is COA really necessary for pub duels?

[clairetay]

i mena lets face it... coa is hard to get... is there any other helm that a ww/trap sin can use? i mean ya the DR n resist is good but im sure there r cheaper helms out there lolx im not planning to win all duels, u cant win it all ;p

[IntelligentX]

i mena lets face it... coa is hard to get... is there any other helm that a ww/trap sin can use? i mean ya the DR n resist is good but im sure there r cheaper helms out there lolx im not planning to win all duels, u cant win it all ;p
Try upped rockstopper, rockstopper is only lack of skill, DR is lower but the resist can be higher than a coa and theres 15 extra vitality:thumbsup:
I call rockstopper a poor man's coa...

[clairetay]

ooooooo okies but other than that? gull helm? giant skull?

[HappyAssassin]

Alright, here's the deal on helms for WW/Trapsins. On pure whirlwind assassins and Ghosts, you have high fade, which means you have quite high DR just from your prebuff skills. You want the maximum possible number of points in your Hybrid's traps, so you can't pump points to fade. With my recommended charm setup, you'll have roughly 28-30 DR without a CoA. This includes armor, which one of the the three places you can get DR (Armor, Belt, Helm) and fade. You need the arachs for additional cast rate. So, that's belt and armor out. Leaving the helm, which must provide at least 20 DR for you to hit max in a pubby setup. This char will spend time close to other melee, so DR is very important. This leaves the three main DR helms Shako, CoA and Rockstopper. A shako with Um gives only 10% DR, not so good, with Ber it's sufficient but your res will be too low. CoA has Res and Dr, and potentially 2 Sockets to really increase these, as well as FHR and universal res. That's why its top choice. Your rockstopper will work (Ber'd), just dont be suprised if your char is a little less effective.