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Jwalker
08-07-2006, 15:11
Does blocking come before energy shield absorb?
and after lvl 20 telekenisis, is it pointless to put more pts in it?
So a FO/TS Sorc would put:

20 Frozen Orb
20 Ice Bolt
20 Thunder Storm
20 Lightning Mastery
1 Telekenisis
1 Energy Shield
1 Warmth
1 Shiver Armor
Cold Mastery (Rest) ?????????????????????????/
biggie
08-07-2006, 15:37
Does blocking come before energy shield absorb?
and after lvl 20 telekenisis, is it pointless to put more pts in it?
So a FO/TS Sorc would put:

20 Frozen Orb
20 Ice Bolt
20 Thunder Storm
20 Lightning Mastery
1 Telekenisis
1 Energy Shield
1 Warmth
1 Shiver Armor
Cold Mastery (Rest) ?????????????????????????/

depends on whether or not that lvl 20 is achieved through hard points in it or not, cause the mana absorbed when u get damaged only goes down when u put hard points in telekenisis
PhatTrumpet
08-07-2006, 19:16
As mentioned, TK is a synergy, and only hard points invested in synergies benefit you. You can't reap the benefits of 20-point TK simply by putting one point in it and getting +19 skills; you have to invest all 20 points.

Blocking and defense have nothing to do with EShield. Blocking and defense come into play during the hit-check. Only after the game recognizes that you've been hit does EShield get factored in.

Orb/TS isn't one of the better builds these days, but if you insist, you'll want to max Cold Mastery or at least get it somewhere in the slvl 17-27 range before dumping anything into Ice Bolt since that 2%-per-point synergy is pretty craptastic.
Jackson
08-07-2006, 20:05
Prebuffing ES would be useful, since the time duration on that skill is pretty long.

Use some +3 lightning gear, such as a circlet, or an amulet.
Jwalker
08-07-2006, 23:29
so it doesnt matter if my gear gives + 20 lightning skills, i have to max telekenisis myself by putting points on it? and it doesnt matter after lvl 20 rite?
Jackson
09-07-2006, 00:00
For synergies, you must have hard points (points that you dump) in it. So to *max* the synergy, you must dump 20 points.

Energy shield, however, can be prebuffed to have a greater absorbing %.