You need better gear. Will it suffice? It can, but slow... what abilities? solo or group? I know it is SC and you have 117 intelligence, but you can do better.

Since it is a Samurai, you can use different armor type, Heavy / Medium that has +Intelligence on it instead of a padded robe.
For faster levelling speed, you can switch cast charm to main slot and have heal in ACC. Faster you level up (8%) is better for
your character.

Can you deal more damage than you receiving damage?

My hardcore samurai has more int than you do, but, I also have 95 vitality and base 40 intelligence using Armor / Main charm with a total of 114 intelligence.

EDIT: I won't have the mana pool comparison, but, I am built for Melee / Heal.

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Mar 22 2019 07:58pm

Solo

i will look and see if i have any int armor other then my lvl 50 robe with 39 int :/

i dont want all the exp gain i enjoy the lvl 55-71 the most :/ otherwise i would like main handing it.

thanks for input!


unfortunatly i have only about
46% salvation
and
twohitback 72%
because i did melee all the way to lvl 55

6-10 hours if dinking around in game to get to lvl 55

This post was edited by OverLordAzroth on Mar 22 2019 08:07pm

See if you can get a cheap Heavy armor @ level 55 with 30+ Intelligence (does not need to have any Enhanced Effect on it) also helpful mods for you. Here are some of the armors I use or have used before getting my 57 int chain (lvl55)...

Angelic tempered diamond plate mail,
Level Req: 45
Physical Defense: 49 to 147,
Magical Defense: 0 to 20,
+16 Vitality,
+38 Intelligence,
+8 Life Regen,
+2% Mind Numb

I also have a level 35 Plate with 32 Int / 18 dex / 13% xp gain that I use with Polearms and other dex related weapons.

Key thing to remember... Tier level matters when not using enhanced effect armor and relying on stat armor... if that is not an option, and you have to use lower tier, then you compensate with higher salvation charge %.

It takes practice to come up with a good solution for your build... also, how come you went with twohitback when you are going to cast?

thanks!

I will keep my eyes open for a int chain

I might still be hacking away at mobs when i get a full charge of twohitback. I figured even with no EE a lvl 55 dagger would do some dmg :l

You would be better off using an Int Sword (level 55) compared to that dagger... at least a sword has a chance of higher damage output... even though low end can be discerning. Or... go with a Longsword with Intelligence, you never know what you can get for cheap on SC.

you are better by getting melee gear

your gear is way too bad for any group climb casting on samurai

if you solo, it doesnt better, the only thing that matters for solo is how much pain you like. If it is less get better gear

had a similar attempt myself:

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=80032628&f=74

I came up with the solution that unfortunately, it's not really viable and would recommend going melee.
I tried switching over at level 30 but i believe i needed 8 stops to regen mana, which is way too many. My magician can get away with just shrining a bunch of finds when solo'ing with only 1-5 shrine stops per level (depending on EPs/WLs) so not much wasted time either.


If you really are determined to give it a go

100% melee from level 1-30 unless you have unspawn caster gear. All points into intel (every point into intel for the entire 1-73+)
Consider only changing to cast at level 30 (should have 50+ base int by this point). Level 30 gear should be a minimum of 35+ int on the weapon, 35+ int on the armor and 110+ ee on the charm.
As i said, this is still MUCH MUCH worse than attempting to solo with an 80ee weapon, 100 ee armor and ~30 dex charm.


If you're querying about this character in particular:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=466527&p=110267
don't even try. You NEED the int per level to have a half acceptable amount of mana as well as to do any damage. At level 60 you should have 80 base int if not more.