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shrapner
23-12-2005, 07:21
using the warrior monk kicker guide..

as im using ss and already have 75 all res and 80 lite res.. what should i socket the ss with?

i use 20 dex raven so cbf isn't an issue..

does 40/15's work with kicks?
ilkori
23-12-2005, 07:30
1) What is your kick speed (if you don't know what it is, find out, IAS helps)
2) How is your block (elds work wonders)
3) How about some MF? Everyone needs that.
4) How's the mana? (Ith/PSkulls work nicely)
5) How about melee encounters? (Sols are life savers)
6) Life? (Jah)


The stat info was nice, but how about a full setup? Also, shouldn't your lit resist be 85? That extra 5% makes a big difference.
shrapner
23-12-2005, 07:38
setp consists of

guillames (umed)
70% last wish
29 res ap fort
ss
ik belt
4% bk
raven frost
2 skill 18 dex dancers
maras
loh

life is 1549 or something.. i have just about 60% block or so


i can pretty much kill everything non uber wise..

had a tad bit of trouble killing uber izzy.. and ofcourse mana burns hurt.

and i have no clue what my kick speed is, the ias table ive seen are confusing to me.

and also when using pheonix.. my res are 85/75/85/75
ilkori
23-12-2005, 08:24
Faded, or BoS? That'll affect the speed... but your kick speed is pretty much as fast as it needs to be with that Phase Blade. (With Fade, 5 IAS gets you an 8/3 kick while 50 IAS gives you the fastest which is 7/3 - just about any BoS will give you the fastest.)

I was thinking you had on TGods instead of Last Wish to add max Lit resist, so forget my comment on that.


With your setup the way it is, I'd probably pop in the Eld to up the blocking. The 40/15 will only add the 40 ED to your boots (about 60 average damage, iirc).


Just curious, you've got a CTA/Spirit on switch, right? Also, an Enigma would help your build out more than the Fort. Teleportation will speed you up more than physical damage. You don't have to change, and your gear is nice, but it's an idea.
shrapner
23-12-2005, 17:30
my lw is in a zerker..

and my fade is lvl 11 after +skills.. has only 5 in it

i have 2x +3 shadow diciplines claws on switch..

torch and anni no gc's.
ilkori
23-12-2005, 18:59
Zerker? Ouch. Good weapon, but a faster speed would really help you out with this build (or using Burst of Speed... which is hard with LW's Fade proc).

An absolute must for a decent PvM kicker is reaching the 3-frame follow-up. With a zerker, you'll need 48 IAS from your equipment to reach that speed. Right now you're nowhere near that, and will need another 15 IAS from somewhere even if you put an IAS jewel in the shield. You could pull it off if you traded your Um'd Guillaume's for a clean or IAS'd Guillaume's and a resist-all GC (assuming you need the resists - I didn't add it up).
shrapner
23-12-2005, 20:11
Zerker? Ouch. Good weapon, but a faster speed would really help you out with this build (or using Burst of Speed... which is hard with LW's Fade proc).

An absolute must for a decent PvM kicker is reaching the 3-frame follow-up. With a zerker, you'll need 48 IAS from your equipment to reach that speed. Right now you're nowhere near that, and will need another 15 IAS from somewhere even if you put an IAS jewel in the shield. You could pull it off if you traded your Um'd Guillaume's for a clean or IAS'd Guillaume's and a resist-all GC (assuming you need the resists - I didn't add it up).

so what ias would i be at if i had the jeweled guillames the jeweled ss and my loh gloves..

thats 50 i belive so my follow up kicks would be 3 frame? what about my initial kick
ilkori
23-12-2005, 20:33
Your initial kick would be at 9 frames. Just so you know, it'll be fairly hard to improve your build more without changing a lot of gear. Just getting up to that 3-frame follow-up will do amazing things for you.
shrapner
23-12-2005, 21:12
Your initial kick would be at 9 frames. Just so you know, it'll be fairly hard to improve your build more without changing a lot of gear. Just getting up to that 3-frame follow-up will do amazing things for you.

ahh. thnx alot

as this is for ubers only. is 7 frames really needed?
ilkori
23-12-2005, 22:47
Not needed, but it's nice. The one you need is the follow-up speed. It improves your kick cycle by one frame for every kick (usually 4+ frames for each breakpoint).
shrapner
24-12-2005, 08:13
Not needed, but it's nice. The one you need is the follow-up speed. It improves your kick cycle by one frame for every kick (usually 4+ frames for each breakpoint).

thnx alot man.. lots of good info i never knew