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[spaz15]

I have only seen one of these and it was a while back but it was pretty strong...

Skills:
Burst of Speed:(Prereq:1) A few here not sure how many?
Blade Fury:(Prereq:3) Put as much as i can here
Venom:(Prereq:1 considering I'm already getting BoS) Does Venom work with Blade Fury or is it only physical attacks?
Any other skills to use?

Stats:
Strength: Enough for gear.
Dexterity: Enough for max block.
Vitality: The rest.
Energy: Nada


Equipment:
Weapon: Considering Blade Fury doesnt use durability on weapons i was thinking of using an Eth 5os Naga with the honour runeword. This char needs very high damage output because Blade Fury uses 3/4 weapon damage. What are some other ethereal high damage one handers.
Does crushing blow work with this skill?
Shield: Rhyme Grim shield.
Armor: Shael'd Up'd Twitchthrow? Open for ideas here
Helm: Again open for ideas.
Gloves: Bloodfist?
Boots: Sanders?
Rings: Angelics.
Amulet Angelics.

I really want alot of feedback here! I want to try and make this char work...I can afford anything I should need so please critique my build!
Thanks.

[food-ranger]

i think youd be better off using an nice eth claw or an eth quhab with 3os and max dmg jewels, maxing blade fury doesnt do much, you better off maxing claw masrty for the crit strike and ar. also since bladefury does 3/4th weapon damage the claw mastry applies to +max damage jewels from your armor and helm too which is quite nice

also for your armor your better off with 70+ life 3os light plate with maxers.

blade fury shots at a constant speed regardless of ias

as for helm a 30run walk 2os maxer helm would be decent

[Irferno]

Armor wise id use peace armor
Crushing Blow works with this skill.. btw
Weap- naga is cheap and effective.. no reason wasting maxr here
Helm- 2os visionary helm(ar on lvl) maxer in it mabe 15s so u can use on dif build
Gloves- Can u craft these with knockback? if not use clegs (bm though) or gunna haveta change your wep id assume.
Boots- sanders or cks

Well i think that should work.. But no matter what your gunna need knock back. ow and cb is a plus though.

Base Skills-
1-venom
1-fury

then depending on build..
Using a claw max claw mastery
Usin naga mabe some points into dtalon as back up skill

[Wank]

[Solace]

A nice insight on switch would be very interesting too with mb.

Toggle between mb and blades. You could pin someone down nicely If you had good fcr and hotkey skill.

[st-hearts]

I'd actually agree to keeping a pair of KB gloves, at least in your stash for certain duels.

[spaz15]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I like the idea of using a claw and maxing its mastery. Is a Quhab the best option for this? I am open to claw suggestions but it depends on the Strength requirement.

Just out of curiosity how does Blade fury work when you are using 2 claws? And would this be viable if I used weapon block? Will dexterity help my block reach 75 the same way it would if I were to use a shield?

Does anyone know if Venom works with Bladefury for sure?
How many points in Burst of speed is needed?

If crushing blow works with Blade Fury thean shouldn't I really stack up on some? maybe use goblin toes? and have Burst of speed and maybe some FRW charms instead of Sanders?

It seems that with this build all I really pump up is claw mastery. So is it worth it to spend 3 points and get Cloack of Shadows and Mind Blast as someone mentioned in a previous post?

I know I'm asking alot of questions but I think this would be a really fun character and if I could get them answered it would be much appreciated.

[Chewie]

I'm pretty sure CB/OW work with it. Maybe a gnasher, or a strength Blade talon would be cool.

[James]

1) hand scythe would be your best bet for a claw to use. 16-37 base dmg. and you could even use a sup eth one, since bf doesn't use weapon durability.

2) not sure exactly how it works with dual claws, but i think it will only use mods and damage from your main hand weapon. dexterity does not improve chances to block with wb. you're better off for this build using a rhyme grim, imo.

3) yes, venom works with blade fury. other than faster r/w, you don't need any points into bos, as bf fires at a constant rate of 6 fps, regardless of ias/weapon speed.

4) crushing blow would be a nice damage aid. as for frw/bos, you could do that and just mb, run, fire, repeat or you could say screw bos and frw charms and put some points into fade for dr and resists and use life charms.

5) claw mastery and imo, fade, because of the dr it gives. with a soe, you'd be able to get around 28% dr. not much, but more than most builds will have. i don't have much experience using cloak, so i can't rightly answer on that part. but with mb, you could possibly have some strategy for a running build.

[spaz15]

Great, so if I can get an eth hand scythe then when i socket it will i get 1 or 3?
Should I leave venom at base or stack up ?

[Solace]

darn you, Im interested in making one of these. After some open testing, this is what I came up with. Im going a completely different route though. Heres the set up I'm going to use:

2 shadow/20fcr circ
2shadow/10 fcr ammy
viper
upped crush flange(33 cb and kb..drool)
2x soj
upped sword back hold
gtoes
mage fists

eth insight pole axe on switch (+5 crit and high ed)

Stats:
Str: enough for gear
Dex: Enough for max block
Vit: rest here
Nrg: None

Skills:
13 fade
11 blade fury
7 mb
1 venom
1 shadow warrior
1 in wake of fire

Stat:

Lay out some fire traps, toss several blades trying to trigger ow, mb, hit switch then alternate mb/blades and traps as needed.

[RodeKil]

Out of all these build ideas, this one seems to look the best :

3os eth hand sythce with maxers
Artisans armor of the Squid with maxers
Angelics Rings
Angelics Ammy
Sander or Goblin Toe boots ( maybe switch in and out, see which you like better)
15% soe
Bfists or Knockback/Cb Crafted gloves (again, switch in and out see which you like)
Rhyme
2os Visionary / +skills Circlet with maxers (is 'visionary' a suffix or prefix?)
On switch a good eth / +5 crit insight for mb, or just mana regeneration

As for using fade or bos, I would look into the bp's for the cast rate or ias of blade fury. If you use bos, put just enough into it to hit the bp. If you use fade, max it. I would also max claw mastery, and put 1 into venom. With the rest of your skills, I would probably put them into mind blast, and maybe get a shadow warrior.

Thats my 2 cents. Hopefully it helped you out.

[spaz15]

Is visionary FCR?
I don't think I really understand what the Insight is for. Mind Blast has nothing to do with your weapon damage right? I understand the FCR on it will help with MB but thats about it. Is it just used for Mindblasting and then using Blade Fury because of the high fcr/dmg?

I've started maxing Claw Mastery so theres no turning back from using a claw as my weapon although upd crushflange sounds like a really good idea...should i remake and use flange?

[Solace]

Insight is good for these reasons:

for hitting the 102 fcr while mbing.
The damage is also very not good with huge ed and +5 crit.
Med aura for long mb locking/with blades.

right click name lock then..mb..fury..mb..fury...mb..wof..mb..furry..cont.

Just like a trapper namelocks..but shooting blades instead of traps. The cb/venom and crit will all work with blade fury.


Reason I say use mb so much is you have to stop and stand still to throw fury, leaving you really open. May as well keep them stunlocked while youre hitting them with it IMO.

[James]

ias doesn't affect blade fury, rob. therefore, bos is only good to use for running.

visionary mod is ar/lvl, which is something you'd need.

hand scythes can only get a maximum of 2 slots, so 3 socket is out of the question.

you don't need to remake to get crushing blow. get a good eth 2 socket hand scythe with mods like + fade, venom, mb. and then, make strength runeword in it (amn+tir). 25% cb, 20 str, 10 vit...not bad mods, and you still get your bonuses from claw mastery.