Concerning INT Nuker Builds

[Mikaru]

I'm powerfarming my low level nuker right now and I haven't decided if it would be better to go as a full force nuker with 90 lightning, 90 fire, and 90 cold....or to go with 90 lightning, 90 cold, and 90 bicheon (sword and shield).

My fiancee has a 68 force nuker with 90 cold, light and fire and he gets trashed by people of similar level in pvp even with good gear. So I was thinking I would keep bicheon for the shield benefits, extra defense and blocking ratio. This would be easier anyway since I wouldn't need to delevel bicheon.

I've heard that it's best just to go full force though....so I'd like some advice =/

[Fauntleroy]

90 Lightning/ice/bicheon 30 fire sounds great and you can tank more than another build.

[chickenfeather]

PVP : You will need some weapon skills. The nukes cast too slow to take out players efficiently(unless you can one hit them). It is better to start out an attack with a nuke as they run towards you, then finish them off with faster casting weapon skills.

PVE : It's ok to have all force if you are only going to grind.

[Starrie]

PVP : You will need some weapon skills. The nukes cast too slow to take out players efficiently(unless you can one hit them). It is better to start out an attack with a nuke as they run towards you, then finish them off with faster casting weapon skills.

PVE : It's ok to have all force if you are only going to grind.

About the PVE part, i always see people saying: nukes are not fast enough blabla. Does everyone forget shouts, or are they not that powerful/handy at higher lvls?

With my 42 nuker, they are really handy. Many opponents just go in a nuke + shout, sometimes 2 nukes.

[Mikaru]

oh yeah shouts rock that's why I'm going with lightning so I get lion shout ^___^

[Bg_DrEaM]

I've tried a lvl 90 full force nuker and i can say... it sucks at PvP.... a lot
For PvE it's perfect, for plvl too... but if you wanna be strong enough for GW, FW and PvP go with something else.

[OTG]

Don't make a cookie cutter build. Go for something like:

90 Bicheon
90 Fire
90 Cold
30 Light

[egyptology2]

Don't make a cookie cutter build. Go for something like:

90 Bicheon
90 Fire
90 Cold
30 Light

That build suggestion is actually extremely good. Weapons skills are always needed (especially s/s for a pure int). Furthermore, though you lose the magical damage increase buff (__ piercing force), it doesn't really matter: fire has higher % damage increases than lightning, so it's offset. And, At 30, I think you get the 5% one (I'm pulling that number out of my ass...but it's around there) and that would be a large damage increase. Ice is absolutely needed for defense (specifically the passive/buff/snow shield).

Good luck, and tell us what you choose to do.

[XMoshe]

Don't make a cookie cutter build. Go for something like:

90 Bicheon
90 Fire
90 Cold
30 Light

That's my final plan. 80 bich/fire, 60 lit/cold atm. Going 90 bich/fire, 60 lit/cold ofcourse. And slowly decreasing lit and upping cold then.

If you want to grind only, or play in group pvp a full force nuker would be enough (with s/s ofcourse). But if you want to pvp even a little bit, you'd be better off taking bicheon with it. I've never seen anyone killing a semi geared char at 90 with only nukes.