chiv is good for boosting damage and its always nice for death recovery . (no regs needed.)
bushodo is primarily for defence . it does have some moves that increase damage , but the primary things there are the lightning strike +50 to hit . and bushido dramaticlly improves pary (and if you use confidence, each time you hit you leach mana)
each has its benifits . depending on your playstyle . if your gonna stick with parry . get bushido . you'll be an effin brick wall .
if your gonna be the superfast hit and run guy, go with chivalrys enemy of one and consecrate weapon for serious damage.
and if you play it just right ... maybe both
120 sword (so you hit)
120 pary (brick wall)
90 tactics . (for special moves)
90 bushido (to ride lesser hy)
80 heal and
80 anat so you can res
70 chiv (to get enemy of one)
650
leaves you 50 for a litle resist .
(and up to 20 more depending on how old account it)
you can tag on more points as you find items .
ancient sam do gives you 10 parry , theres 10 more to resist ... work with it .
keep armor resists at or near 70s if at all posable.you wont need lrc or even medable .. lower mana cost and mana regen armor pieces help if you can get em. if you can afford it get a totem of the void for mana and hp regen ... bracelet of health and crimson cinctur go awesome here.
look for fast, hit chance and leaching weapons . with bushido you wont need a shield . 2 handed weapons pary best but 1 handers still pary, only do like 5% worse and you can chug pots .
keep his swingspeed high . the faster you hit the more you'll leach
then just TANK
i put this guy on an exceptional armor swampy and waded into the magincia invasion . he could go toe to toe soloing a light demon and just stand there . i had dudes roll up on me and go "man how is it you arent dying"
now ...
*grinns wickedly*
if you really want to get evil with this, remove all magic resist, cary a trapped box and run 54 necro . you can buy 2 15 necro jewels , get that 10 necro "osam grimuar" book from the legacy tokens. and get the "bloodwood spirit" talisman with 5 necro. this will raise necro to 99 so you can switch to vampire form ...
resistant to all but lethal poison and leaches hit points with every hit . drawbacks to vampiric embrace is you cant use heal potions or anything with garlic . but thats ok you arent a mage, you have have bandages, chiv , and a whole lotta leachin goin on .
dont use the necro for anything but vamp form . carry a few vampiric embrace scrolls and insure a pare of arcane boots . you dont have a lrc suit and dont really want to use necro too much .(it gives you bad carma) maybe an occasional curse weapon if you need a boost of life leach. but keep it rare , negative carma hurts chivalry . go farm stuff to keep carma up so you can cure with chivalry . high carma "cleanse with fire" will cure any lethal poison that gets thru.
i insure the necro items and just cary them with me . i only use them when im switching forms . then my fighting stuff goes back on .
put this samauri tank in vampire form and you have whats called the "sampire"
let the slaughter commence.
