Hello everyone. Some time ago I had the idea for an alternative sampire build. I now call it Sampiredin due to the fact that this build comes with chivalry 120.
Now I had quite a lot of time to build my armor and to test this build. Now I want to share my experience with you now:
I. Template
First of all here is the template I am running:
120 Swordmanship
120 Bushido
120 Chivalry
100 Anatomy
100 Tactics
100 Necromancy
60 Parrying
- I decided to use 120 chivalry for just one reason: Divine fury. It gives you at karmalevel 18,5k+ the following benefits and penalties:
+15% HCI, +15% SSI, +20% DI. -10% DCI
This is the key to this build because you can use a Large Battleaxe with the right gear at 1,25 speed and of course a Longsword. Second all my chivalry spells have a 100% success chance. I hated casting EEO with 84 chiv skll and fizzeling quite often.
- Anatomy and Tactics are at 100. This gives me the benfit to swap e.g. anatomy for resisting spells (This way I run the primeval lich spawn) or take lock picking for solo treasure hunting. Sometimes I swap tactics for mining to find the treasure locations faster (I do this for lv 1 - 5 maps and LV6 maps in malas and Ilshenar. It really goes fast this way)
II. The Gear
1. Gear using a Longsword:
Ok here is my chart which contains the relevant information. Gear was exactly crafted with theses stats:
- Key attributes are stamina and swing speed increase: With potions I have 183 stamina. With tinker legs, Rangers Cloak and a nice SSI Bracelet I have a base SSI of 20% on my armor. So 35% with divine fury. This is exact the numbers you need to wield a longsword with 1,25 Swingspeed.
However, if you ever go below 180 stamina the swing speed drops down to 1,50. This can happen with casting mobs or hard hits. The new stamina loss prevention system gave a nice boost if you are wearing metal armor. But even there if e.g. chief paroxysmus hits you hard you drop below 180 and are slowed down.
- I decided to craft metal armor due the fact that its easier to reforge than woodland armor and gives a great stamina loss protection
2. Gear using a Large Battle axe
- I use the large battle axe to fight spawn. Its the strongest swordmanship weapon with whirlwind. The large battle axe sadly comes with a 3,75 speed. So it is not possible to wield it at 1,25 speed with 150 stamina because SSI is capped at 60%. So for this weapon I made some special legplates which boost my stamina to 191.
Fortunately publish 81 increased the imbuing weight for 2h weapons to 600 so there is plenty of capacity. So I imbued the Axe with 30% SSI.
Since I do not use the tinker legs here my SSI armor bonus is 10% + 15% Divine fury so 25% which totals up to 55%. Enough to smash fast enough.
III. The Final Stats
So these are my stats with my equipment: I already used potions and had DF active.
IV. Conclusion
I have tried many sampire builds. But this one is truely my favorite now. You can kill almost everything, constantly spamming AI. So far I easily solod Dreadhorn, Medusa, Paroxysmus, Paragon Balrons, Putrefier, Primeval lich spawn, Shame EEV and all the other minor spawns. Even LV7 Treasure Map spawn is not really a problem.
I hit really hard. With AI max Longsword damage is 201 per hit. (With tactics and anatomy) The only drawback is that you have to recast DF every 23 sek. But this has a nice side effect because it replenishes your stamina.
If you have any questions don´t hesitate to ask.
Now I had quite a lot of time to build my armor and to test this build. Now I want to share my experience with you now:
I. Template
First of all here is the template I am running:
120 Swordmanship
120 Bushido
120 Chivalry
100 Anatomy
100 Tactics
100 Necromancy
60 Parrying
- I decided to use 120 chivalry for just one reason: Divine fury. It gives you at karmalevel 18,5k+ the following benefits and penalties:
+15% HCI, +15% SSI, +20% DI. -10% DCI
This is the key to this build because you can use a Large Battleaxe with the right gear at 1,25 speed and of course a Longsword. Second all my chivalry spells have a 100% success chance. I hated casting EEO with 84 chiv skll and fizzeling quite often.
- Anatomy and Tactics are at 100. This gives me the benfit to swap e.g. anatomy for resisting spells (This way I run the primeval lich spawn) or take lock picking for solo treasure hunting. Sometimes I swap tactics for mining to find the treasure locations faster (I do this for lv 1 - 5 maps and LV6 maps in malas and Ilshenar. It really goes fast this way)
II. The Gear
1. Gear using a Longsword:
Ok here is my chart which contains the relevant information. Gear was exactly crafted with theses stats:
- Key attributes are stamina and swing speed increase: With potions I have 183 stamina. With tinker legs, Rangers Cloak and a nice SSI Bracelet I have a base SSI of 20% on my armor. So 35% with divine fury. This is exact the numbers you need to wield a longsword with 1,25 Swingspeed.
However, if you ever go below 180 stamina the swing speed drops down to 1,50. This can happen with casting mobs or hard hits. The new stamina loss prevention system gave a nice boost if you are wearing metal armor. But even there if e.g. chief paroxysmus hits you hard you drop below 180 and are slowed down.
- I decided to craft metal armor due the fact that its easier to reforge than woodland armor and gives a great stamina loss protection
2. Gear using a Large Battle axe
- I use the large battle axe to fight spawn. Its the strongest swordmanship weapon with whirlwind. The large battle axe sadly comes with a 3,75 speed. So it is not possible to wield it at 1,25 speed with 150 stamina because SSI is capped at 60%. So for this weapon I made some special legplates which boost my stamina to 191.
Fortunately publish 81 increased the imbuing weight for 2h weapons to 600 so there is plenty of capacity. So I imbued the Axe with 30% SSI.
Since I do not use the tinker legs here my SSI armor bonus is 10% + 15% Divine fury so 25% which totals up to 55%. Enough to smash fast enough.
III. The Final Stats
So these are my stats with my equipment: I already used potions and had DF active.
IV. Conclusion
I have tried many sampire builds. But this one is truely my favorite now. You can kill almost everything, constantly spamming AI. So far I easily solod Dreadhorn, Medusa, Paroxysmus, Paragon Balrons, Putrefier, Primeval lich spawn, Shame EEV and all the other minor spawns. Even LV7 Treasure Map spawn is not really a problem.
I hit really hard. With AI max Longsword damage is 201 per hit. (With tactics and anatomy) The only drawback is that you have to recast DF every 23 sek. But this has a nice side effect because it replenishes your stamina.
If you have any questions don´t hesitate to ask.
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