Spearazon/Javazon help

[Muzzy Roberto]

i've been trying to make a spear/javazon several times now, and it's just not working. What skills should I go for? Which ones are the hard hitters, and such?

Currently, I have 7 in jab, 3 in power strike, and 3 in charged strike, with 1 into everything else. I'm only lvl 24, so that might explain a few of the problems. My equipment is equally unimpressive.
I've been told she really shines when she hits 30 and gets her last 2 spear skills. This true?

[Evrae Altana]

You'll start to notice a big difference in killing speed after you sink a couple of points in Lightning Fury. The big skills for javazons are Lightning Fury for packs and Charged Strike for single monsters. I think you have too many points in Jab; one is enough.

[jparm3rd]

Muzzy:

I have to agree with Evrae...geez-I seem to be saying that a lot lately.. :lol:
but LF is certainly a path to take that has immediately noticable killing speed once you get it and yes, you aren't going see this until 30. Getting some skill points into Pierce too will also really speed up killing once you get LF. Just hang in there until 30....its well worth the early pain. Good luck with your build and if you need help....holler.

[Omikron8]

Get valk to 17

if you decide to put points into dodge/avoid/evade then ignore fend

yes light fury/strike are the keys to this build

[Muzzy Roberto]

Lightning fury and charged strike... dig it.

Uh... Is jab worth maxing out? I'd kinda hate to start her over AGAIN, but I'd rather to it for the umpteenth time than waste precious skill points. I really, really, REALLY don't want to start her over again, but if jab sucks, then jab sucks.

[jparm3rd]

Muzzy:

I feel your pain..there is nothing worse than wasting skill points and it seems that each skill point is important, especially with synergies. Truth is, you probably have too many points in Jab, but that's a personal opinion and not fact. Most put just 1 point in Jab because CS or PS or LF are used in most situations. For example--when at range, you use LF. When meleeing a small pack or boss you use CS or PS. So, you really do need something when you face PIs or LI/PI's. Jab can help in these situations, especially for LI bosses. Skill adders are generally used to boost Jab, so in truth having points in Jab isn't bad, its just that there are only so many points to go around, etc etc. If I were you, I wouldn't put anymore points in Jab, but instead put all the remaining points into LF. You should be able to get into into the high teens, depending on how high you take your character. I don't know about putting more into D/A/E or Pierce.....you only have so many points left and honestly, you really need them in LF over D/A/E and Pierce, plus skill adders will help the latter, whereas LF really needs points to be a viable killer in Hell. The thing that makes LF so deadly is the number of bolts it shoots out after striking its target--that's why higher levels are important....the damage and piercing are really bonuses that make a good skill better, imo. Completely avoid Fend. I don't think you have to start over--this character can work, but the rest of your points are now really precious and should go into LF. Maybe get a Jav with +LF or +J/S skills. Titans would be ideal. Anyway,
Good luck!

[jparm3rd]

Sorry everyone--my last post decided it needed to be in triplicate.... :o .

[Muzzy Roberto]

Thanks for the thrice advice, but I've already restarted her.She's lvl 6 now. Jab is only getting one point this time, and let +skill do the rest.

[DudSpud]

Well, I am apparently too late, but the first incarnation could have worked out ok, actually.

The hardest part of this game is resisting the urge to put "an extra point or two" into a skill that is essentially worthless. The question is, did you?

Maybe not. If you are going to go all lightning, you will rock all through late normal and NM with LF and ChStr. However, when you reach Hell, you will find lightning immunes. LF all day and little will happen. This is where having Jab at a respectable level comes in handy. This doesn't mean that I would put my first 20 pts into it, because you want to bank them for lvl 30 when you get two skills, LF and its true synergy, pierce. So how many points? Say 7 or so...

As for the extra in power strike. It is as good a synergy to ChStr as any other, so in that sense it is not a wasate. It would only be a waste IF it prevented you from putting points in a skill you would actually use, say if you wanted to play your gal exclusively ranged with LF and LitStr. Still its only 3 pts, and you will, er, would have rocked through NM with LF and ChStr, when you would have gotten them back anyway.

Just my 2 cents. Personally, knowing what I know now, I would have re-made her too. But I am a perfectionist.

Good luck,
DudSpud