Quote (mysz15 @ Dec 25 2012 06:50am)
Omg cant describe how i love venomancees... Nova is the most beautiful spell in game;o
Basicly theres no othe option to build a good novamnceer so theres nothing revolutionary in this guide, but noone has dared to write one yet, so good that we have yours.
Altho id add 3 things: the importance of frw factor. I personally use 150 frw one for synching. Running away while someones trying to stomp u is generlly much safier than teleing and beeing open for chainlocks.
Also southwalking is the only way to win vs decent ele druids and hammers while i dont see this mentioned in the guide.
Second: ur setup totally lacks dr. U cant have no block, no dr and just 3k life bcuz thats the stats of random mf tal soso after bo...
Half ww of any barb. I personally use coa and dungo for dr.
And one more thing. The strenght of nova lays in -res provided by curse and dedicated for this build - deaths web.
Taking into accoun that less than 5% of nowadays duelers have psn resi stacked deaths web should be ur main weapon, cuz with it and lr most of chars in game r taken by 1 nova.
The disadvantage of dweb setup is lack of res which means the total cost o this char increases rapidly cuz u really need high.res rings/amu and charms. U should've mentioned that.
Otherwise - solid guide:)
Btw r u eu?
Was excited for you to post your feedback, knew it wouldn't be long =p
Appreciate the input bud, and yeah I am missing a few things, and also in the process of testing out other gear options and swaps.
As for the FRW and south running, I do have some of that explained in a few of the dueling strategies. You are absolutely correct about south running and it is a must in a lot of situations.
My preferred setup doesn't have as much frw as the DWEB setup, but I've found it enough to survive when south walking.
Dweb setup:
Enigma 45
2nec 30frw circ
gspurs 30 treks 20
so looking at about 95-105 frw with that setup, and 65-75 with my preferred setup.
The amount of gear/inventory you would have to change out to obtain 150FRW would cause you to lose out on some pretty important essentials of your build.
Now about your choice of DWEB over hoto setup:
I'm going to have to do some more testing on this, but I can see what you're getting at.
The reason why i don't use DWEB that much, is because with my preferred setup, the bleed out difference is unnoticeable. It still only takes me 1 landed nova to bleed someone out in 3 seconds or so.
Using DWEB is definitely going to spike up your cost on the character, being that you'll have to replace rings with 2x 10fcr rings and your 3pnb/100 ammy to a 2nec/20fcr ammy.
If you can afford it, that may be a decent trade-off. Just have to make sure that the resistance lost by removing hoto, is made up for or topped by your rings/amulet.
I like keeping as much +skill items on as possible, and with my preferred setup i'm at level 50 or 51 in nova and synergies.
So if you don't want to go spending a lot on a circlet with awesome adds such as frw/life/res, you could keep the cheap route by using another 3pnb/20fcr/2os tiara and putting some nice res stacking jewels in it.
Same goes for a better DR setup, BerBer a 3/20/2os so you don't have to go switching out too much gear and sacrificing +skills for it.
Using CoA and dungos takes 40fcr away from you, leaving you to find it elsewhere. and if you're using DWEB, I don't see how that will be achievable.
125fcr is a must at all times. Keep moving or die. Treat it as a glass cannon, hit and avoid as much as possible.
This post was edited by 00apacolypse on Dec 25 2012 01:00pm