Pure STr Bow help needed

Antione · Post by **Antione** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:29 pm

I need help: I'm building a pure str cold bow, but i want grasswalk flow, and i want the fire buffs, can i get all 3 forces as well as the pacheon skills or not,?? please give me your imput on this issue....

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:24 pm

You will be disappointed with cold at higher levels. Skip it or only level it slightly. Deleveling those skills is quite expensive when you hit 4x.

Use fire as your main with lightning for a secondary.

- reformed str/cold/bow user

whY-2G · Post by **whY-2G** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:49 am

i hearD ice aint that goOd when you reach hiGher levelS...stiCk with fire all the waY...will wOrk wonderS for you in the future =D

sRoad lov3

kitary · Post by **kitary** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:20 am

you can only ever have 300 mastery points
right now the maximum lvl is 70 , so a mastery can never be higher than 70 right now , later the lvl cap will go to 90 , and mabe even more later even more , i cant say , but lvl 90 is for sure sinds Korean silk has that already ,
anyway's 4x 70 is 280 , so right now it will be posible to get cold/fire/ligtning/bow , but when cap will go to 90 your ganna miss out on some mastery lvl's for either your bow or your imbue element(s) . as in like 20 lvl's , and 1 mastery lvl = 1% extra damage , so thats 20% less damage .. thats actualy alot ..

theCoder · Post by **theCoder** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:31 pm

Definately, go with fire on the bow. Lightning? Well, for the passive and grasswalk. I have found force to be an interesting secondary, as usually pure builds do not go with force, but the passive gives you more MP, which I have found to be a godsend! And rez is always good for parties. Avoid self heal, its a waiste, and you can use healing hand on yourself, and it is much more effective.

Cold is great for PvE, since monsters do not pill frostbite away. It can be effective in PvP, but let me just say, that the only way an ice-blader can take me out, is if they knock me down, and they could do this without ice. The double and triple arrow buffs are deadly to ice users, since there is no wind up for them, so they cannot be totally cancelled by ice. Just hold the hot keys in, when autopot cures the freeze... WHAM! no more icer.

Post by **dom** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:59 pm

whY-2G wrote:i hearD ice aint that goOd when you reach hiGher levelS...stiCk with fire all the waY...will wOrk wonderS for you in the future =D

sRoad lov3

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Antione · Post by **Antione** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:00 pm

okay so i'm gonna go pure str fire/lightning (buffs/passive) and pacheon, are there any particular skills in pacheon i should get. (i'm also thinking i shuld get lvl 20 force for the extra 194 mp.)

Post by **dom** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:19 pm

Antione wrote:okay so i'm gonna go pure str fire/lightning (buffs/passive) and pacheon, are there any particular skills in pacheon i should get. (i'm also thinking i shuld get lvl 20 force for the extra 194 mp.)

Not worth it at all,

for instance: 3rd book level 1 anti devil bow costs 388 mp. That MP bonus from force isn't worth it. I've made dozens of characters and I gave up on all of them for that reason. If you distribute too thinly at the start your character will be too weak later on. Stick to pumping fire/lightning/pacheon, that alone will soak up alot of SP early on unless you farm.

I find it best to calculate how much SP you will be needing exactly for level 20 (usually a couple k). I keep a 9 level difference until I get that SP then once I have it I level with a 0 mastery difference. Then I calculate SP needed for level 30 and I don't touch masteries (leaving them at 20) until I have enough SP for level 30.

This works early on but you will need a gap sooner or later.