Couldn't you take advantage of their low con and crappy strength?

July 06, 2013 05:03AM
They've got some glaring weaknesses in terms of Con based saves (rot, plague, poison) and a reliance on their weapons which an auto-disarming bash giant would nail. Swords are one of the easiest weapons to disarm because they parry a lot and aren't two handed.

If we're theory crafting then I'd go for a giant shaman. I guess Kraldinor fits the bill. Rot, plague spam until they drop, chase them around. Whither if it's a defender and keep plaguing anyway. They can't poultice too many times in one fight. If they're a berserker, summon in some nasty mobs to flee around. If they're not a villager, dispel and direct damage. If they start lashing then they're in a situation -dex will get them and probably not you.

A bard is a nice option because of the two big stat reducing songs. Go for tragedy, add up the maledicts for -15str -15dex, then you can just disarm. They can't pick anything up! If they're a villager they can't get resist mental. Same goes for boneshatter+disarm but obviously you have to land the damn boneshatter first. This just felt like an easier way. You've also got fright for entwine and tragedy boosts that too.

Villagers are also very vulnerable to assassinate. Vanish gets you around entwine/lash if you fail. Invoker with shield of slime could be a contender if they're not a villager. Iceneedles ftw. Quicksand too.

Any other ideas?

Yhorian
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rng is rng.

LogFiend 1043 July 05, 2013 11:11PM

There is one simple solution to this bullshit

alex 535 July 06, 2013 06:12PM

IIT: Parry anything and evade continue to be lumped with sword spec abilities.

satchmo 539 July 06, 2013 04:54AM

That's why he got 18 ripostes (free hits) and tanked like a champ? (n/t)

PaulO 366 July 06, 2013 07:05AM

Not to mention all of that was with the elf getting stsf counts the whole fight. (n/t)

kanye 375 July 06, 2013 07:10AM

That made it worse.

SomeOneSpecial 531 July 06, 2013 08:02AM

Swords by themselves don't have lag, that's what entwine is for :) (n/t)

butterfly 346 July 08, 2013 07:26PM

For a long time now sword is just to damn good. Sure it's a quick race but I've always said it needs tweaked. (n/t)

funnyone 373 July 06, 2013 03:53AM

sword has been broken since day 1.....it was even more obscene in the early months.

abernyte 523 July 06, 2013 04:26AM

Couldn't you take advantage of their low con and crappy strength?

Yhorian(VIP) 593 July 06, 2013 05:03AM

It isn't hard to get no_remove swords.

PaulO 451 July 06, 2013 07:17AM

Shaman isn't half bad either

torak 446 July 06, 2013 04:45PM

If we talk about high dex sword hunter is wash

alex 435 July 06, 2013 06:03PM

This. Sword is the easiest weapon to gather cursed/nodisarm with a lot of elemental/material options. (n/t)

kanye 360 July 06, 2013 08:43AM

You don't even need to

daurwyn(VIP) 502 July 06, 2013 05:12AM



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