survivablity questions on a wf fighter

[Hobgoblin]

I have a wf that seems pretty good. he is level 14, pure thf fighter. 32 str, 34 raged, 42 with power surge. 330 hp So far he hasnt had much trouble soloing most quests around his level, so i took him into slavers of the shrieking mines. he did it on hard, but had lots of trouble with the mind flayer bosses. They pretty much kept him locked in mindblast. it was pretty much swing, mind blast, recover, swing mind blast recover till they were dead. He does have a really low will save, but it hasnt been a problem till now. The other problem that i had with him is he would get whittled down by archers. i use the trinket from the necro and it helps with the damage but i want more.

so after this wall of text attack, my questions are as follows:

1: Is there a buff that will stop the mind blast from the flayers?

2: How bad will the low will save hurt me in the end type game stuff?

3: will the dr enhanments from wf stack with the trinket?

4: Is it worth taking shield mastery and improved shield mastery on this guy if i cant find something better? Or are they complete junk?

On a side note, i use a lot of guards on him, will this continue to be effective?

What sort of gear am i looking for on a dps fighter?


thanks in advance,

hob

[Aranticus]

I have a wf that seems pretty good. he is level 14, pure thf fighter. 32 str, 34 raged, 42 with power surge. 330 hp So far he hasnt had much trouble soloing most quests around his level, so i took him into slavers of the shrieking mines. he did it on hard, but had lots of trouble with the mind flayer bosses. They pretty much kept him locked in mindblast. it was pretty much swing, mind blast, recover, swing mind blast recover till they were dead. He does have a really low will save, but it hasnt been a problem till now. The other problem that i had with him is he would get whittled down by archers. i use the trinket from the necro and it helps with the damage but i want more.

so after this wall of text attack, my questions are as follows:

1: Is there a buff that will stop the mind blast from the flayers?

not that i can remember but the way to solo flayers is to constantly move to their flanks to attack them. when u approach them, do not charge head on. what i usually do is to run to the back of the room so that the mindblast is blocked and u can take the trash out easy. then flank flayer hit it a few times, and when it raises to mindblast, run behind a pillar or something

2: How bad will the low will save hurt me in the end type game stuff?

mind blast and command is typically the most a will save will do to you. other spells can have immunity ie dominate = prot evil, hold = freedom

[guote]3: will the dr enhanments from wf stack with the trinket?[/quote]

cant help you with this one

4: Is it worth taking shield mastery and improved shield mastery on this guy if i cant find something better? Or are they complete junk?

can u intimitank? yes then good, no then useless

On a side note, i use a lot of guards on him, will this continue to be effective?

yes, my TR pally is wearing crushing wave, radiance and disintegrate guards. its solid. looking to build a LS2 triple guard for him to tank

What sort of gear am i looking for on a dps fighter?


thanks in advance,

hob

ravager/berzerker set, shintao set, epic claw set, 2x epic chaosblades or min2s or LS2s, epic bloodstone (since u wf and cannot use marilith chain) are just some of the things i can think of. oh you want heal amp items asap as you are going to generate a ton of agro

[Bacab]

It is also good to actually range attack Mindflayers. The range on Mindblast is kinda short.

On a melee toon...I use a paralyzing bow or X-Bow. Once they are paralyzed; run up and smack em.

Or if you can get a Weakening of Enfeebling on them since they are kinda like Beholders...very low STR, but very dangerous. Once you drop their STR...just smack them around.

I agree all the other things Aranticus said.

One other thing...if you want to tank...goggles is a GREAT tank slot. Generally I say melee should NEVER craft greensteel into goggles due the how great Tharne's are. BUT if you are hate-tanking or intimi-tanking...you *should* not be getting the Tharne's Bonus. Also I like Levik's Bracers with Dragontouched Levik rune for the Incite if hate tanking.

Just some suggestions. Also WF DR is DR/Addy. DR addy does stack wtih other DR/Addy such as WF FVS DR/addy. I am not sure what DR the trinket is. But if its not DR/addy...it most likely will not stack.

[Hobgoblin]

Just some suggestions. Also WF DR is DR/Addy. DR addy does stack wtih other DR/Addy such as WF FVS DR/addy. I am not sure what DR the trinket is. But if its not DR/addy...it most likely will not stack.

the trinket is dr/evil

but stops elemental damage trap damage its very nice