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Oct 28 2014 07:24am
Any suggestions on upgrades besides inventory? I want to get a prim claw but unsure what to aim for
will need a new amulet with some mana on it maybe some life rep that'd be dope

built this on ladder with left over gear as well as a claw I picked up that ew has been iso for years (took me 20 minutes to buy btw)

Any other items I should have stashed or suggestions on gear changes?

blood visage/vmagi are both p skulled(s/s taken using 1x soj)


This post was edited by Ulm on Oct 28 2014 07:34am
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Replace the rare rings with sojs
The dmg and ar increase from 2 all skills outweighs the dmg loss from mdr bugged kicks
It also adds more mana and once you replace the ammy you'll be at max rep without them

Rejewel offhand claw
Trap laying and kick attack speeds come from your primary claw
You do not need ias on the offhand claw unless you use dragon claw or whirlwind

Also using str dex jewels in the offhand is worthless unless they have -15 req on them
If you don't use war/battle boots, your claw has the highest req
If you use war/battle then use a dex/res/-15 or res/-15

This post was edited by Worrywart on Oct 28 2014 07:46am
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One last note: on any slow-killing build that gets use out of rep (plague trap pally man fissure blizzard firewall) there's a strong argument to use soe in every matchup forever. Reducing every hit's dmg by 15 or 15% helps you more than the 115ish life the rare belt saves you

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Quote (Worrywart @ Oct 28 2014 08:44am)
Replace the rare rings with sojs
The dmg increase from 2 all skills outweighs the dmg loss from mdr bugged kicks
It also adds more mana and once you replace the ammy you'll be at max rep without them

Rejewel offhand claw
Trap laying and kick attack speeds come from your primary claw
You do not need ias on the offhand claw unless you use dragon claw or whirlwind

Also using str dex jewels in the offhand is worthless unless they have -15 req on them
If you don't use war/battle boots, your claw has the highest req
If you use war/battle then use a dex/res/-15 or res/-15


for some reason I thought I needed the fcr from ring for mb bp I guess I was wrong though

yeah claw was set up for my previous build with shield/warboots
haven't seen any jewels worth buying as of yet so its remained the same (prob untill reset)
thanks for the help and suggestions

and noob question just because this was my first sin ever and I never figured out which side is off hand? :wacko:


@second post that sounds pretty valid never even thought about that

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Quote (Ulm @ Oct 28 2014 09:51am)
for some reason I thought I needed the fcr from ring for mb bp I guess I was wrong though

yeah claw was set up for my previous build with shield/warboots
haven't seen any jewels worth buying as of yet so its remained the same (prob untill reset)
thanks for the help and suggestions

and noob question just because this was my first sin ever and I never figured out which side is off hand?  :wacko:


65 in claw/claw 102 and 174 for shielded

By default glove side is mainhand
You can swap which side is counted as the mainhand by picking up the desired offhand and re equipping it I believe
I used to do it for throwbarbs when I couldn't afford good weapons

And yeah I've used soe on every level 30 (except bows) I've used for most of the last decade. It's just too good to pass up on

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Quote (Worrywart @ Oct 28 2014 08:54am)
65 in claw/claw 102 and 174 for shielded

By default glove side is mainhand
You can swap which side is counted as the mainhand by picking up the desired offhand and re equipping it I believe
I used to do it for throwbarbs when I couldn't afford good weapons


aight thanks for info on that I couldn't really remember brain fog

yeah I heard something about that I think its some drop trick or whatever

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Oct 28 2014 08:01am
+1 on everything from Worrywart
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Quote (ferdia @ Oct 28 2014 09:01am)
+1 on everything from Worrywart


:thumbsup:

Oh also during the ladder season I never had many life/mana sc's so I needed the insight on switch
now with the use of 2x sojs,life/mana sc's and I now socketed my gear (pskulls) I dont think I really need the insight atleast not all the time

what should go on my switch? strength claw+whistans maybe?

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Quote (ferdia @ Oct 28 2014 10:01am)
+1 on everything from Worrywart


Ha

Quote (Ulm @ Oct 28 2014 09:59am)
aight thanks for info on that I couldn't really remember brain fog

yeah I heard something about that I think its some drop trick or whatever


Btw if you put a fcr belt on there I think you can hit 102 claw side. It isn't worth it though

Sins call it "wsm bugging" I think
It's possible to have it always going if you str bug just one of your claws. That way you can wsg with fucked up claws and still hit ias bp

If you plan on doing the nat boots kick like I am, strength/whistans can work

In stash I keep:
15 rep scepter with mana/dex or res/dtm jewels 5 rep kite with eth runes.

Spirit LONG SWORD
Fcr belt spirit shard fcr rings for 174 fcr dicking around
Tele staff
Strength
Venom buff claws in case I feel like DFing harder
Whistans


This post was edited by Worrywart on Oct 28 2014 08:11am
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worrywats advice

+ sanders full time unless you are a kick hybrid

I would say spirit/whitsans on switch but you don't have any necessary skills hard skilled so you need a 3 ls x shadow master x df claw on switch

should have mind blast hard skilled at the very least

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