I cranked this out fairly quick and it seems relatively solid. I already know it's not capped on block% or style damage and that it could use more Quickness. Can anyone tell me how to fix any one or all of those problems? Without naming Apoc Shield?


Character Class : (Hib) Hero

Stat Details : Items / Cap


<-- Stats -->

Strength : 100 / 101

Constitution : 100 / 100

Dexterity : 100 / 100

Quickness : 30 / 80

Hit Points : 398 / 400


<-- Stat Cap Increases -->

Strength Cap : 35 / 26

Constitution Cap : 25 / 26

Dexterity Cap : 25 / 26

Quickness Cap : 5 / 26

Hit Points Cap : 210 / 200


<-- Resists -->

Crush Resist : 26 / 26

Slash Resist : 26 / 26

Thrust Resist : 26 / 26

Heat Resist : 26 / 26

Cold Resist : 26 / 26

Matter Resist : 17 / 26

Energy Resist : 26 / 26

Body Resist : 23 / 26

Spirit Resist : 26 / 26


<-- ToA Bonuses -->

Melee Speed : 11 / 10

Melee Damage : 10 / 10

Style Damage : 7 / 10

Armor Factor : 15 / 50


<-- PvE Bonuses -->

Blocking Bonus (PvE) : 6 / 10

Parry Bonus (PvE) : 6 / 10


<-- General Skills -->

All Melee Skills : 9 / 11

All Casting Skills : 2 / 11

Shield Skill : 11 / 11


<-- Hibernia Skills -->

Blades Skill : 13 / 11

Blunt Skill : 9 / 11

Piercing Skill : 9 / 11

Celtic Spear Skill : 9 / 11

Large Weapons Skill : 9 / 11


<== Equipment Info ==>


Weapons Equipped : Right and Left Hands ( S / S )


(Jewel) : Eerie Darkness Lighting Stone

4 Slash Resist

4 Crush Resist

4 Thrust Resist

5 Heat Resist

5 Cold Resist

5 Energy Resist

5 Matter Resist

5 Body Resist

5 Spirit Resist


(Neck) : Excalibur Relic Fragment (Gaheris)

10 Strength Cap

10 Constitution Cap

5 Dexterity Cap

5 Melee Speed


(Cloak) : Glimmer Spirit Cloak

5 Energy Resist

5 Heat Resist

5 Cold Resist

5 Spirit Resist

5 Matter Resist

5 Body Resist

50 Hit Points

50 Hit Points Cap


(Belt) : Soulbinder's Belt

35 Hit Points

40 Hit Points Cap

7 Heat Resist

7 Cold Resist

7 Matter Resist

7 Spirit Resist

7 Energy Resist

7 Body Resist


(Ring) : Astralist Ring of Circumvention

6 Blocking Bonus (PvE)

6 Parry Bonus (PvE)

7 Strength

44 Hit Points

5 Strength Cap


(Ring) : Ring of Arcane Strength (ToA)

4 All Melee Skills

21 Strength

35 Hit Points

4 Slash Resist

4 Crush Resist

4 Thrust Resist

5 Strength Cap

35 Hit Points Cap

5 Armor Factor

2 Style Damage


(Wrist) : Morgif's Decaying Flesh Bracelet

30 Dexterity

2 Crush Resist

2 Slash Resist

2 Thrust Resist

12 Hit Points

2 All Melee Skills

2 All Casting Skills

10 Dexterity Cap


(Wrist) : Warshadow Bracer

3 All Melee Skills

50 Hit Points

6 Thrust Resist

6 Slash Resist

6 Crush Resist

6 Body Resist

6 Energy Resist

50 Hit Points Cap


(Chest) : Netherworldly Scale Hauberk (ToA-Melee)

Absorb : 27% (Chain / Scale)

AF : 102

15 Strength

22 Constitution

1 Crush Resist

1 Thrust Resist

1 Slash Resist

4 Melee Damage

10 Strength Cap

10 Constitution Cap

35 Hit Points Cap

2 Style Damage

30.7 Utility / 65.4 ToA Utility

Bonus Level (Auto) : 50

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( Head ) (Manual Name) : Hat

Item Type : Crafted

Hit Points : 20 ( Rough blood essence jewel )

Constitution : 28 ( Perfect earthen essence jewel )

Crush Resist : 9 ( Polished fiery shielding jewel )

Slash Resist : 9 ( Polished watery shielding jewel )

Fifth Slot Bonuses : 15 Quickness

Gem 1 : 1 On , 9 Essence of Life , 3 Giant Blood

Gem 2 : 1 Ra , 37 Essence of Life , 10 Treant Blood

Gem 3 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Draconic Fire

Gem 4 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Leviathan Blood


( Arms ) (Manual Name) : Arms

Item Type : Crafted

Thrust Resist : 9 ( Polished airy shielding jewel )

Heat Resist : 9 ( Polished heated shielding jewel )

Cold Resist : 9 ( Polished icy shielding jewel )

Hit Points : 44 ( Polished blood essence jewel )

Fifth Slot Bonuses : 40 Hit Points

Gem 1 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Air Elemental Essence

Gem 2 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Heat From an Unearthly Pyre

Gem 3 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Frost From a Wasteland

Gem 4 : 1 Mon , 21 Essence of Life , 6 Giant Blood


(Hands) : Maddening Scalars

Absorb : 27% (Chain / Scale)

AF : 102

40 Hit Points

15 Constitution

15 Quickness

3 Melee Speed

3 Melee Damage

5 Constitution Cap

5 Quickness Cap


( Legs ) (Manual Name) : Legs

Item Type : Crafted

Spirit Resist : 9 ( Polished vapor shielding jewel )

Constitution : 19 ( Faceted earthen essence jewel )

Dexterity : 22 ( Precious vapor essence jewel )

Strength : 22 ( Precious fiery essence jewel )

Fifth Slot Bonuses : 15 Strength

Gem 1 : 1 Mon , 26 Ground Draconic Scales , 6 Swamp Fog

Gem 2 : 1 Ros , 25 Essence of Life , 7 Treant Blood

Gem 3 : 1 Zo , 29 Essence of Life , 8 Swamp Fog

Gem 4 : 1 Zo , 29 Essence of Life , 8 Draconic Fire


( Feet ) (Manual Name) : Boots

Item Type : Crafted

Shield Skill : 6 ( Polished fiery battle jewel )

Dexterity : 13 ( Imperfect vapor essence jewel )

Constitution : 16 ( Polished earthen essence jewel )

Energy Resist : 3 ( Rough light shielding jewel )

Fifth Slot Bonuses : 10 Armor Factor

Gem 1 : 1 Mon , 21 Bloodied Battlefield Dirt , 6 Draconic Fire

Gem 2 : 1 Pal , 17 Essence of Life , 5 Swamp Fog

Gem 3 : 1 Mon , 21 Essence of Life , 6 Treant Blood

Gem 4 : 1 On , 11 Ground Draconic Scales , 3 Sun Light


(Right Hand) : Dochar Hero Blade

7 Strength

7 Dexterity

4 Blades Skill

3 Melee Damage

3 Melee Speed

3 Style Damage

5 Strength Cap

5 Dexterity Cap


( Left Hand ) (Manual Name) : Shield

Item Type : Crafted

Dexterity : 28 ( Perfect vapor essence jewel )

Shield Skill : 5 ( Imperfect fiery battle jewel )

Strength : 13 ( Imperfect fiery essence jewel )

Hit Points : 28 ( Flawed blood essence jewel )

Fifth Slot Bonuses : 5 Dexterity Cap

Gem 1 : 1 Ra , 37 Essence of Life , 10 Swamp Fog

Gem 2 : 1 Pal , 17 Bloodied Battlefield Dirt , 5 Draconic Fire

Gem 3 : 1 Pal , 17 Essence of Life , 5 Draconic Fire

Gem 4 : 1 Ee , 13 Essence of Life , 4 Giant Blood


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there are two decent shields from cata with block %, you may have to rework a lot of the rest of your template to fit them in. i wouldnt worry about style damage being capped.

edit: if i remember correctly the shields have a decent amount more utility then apoc, i only liked the apoc shield for my warrior so i could switch between 1h and 2h.

If you mean the Mid shield (Sentient) with 10% block it's utility is trash, though I guess it would allow me to ditch the Astralist ring and recover some utility there. I'll see what the switch gets me, aside from better block% and worse parry%.

If you mean the Hib shiled with 4% block and 3% parry (Lifeless dreams?) it's almost as bad, though it does pair nicely with the Astralist ring. I considered it up until I needed the utility of the crafted shield.

Both of them have fugly models.


Those are the two best Catacombs large shields.

compared to apoc i remember them having better utility. i took a closer look at the template. you are going to have to give up utility to get more block.

If you consider standard utility+Toa and Catacombs bonuses, the three of them are remarkably similar in overall utility. The flaw to the Sentient (especially given I'm already overcap on this) is that it adds to Str cap. The flaw to Lifeless Dreams is that it adds to Reactionary Style damage, which is nice and all, but not where I want 20% of my utility tied up.


<edit> Just played around with using the Sentient. I can make a template with better Guard ability, but it loses on personal defense on DPS. I'm not sure I'd call it an upgrade, and damned sure I'd rather buy a crafted shield than farm a Sentient and possibly it's replacement.

lifeless dreams is the one i remember using because of how easy it was to get. i went through shields too fast on my keep characters to use apoc or even sentient. apoc was actually easier for me to get after i got my theurgists to complement jup or mplode.

a good solution might be to make a template you can switch up. stick a bunch of resists on the shield you wont need for keeps and swap it out for lifeless and cap block when you do keeps.

I'm in the process of reworking my Arms template to have the dragon shield (heal reactive).
If I can get everything how I want it, I'll have 4 of the Sentient Tower Shields for sale.
I'll probably be willing to let them go for fairly cheap, being I won't need them anymore.


Note: They are all still 100% Con/Dur.


I'll let you know, been cracking away at this arms temp for a couple of days now.

 

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Sheild reactives don't work in pve

 

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Reactives don't, but weapon procs do. Not sure which the dragon shields have.

Dragon shields are reactive, I'm fairly sure. They're nice and cheap to replace, but aren't all that spectacular, otherwise. Apoc/Sentient are the best for templating because the other options with %block are relatively low utility, and you have to spend 2 high utility item slots on 2 low utility items. Sentient is relatively cheap to acquire.

 

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