Halfling warrior help

[wetsand]

Here is my current skills:

(at level 50), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 240 140
Combat Maneuvers...................| 204 104
Polearm Weapons....................| 204 104
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 155 55
Physical Fitness...................| 204 104
Dodging............................| 204 104
Harness Power......................| 70 15
Survival...........................| 108 26
Perception.........................| 152 52
Climbing...........................| 105 25
Swimming...........................| 70 15

Training Points: 0 Phy 207 Mnt (482 Mnt converted to Phy)
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)

Currently GoS Master but will be going Voln once I get my skills figured out.

I'd like to swap into a shielded brawler setup. I think I have the basics down; 2x brawl and 3x shield but the associated shield skills/cman skills aren't as clear to me. I know I need to max out shielded brawler and some other shield skills but I need help picking what shield size to go with. I'm familiar with some of the basics on shield size but I'd like to min max the best DS(or EBP) possible. End game is doing a kroderine soul build.

@Spiffyjr Basically I want to copy your warrior build!

[LOL BRIELUS]

If Naijin will share, i'd be interested.

Honestly I have tried it out on the test server and didn't like it as much. There's a thread right below this one that discusses a shielded brawler type shield. It is not bad, but honestly a standard THW build seems stronger to me for a few reasons:

1. Weapon bonding - you miss out on one of the strongest (if not the strongest) warrior cmans.
2. Berserk - your berserking with a THW is a much stronger defense with a THW since you are stunning more and hitting harder per blow, that way you can manage crowds much better.
3. Armor - assuming you are not going to go full plate because of the MM factor, you are losing out on yet another warrior strength. I totally disagree with the robe/LAM build and think it does not play to the warrior strengths - if you get hit, you will get stunned as opposed to taking 5 damage. big warrior nono.
4. Stances - you dont get the great monk UAC stances like krynch/flurry.
5. No mind over body, monk only so the stamina costs that let monks mstrike everything, we don't get.

I think i'd summarize warrior UAC as a not quite as good monk. I think some might disagree, but I'm convinced that standard ambush leg/head (or even feint/tackle, ambush head with maul) is just much better. Curious to see what others think

[Skeletor]

I’m curious what Halfling cman defense looks like on test relative to giantman. More buff, less buff, same?

[wetsand]

If Naijin will share, i'd be interested.


I don't really disagree with anything you said. Shielded brawler warriors sure miss out on a few really profession defining abilities (bonding and krynch/flurry/1213).

I ended up fixskilling into a shielded brawler build, at least what I thought might be the best setup. To be honest it's worse than I imagined but in no way unplayable. I was a bit shocked to see how terrible the DS was even 3x shield/1x dodge. I am wearing plate but using a small shield to offset some of the MM penalties. Its not terrible just not the best. UCS/UAC berserk is kinda meh but I'm using it more get out of bad stuns vs normal combat. I'm not fully trained in shield specializations but added the min required plus shield strike mastery(adds a minor shield bash before focused mstrikes). Things are improving a bit as he gets closer to mastering Voln. I'll update the thread later with his current build.

My end goal here was to have a kroderine soul build and not a wanna be monk. As monks really do UCS/UAC better, with bards a close second.

[Skeletor]

Never understood why people harp on DS andnot look at EBP. You realize with shield block mastery or whatever and a tower warriors can literally get to it so 2 out of 3 attacks don’t go through. That’s 66% of attacks “missing” before the AS/DS layer get’s calculated.

[LOL BRIELUS]

interesting. if Naijin gets back to us, I'm still curious on his thoughts.

I think I am going to skip on the kroderine soul build. It looks interesting, esp if you can swing kroderine armor/shield/slippery mind, but IMO might be tougher for halflings because there is an assumption that you are still taking shots, and halflings have HP issues (as opposed to more traditional warrior races like giant/dwarf/half krol). Also I don't have the coin for the elite gear

[wetsand]

Never understood why people harp on DS andnot look at EBP. You realize with shield block mastery or whatever and a tower warriors can literally get to it so 2 out of 3 attacks don’t go through. That’s 66% of attacks “missing” before the AS/DS layer get’s calculated.

Yes, EBP is important, and warriors have some great skills to take advantage of that.

[wetsand]

interesting. if Naijin gets back to us, I'm still curious on his thoughts.

I think I am going to skip on the kroderine soul build. It looks interesting, esp if you can swing kroderine armor/shield/slippery mind, but IMO might be tougher for halflings because there is an assumption that you are still taking shots, and halflings have HP issues (as opposed to more traditional warrior races like giant/dwarf/half krol). Also I don't have the coin for the elite gear

Thats why I want to max out my DS(and EBP). I won't be buying any elite gear either. I'd like a script flaring shield, maybe some halfling only plate with flares, and standard UCS/UAC gear.

[wetsand]

Current skills:

(at level 51), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 230 130
Shield Use.........................| 258 158
Combat Maneuvers...................| 206 106
Brawling...........................| 206 106
Ambush.............................| 102 24
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 155 55
Physical Fitness...................| 224 124
Dodging............................| 152 52
Perception.........................| 152 52
Climbing...........................| 111 27
Swimming...........................| 70 15

Training Points: 0 Phy 46 Mnt (998 Mnt converted to Phy)
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)

CMAN:

Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
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Combat Focus focus 5
Surge of Strength surge 1
Block Mastery bmastery 3
Punch Mastery punchmastery 3
Kick Mastery kmastery 3

Shield:

Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
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Small Shield Focus sfocus 3
Shield Bash bash 2
Shielded Brawler brawler 5
Shield Strike strike 3
Shield Strike Mastery strikemastery 1

Available Shield Specialization Points: 42

The size penalties kinda suck for shield strike mastery, so kinda up in the air if I will keep that.

You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
You launch a quick bash with your rolaren buckler at a waern!
[Roll result: 123 (open d100: 62) Penalties: 14]
Your bash connects!
... 10 points of damage!
Chest hit causes the waern to spin around like a halfling after a fresh tart.
You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
You attempt to punch a waern!
Your attack is hindered by holding a gleaming rolaren buckler!
You have good positioning against a waern.
UAF: 332 vs UDF: 208 = 1.596 * MM: 112 + d100: 87 = 265
... and hit for 81 points of damage!
Nasty punch sinks into the lower back. Internal organs don't like that!
Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup jab attack!
You attempt to jab a waern!
Your attack is hindered by holding a gleaming rolaren buckler!
You have excellent positioning against a waern.
UAF: 332 vs UDF: 197 = 1.685 * MM: 107 + d100: 62 = 242
... and hit for 41 points of damage!
Punishing strike to the spine partially severs spinal cord!
The waern appears to be moving more slowly!
You attempt to punch a waern!
Your attack is hindered by holding a gleaming rolaren buckler!
You have excellent positioning against a waern.
UAF: 332 vs UDF: 197 = 1.685 * MM: 122 + d100: 77 = 282
... and hit for 101 points of damage!
Amazing full-arm haymaker smashes stomach out through the back! Disgusting!
You hear a sound like a weeping child as a white glow separates itself from the waern's body as it rises, disappearing into the heavens.
The waern falls to the ground and dies.

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
Roundtime: 7 sec.

You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
You launch a quick bash with your rolaren buckler at a dybbuk!
[Roll result: 113 (open d100: 81) Penalties: 44]
Your bash connects!
... 3 points of damage!
Strike to back throws the dybbuk off balance momentarily.
You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
You attempt to jab a dybbuk!
Your attack is hindered by holding a gleaming rolaren buckler!
You have excellent positioning against a dybbuk.
UAF: 328 vs UDF: 209 = 1.569 * MM: 92 + d100: 52 = 196
... and hit for 28 points of damage!
Hard chop across the stomach causes internal bleeding!
You attempt to grapple a dybbuk!
Your attack is hindered by holding a gleaming rolaren buckler!
You have excellent positioning against a dybbuk.
UAF: 328 vs UDF: 205 = 1.600 * MM: 98 + d100: 67 = 223
... and hit for 64 points of damage!
The dybbuk is nearly torn into two pieces as the abdomen is compressed back toward the spine!
You hear a sound like a weeping child as a white glow separates itself from the dybbuk's body as it rises, disappearing into the heavens.
The dybbuk wails in terrifying pain one last time and lies still.
It looks like somebody already did the job for you.

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

[wetsand]

I ended up maxing out Shield bash and shield strike and I'm 110% disappointed. Not worth the shield points at all. I'll leave it alone for the time being but will fixskill out before the next free one in May.