So i've done some PVP, but not like in-to-it into it.

So here are my questions:

A) when wearing Light/Medium/Heavy armor does this impact IAS/FRW mechanics with a str/dex check?

When PVP, attacking someone with heavy armor on, does the armor class (light/med/heavy) impact attack? or is it just the defence in itself * higher defence=less likely to be hit/ CTB etc etc*

C) Can someone clarify the -enemy res mechanics on pvp vs pvm (i've seen this in my readinds just never payed attention to it tbh but not really too worried about it since the toon i'm building wont rely on a - mechanic)

D) When making a "glass cannon" persay, is it best to stack ATR... so essentially doing away with highlords/Raven/BK or a gnarly min/max dam with atr and stat ring and using angelic rings and ammy.
I know the ATR bonus is astronomical different so i was thinking for my particular toon it might make more sense to stack ATR because the toons i will be facing will be stacked like that as well, so essentially whoever gets hit first will die

The toon i'm making is a build i tested on single player but haven't done on PVP yet.

Andy's helm (might do a IAS/ED jool but it currently has a -3/+5 Light facet in it)
Fort AP
Ebotd War Pike
2 jav/ 10ias glvoes with dex and other mods
T gods
Gores

I have a highlord/Raven/BK, Angelic trio, or some nice min and max dam with ATR res and life ring + BK + highlord or MEtalgrid with a Hustle Iron Golem. My merc runs standard javzon gear. Essentially making a anti-pk toon, and a zon to pvp them poke barbs on Hardcore =)

Power strike tops out at 21k
Charge strike does 8k

the actual weapon damage is way up there too, I rolled a 402 botd roll in that pike, so 395 natural (7ed)

I also thought about a swap between Andys vs Giant Skull, doing a light facet+ias ed jool, or double stack ias and ed jool, or adding a ber in the mix idk. up for suggestions!

Hi,
a.) No, the heavyness of your armor doesnt effect anything.
b.) If you got high defense its helpful against physical attacks but not that important. Although people doing exclusivley melee duels try to increase their defense alot.
c.) this is a huge section there are some information about that online for sure
d.) never really played ama

hope thats helpful

Yeah! definitely! and thanks for the reply! You are literally the only one who answered like that lol, i did it in a different forum and kept getting trolled

yes the heavyness has an effect like you stated.

there is a frw penalty for heavy.

i believe it is

heavy: -10% frw
medium: -5%
light: none

Well, its not frw that it nerfed its Efrw.

Frw has diminishing results, meanwhile EffectiveFRW is the outcome. Such a nerf is quite big.
There is no reason to go heavy. Dusk, ap etc has good defense anyway.

Also, there is no reason to go eth both or 2 hander javazon.
The only reason to go 2 handed was if u was wearing infinity.

You want teleport, ideally 68fcr, some frw and 1 handed jav + stormshield.
With matri or ceremonial javs ideally you want 95ias.

This post was edited by gel87 on Apr 18 2024 08:52am

So would a better strategy be Infinity cs/ps vs the ebotd warpike cs/ps? Trying to essentially gank those poke barbs. I assume they have a ww backup on weapon swap just in case. Also this is for hardcore, and these aren't gm duels either

A perf infinity is -140 to enemy lr.
A griffon is -25 enemy lr.

So ye, i kinda think its ur best chance to deal massive fast damage, but u will lack a shield.