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J.o.n
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:
Jon's Guide to the Godly Frog (lvl 30 leap barb) Subject description: The #1 Nuisance |
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This is dedicated to EcKo-Frog, EcKo?s 4v4 team Leaper, who got banned
This build was inspired by HLD leapers and I have decided to share this very fun build with all of you.
First off, what is a leaper? This character is NOT a 1 vs 1 dueler. This is a support character that is based on having godly battle orders/shout for you and your team and the best part, leaping, which stuns the crap out of the other team from a far radius (18 yards which is about 1 full screen, if not, more). On Softcore East Nl, we have daily 4v4 lld team duels and I find this character very effective.
Stats:
Strength: enough to wear gear
Dexterity: enough for max block
Vitality: the rest of your stats go here
Energy: none
Gear:
Helm: Peasant Crown (Pskull)
Armor: Spirit Shroud (Pskull)
Belt: String of ears and a life/ rep belt
Boots: Sanders (or crafted blood boots when u dont need the block)
Gloves: Bloodfists
Switch 1:
2x spirit swords (try to get ones with 8 magic absorb) other mods don?t matter
Switch 2:
low str req honor for 1 skill/10 str/10 life rep (I use eth honor crystal for sex appeal
whistans (I put a shael in mine to hit the next faster block rate breakpoint)
Rings: 2x Manald heal rings (i use 1x life 5 rep/76 mana rare/ 1x manald)
Amulet: +1 barb skills/50+ life/ + life rep amulet
Stash: 5 bo helm, 2 wc ammy, 2 sojs, hawkmail, hotspurs, holy thunder weapen, darkglow, tele staff. All of this max res gear isn't recessary, but it helps vs pubs.
(if you don't feel like going back to stash for prebuffing, use cube in inventory and stuff the 5 bo helm/2 sojs/+2 wc ammy/ bloodboots in it)
Charms: For this build, speed is important so I have enough frw charms to hit about 150 frw (don't forget this is with the +frw from increased speed also). For the rest of your charms, you should try to get 15 lifers with resists (I have max resists with anya bug and the highest level conviction at levell 30)
Skill Placement:
Combat skills:
20 leap
Warcries:
1 howl
8 shout (for more def and longer bo)
7 battle orders
1 battle command
Combat Masteries:
1 increased stamina
1 increased speed
1 iron skin
1 natrual resists
This barb should have at least 2k+ life, 18 yard leap radius, max block, and a lot of life rep
Dueling Strategies:
You basically just run near them and do short leaps. Leaping causes your opponents to go into the fhr animation and get knocked back. This allows your team to kill whatever is stunned. Leaping from 18 yards away from them also helps you to avoid getting damaged. Leap is most effective against druids, zons, sorcs, and necros. It?s not as easy to leap other barbs b/c leap has no effect on a barb if the barb is whirlwinding. Leap also has no effect on paladins who are charging. It only affects them when they are either walking, running, or teleporting.
Remember to stay away from ww barbs b/c they will be your only weakness
Also, if a barb is chasing u with ww, try doing long/far leaps (this makes it harder for the wwer to hit you) OR, run to your team for help.
If a hammerdin is chasing you, do a long/far leap to get away from him, and then do short leaps to stun him. Hopefully at that time, one of your teammates will attack him and will force the hammerdin to charge away. You shouldn?t get hit much at all by hammerdins unless you get badly desynched. But also, I am pretty sure Leap ruins desynch.
For any other character, just do short leaps. It will be hard for any other character to hit you b/c they will be getting stunned/knocked back and getting attacked by others at the same time. You will also be in the air half of the time, so this is why leapers shouldn?t die much.
I?ll add any other strategies that I find useful.
This build is 100% viable for team duels and if you have any questions, feel free to ask
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breakbeatz2
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:
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Have you considered gorefoot boots or a +leap helm?
I don't know how important frw is to this build, but it seems like maximizing leap is more important.
Seems like a great team build though.
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J.o.n
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:
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yea ive considered those. you get 18.6 leap radius at lvl 33 leap. But I didn't want to sacrifice the life/mana/stats/frw/life rep for about 1 yard of leap radius. Besides, 18 leap radius is enough
Also, the frw is important b/c when ppl play defensive and run, you gotta be catch them and at most, be 1 screen away
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Puddles
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:
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This looks like a very annoying character (No offense) . Do you recommend any "precise" duelers for this character's team? Otherwise, looks like a great guide to me.
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J.o.n
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:
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yea, i'd recommend having a hammerdins/chargers/any type of sorcs to be on your team b/c they are all good fast killers
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Merl
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject:
vouch the annoyingness of this build :( |
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I can personally atest to the annoyingness of jons build, and btw jon thats basically the build and gear i was gona use cept i was contemplating usein bo hat all the time or 2combat hat
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J.o.n
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:
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in team duels, i just use cube in inventory so i dont have go back to town to prebuff
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Mystic
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject:
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J.o.n wrote: | yea ive considered those. you get 18.6 leap radius at lvl 33 leap. But I didn't want to sacrifice the life/mana/stats/frw/life rep for about 1 yard of leap radius. Besides, 18 leap radius is enough
Also, the frw is important b/c when ppl play defensive and run, you gotta be catch them and at most, be 1 screen away |
that is how FAR you can leap, the leap knockback radius is hidden and has no diminishing returns so every point is good
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J.o.n
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:
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ive been told this b4
i would still prefer the pcrown/sanders
besides, i would only use a leap helm if it had +5 leap
its hard to beat out the life/mana/life rep/frw from pcrown:)
oh and ive also tried using some crafted blood boots for rep
those work pretty well also
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Virtuous
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:52 am Post subject:
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J.o.n wrote: | yea, i'd recommend having a hammerdins/chargers/any type of sorcs to be on your team b/c they are all good fast killers |
Would you recommend a 5k life bear that does 1-2 damage?
Fantastic guide, pushing that of e-gasmic.
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J.o.n
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject:
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hmm, idealy, no because that team would have to rely on 2 ppl to do the killing. I guess it all depends on who you are dueling tho.
i prefer to be on the opposite team of other support chars
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Puddles
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:
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J.o.n wrote: | hmm, idealy, no because that team would have to rely on 2 ppl to do the killing. I guess it all depends on who you are dueling tho.
i prefer to be on the opposite team of other support chars | I was just thinking, and I think a level 30 "Healer" would be perfect to be in this character's party because you'll rely on only two people to duel for you. This might seem somewhat "awkward", but I don't think anyone has made a level 30 "Healer" in USEast Non-Ladder yet.
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mike_roch
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:
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Mr_Puddles wrote: | J.o.n wrote: | hmm, idealy, no because that team would have to rely on 2 ppl to do the killing. I guess it all depends on who you are dueling tho.
i prefer to be on the opposite team of other support chars | I was just thinking, and I think a level 30 "Healer" would be perfect to be in this character's party because you'll rely on only two people to duel for you. This might seem somewhat "awkward", but I don't think anyone has made a level 30 "Healer" in USEast Non-Ladder yet. |
They have, And its the most bm out of any character you could ever make for team duels. Leap is dumb but beatable. Unless you can 1 hit each team member they would be back to full life in no time.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:
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Yes, we all hate the EcKo-Froggy on the opposite team. But if you paired that with a cleric, and a fb sorc + hdin or some other very good, fast killer, I'm pretty sure that 4v4 team would be nigh upon unbeatable.
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Virtuous
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:
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Merl wrote: | I can personally atest to the annoyingness of jons build, and btw jon thats basically the build and gear i was gona use cept i was contemplating usein bo hat all the time or 2combat hat |
<3 @ merl's 4 posts... with over a 1 year subscription.
That's GODLY!
I might make a level 14 leaper!!! :-)
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