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What is your template and how well does your template work against harder monsters (how long does it take to take monster down)?
And does any of you have a wammie (samurai with wraith form) or sampire (samurai with vampire form) template?
I am thinking about making a pvm warrior, that's why.
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Yahaxithonix has the following skills at this moment:
Swordsmanship, Tactics, Anatomy, Bushido, Parrying, with
Magery, and Evaluate Intelligence.
There seems to be the following ways to damage monsters.
Weapon damage, spell damage at range of less than 5 steps,
Controlled pets, summoned pets, and Animated corpses which
attack!
I do nothing but solo pvm.
If you do group PvMing templates are not as important, a mixture of
templates should be present.
However, solo, a template may have to match the monster choice more
closely.
I mostly use EV's to damage and distract monster trying to attack me.
While distracted I do indeed move up and melee! I usually chose a monster
which the time it takes to kill it, just enough time goes by to regenerate
mana.
In melee, I use Lightning Strike with an one hand sword. One hand sword
is necessary for reasonable use of Parrying with out a shield.
The hardest monster I do kill are Paragon Cyclopean Warriors! It takes
planning to place two EV's in place and still have enough mana for Invisibility
spell which is pre-cast so that I can hide from the PCW when I attract it
to the EV ambush. Similar tactics are usable with Blood Elementals, and the
like.
Equipment is mostly mana regenerating armor that I obtain from monster loot.
Resists on this armor is in the low 30's to middle 20's. I use this crappy
stuff because it is replaceable by looting monster and cost nothing but my
effort to slay monsters... sometimes with no armor on.
If any weapon special attribute is necessary...Hit Lower Attack and Hit Lower
Defense with moderate amount of DI.
Dragons and Daemons along with other hard monsters take about 2 to 8 minutes
depending on just how unlucky the EV are dispelled. Of course if I die it takes
alot longer. If a red/fake blue shows, it can not be done while intruder is about.
I would say about 75% of the damage done by the EV , rest by spell damage
and melee.
I do use grenades, but I keep backpack as light-weight as I can since I do not
use Bag of Sending.
I have never trained Animal Lore, Veternarian, or Animal Taming.
I never used the template types you mentioned in the second question!
*stares*
Yahaxithonix