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Hi dont see any "two weapon style" in panel, where i can find it please ? What panel? At level up or in the Attack Speed Calculator?

Everything you assumed is correct. Draining is not influenced by anything - just the damage you did (which is of course influenced by dmg mods). So a rogue or barb get a lot out of it.

Yes, with the Blade of the Endless Paths you would achieve 0 recovery, but not with Tidefall. Tidefall's damage is still better (and of course there's draining), but the focus gain would be better with the Blade otEP. The only other two hander with speed is Llawran's Stick - but I guess that is not what you are looking for.

Yes, maybe useful when it comes to support, no doubt, but not very useful at tanking (at least at PoTD), which in my book not only means to survive everything the enemy has to offer, but also to bind enemies (at least melee ones) so that your backline doesn't get attacked. This doesn't work very well with a passive "supertank" who has no means of dealing damage or disables (like Overbearing Guard) because mobs will just ignore you once one or two engaged and rush your backline. It's better if you can for example knockdown two or three and kill others rather quickly while being sturdy enough to survive the heat of the front line. I mean the usual encounter on PoTD with a lot of enemeis, not boss fights.

Two handers have the same attack speed as heavy one handers (attack animation and also recovery). Only the light one handed weapons have faster attack animation and recovery - but they also have the lowest base damage of all weapons and thus need some dmg modifiers in order to overcome DR properly. Cipher's late power Time Parasite is actually pretty cool with Two Handers because it lets you attack with very low or even zero recovery which then is the best dps option. Also some DEX helps with the longer attack animation.

It's not great if you leave it as it is, but if you want to play a melee wizard with a ton of MIG, great crit chances and story talents for crits (Doemenel's Merciless Hand, Dungeon Delver) and also use Citzal's Martial Power (abilites like Grimoire Slam and Arcane Assault are NOT blocked by Citzal's Martial Power - same as spels from spellbinding gear) it becomes a good 1/encounter attack. That's because it has really decent base damage and thus profits a lot from dmg bonuses like from MIG and crits. I don't think it works with Savage Attack and Apprentice's Sneak Attack though, but I maybe wrong. I used it on a monkish unarmed wizard once who made heavy use of Citzal's Martial Power (because of the weird mechanics of Novice's Suffering - also used all the touch-based spells) and it was fine. Edit: quick calculation: - Base damage is 20-30 or 25 on average (like Firebrand or Concelhaut's Parasitic Staff). - with 21 starting MIG, +4 from Maegfolc Skull, + 4 from Abydon's Hammer, +8 from Martial Power you get +81% damage - with a crit + Merciless Hand + Dungeon Delver + Rabbit Fur Gloves you would get +100% damage. So Grimoire Slam would do 56,2 - 84,3 (average ~70) on a crit with a lot of fuzz. Don't know it it's worth it, but it's not that bad if you can spare the talent point (like I could).

To be fair: a supertank (who does not much damage) can be quite nice against dragons and certain bounties. But for most fights they just lack usefulness.

It is up to date. It's from MaxQuest and not that old. Since MaxQuest made it there were no changes to attack speed mechanics (or items/abilities/potions) that I know of. The only speed buff that's not in it is Spelltongue's Time Siphon (gets suppressed by most other speed abilites anyway).

Daggers have the same base damage as stilettos. Instead of 3 DR bypass they have +5 accuracy which is good. Also Drawn in Spring is the best melee dps weapon and pretty awesome for a rogue. The damage mods or rogues work very well with the wounding "lash" and the wounding itself is great against high DR targets - better than mere dr bypass. I think March Steel + Drawn in Spring is a pretty good combo if you want to use dagger exclusively. Immunities aside it's also one of the best dps option for a rogue (looking at auto-attacks, excluding Backstab and Finishing Blow). Sword of Daenysis + Drawn in Spring would be a biut better I guess, but still... But in the end it doesn't matter much if you pick stilettos or daggers. The differences are marginal. Ther are more unique stilettos earlier so maybe that's more interesting.

Extending the duration by 50% is even better then just adding +50% base damage. Dragon Thrashed overlap with a more conservative stat spread (25 INT) at lvl 16: With 30 INT they would overlap completely, stacking 3 instances all the time. Crits would allow for 4 instances to overlap (for some time). Remember that one handed weapon usage also works with Dragon Thrashed, giving it +12 ACC (one handed style's crit conversion doesn't apply). As I already showed in another thread the AoE of Dragon Thrashed is a lot bigger than most other AoE attacks. Here Dragon Thrashed compared to carnage (both with 25 INT, barb is standing lower right with the spear, targeting the chanter, the reddish circles is carnage base and extended AoE, the yellows are Dragon Thrashed - or any phrase basically): But of course one has to remember that carnage originates from an enemy and Dragon Thrashed from the chanter.

You mean +5 I guess?

Does it go away when you change weapon set after the enemies reflipped? Good tip. That's the thing with all passive buffs you apply on charmed/dominated foes: they don't go away after the enemies flip back. It's the worst thing with Take the Hit, but the Zealous Auras or herald also have this issue. The best solution would that charmed/dominated enemies don't profit from buffs at all. I mean you can't use things like Ectopsychic Echo or Amplifies Wave on them - so why do they get your buffs? That's neither fish nor fowl.

I think that's one of the best ways to use the Helwax Mold

My talent order would be (I guess): - Veteran's Recovery - Weapon Focus (in my opinion it leads to more damage and thus focus in the early game than the alternatives - esp. with a two hander) - Outlander's Frenzy (+25% speed with a two hander is a multiplcative damage bonus instead of an additive) - Biting Whip - Draining Whip - Two Handed Style - Apprentice's Sneak - Savage Attack

I don't know if retaliation triggers when the shield catches the damage, but I do know that overlapping shields do kind of stack: if the active shield gets used up one of the suppressed ones will jump in. If you combine multiple Chanters who all use that shield phrase it becomes very difficult to hurt them. At least that was the case when I tested it right when that phrase came out. So, longer time is somewhat important.

Outlander's Frenzy is still a viable pick even with Time Parasite although they don't stack. Because usually you can't start right off with Time Parasite but have to collect some focus first. In this period Outlander's Frenzy helps. Its +12 to fortitude also helps a bit.

Yes, I once used this setup together with Dangerous Implement + Grudge Keeper. Nice addup of damage bonuses. Also, Phantom Foes is one of the most convinient things to unlock AoE Deathblows: cheap, rel. long duration and big AoE. I like it in combo with Painful Interdiction - and then a rogue who spams some Fireballs... @Samugol: you lack a talent. You listed 7 but you can pick 8.

Err, sorry - I mistyped and corrected (see above).

I don't know if there is any spell that can cause Confusion on an ally. All mind control spells are foe only. But some others (like Mind Wave) you can cast directly on an ally. Maybe this is also the case here. Would have to test if the wizard's spells work that way...

I also tested it and I think Spell Mastery "Halt" + Stag Helmet is the perfect combo. Only one spell and immunity through an item. If you can cast Eyestrike on an ally you could also use the Crossed Patch to prevent blinding.

Actually I think it's smart to pick Savage Attack AND Appretice's Sneak Attack. SA's accuracy bonus malus doesn't apply to your powers (like Mental Binding) - and once you paralyzed an enemy the -5 ACC don't matter that much anymore. You will get more focus on average and Apprentice's Sneak also applies.

Yes. Light weapons have the highest dps of all weapons (certain enchantments aside) with a rogue. Look at the "Flail's Fire Lash" thread... Stilettos are very fast and have 3 DR bypass which is a good combo. You can pick Vulnerable Attack early and still be faster than with sabres and so on but deal the equivalent +8 damage per hit. That is the same damage increase as a +60% damage bonus on a sabre would be! Bleak Fang even has rending on top, giving it 11 DR bypass. Azureith's Stiletto triggers Jolting Touch on crit. Spells work with Deathblows (= double damage for Jolting Toch and the immediate corrosove damage of Bleak Fang's Touch of Rot). Another thing is that stillettos have some representations that do slash damage instead of pierce: Lagufaeth stilettos. You can use them as backup-set for pierce-immune foes. So yeah: totally viable. And yes LitleBold, he meant Two Weapon Style, not Two Handed Style.

A few points: - all abilities, including wizard spells, get +1 ACC per level (on top of their innate ACC bonus of +10 most of he time and the bonus your char's ACC base gets). It's hard to raise the will defense that high so that grazes will not happen. - Prayer against Fear will make you immune against Fear bit still Defiant Resolve will get triggered. Can you cast the priest lvl one spells Halt (with a stag helmet) or Divine Terror (with a prayer first) directly on an ally? That would be perfect.

Since the fox does a lot more damage when he crits (due to high base damage) it's a good idea to give him +10 ACC. Also see the "Brütal Takedown" thread. Brutal Takedown only has to overcome 1/4 DR and is totally worth it if you plan to use Takedown anyway.

Did a quick test unsing my console-slinging skills and it turns out that Thorny Roots indeed only has to overcome 1/4 of pierce and slash DR. Supermighty ranger with crits could deal 2x 33 pierce / slash damage with 20 MIG and maxed out crit damage and kill an enemy with 5 binding roots in a row (66*5 = 330 vs, 0 DR). Because Binding Roots targets reflex and reflex gets lowered by stuck it's easy to crit at least with the last 4 uses...