Finally got 2 toons ready for shroud and have been dd grinding it with a few completions. Ingredients are moving along, and I have enough small/medium mats to make 2 or 3 tier 2 gs items. I am working on Cannith Crafting and by the end of the week I should have holy silver greataxe of outsider bane all done, so bb is covered. I will be TRing this character someday.
Just want to check if my thoughts make sense:
1st item Lit II greataxe (farming and TR weapon) - Holy, Shocking Burst, Shock Blast
2nd item - goggles - 45 hp +6 wis Con opp - Neg/Pos/Neg
3rd item - Necklace - blind, disease, poison, fear immunity, death block - Neg/Neg/Neg
Questions:
Most greensteel discussions dont mention the immunity item. It seems like a nice way to take care of everything though. Is it advisable to make it? Are these three items good ideas to make? Are there better gs to make? Are there better slots to put them in? Did I select the best tiers for the items? (their seems to be multiple ways to make a Lit II).
I know that I will need to cleanse an item if I am going to wear 2 and have started going for completions.
Thank you for your time.
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Thread: Barb Greensteel Selection
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08-09-2011, 01:46 PM #1Community Member
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Barb Greensteel Selection
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08-09-2011, 01:57 PM #2Community Member
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I don't understand the point of a Con opp on a melee. The 4% chance for 30 temporary HP doesn't do much imo and isn't worth the larges imo. Now, if you are TRing into spellcaster, then make a goggle SP item (maybe triple Cha, with conc-op on your HP item).
Originally Posted by game5551
Better for a melee would be an Earth II Goggle as a single-shard (Summon Dense Earth Elemental 2/day, +45 HP, +6 con skills, earthgrab guard) or maybe some kind of double-shard guard effect (Salt II, Lightning II, Dust II).
Also, note that Tower of Despair sets includes rings, belts, and necklaces, so a GS necky might not be a good choice. I particularly like the Stalwart Defender set (includes the Stalwart Necklace and Cinder's Band) for most melee tank toons since it gets you +15% threat, +6 str and +6 con, extra Action Boosts, +1 ex con, and a incredible potential slot that I'd use for 20% healing amp.
Epic items often include slots for putting in immunities. A triple neg item, however, isn't bad as a throwaway item that you'll get rid of later. Cloak is my choice. Originally Posted by game5551
There's also a Triple Positive Maul, ideal for killing undead (Holy, Good Burst, Good Blast); includes a Raise Dead clicky and Greater Disruption which is +6d6 damage per hit and a 3% chance to instakill enemies under 1000 hp or do +100 damage to enemies over 1000 hp. Originally Posted by game5551
Fire immunity (as in a % resistance) weapons are nice to toss on while tanking EChrono and EVelah. You have to go with a weapon though since gear slots don't provide %-age resistance.
I actually don't mind a Lit 2 item (probably helm) with stacking electric resistance (Minor Good Guard, Inherent Elec Resist 5, Inherent Elec Resist 10) for tanking horoth and sully (both have Chain Lightning which deals 200-300 damage per cast for horoth), but this is far in the future when you can toss Heavy Fort & toughness onto an epic item slot and you don't need the Epic Dragon Helm (which, tbqh, isn't very good against devil bosses).Last edited by TheDjinnFor; 08-09-2011 at 02:09 PM.
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08-09-2011, 01:58 PM #3Community Member
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Your Lit II set up is good. A question of your Barb's race should come
into play as G-Axe may not be the best way to go, unless your a dwarf.
GS items and their slots will have a lot to do with what you envision your
final gear set-up to be. Wil you be running epic content?
I would suggest creating a dream gear set-up and try to utilize the slots
left over.
things to think on. Originally Posted by TheDjinnFor
You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.
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08-09-2011, 02:24 PM #4Community Member
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To expand on that post... Originally Posted by Doomcrew
For an actual barbarian, I prefer the encrusted ring thanks to the +20 hp. Ravager is more of a DPS belt, which is fine for a barbarian tank, but so is Encrusted, so either one. I also like the ECavalry Plate for the Superior False Life, +5 Resistance (great on an evasionless, low dexterity tank for making those reflex saves versus DBF and Chain lightning) and Demonic Shield (effectively a stacking DR 6 that works against spells since it's a 20% chance to proc +30 temporary HP). This tank can afford to sacrifice DPS in exchange for survivability thanks to all the +threat gear he's packing.
Weapon: Epic Slotted Sword of Shadows/Crafted +5 HB Silver of GEOB
Armor: Hotswap - Epic Cavalry Plate (Tier 3), Epic Marilith Chain
Goggles: Salt II Greensteel HP Item
Helmet: Hotswap - Epic Helm of the Red Dragon, Lit II Greensteel
Trinket: Hotswap - Epic Bloodstone, Greater Bold Trinket
Necklace: Stalwart Necklace
Cloak: Epic Envenomed Cloak/Neg II Greensteel
Gloves: Epic Gloves of the Claw
Bracers: Epic Bracers of the Claw
Belt: Knost's Belt/Colethenis's Belt
Ring: Encrusted Ring/Ring of the Ravager
Ring: Cinder's Band
Boots: Hotswap - Madstone Boots, Striding Boots, Boots of Anchoring
Consider the above when making a choice to gear your toon.
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08-09-2011, 02:30 PM #5Community Member
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Goggles: Agree / swap with tharne's when not tanking. Originally Posted by TheDjinnFor
Helmet: eHelm of the Frost (not because of the charisma obviously, but partial set bonus)
Trinket: agree
Necklace: Shintao cord
Cloak: Envenomed cloak
Gloves: Agree
Bracers: Agree
Belt: Agree
Ring: Agree
Ring: Kyosho's
Boots: add boots of corrosion.
This way you get more strength than with the incredibly elusive Helm of the Red Dragon. And I clearly prefer Kyosho's to cinder's set.
Soooooo: craft a li2 weapon and the goggles hp item (salt is nice)Last edited by Indoran; 08-09-2011 at 02:32 PM.
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08-09-2011, 05:05 PM #6Community Member
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Thank you. The gear set-up is very helpful. Part of the problem I was having was picking which slot to put the gs in because I didnt really know what was out there to shoot for. I am a Dwarf currently, but might go Half-Orc on a TR, so I am deciding between Greataxe and Falcion.
Only question I have is about salt II. I see that salt II is suggested, and from what I see it is 80-480 damage over 4 seconds, whereas the lit II gaurd is 600-650 all at once. Is salt suggested to get around lightning immunity?
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08-10-2011, 07:15 AM #7Community Member
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Going by this setup, we will have 4 augment slots available from the abishai set; Originally Posted by Indoran
1) Boots of corrrosion x 2
2) Envenomed cloak
3) Helm of frost
What will you propose to add into the 4 augment slots?
Will appreciate any suggestions and advice!
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