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Spear and ice. does it work?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:00 am
by monkeyudders
i would like to know if there are any people that know if a build like this would work.

full ice
full lightning
full spear mastery

ice for imbue and physical def
lightning for the nuke, grass walk and piercing force
the spear mastery for various other skills

mostly i chose ice for the slow and freeze and i think its much better for pvm

could somebody please tell me if theres a build like this or if theres a change i should make in my build

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:59 am
by San
i would SUGGEST going fire-light-spear, but i guess u can go cold.....
fire is stronger, and does better in pvp, but if u dont want to have a cookie cutter build, go cold-i personally dont prefer it though

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:15 am
by sunmoon
u can probably pve okay, but u'll be lacking a lot of dmg in pvp

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:25 am
by Rainigul
This is what I'm gonna be:

Hybrid spear
Lightning for every skill (including imbue)
Ice for defence, screwing around (and imbue)

You'll do GREAT at the 90 cap, for now you won't do the best, but you'll still be a very unique and fun build.

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:27 am
by cin
Rainigul wrote:This is what I'm gonna be:

Hybrid spear
Lightning for every skill (including imbue)
Ice for defence, screwing around (and imbue)

You'll do GREAT at the 90 cap, for now you won't do the best, but you'll still be a very unique and fun build.


+1

ppl will call u noob now. just wait till the cap update comes.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:55 pm
by monkeyudders
yummy.. i mean thx for the good idears

:wink:

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:47 am
by fena
Keep in mind, though, that the damage difference in the later levels between Ice and Fire are VERY significant. In the lower levels, as in the lowever 3X's, the damage might not be TOO noticable, but when comparing the 2nd book of the Ice Nuke, maxed, to the 3rd book of the Fire Nuke, maxed, you would have to be blind not to notice the damage difference.

However, in PvE, I could see it working decently - the Physical Defence bonus would definently be good for a Pure INT build, as would the Frostbite and Freeze.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:01 am
by cin
FenaCorp wrote:Keep in mind, though, that the damage difference in the later levels between Ice and Fire are VERY significant. In the lower levels, as in the lowever 3X's, the damage might not be TOO noticable, but when comparing the 2nd book of the Ice Nuke, maxed, to the 3rd book of the Fire Nuke, maxed, you would have to be blind not to notice the damage difference.

However, in PvE, I could see it working decently - the Physical Defence bonus would definently be good for a Pure INT build, as would the Frostbite and Freeze.


in PvP they can tank pure str glaviers -_- its not only good for pve.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:36 am
by fena
cin wrote:
FenaCorp wrote:Keep in mind, though, that the damage difference in the later levels between Ice and Fire are VERY significant. In the lower levels, as in the lowever 3X's, the damage might not be TOO noticable, but when comparing the 2nd book of the Ice Nuke, maxed, to the 3rd book of the Fire Nuke, maxed, you would have to be blind not to notice the damage difference.

However, in PvE, I could see it working decently - the Physical Defence bonus would definently be good for a Pure INT build, as would the Frostbite and Freeze.


in PvP they can tank pure str glaviers -_- its not only good for pve.


A Pure INT tanking a Pure STR?
Don't make me laugh...

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:46 am
by ThatOneMan3424
no

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:55 am
by shadowman20875
thats the new favorite cookie cutter build right there

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:57 am
by cin
FenaCorp wrote:
cin wrote:
FenaCorp wrote:Keep in mind, though, that the damage difference in the later levels between Ice and Fire are VERY significant. In the lower levels, as in the lowever 3X's, the damage might not be TOO noticable, but when comparing the 2nd book of the Ice Nuke, maxed, to the 3rd book of the Fire Nuke, maxed, you would have to be blind not to notice the damage difference.

However, in PvE, I could see it working decently - the Physical Defence bonus would definently be good for a Pure INT build, as would the Frostbite and Freeze.


in PvP they can tank pure str glaviers -_- its not only good for pve.


A Pure INT tanking a Pure STR?
Don't make me laugh...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J7YEPSfsk4

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:13 am
by Ell
FenaCorp wrote:
cin wrote:
FenaCorp wrote:Keep in mind, though, that the damage difference in the later levels between Ice and Fire are VERY significant. In the lower levels, as in the lowever 3X's, the damage might not be TOO noticable, but when comparing the 2nd book of the Ice Nuke, maxed, to the 3rd book of the Fire Nuke, maxed, you would have to be blind not to notice the damage difference.

However, in PvE, I could see it working decently - the Physical Defence bonus would definently be good for a Pure INT build, as would the Frostbite and Freeze.


in PvP they can tank pure str glaviers -_- its not only good for pve.


A Pure INT tanking a Pure STR?
Don't make me laugh...

I think this build would work really well with 2:1 spear hybrids since they are able to tank pure str normally for a while plus the added ice skill at cap raise which would make them really really hard to kill.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:30 am
by alZen
when fire shield us fixed ... return of ice ... even for pure str.