Skills: Ice vs. Bicheon

[doomnorad]

I have recently created a new char, a hybrid int spear user. I was sure about my skills, having
Heuksal - main weapon, hp increase from passive
Fire - main force, imbue, nuke
Lighting - buffs, nuke
Cold - defensive things

My main point in cold was the passive (which gives a phys def increase) and the Guard of Ice (which gives the same type of defense). Then while browsing the skills I have taken a look at the Ironwood shield - give more then 400 phys def! The weak guard of ice only gives 2 (yeah, I know weak guard of ice is a low level skill while ironwood is high level). While the bicheon skill only lasts for 15 seconds, it can still be a life saver IMHO. INT builds have low phys def, so we need them. Maybe it would be better to drop Ice and take Bicheon instead? It could give me a lot of tactical options then I hope. What do you suggest? Also, what mastery allocations do you suggest then?

Thanks

[Frozen]

I have two reasons why you should get bicheon instead of cold.

#1- In pvp you'll stay alive longer and the kd's + stabs do a nice amount of damage.
#2- When you wear a shield you'll get more p.def then the Ice guard would give you and you also get more magical defense as well.

[REASONS]

I have two reasons why you should get bicheon instead of cold.

#1- In pvp you'll stay alive longer and the kd's + stabs do a nice amount of damage.
#2- When you wear a shield you'll get more p.def then the Ice guard would give you and you also get more magical defense as well.

well i guess if he wants to go spear then he should get ice

bich is a waste of sp if u just want the passive block %

[zephyr]

heuksal 80
fire 80
lightning 69
cold 68

A hybrid int spear user has little use for bicheon. The only time you should use a shield is when you get knocked down (switch to shield and then back to spear). The 15 second buff with a 45-60second cooldown is unlikely to help you more than cold buffs when you have stuns and knockback.