Shield warrior anyone?..hahaha

[Benedicto]

Yes, we will never abandon shield warrior! We'll wait until the "proposal to make shield warrior again" paper comes to the devs table one day

[TheExorcist]

"Shield warrior lovers" out there
i have an important question
for "ITZ SB WW build plus Lightning Reflexes"
if we should replace CR wat's the proper for it (Cr) to remain at the Hero's attribute?
say 40% chance per hit or even less?
how bout CD? decrease the value also? or just less CR but more CD and other attributes such as Power Haste etc etc

addition:
hopefully i dont hv to use Fire Lilly in replacement of Belt of the templar (painstakingly accumulate 140 glory- a bit stingy to simply used (glory) it

[Quercus]

Parrying an attack gives you 5000 CR with belt of the templar, ITZ gives you 2000 Parry Rating, so I think you should have no CR on gear. (I'll try that on next ANB)
Critical Damage must be on all pieces.

Fire Lily is useless for us in high level trials, we need critical.

[Turgeon]

On mob phase it will be ok but against the boss you need some critical rating

[Quercus]

We can adjust with gems/enchants/beer to have an idea of the minimum required.
I was just speaking about a test phase, not about replace or reforge our current gear

[Quercus]

Shame on me, in the end I play a DW Warrior in this ANB.
You can hit me with your shields

[Turgeon]

Haha my shield wont hurt you hard i only had time to get to lvl 15.

[TheExorcist]

Shame on me also ..how unintelligible nonsense for me to play DW in this ANB. Do bang or kick or something at me with a shield. It's ok

[Benedicto]

How about me? I played BH since ANB Silver 5, and just used my SW for story mode gem farming. Slam your shields on my head please

[Quercus]

We can say that we take a break to come back stronger

[TheExorcist]

is "Battle Rage" being nerfed or somethin??
or maybe i dont remember how to used "battle rage" proper anymore???
for old time sake. i have a try with this celebrated "old utility"
took ages to kill elites/mobs with it

[Ozymandius]

TheExorcist I also started Eternium as a SW Warrior before exploring Mage, then BH. Have only played 4 Fury:2 Warlords since the last upgrade, since all of my old level 70 gear is no longer competitive. During the last ANB, I got a level 76 BoM with Shield Slam bonus, so maybe I have an excuse to try out SW Warrior again. Thanks for starting this thread!

[TheExorcist]

Ozymandius
thank you for have a try once more with a SW
well. to be honest it's tough
not many like to choose this "easy style of playin" but difficult in higher trial advancement
how many SW at trial 140 and above?? raise up their hand!!!!!
SOME OF THOSE SHIELD WARRIORS WHOM I REFER AS GUIDANCE AT THE LB HAD EVEN CHANGE THEIR PLAYIN TO DUAL WARRIOR
My DW is better than my SW
erm i would definitely abandon SW if Trials is my aim
but when you sincerely fall in love with somethin (for me Shield warrior) you wont let it go no matter wat
if only i knew how to make "Shield warrior Great and Powerful" it would be nice

[Ozymandius]

I hear you. I still play Havoc and Demo BH even though the top of the LB is only Stalker. I still have a Defender gear set in stash, so I plan to give it a try to see what I can do with the Shield Slam BoM. I just had a level 77 Blackguards Assault mace drop while running trials yesterday, so maybe the universe is telling me something...

I played 4Fury;2Warlord Fire Lily Warrior in Bronze, which is a really good build for XP farming. I might try a SW Warrior in Silver to see if I can pick up some better gear.

[Benedicto]

Playing a SW in Silver can clear TL130 with enough CL, and SWs can also farm exp fast like DW, if you do not care for top spots. I tried it once, last silver and I reached TL132 with 1800+ CL.

[TheExorcist]

Obfuscation??
for ages i used +100 Ability for Shield enchant
suddenly i saw this. is it good? or should i just choose Abilitity??

[Quercus]

Using WW, I'm not sure it's of interest.

[Benedicto]

Tactician is still better, I think. SW doesn't need more damage reduction and Obfuscation is effective when the attacker is farther to you.

[TheExorcist]

Thank Quercus
+100 Ability as usual

[TheExorcist]

Shield warriors out there
i try to upgrade my "ITZ & Lightning reflexes SW plus Belt of the Templar with a few craftin"
change the CR status to Power etc etc
is this any good?
when the LB back again would surely try trial 139

addition:

i craft one new average Necklace

[Benedicto]

What trial level are you now?

[TheExorcist]

Just have a rest at trial 138 at the moment. After ANB's will continue. (at 139 - that Garm need an exorcism)

[Allunra]

Just got farther than my SW ever has this ANB with my first DW...so conflicted...maybe start with DW for gold and Exp farming than a soft dual class over to SW??? Good way to get high CL in an ANB for optimal SW?