And im pretty sure i will be initially attemptung this while still in vamp form using mirror images and swapping out between focus attack and armor ignore. As i sit, my sampire rarely goes below full health on most mobs because i use ww and bushido evasion to deter spell damage on me. Most big bosses i can tank no problem. Im hoping the mirror images and changing ai up with focus attack might give me an edge on the harder bosses. Id like to solo slasher and some others.
Awesome thanks. I agree, was hoping for maybe someone else to think so to so I could feel a little more comfortable in spending all that time to 120 ninjitsu again. I already use it on a few toons but they aren't set up to do what my sampire does. I'm thinking at most I might have to remake some weapons and put, "balanced" on them so that I can pot chug. With my current sampire set up I just push a few buttons and maybe occasionally switch weapons for whirlwind or maybe a different slayer type. Like you said, around 3-4 out of 10 on level of fun for play. I think this will take it to a different notch. I'll post in this thread if anyone is interested in my progress.....
Can I ask what your reforge tool/setting was to craft that ? It doesnt say of the Vampire. thx
I was referring to the Equisite Axe, Reforged Minor ? I know I can imbue hll and hml up to 81, but void orbs aren't exactly fully stocked on Siege, so I"m assuming one reforge's to get at least one of those, and then imbue the others. I"m still somewhat of an imbue newb.
So far so good guys! Navrey was no problem. Occasionally she would web me but my mirror images usually did their work. There were a few times that while webbed, I would have been hit but my 70% real DCI from polishes did it's job. Staying in vamp form allows me to leech a lot of life/mana from Navrey from AI on my hatchet. I will say for sure that this template still requires you to constantly summon mirror image. Can't stress that enough! Mirror image is still your primay defense. I rarely dropped below 150/150 hp and had a LOT of fun! I was literally laughing and taking screen shots most of the time. If anyone has any questions about the suit, template or weapon used just let me know and I will be glad to answer!
Oh sorry, thought that was just a given, LJ gives a damage bonus when using axes. Not sure what the exact formula is these days or if it's changed (wouldn't be surprised as they've made a lot of old school pure - meaning axers in this case, not the ninja - templates have a little boost of some kind) but think it used to be about 10% DI not under any cap, not huge but a) wanted to try it out, and b) wanted to see if I could gain LJ from fighting (you can).
Prevention > cure.
You won't be f'd with Images, it's kind of the whole point, you don't need to worry about leeching enough HP... I bet you could do this just in Dog Form just from regen with Images, with 0 life leech of any kind. If anything it's even lazier than playing a sampire.
I tried this setup on Navrey here on Siege. Of course I don't have the luxury of a state of the art suit due to our *cough riskvsreward cough*..system. And Navrey ate my freakin lunch...she wipes up my images too fast and I pretty much stay poisoned. At one point i noticed 3 images were up but she was hitting me so much I had no stam left (no hsl just l and m). Anyway, still having fun with it.
Okay, I knew that about the damage bonus. Just thought there was some kind of area damage bonus with LJ as well judging from the way I read your post. Something I didn't know about. Thank you. I'm currently working a hybrid cross between your template and my sampire template that I stated above. So far it works great and I love it. Not quite finished with the suit though and when It's all complete I'm planning on creating my own thread while referencing your thread here.
Okay, I thought you were mentioning to Tuan how to help with webbing, ie "the trick". Sorry for any confusion. This template you made is awesome and a complete blast to use. Seems like most people's comments on how to tweek it in order to "do better" are basically turning the template back into a sampire.
Not really sure why you'd be constantly Poisoned, 4s for a bandage to heal you, or drink a cure potion. One thing (I don't know if it's common knowledge) but you need to be within 5 tiles of your Images to divert attacks (a restriction I don't think monsters are subject to, like having to stop to cast spells and being interrupted). You should be able to easily stand (even with no weapon equipped) doing nothing but spamming Images and Healing against pretty much everything in the game that doesn't have an aura, if you can't then you're either hitting attack last in a macro somewhere or using some damage over time effect (poison ticks, bleed ticks, hit spell) that's causing things to reflag on you quicker than they need to. Another test you could do is stand in the middle of first level arachnid spawn with no weapon just spam Images and heal, no matter how many you get on you there should only ever be a maximum of 9 things (if you stand on top of one) within melee range which Images should be able to cope with, do it in Cat/Dog Form for added health.
Yeah I'm carrying a shield most of the time.
what ninja spells You use in pvp?
your gargoyle setup feels pretty much .. perfect
I run a variant template like this on LS and it's awesome. Still have the same results. Not quite as high damage output as a Sampire but better survivability in my opinion. Be prepared to spam the ever loving **** off Mirror Images at times. Once you get the boss into the rhythm of losing aggro, you're set. From there you can start using your special moves more frequently. Some bosses won't allow you to come out of certain animal forms. Be prepared to die a few times when you first try a new boss out with the template as you'll have to figure out what approach is most suitable for that particular encounter. Overall, it's another button masher. Up side, you'll be laughing a lot.
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I'd say it depends on the overall goal. I'm not overly familiar with Siege anymore having only dabbled a few times over the years. I would imagine (guess) that you want to be able to defend PvP attacks more than focusing on PvM, typically if you build a PvP character they work for PvM anyway though.
