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Sep 13 2010 10:10am
Made this char... Fun as hell. Hitting paladins without angelics you can just forget about. You need angelics. I love going toe to toe throwing against zons and winning:D Too much damage for them to handle.
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Sep 13 2010 11:16am
Quote (Soka_Gakkai @ Sep 13 2010 10:17am)
oh gosh, lacerator as primary weapon? then what's my griefz for?

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Equip Lacerator over glove side and Grief over the boot side.
This allows you to hit Amp via Guided Arrows and Lacerator/ Grief combo does more Whirlwind damage than Lacerator/ Lacerator, or Lacerator/ Beast.
I hope this clarifies

Quote (pheonix_xinoehp @ Sep 13 2010 11:10am)
Made this char... Fun as hell. Hitting paladins without angelics you can just forget about. You need angelics. I love going toe to toe throwing against zons and winning:D Too much damage for them to handle.


You don't need Angelics, as I found that when the build revolves around Highlords and the best damage output it comes down to a battle of skill instead of items.
It's preference: AR or Damage.

Glad you're liking the character though ^_^ I enjoyed going head-on Throw verse Fireball B)
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Sep 14 2010 04:50am
Quote (CompanyOfThree @ 14 Sep 2010 02:16)
Equip Lacerator over glove side and Grief over the boot side.
This allows you to hit Amp via Guided Arrows and Lacerator/ Grief combo does more Whirlwind damage than Lacerator/ Lacerator, or Lacerator/ Beast.
I hope this clarifies



You don't need Angelics, as I found that when the build revolves around Highlords and the best damage output it comes down to a battle of skill instead of items.
It's preference: AR or Damage.

Glad you're liking the character though ^_^ I enjoyed going head-on Throw verse Fireball B)


mean is, due to ww hitchecks mechanics, if griefz isn't primary to take advantage of the first hit check, then it is meaningless to even have a lacerator build compared to the conventional bvc build

This post was edited by Soka_Gakkai on Sep 14 2010 04:51am
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Sep 14 2010 04:54am
how about widow + atmas scarab

works very well also
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Sep 14 2010 04:55am
Quote (Soka_Gakkai @ 14 Sep 2010 13:50)
mean is, due to ww hitchecks mechanics, if griefz isn't primary to take advantage of the first hit check, then it is meaningless to even have a lacerator build compared to the conventional bvc build


the point of it is using ga to proc amp on them, then they take 3x more damage (assuming they had 50 dr before)
you just cant amp with grief primary so there's no choice

but yea well conventional bvc build is probably better anyway, the amp runs out fast and they can just avoid getting hit in that time

Quote (mizure @ 14 Sep 2010 13:54)
how about widow + atmas scarab

works very well also


too low chance to cast and you lose highlords

This post was edited by tudey on Sep 14 2010 04:55am
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Sep 14 2010 06:10am
when you've got widowmaker out, its for duels where you plan on never whirlwinding at all.
hence it can just as easily be lacerator / stormshield on switch as lacerator / grief. Grief makes more sense in caster matchups where they might slipup and give you a chance to ww them. for example, vs hammerdins.

in those duels its often just as wise to use beast with its ow/cb/ar bonuses, since that might help you more than more straight damage on grief, because of hammerdins high life / defense.



just teleport around shooting them full of guided arrows. You never use widowmaker in duels where you would want to whirlwind.
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Sep 14 2010 07:01am
srry to say it!

but use double throw, to get amp, will decrease total win chance / decrease killing speed!
however it can be fun vs noobs!
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Sep 14 2010 07:30am
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srry to say it!

but use double throw, to get amp, will decrease total win chance / decrease killing speed!
however it can be fun vs noobs!


sorry to say it
but using tommyvv will decrease total win chance / decrease killing speed!
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Sep 14 2010 08:12am
Quote (Soka_Gakkai @ Sep 14 2010 05:50am)
mean is, due to ww hitchecks mechanics, if griefz isn't primary to take advantage of the first hit check, then it is meaningless to even have a lacerator build compared to the conventional bvc build


This isn't a "Lacerator BvC" it's a Brawler- a Throw/ WW hybrid barbaraian and if you are trying out weapon combinations with Widowmaker on switch, Lacerator/ Grief is superior than Lacerator/ Lacerator or Lacerator/ Beast. If you want to remove Lacerator you lose Amp and would be better off making a BvA. As Tudey said, Amp is the important thing here.

Quote (mizure @ Sep 14 2010 05:54am)
how about widow + atmas scarab

works very well also


Better for a bowa, and even then... =/ Atma's is a crap amulet compared to other options and you lose to much in versatility if the only way you're planning on getting Amp is through the 2% on Atma's via Widowmaker only.

Quote (Goomshill @ Sep 14 2010 07:10am)
when you've got widowmaker out, its for duels where you plan on never whirlwinding at all.
hence it can just as easily be lacerator / stormshield on switch as lacerator / grief. Grief makes more sense in caster matchups where they might slipup and give you a chance to ww them. for example, vs hammerdins.

in those duels its often just as wise to use beast with its ow/cb/ar bonuses, since that might help you more than more straight damage on grief, because of hammerdins high life / defense.


just teleport around shooting them full of guided arrows. You never use widowmaker in duels where you would want to whirlwind.


Widowmaker is up for descretion, in terms of there is no matchup where I would always use it compared to other setups where I always use Crown of Ages.
Generally it is used against people who extreme l8z or to land an Amp from afar, the player has to be able to judge their own skill and the skill of their opponent to acknowledge whether they will be able to play with Widowmaker out (you're very vernable with Widowmaker).

I actually overlooked Crushing Blow :x usually so obsolete in PvP I didn't even think about it, but it could be useful verse hammerdins, as you said. Those types of matchups would be only the place I'd use that combination, if I chose to use Widowmaker.

Quote (Tommyvv @ Sep 14 2010 08:01am)
srry to say it!

but use double throw, to get amp, will decrease total win chance / decrease killing speed!
however it can be fun vs noobs!


Lol thanks Tommy

This post was edited by CompanyOfThree on Sep 14 2010 08:13am
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Sep 14 2010 08:19am
Atmas has 5%
which is not too bad with widow.

But sadly its lvl 2 which doesnt last long.
so you need to make use of it fairly quickly

then again lacerator is lvl 3 amp soo...

This post was edited by mizure on Sep 14 2010 08:20am
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