Easy to Read Guide For New CW's

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• ironzerg79 Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,942 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  Thanks for picking up the slack on the Xbox side. I don't own an Xbox, and play exclusively on the PC. I've seen feedback that my old PC build isn't quite performing to where it needs to be on the Xbox (vs what it does on the PC), so I'm happy to see someone picking up the CW Renegade stuff who plays specifically on the Xbox.
  
  Looks like a work in progress as you continue to edit out the PC only stuff and get the Xbox One stuff up to date, but good luck!

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• lordsarverious Member Posts: 160 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  Can't wait to see this finished. Glad to have someone running an XB1 toon making a build thread. I can compare the one I saw for PC compare to what we're actually using. I may adjust my new wizard towards what I see here. Good thing is I'm only lv 13.

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• kingsd85 Member Posts: 23 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  Good job I'm gonna try this today

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• toekneeg1 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 14 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  ironzerg79 wrote: »

  Thanks for picking up the slack on the Xbox side. I don't own an Xbox, and play exclusively on the PC. I've seen feedback that my old PC build isn't quite performing to where it needs to be on the Xbox (vs what it does on the PC), so I'm happy to see someone picking up the CW Renegade stuff who plays specifically on the Xbox.
  
  Looks like a work in progress as you continue to edit out the PC only stuff and get the Xbox One stuff up to date, but good luck!

  
  I used your guide for xbox and I loved it. Worked great for me. If there is something better I'd be interested to see it.

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• zedslayernz Member Posts: 1 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  With regards to the rings I've found the Ancient Beserker's Ring Of Cleaving to be pretty good. They offer +power, crit and armour pen. I haven't seen those personalised rings yet.

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• toekneeg1 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 14 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  Regarding the High Vizier set, is it BiS b/c of the debuffs it provides? I noticed it doesn't have any crit or ArmPen, which is what this guide suggests is most important.

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• ironzerg79 Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,942 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  toekneeg1 wrote: »

  Regarding the High Vizier set, is it BiS b/c of the debuffs it provides? I noticed it doesn't have any crit or ArmPen, which is what this guide suggests is most important.

  
  Yes. It provides basically a 10% more damage per stack (max 3 stacks) on the enemies for anyone attacking it. There's no other set in the game that gives such a powerful bonus.

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• markg31 Member Posts: 2 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  beacons13 wrote: »

  
  6. Boons
  
  I still haven't fully finished the campaign yet so help is this area will be nice. So far i have:
  
  1.Dragon Heart 1/1
  2. Dragons Gaze 1/1
  3. Draconic Armbreaker 1/1
  4. Dragons Greed 1/1
  5. Dragons Thirst 1/3
  6. Dragons Revival 1/3
  7. Dragons Fury 1/3
  
  ** Once again I'm not very good with the boons so any help would be appreciated.
  
  
  7. Gear (Best in Slot)
  
  Head - High Vizier Cap
  Armor - High Vizier Tunic
  Arms - High Vizier Gloves
  Main Hand - Chilling eye of the golden dragon (through campaign)
  Off Hand - ???
  Feet - High Vizier Slippers
  Neck - ???
  Right Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6 (Unsure if these are out on xbox, input is encouraged about this)
  Left Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6 (Unsure if these are out on xbox, input is encouraged about this)
  Waist - ???
  Shirt - Exquisite Tunic
  Trousers - Exquisite Trousers
  Artifacts - 1. Lantern of Revelation (Free)
  2. ?????
  3. ????
  
  **** For the BIS I'm currently only a 12k gs CW, so I'm just trying to put together a list for people to go off of. Once again, any input from higher more experienced Cw's is strongly encouraged. I hope to learn as much from this guide as others.
  
  
  
  Thanks for reading guys and if theres anything that I missed or anything that should be changed please comment and let me know! Lets grow the CW community!
  
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  Ign - Legend

  
  A lot of the stuff you have here is from Zerg's PC version of his guide. It doesn't add up with the current XB1 version at all. There were a lot of stat changes in Mod 6. For example, for XB1 you don't want to go above 24% Armor Penetration but in Mod 6 you want 40%+.
  
  For the boons I would suggest 200 Power -> Crit -> ArP -> Life Steal -> Either 3% Life Steal or 5% Crit Severity.
  
  For gear I'd say the best loadout is:
  
  Head - High Vizier Cap
  Armor - High Vizier Tunic
  Arms - High Vizier Gloves
  Main Hand - Chilling Eye of the Golden Dragon (through campaign)
  Off Hand - Shadow Weaver's Talisman
  Feet - High Vizier Slippers
  Neck - Ancient Excorcist's Necklace of Blessing
  Right Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6 (these are in XB1)
  Left Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6
  Waist - Sash of Charisma
  Shirt - Gemmed Exquisite Shirt/Tunic
  Trousers - Gemmed Exquisite Pants/Trousers
  Artifacts - 1. Lantern of Revelation (Free)
  2. Lostmauth's Horn of Blasting
  3. Heart of the Red Dragon
  

  ironzerg79 wrote: »

  Thanks for picking up the slack on the Xbox side. I don't own an Xbox, and play exclusively on the PC. I've seen feedback that my old PC build isn't quite performing to where it needs to be on the Xbox (vs what it does on the PC), so I'm happy to see someone picking up the CW Renegade stuff who plays specifically on the Xbox.
  
  Looks like a work in progress as you continue to edit out the PC only stuff and get the Xbox One stuff up to date, but good luck!

  
  I wouldn't say it doesn't perform. I've seen people complain on Reddit and such. I followed the guide closely while doing my own research and testing. It works great for me. I honestly think those complaining have done something wrong. The ceiling isn't as high as the PC version cause we're missing a lot of crucial stuff such as Artifact offhands, multiple CA companions, artifact cloak, etc - but it works very well as I'm sure it did on PC.
  
  People are just too concerned with top DPS. I seen so many guys respec to Thaum and run 2/2 Magelord + SW just for the GS/stats so they shoot for the DPS race instead of worrying about team synergy.

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• ironzerg79 Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,942 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  I figured as much. If you don't take the time to read the full guide and understand WHY it works, then it won't work. I get the feeling people just copied the feats, without looking at the gear, powers or pets.

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• katamaster81899 Member Posts: 1,157 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  You might wanna try creating your own content instead of copying ironzergs next time... so much ctrl+c and ctrl+v here. Your guide also mentions lots of level 70 stuff, so you probably want to edit that out.

  
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• dbodapro Member Posts: 1 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  Right, I noticed all the "Mod 6" stuff right away. Hopefully any newbie wizards on xbox, actually read between these lines and read several other guild/builds to help them. Cause as it stands right now, anyone following the op will defiantly be over doing various things.

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• beacons13 Member Posts: 4 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  its been edited

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• katamaster81899 Member Posts: 1,157 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  beacons13 wrote: »

  its been edited

  
  That's not the issue. The issue is that you copied ironzergs work and claimed it as your own

  
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• schtick23 Member Posts: 14 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  katamaster81899 wrote: »

  That's not the issue. The issue is that you copied ironzergs work and claimed it as your own

  
  
  You should read the edit...

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• tomidius80 Member Posts: 14 Arc User

  May 2015 edited May 2015

  I love this spec.

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• theivinghood Member Posts: 29 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  Any tips on how to get armour pen higher. I'm on about -10% with all slots i can with dark enchantments levels 6-7. I running focal magis and fate bender at moment until I get high viser possible. I have gone down the full control root cant remember the tree but was the top one.

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• strictlyevil Member Posts: 338 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  If you don't have an augment companion you can purchase one and slot some eldritch runestones into the offense slots as well as equip some more darks into it's gear which should get you close to where you want. If you already have one then you'll want to get it through your jewelry. There are some Ancient and ELoL rings that will boost it up nicely.

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• superjellybaby Member Posts: 68 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  beacons13 wrote: »

  *Edited with Xbox only info
  
  Hey guys, I've been looking around at guides and i decided to write this for new CW's because most of the guides are for the PC version. This will just make things easier for people to follow this guide! Any input and suggestions are appreciated!
  
  Credit for most of the guide goes to IronZerg79 as this just a xbox only version of his PC guide. Great guide by him. Im usually top dps in dungeons with this guide. Also credit to Crit from MMOMinds.
  
  
  
  1. Character Creation
  
  Race can be beneficial but its all about preference. The damage modifiers only increase by a small margin, so you can pick what race you like. I personally chose the sun elf.
  
  You will want to roll CHA and Int for your CW. You want both your main stats to get to 16 (so CHA and INT) at 16. And then if you chose a race with a bonus(INT bonus is nice) it will make your INT 18.
  
  Character Creation: Maximize Intelligence and Charisma. Every stat increase should go here.
  
  2. Stats/Enchantments
  
  Starting out you will want to gem for Armor Penetration. On Xbox the AP cap is 24% or 2400 AP, so until then you will want to gem for it. After you have reached it and with better gear you can start gemming for power.
  
  You will want to get a lesser dragon hoard enchantment for a utility slot so that you start collecting refining stones early. Otherwise Dark enchantments for AP until the cap is reached then power. For defense slots just gem for what you need (defence or deflect)
  
  
  3. Feats
  
  This is a SpellStorm Renegade Build
  
  Controlling Action 1/5
  Weapon Mastery 3/3
  Toughness 3/3
  Fight on 5/5
  Blighting Power 3/3
  Learned Spellcaster 2/5
  Focused Wizardy 3/3
  
  Renegade Tree
  
  Reapers Touch 5/5
  Critical Power 5/5
  Phantasmal Destruction 5/5
  Nightmare Wizardry 5/5
  Chilling Advantage 5/5
  Chaos Magic 1/1
  
  Oppressor
  
  Bitter Cold 5/5
  
  4. Powers
  
  Choose the spell storm path.
  
  
  Mobs
  
  At Wills
  
  Chilling Cloud (LT)
  Ray of Frost (RT)
  
  AOE Powers
  
  Conduit of Ice (RB)
  Sudden Storm (X)
  Icy Terrain (Y)
  Steal Time (B)
  
  Dailies
  
  Oppressive Force
  Ice Knife
  
  Passives
  
  Storm Spell
  Chilling Presence
  
  Single Target
  
  
  Chilling Cloud
  Ray of Frost
  
  Conduit of Ice in Mastery
  Chill Strike (or icy rays)
  Disintegrate
  Ray of Enfeeblement
  
  Storm Spell
  Chilling Presence
  
  Ice Knife
  Oppressive Force
  
  
  
  
  5. Companions
  
  In my opinion the cat is the best to use. The critical boost is very helpful.
  
  
  
  6. Boons
  
  I still haven't fully finished the campaign yet so help is this area will be nice. So far i have:
  
  1.Dragon Heart 1/1
  2. Dragons Gaze 1/1
  3. Draconic Armbreaker 1/1
  4. Dragons Greed 1/1
  
  
  
  ** Havent gotten farther with boons yet
  
  
  7. Gear (Best in Slot)
  
  Head - High Vizier Cap
  Armor - High Vizier Tunic
  Arms - High Vizier Gloves
  Main Hand - Chilling Eye of the Golden Dragon (through campaign)
  Off Hand - Shadow Weaver's Talisman
  Feet - High Vizier Slippers
  Neck - Ancient Excorcist's Necklace of Blessing
  Right Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6 (these are in XB1)
  Left Ring - Personalized Archmage Ring +6
  Waist - Sash of Charisma
  Shirt - Gemmed Exquisite Shirt/Tunic
  Trousers - Gemmed Exquisite Pants/Trousers
  Artifacts - 1. Lantern of Revelation (Free)
  2. Lostmauth's Horn of Blasting
  3. Heart of the Red Dragon
  
  **Credits for Markg31 for the BIS
  
  Thanks for reading guys and if theres anything that I missed or anything that should be changed please comment and let me know! Lets grow the CW community!
  
  GT - Legend of Chuck
  Ign - Legend

  
  As a main CW myself i have to ask what makes the following items Bis?
  
  Off Hand - Shadow Weaver's Talisman (DRACONIC CERTAINLY APPEARS BETTER TO ME)
  Neck - Ancient Excorcist's Necklace of Blessing (Personalized Archmage's necklace???)
  Waist - Sash of Charisma (Owlbear Leather belt of intelligence, This is a matter of opinion though)
  3. Heart of the Red Dragon (This one confused me the most, Belials Portal Stone would be better no?)

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