolt carries OW and CB, and
I believe is unblockable like smite(save for claw
block?), maybe a character could rely on that damage
alone rather than lightning damage, and hence be able
to be sturdier on the whole, while killing slower.

Here was the first set up I came up with to play around
with on single player.

Helm: 3os Mask - I put psapphires in there, though it
would probably depend on your gear, if you have life/mana
charms rubies might be best. I'm poor, I don't. Razz

Armor: Twitchthroe - I didn't even socket it, it lowers the
dex requirements considerably, increases throw speed and on a
zon defense isn't really the point I don't think.

Weapon: Maiden Javelins with knockback, 20 ias, increased
stack, rep - This is what I thought might be the best option,
not something I could get easily, knockback would be the
most important I suspect, any set of ias kb javs would
probably do if you could make a switch for if you run out

Shield: Swordback hold - OW will be the main damage
source, the block rate is high enough that I didn't need
to add dex for max block.

Gloves: Blood gloves - I just said 10% cb and 20 life,
I have a pair of these, and I don't think other stats are
that important. I could think of no other source of cb, I
don't think OW would kill fast enough alone.

Belt: Death's - cannot be frozen, since I'm not maximizing
throw speed, plus dodging while cold might prove annoying.

Boots: Cow boots - I could not think of anything better, the
frw probably isn't necessary since the dodges work while
staying still only, but who knows

Rings: Manald Healx2 - ar may not be necessary, and these
will help with mana and life rep(slightly)

Amulet: Eye of etlich - Skills to the dodges seemed the best
choice, the other option I was thinking of was partial angelic
set mainly for the huge life and dtm

With that gear, which I'm in no way certain of, About 5-10
strength is needed (I forget) and the rest can be put into vitality.

Skill: I went with 1 to lightning bolt, plus the prereq, then
maxed the two available dodge skills. Assuming a full rush
you'd have spare you could put into critical strike.

I realise that the damage is almost negligible here, my
aim though is hopefully to be able dodge/block/knock
people away easily and for long enough for the ow to
add up, and hopefully to come up with a character I
can actually conceivably put together myself. Is this
worth pursuing?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject:  

Unfortunately, lightning bolt is blockable.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:44 pm    Post subject:  

Pwned by max block xD.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:27 pm    Post subject:  

Are you entirely sure of that? I've seen two very different theories advocated very strongly on various websites and in game, so I ended up running a character to 12 and having a go testing myself. I did notice that the lightning that animated on the person hit would appear every throw, but knockback (which I assume would be carried the same way ow might) would not trigger 100% which I was disappointed with. I did not however see any block animation from the people I tested on.

Even if I am correct in thinking lightning bolt is unblockable, if knockback does not always trigger this build may not be quite what I was hoping for. I was also reminded that crushing blow does less damage when applied through a ranged attack, so I would likely swap out the cb gloves for deaths or clegs(to open up more damaging javs).
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:13 am    Post subject:  

Knockback has a 50% chance to work in PvP on all attacks.

Its 25% vs large, 50% vs medium (player size), 100% vs small
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:41 pm    Post subject:  

i have made this type of zon before, a lightning bolt max dmg hybrid. I had a pretty nice tspear with 1-104 light dmg 20 ias.
the char is not very good tho because the attack does rely on AR, and is sort of slow/ interuptable.

IDK tho, you could try and make one for yourself, the rest of my gear was decent but not complete.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:42 am    Post subject:  

Nah its unblockable and ignores defence ,Ive tested it on a 75 block 20k Defence Paladin and not one bolt missed.
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