vknez
14-12-2007, 21:50
assa bear pvm (version 1.11)
INTRODUCTION
this is my first made and published guide. there are lots of multiple guides on some character types on this forums which relies one on another with minor changes or sugestions. i think this guide is the first for that type of assasin and is made from first hand experience, not just relying on hypothetical numbers. all my claims are tested in game (bnet, not modded single player). this build requires the use of some high ends items. it is recommend to players who are bored of playing cookie cutter builds and need some refreshments.
advantages:
uniquenes
style (cant argue on faded bear with blade shield)
solid and versatile damage per time frame
nice survavibility
you dont need mana except buffing
excellent for single targets
dissadvantages:
requires expensive items
can't be assa bear until level 63
not much options on equipment
not good when it is crowded
my first idea of making assa came after seeing gimmershreds video of ''2 fpa'' bearassasin on you-tube (why under qoutation marks i will explain later). my goal was to make slower but more damaging bear, relying more on physical damage then poison.
''2'' FPA MYTH
there is still widespred opinion that werebear assasin using jewelers/artisans runic/greater talons of quickness (3 sockets, 40 IAS), socketed with 2 shaels and 15 IAS jewel (total 95 IAS), can reach unbelievably fast 2 frame attack. this common opinion came from using excellent site Wereform Central. unfortunately this site have a flow. it does not calculate accurately attack speed of assasin in bear form. my first doubts came after i muled some equipment on my ex pure melee assasin and equiped her with upgraded shaeled bartucs. using bos, according to wereform central i should hit 4 frame. but in reality it was 6 frames. later, thankfully to one forum member, i stumbled on ssog's guide to 2 fpa assabear (also known as Ursa Mayor). among other posts there are posts from TitanSeal which revealed the truth and (i presume) correct calculation formula. difference is that wereform central uses wrong value on CharSpeed, 256 instead of 208.
TitanSeal's formula:
FPA = {(256*FramesPerDirection)/[AnimationSpeed*(100 + EIAS + SIAS - WSM)/100]} - 1
AnimationSpeed = [256*NeutralFrames/Delay]
Delay = [256*CharFrames/[(100 + WIAS - WSM)*CharSpeed/100]]
FramesPerDirection = 12
NeutralFrames = 10
CharFrames = 11
CharSpeed = 208
anyway, i didn't used this complicated formule, but in game test results. i made tests with various weapons, with and without bos, and with various ias on equipment. using Fraps for recording and windows media player for waching recorded movies frame by frame. my goal is to find 4 fpa highest damaging claw. it is 40 wias runic talon with 15 eias (ias from equipment) without bos (i.e. using fade). only good way to get 40 ias on highest damaging claw is to make runeword fury. there is also chance to find a rare runic with some nasty mods, but you cant build character about idea finding one
EQUIPMENT
weapon - Fury runic talons (probably made in superior, without skills for lower repair costs). no options here. or you maybe
have 4xx rare runic, 40 IAS with mods? Chaos can reech only 5 frames
helm - guillaumes helm socketed with shael or 15 ias+mod jewel. other options can be giant skull or crown of ages.
my opinion is that guillames have better mods - 35 % crushing blow, 15 % deadly strike, 30 % FHR, 15 strength.
socket this helm with either shael (for 20 FHR) or jewel with 15 IAS + other mod (sufficient for breakpoint)
amulet – highlords; will push your total deadly to 9x %, solves the need for IAS
- atmas scarab, can potentially double your total damage.
- angelic, if you like higher ar, but you will not need cause of ITD on Fury, but can be handy versus bosses
armor - in my opinion only one option – Fortitude in light armor. this armor is your major damage booster and without it, your damage will be to weak. for pvp, bramble is maybe better, but this is pvm build, cheaper alternative is duress
shield - stormshild - high blocking, damage reduce 35 % is overkill, 35 str, cold and lightning resistances
- Phoenix - 350-400 % ed!, life, redemption aura, unfortunately ctc firestorm interefers with your attack
- sanctuary - blocking, resists
- lance guard (unique barbed shield) - 20 DS, life, 30 FHR, low blocking
- whitstan’s guard; best blocking non paladin shield in game. With helm from same set you will get 35 life
- Dream runeword; 1-648 light damage, FHR, life, resistances. Confuse will override your other curses
gloves - draculs. cant use atmas amulet then. With draculs and phoenix you are practically immortal
- laying of hands - solves IAS needs, fire resists, 350 % damage to demons
- crafted blood gloves - life leech, life, crusshing blow, mods
- lava gout - 20 IAS, ctc enchant
- trang oul; 25 % poison damage, cold resists
- steelrend; crushing blow, 30-60 ed%, high required strength
belt - verdungo
- string of ears
- maybe crafted blood belt
boots - gore riders
rings - dual ravens, raven+bk, raven+angelic, raven+bk
stash - torch, annihilius, shadow skilers, max/ar/life charms
switch - beast+spirit of course, call to arms to prebuff if you like to bother (i don’t)
for PVP you will need dual angelic combo with cham in helm, bos/lots of frw charms, 86 % FHR, stacked resistances, CTA and other + all skills for prebuffing. didnt tried pvp so test yourself if you went that way
SKILLS
claw mastery – 20 ; your damage and AR booster
bos – 1; you can occasionaly use this skill. +skills form equipment will raise this to usefull level
fade – 20; you use this most of the time. With shadow skillers, torch, anni, spirit and highlords you will have level 3x. with verdungo/string belt you will have maximum damage reduce (50 %), some 70 % all resists and reduce curse duration
venom – 20
psychic hammer - 1
weapon block - 1
cloak of shadows - 1
shadow warrior - 1
shadow master - rest
fire blast - 1
blade sentinel - 1
wake of fire - 1
blade fury - 1
blade shield – 20 ; minor damage, strikes any opponent in radius 4 yards every second. Gets ¼ damage from weapon/venom. Uses AR from normal attack, deadly strike and leech from equipment. Other things dont work on this skill. You put 20 points in this skill cause you dont have any better options. Gives your character cool look
BREAKPOINTS
FHR:
0 % - 13 frames
5 % - 12 frames
10 % - 11 frames
16 % - 10 frames
24 % - 9 frames
37 % - 8 frames
54 % - 7 frames
86 % - 6 frames
152 % - 5 frames
360 % - 4 frames
aim for 54 %. 86 % can be reeched but need some altering of equipment
FCR irrelevant for this character
FBR:
0 % 12 frames
5 % 11 frames
10 % 10 frames
16 % 9 frames (sanctuary)
27 % 8 frames (stormshield)
40 % 7 frames (whitstan’s guard)
65 % 6 frames (unreachable)
shields socketed with shael gives 20 % FBR, with eld 7 % blocking. With my character I don’t care much about blocking and using hyperion dream. Also tried Phoenix but ctc Firestorm is pretty annoying cause you can’t attack for 0.4 seconds, so you are missing 2.5 attacks per second
LEVELING
No advice here. Get yourself hell rushed and join diablo runs on hell. Solo leveling till level 63 can be very frustrating
SUMMARY
There is also option of going with other skills/equipment option. Max bos and use umed stormshield. That way you dont need IAS on equipment, you will run like crazy and will must get some aditional resistance from equipment.
To watch 3 fpa Gimmershreds werebear in PVP action go here:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6NR-aUXgo
to toy with Ursa Mayor provided by SSoG go to
Link removed for the moment - Aman
my character.
Assa-Bear lev 84, Europe nonladder, on *vknez1
STR 137
DEX 123
VIT 402
ENE 53
30 unspend points (probably will go to vitality)
AR 4800
Defense 6507 (with chilling armor active)
Chance to block 31 % (dont care much about it)
Life 3322 werebear form without CTA
Shown damage 1484-2786, blade shield 536-913
Resistances 68 % @, lightning 80 %
95 % for double damage, 50 % crushing blow, 101 % open wounds, 7 frame FHR
Still looking for some charms (skillers with life), socketing options
The end
INTRODUCTION
this is my first made and published guide. there are lots of multiple guides on some character types on this forums which relies one on another with minor changes or sugestions. i think this guide is the first for that type of assasin and is made from first hand experience, not just relying on hypothetical numbers. all my claims are tested in game (bnet, not modded single player). this build requires the use of some high ends items. it is recommend to players who are bored of playing cookie cutter builds and need some refreshments.
advantages:
uniquenes
style (cant argue on faded bear with blade shield)
solid and versatile damage per time frame
nice survavibility
you dont need mana except buffing
excellent for single targets
dissadvantages:
requires expensive items
can't be assa bear until level 63
not much options on equipment
not good when it is crowded
my first idea of making assa came after seeing gimmershreds video of ''2 fpa'' bearassasin on you-tube (why under qoutation marks i will explain later). my goal was to make slower but more damaging bear, relying more on physical damage then poison.
''2'' FPA MYTH
there is still widespred opinion that werebear assasin using jewelers/artisans runic/greater talons of quickness (3 sockets, 40 IAS), socketed with 2 shaels and 15 IAS jewel (total 95 IAS), can reach unbelievably fast 2 frame attack. this common opinion came from using excellent site Wereform Central. unfortunately this site have a flow. it does not calculate accurately attack speed of assasin in bear form. my first doubts came after i muled some equipment on my ex pure melee assasin and equiped her with upgraded shaeled bartucs. using bos, according to wereform central i should hit 4 frame. but in reality it was 6 frames. later, thankfully to one forum member, i stumbled on ssog's guide to 2 fpa assabear (also known as Ursa Mayor). among other posts there are posts from TitanSeal which revealed the truth and (i presume) correct calculation formula. difference is that wereform central uses wrong value on CharSpeed, 256 instead of 208.
TitanSeal's formula:
FPA = {(256*FramesPerDirection)/[AnimationSpeed*(100 + EIAS + SIAS - WSM)/100]} - 1
AnimationSpeed = [256*NeutralFrames/Delay]
Delay = [256*CharFrames/[(100 + WIAS - WSM)*CharSpeed/100]]
FramesPerDirection = 12
NeutralFrames = 10
CharFrames = 11
CharSpeed = 208
anyway, i didn't used this complicated formule, but in game test results. i made tests with various weapons, with and without bos, and with various ias on equipment. using Fraps for recording and windows media player for waching recorded movies frame by frame. my goal is to find 4 fpa highest damaging claw. it is 40 wias runic talon with 15 eias (ias from equipment) without bos (i.e. using fade). only good way to get 40 ias on highest damaging claw is to make runeword fury. there is also chance to find a rare runic with some nasty mods, but you cant build character about idea finding one
EQUIPMENT
weapon - Fury runic talons (probably made in superior, without skills for lower repair costs). no options here. or you maybe
have 4xx rare runic, 40 IAS with mods? Chaos can reech only 5 frames
helm - guillaumes helm socketed with shael or 15 ias+mod jewel. other options can be giant skull or crown of ages.
my opinion is that guillames have better mods - 35 % crushing blow, 15 % deadly strike, 30 % FHR, 15 strength.
socket this helm with either shael (for 20 FHR) or jewel with 15 IAS + other mod (sufficient for breakpoint)
amulet – highlords; will push your total deadly to 9x %, solves the need for IAS
- atmas scarab, can potentially double your total damage.
- angelic, if you like higher ar, but you will not need cause of ITD on Fury, but can be handy versus bosses
armor - in my opinion only one option – Fortitude in light armor. this armor is your major damage booster and without it, your damage will be to weak. for pvp, bramble is maybe better, but this is pvm build, cheaper alternative is duress
shield - stormshild - high blocking, damage reduce 35 % is overkill, 35 str, cold and lightning resistances
- Phoenix - 350-400 % ed!, life, redemption aura, unfortunately ctc firestorm interefers with your attack
- sanctuary - blocking, resists
- lance guard (unique barbed shield) - 20 DS, life, 30 FHR, low blocking
- whitstan’s guard; best blocking non paladin shield in game. With helm from same set you will get 35 life
- Dream runeword; 1-648 light damage, FHR, life, resistances. Confuse will override your other curses
gloves - draculs. cant use atmas amulet then. With draculs and phoenix you are practically immortal
- laying of hands - solves IAS needs, fire resists, 350 % damage to demons
- crafted blood gloves - life leech, life, crusshing blow, mods
- lava gout - 20 IAS, ctc enchant
- trang oul; 25 % poison damage, cold resists
- steelrend; crushing blow, 30-60 ed%, high required strength
belt - verdungo
- string of ears
- maybe crafted blood belt
boots - gore riders
rings - dual ravens, raven+bk, raven+angelic, raven+bk
stash - torch, annihilius, shadow skilers, max/ar/life charms
switch - beast+spirit of course, call to arms to prebuff if you like to bother (i don’t)
for PVP you will need dual angelic combo with cham in helm, bos/lots of frw charms, 86 % FHR, stacked resistances, CTA and other + all skills for prebuffing. didnt tried pvp so test yourself if you went that way
SKILLS
claw mastery – 20 ; your damage and AR booster
bos – 1; you can occasionaly use this skill. +skills form equipment will raise this to usefull level
fade – 20; you use this most of the time. With shadow skillers, torch, anni, spirit and highlords you will have level 3x. with verdungo/string belt you will have maximum damage reduce (50 %), some 70 % all resists and reduce curse duration
venom – 20
psychic hammer - 1
weapon block - 1
cloak of shadows - 1
shadow warrior - 1
shadow master - rest
fire blast - 1
blade sentinel - 1
wake of fire - 1
blade fury - 1
blade shield – 20 ; minor damage, strikes any opponent in radius 4 yards every second. Gets ¼ damage from weapon/venom. Uses AR from normal attack, deadly strike and leech from equipment. Other things dont work on this skill. You put 20 points in this skill cause you dont have any better options. Gives your character cool look
BREAKPOINTS
FHR:
0 % - 13 frames
5 % - 12 frames
10 % - 11 frames
16 % - 10 frames
24 % - 9 frames
37 % - 8 frames
54 % - 7 frames
86 % - 6 frames
152 % - 5 frames
360 % - 4 frames
aim for 54 %. 86 % can be reeched but need some altering of equipment
FCR irrelevant for this character
FBR:
0 % 12 frames
5 % 11 frames
10 % 10 frames
16 % 9 frames (sanctuary)
27 % 8 frames (stormshield)
40 % 7 frames (whitstan’s guard)
65 % 6 frames (unreachable)
shields socketed with shael gives 20 % FBR, with eld 7 % blocking. With my character I don’t care much about blocking and using hyperion dream. Also tried Phoenix but ctc Firestorm is pretty annoying cause you can’t attack for 0.4 seconds, so you are missing 2.5 attacks per second
LEVELING
No advice here. Get yourself hell rushed and join diablo runs on hell. Solo leveling till level 63 can be very frustrating
SUMMARY
There is also option of going with other skills/equipment option. Max bos and use umed stormshield. That way you dont need IAS on equipment, you will run like crazy and will must get some aditional resistance from equipment.
To watch 3 fpa Gimmershreds werebear in PVP action go here:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6NR-aUXgo
to toy with Ursa Mayor provided by SSoG go to
Link removed for the moment - Aman
my character.
Assa-Bear lev 84, Europe nonladder, on *vknez1
STR 137
DEX 123
VIT 402
ENE 53
30 unspend points (probably will go to vitality)
AR 4800
Defense 6507 (with chilling armor active)
Chance to block 31 % (dont care much about it)
Life 3322 werebear form without CTA
Shown damage 1484-2786, blade shield 536-913
Resistances 68 % @, lightning 80 %
95 % for double damage, 50 % crushing blow, 101 % open wounds, 7 frame FHR
Still looking for some charms (skillers with life), socketing options
The end