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Leveling as Pure Int. Nuker

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:19 pm
by Squints
There has been a lot of S/S and Spear debates on the forums and I understand that S/S = Survivability with a little less damage and Spear = All offense.

I'm now lvl 28 with my pure int nuker and I haven't hit the nuking phase yet (lvl 30) So I was wondering if an experienced pure int nuker could share some thoughts on what my build should be for leveling.

Would I be weak like a euro wizard for leveling and be afraid of being hit even once, as a pure int spear?

I want to be able to one / two (shouts) mobs my level, is this possble with the latest SoS (+3) through out leveling with S/S or is the spear the only one with this power?

If anyone could answer one of these two questions it would be greatly appreciated!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:01 pm
by xKingpinx
actually a spear good be pretty strong with snow shield + all alchemyed gear thats atleast extra 2500-3500 hp if your stuff is all str 4 and 5
and stamina stones

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:13 pm
by Aby
Euro = pot delays. Wiz die with 2 hits, not 1 ;) As long as you have pots you will be alright, unless you have 3+ party monsters & at least a giant on you at once, however you may want to add Str to a certain mag balance to be good in pvp. This is, afterall, Silkroad.

Spear does lots more dmg than s/s, esp. with full int, so you'll be able to 1 hit higher monsters than with s/s.

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:20 pm
by Krevidy
Aby wrote:Euro = pot delays. Wiz die with 2 hits, not 1 ;) As long as you have pots you will be alright, unless you have 3+ party monsters & at least a giant on you at once, however you may want to add Str to a certain mag balance to be good in pvp. This is, afterall, Silkroad.

Spear does lots more dmg than s/s, esp. with full int, so you'll be able to 1 hit higher monsters than with s/s.


Chinese die in 2 hits, not 1....

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:27 pm
by Doctor_MOS
GlennNL22 wrote:
Aby wrote:Euro = pot delays. Wiz die with 2 hits, not 1 ;) As long as you have pots you will be alright, unless you have 3+ party monsters & at least a giant on you at once, however you may want to add Str to a certain mag balance to be good in pvp. This is, afterall, Silkroad.

Spear does lots more dmg than s/s, esp. with full int, so you'll be able to 1 hit higher monsters than with s/s.


Chinese die in 2 hits, not 1....
demands on type of build and gear?

Re: Leveling as Pure Int. Nuker

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:28 pm
by Doctor_MOS
Squints wrote:
I want to be able to one / two (shouts) mobs my level, is this possble with the latest SoS (+3) through out leveling with S/S or is the spear the only one with this power?


are you trying to ask if you can kill mobs in 2 shouts? no you won't, except with a sun and maxed blue i think

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:36 pm
by Aby
GlennNL22 wrote:
Aby wrote:Euro = pot delays. Wiz die with 2 hits, not 1 ;) As long as you have pots you will be alright, unless you have 3+ party monsters & at least a giant on you at once, however you may want to add Str to a certain mag balance to be good in pvp. This is, afterall, Silkroad.

Spear does lots more dmg than s/s, esp. with full int, so you'll be able to 1 hit higher monsters than with s/s.


Chinese die in 2 hits, not 1....


I can tank exactly that as a full int spear nuker of mobs +2 lvls, with no exceptional gear whatsoever before dying.

Re: Leveling as Pure Int. Nuker

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:30 pm
by Squints
Doctor_MOS wrote:are you trying to ask if you can kill mobs in 2 shouts? no you won't, except with a sun and maxed blue i think


Nope, I'm not that much of a noob :P

I meant Nuke + Shout

Edit: Oh yeah, thanks for the replies everyone! I will stick with spear then unless someone proves me otherwise!

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:16 am
by mios
all i can say so far is this:
im pure INT nuker, currently lvl 35 soon 36, gapping from 31 atm, and i got SOS shield +5 and SOS sword +3, this is rly handy, because u will die with spear if u meet a giant pt or somethin close to it, like i, i was fighting lvl 30mobs to plvl my wolf:P since i could onehit with my spear(yes i got 3 weps, but not heuksal tree, i only use spear when im doing only nuking)
so ye i was fighting lvl 30 mobs and a giant 2 champion and 1 champion pt came to me, with spear they got me down to 300hp then i switched to shield and activated my def increase buff, this was i managed to kill them all, which i couldnt done without SS, its all what u like, u will prob 2 shot a mob so why not go SS anyway then, since more def, and if needed the def buff

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:02 pm
by Aby
mios wrote:all i can say so far is this:
im pure INT nuker, currently lvl 35 soon 36, gapping from 31 atm, and i got SOS shield +5 and SOS sword +3, this is rly handy, because u will die with spear if u meet a giant pt or somethin close to it, like i, i was fighting lvl 30mobs to plvl my wolf:P since i could onehit with my spear(yes i got 3 weps, but not heuksal tree, i only use spear when im doing only nuking)
so ye i was fighting lvl 30 mobs and a giant 2 champion and 1 champion pt came to me, with spear they got me down to 300hp then i switched to shield and activated my def increase buff, this was i managed to kill them all, which i couldnt done without SS, its all what u like, u will prob 2 shot a mob so why not go SS anyway then, since more def, and if needed the def buff


Just use armor until the monsters become magic ;) My gear isn't super (barely even 1 blue on each piece) and I can tank party giants myself with no problem.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:52 pm
by destructionmama
if you think you are dying too fast go hybrid :D


but anyways, you can always be s/s but grind with a spear, they do more damage, and probably will get your grind faster. Try to kill mobs you can 1 nuke + 1 shout. Usually they won't be able to touch you, if you get swamped, put on snow shield or castle shield and spam AOE/transfer attacks until they all fall to the ground.