Some Qn on my Hybrid Int Bower (necessity of skills)

juntakashi · Post by **juntakashi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:17 am

hi there...i played my hybrid int (int2: str1) bow until now lvl 22 wif cold 19 light 19 bow 19 and fire 11(planning to lvl it up to be same as other mastery for the fire mag def)....n guess wat i dun even noe that u can scroll down for more skills for each skill tree...and yes, i din learn any skills that nid 2 scroll down 2 see(eg. light heaven force, cold armour which are realli gd skills) !
So i m kinda overwhelmed, lol, by the extra no. of skills piling up

Q1. is it too late for me now 2 replan the sp n skills that i nid 2 restart a new char?( tis my 2nd char )

Q2. i m thking since i hv no nuke so i will nid 2 keep lvl up lion shout until lvl 30 and change to the wolf thunderbolt for the nuke?

Q3. is the light concentration series useful for upping parry ratio or the heaven force series upping parry permanenty will be sufficient? (tking into acc the no. of skills to b learned)

Q4. is it necessary to get the flame devil force series(up phy dmg permanent) when i m more int inclined?

Q5. is the frost nova series a must hv or a shld hv?

Q6. how effective is the fire shield series in correcting the abnormal status ( especially in lessening the freezing time ) ? is it worth the sp or i shld wait n get it in higher lvl?

i was planning to learn the following skills
Bow tree: 2 arrow combo(stopped at lvl 1 juz for the 2 arrow only), the hawk series, break heaven(up shot range), mind concentration

Cold tree: cold force, frost guard, frost nova, cold armour

Lightning tree: piercing, wind walk, lionshout (until char lvl 30 transfer to thunderbolt force series), heaven force

fire tree: fire shield, fire protection

Is tis too many skills? (din include in light concentration series and anti devil bow which i nt sure of)
heard that crit is based on str n since i m more int .. was thking crit wun b as high? nt sure ...

just 1 more qn: if i deposit items in jangnan storage can tk out fr DW storage n vice versa? and can the items be transferred fr server to server?

i noe wats shld hv vs. must hv is very perspective and subjective but plz give any advice..if possible based on my char

Would really appreciate all responses esp. fr pros...

Thx in advance very much !

Post by **Stress** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:29 am

1) You can replenish those skills, but you need to SP farm quite a bit. Reroll if you like, you can get to 22 in 2-3 days. If you reroll go pure STrR

2)Do NOT nuke. You will nuke like shit with a bow, and lion shout will be even worse.

3) If you plan to SP farm, get both concentration and heaven force. If you don't want SP farming just level the passive.

4) Level the flame devil force. The more damage you cause, the better.

5) Take the Frost Nova for difficult PvE sitiuations. You can leave it out alltogether.

6) If you plan to do alot of PvP early, get the fire shield. If you are PvE oriented leave it for later. With fire shield you can become completely ice immune (now isn't that cool

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Note: :!:

These are the right skills for a bow: anti-devil, multi-arrow, Hawk training (only bk 1, 3), Explosion arrow, Strong bow (not necessary) and mind concentration.

I recommend that you use fire imbue. It is better and more powerful then the ice imbue. The cold tree is looking good, with the mention that you should switch to fire imbue.

From Lightning, drop the Lion Shout and the Thunderbolts. you must have: piercing, wind walk, concentration, passive.

Fire tree: IMBUE (recommended), fire shield, flame body, fire protection and passive.

Personal recomandation: start again, go full STR, and use the skills above. If you don't know what Sp farming is, try reading up on some of the stickied guides in this section.
Hope this helps.

juntakashi · Post by **juntakashi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:06 am

wow...realli thx...been a great help...will try 2 SP farm when i hv the time...
PS: there hv been tis argument of full str bow vs 70:70 hybrid bow (full int bow seems sucky as said by every 1)...so is kinda confused and duno which 1 is better...

Post by **Stress** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:21 am

I think full STR bow is better. bows are based mainly on crits (anti-devil has big crit increase). And pure STR crits are simply insane. My full STR bower has a seal of star lv 52 + 5 bow crit [b]15[/b]. I crit almost every anti-devil bow I shoot. And my crits are insane (damage almost doubles compared to a non-crit anti-devil. So go full STR and you will not regret it.

juntakashi · Post by **juntakashi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:48 am

ok i will try it out...the fire shield series which is realli useful against freezing forstbite can only b used when equipped wif a shield rite?
den y not i just go for a sword n shield build which even has a kd that bow dun hv?

hmm..juz an opinion...may go for S&S pure int or int hybrid for the fire shield reason...

MrFudge · Post by **MrFudge** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:54 pm

full str bow and int sword are completely different builds.

5m0k3 · Post by **5m0k3** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:08 pm

why did you use commas then spell your words wrong X_X

juntakashi · Post by **juntakashi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:25 pm

i gonna remake new char yeah..
wat i meant was bow build or spear build cant hv the fire shield series(can if buy shield n den switch in switch out fr inventory)..so i might as well go for a int S&S build...

phresh · Post by **phresh** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:50 pm

Yeah man, if you want to stick with bow start putting all points into str and try for the 70:70, which will suck in my opinion but not by everyones.

Or, start collecting curst hearts and stay 2:1int hybrid but switch to sword/shield or spear.

Or, start over and make a pure str archer.

Either way just make sure to have fun!