Need pro advice.

Virtia - Lost City

Alright guy's yet again i need some advice.
Im currently lvl 54
And i have a few questions about my skills and how i use them.
(i dont have a massive ammount of tank exp cause my fraction leader always tanks and has his wife with bb on our bh's and fb's)

so currently my skills and their lvls are...

Stomp of the best king-3 (was dumb in the start)
Garrotte- 2 (see above)
Swell-1
Mighty swing-2
Penetrate armor-1
Fire storm-1
Slam-1
Beast king inspiration-7
Blood bath-2
Strength of titans-2
Flesh ream-9
Alacrity-7 ( heard its best to keep at 7)
Devour-4
Surf impact-1 (dont like it at all)
Poision fang-1
roar-1( never use)
Frighten-1
beastial rage-1
Feral regeneration-10
Shapeshifting intensitiy-8
Swim mastery-1
Axe& hammer mastery-5

Any insight on where i should go next? Any thing i should've done different?

And i also would like some Techiniques for grinding/tanking

Currently for normal form grinding i use, penetrate armor, stomp, then swell..normal attacks then maybe a slam. Spark eruption here and there.

And for tanking.. well i don't really get to tank a lot but when i do its usally
Ream, devour, alacrity(whenever needed), ream again (if needed) then frighten (to regain chi) and normal att away.

And im planing on when i get to 59 and get sunder to grind in tiger form. Can AoE with frighten, surf impact and sunder? i hear ppl using that a lot.

Also for my stats iv'e capped my dex at 40. And every 10 lvls i go 30 str and 20 vit, should i leave it at that or is there another way for a better build?

I know its a lot to review and critisize but i beg you to! b:surrenderb:question
I want to be a better tank (Meat shield). I think im a decent one now, but im looking to make that better.. we all have room for improvement!

Samthesmile - Sanctuary

I suggest the sticky in the barb section. It has all the info.

Virtia - Lost City

Iv'e checked it out.
dosen't quite give the info im asking for.b:sad

GohRaL - Sanctuary

Virtia - Lost City wrote: »

Stomp of the best king-3 (was dumb in the start)
Garrotte- 2 (see above)
Swell-1
Mighty swing-2
Penetrate armor-1
Fire storm-1
Slam-1
Beast king inspiration-7
Blood bath-2
Strength of titans-2
Flesh ream-9
Alacrity-7 ( heard its best to keep at 7)
Devour-4
Surf impact-1 (dont like it at all)
Poision fang-1
roar-1( never use)
Frighten-1
beastial rage-1
Feral regeneration-10
Shapeshifting intensitiy-8
Swim mastery-1
Axe& hammer mastery-5

Any insight on where i should go next? Any thing i should've done different?

Well, sonuds like u have maxed almost all the MUST SKILL for your level

i didnt read TRUE FORM, i hope u have that maxed (L3)

from this point, just continue on BUFF/PASSIVE and when those r maxed start with attack skills

-MAX Flesh Ream --> just 1 more level
-MAX Shapeshifting intensitiy --> at 59 learn INVOKE THE SPIRIT
-MAX Beast king inspiration --> ASAP
-MAX Axe& hammer mastery --> ASAP
-MAX Strength of titans --> ASAP
-MAX Roar --> ASAP
-LEARN and MAX Sunder --> ASAP

then fill the needs with these
-devour
-poison fang
-blood bath
-HUMAN SKILLS



u just missed:

ROAR, max this ASAP (42450 Spr and 56k coins, from L1 to L5)
This is very a usefull skill cuz it usually saves from squad wipe since is an AOE-aggro skill, EVERY SQUAD BTW HAS TO KNOW ITS EFFECTS TOO.

When u use this skill, all the aggro reset, and u gain a lil aggro on all mob in range.
AFTER THIS SKILL u have to BUILD MORE AGGRO with FR, cuz anyone can steal the tiny aggro fixed by roar after reset.

So is usefull to re-gain AGGRO:
with bosses if aggro get stealed (squad stops DD)
in AOEs when some1 get overwhelm by mobs

is usefull to build chi too



FRIGHTEN, ur choice to max it or wait (im w8ing)
this skill has not so many uses (aside from CHI) until it will be maxed cuz the reduction is very low compared to the high cost.

When u use this skill, all the mob in range suffer PHYSICAL ATTK and SPEED REDUCTION

so its usefull:
against bosses to have less dmg taken and build CHI
in AOEs to gain max CHI

if u solo AOE then is good both for CHI and recieve less damage



BEASTIAL ONSLAUGHT
very usefull even at level 1, is our strongest single hits, is ranged and decrease target's evasion...brilliant

is usefull:
when soloing cuz helps out with the lack of accuracy barb usually have
in AOEs i havent tried yet, skills say "reducing surrounding enemies' evasion"

Virtia - Lost City wrote: »

And i also would like some Techiniques for grinding/tanking

Currently for normal form grinding i use, penetrate armor, stomp, then swell..normal attacks then maybe a slam. Spark eruption here and there.

And for tanking.. well i don't really get to tank a lot but when i do its usally
Ream, devour, alacrity(whenever needed), ream again (if needed) then frighten (to regain chi) and normal att away.

when solo-grinding

HUMAN: Mighty Swing + Slam + Beastial Onslaught + Penetrate Armor

TIGER: Alacrity of the Beast + Devour + normal attacks



when tanking

JUST IN TIGER FORM
Your main focuses are to Stay Alive, Constantly Build Up Chi, and Keep the Mobs Aggro'd


-Constantly have Beastial Rage activated to build up Chi for skills.

-SPAM Flesh Ream

-use Surf Impact between FR and alacrity just to add more dmg and slow the enemy

-use Alacrity of the Beast to cancel boss' skill

-use devour to decreased P.DEF from the enemy, use this when u have CHI to spend

-Use Roar if there are multiple monsters you have to tank. However, it sets the aggro to a set level, usually much lower than if you were spamming Flesh Ream

-Invoke the Spirit, which reduces damage by 90%, helps a lot when tanking tough bosses

Virtia - Lost City wrote: »

And im planing on when i get to 59 and get sunder to grind in tiger form. Can AoE with frighten, surf impact and sunder? i hear ppl using that a lot.

yeah u can solo AOE, but is never just 1 form, i aoe using all the form

-u start in tiger to gather mobs
-use frighten to gain chi and gets less damage
-use roar to gain chi and mantain aggro
-then surf impact
-use sunder
-switch to HUMAN
-swell
-slam
-firestorm

rinse and repeat, u just have to get used to this method and then ull have no problem

Virtia - Lost City wrote: »

Also for my stats iv'e capped my dex at 40. And every 10 lvls i go 30 str and 20 vit, should i leave it at that or is there another way for a better build?

there isnt any BEST BUILD...u have to choose the build you like

i just tend to REACH WEAPON REQUIREMENT for STR, ill cap DEX at 60 no need to say that the rest is VIT

so mine is the TANK BUILD (but i dont follow any pattern)

Baalbak - Dreamweaver

my alacrity is level 8 - it works for me. i canceled 90% of dimentoras short range aoe for half an hour tonight with it. (yeah, the BM's were just auto attacking with no sparks or other skills b:surrender)

My normal method when tanking:
Activate bestial rage -> Alacrity First!! (all bosses tend to start with a magical skill) -> Flesh ream -> Devour -> surf impact -> Flesh Ream -> and by now it should be time to alacrity again.
(this cycle burns chi fast, but puts a good aggro barrier up)

After the first cycle I begin doing:
Alacrity -> Flesh ream -> Surf Impact -> Frighten -> either FR or Devour -> back to alacrity
(this cycle helps to build more chi)
always bestial rage as soon as it cools down.

if you miss/miss time with alacrity (or lag etc.), it can help to stop attacking after you beastial rage or frighten.

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Roar - i rarely use this skill unless someone does something stupid and the cleric gets put in jeopardy. Generally the mob im fighting is close enough to the cleric (and thus the new mob that is attacking the cleric) so I roar at the mob I'm fighting, switch targets to mob that was going after cleric -> FR -> Frighten -> surf impact -> sunder if available -> then run around in circles (since theres bound to be an archer/mage mob) hitting FR at each cool down on each new mob that has entered the melee.

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I dont have bestial onslaught myself - i tank more than I do humanoid stuff. But when I do fight humanoid, my normal (single target) attack sequence is Mighty Swing -> Garrote -> Stomp -> swell.

yeah its not the norm, but it builds chi pretty quick for sunder/armageddon/invoke. I don't aoe much tbh since one of my "spammable" aoe skills will place mage mobs at a range where they do nothing but cast at me dealing about 2-3x the amount of physical damage i take. And amageddon... well it takes half my HP, so its pretty risky right now using that on mage mobs unless I hold bestial rage till after arma, then slam... so casting mobs would do like 5 damage only. not tried it yet, but i guess..

Armageddon -> bestial rage when below 50% health -> ToP (genie skill) -> Swell -> Slam could be a viable option if push came to shove.

anywho.. just some thoughts. never hurts to experiment with your skills and see what combination works best for your play style. I for instance went into FB 19 the other night and ran through in true form pulling 2 whole rooms (roar and frighten every so often to keep aggro) Then I gathered them all up, bestial rage, frighten, solid shield (genie skill), jump to humanoid, swell, slam, armageddon -- and the xp/sp just starting scrolling up endlessly b:victory