what? only claw block... high fcr = good dodging/faster locking =D

guess its a matter of preference though =P

Weapon Block means no dex, no running penalty and blocking spells. That's 3 advantages. Higher dmg and cooler look is another 2.

If you can't build a pvp character properly that doesn't need mana pots, you have made a mistake. Pots are pots, regardless of the kind. life, mana, antidotes, thaw's, there all pots, and you should never under any circumstances use them. Regardless of whether your oppontent knows about it or not.

2) I would definitely go with 1 Bartucs, and 1 Trap claw. Put 15% resist jewels in all sockets to help your resists. But the reason is that having 1 bartucs on gives you 2 to shadow skills, which helps out your weapon block, shadow master, bos/fade. Also, the 30% fast hit recovery on them makes it so you need less FHR on your skill GC's.

3)

Of course there is a running penelty. There are many things you can't block while running. Arrows, bone spirits, bone spears, physical attacks. For the longest time, everybody thought there was never a running penelty, but in fact, yes there is. Test it for yoruself. Try to block bone spirits while running, you'll see. Block rate vs some types of attacks goes to zero when your running. Crazy, I know, but test it man. Just test it


My trapper is almost identical to yours, aside from that one claw. My bartucs have a 15% / 7% fast hit recovery jewel in them


Great guide. It's about time somebody realized that HOTO / SS is lame.

This post was edited by wu-banger on Jun 18 2004 12:54pm

You're right about that. It goes to zero. Weapon block does not work when your running. I know, it's been a myth in the game since 1.10 came out at least that you block everything spells and physical damage while running without any penelty. It's wrong.

I've tested it vs every single type of attack there is in the game, and for some strange reason, you can still block fireballs and ice blasts while running. For all other attacks, you cannot.

One thing I do with my trapper that you may want to include, is carry a Chaos claw with you for duels vs bone necro's. If your dueling a bone necro, and you see a stream of bone spirits coming at you that you don't think you can avoid, just WW through them. You still get full weapon block ability while attacking, which includes WW. But if you run through them, every single one of them will hit you. It's just a technique I adapted to avoid being hit while I'm trying to get my mind blast lock on them.

I'm not sure if you knew about all this weapon block stuff, but if you did, ignore it all. If your like most people, who still think that you block everything while running or walking, then do some testing. It is a myth that has gone on long enough. Weapon block overall does not work while running


Still love the guide though. In 99% agreeance with it. It's odd, as common as trappers are, nobody has ever seemed to make a decent guide until now

This post was edited by wu-banger on Jun 18 2004 04:58pm

Yes, yes, I belive u, don't worry...

Actually, I wasn't wrong with anything, I said when u run, Weapon Block doesn't suffer 1/3 blocking penalty for physical attacks, which is right.

I haven't said anything else so I couldn't be wrong about anything.

And thx for compliment on guide. It seems ur experienced.