Pls help with pve Fist BM

Atropah - Sanctuary

Hey! That's right, pve is my goal (b:angryno flames pleaseb:angry)

So I have a cleric, a barb, (both about lvl 60) and I'd like a dmg dealer. The goal is support and pve with no real interest in pvp. 2 questions come up:

1. Fist BMs look awesome and fun, but how do they do in regular play? I would like the option to occasionally tank (be able to take dmg, and with a good cleric, or a lower mob, survive well in the absence of a real tank.) The post below me says only fist BMs can really tank??? but all the fist builds I see say don't add to vit. Can Fist bms survive dungeons well enough?

2. If I'm not willing to mortage my house or prostitute out myself for game money, will a fist bm still be decent end game? Or is it too equipment based?

Thanks in advance for any input,

Nash

Drunken_Chu - Dreamweaver

If PvE is your goal then an axe/fist bm is about as fun as it gets. You can aoe multiple mobs with axes, then switch to fists for elite/increased life/increased defense mobs/bosses. You're basically a pve killing machine. And yeah even with no vit a fist bm can tank bosses pretty well, only a few bosses come to mind that you should leave to barbs, such as warlord and world bosses.

If you can't spend ANY money on PW, then I wouldn't suggest fists. However, if you can spend a little bit then all you REALLY need are lunar claws. Then you can farm your own DQ bracers or get them for 7 mil, they are pretty easy, and you'll already have -.2 IBH which is perfectly fine.

Atropah - Sanctuary

Nice, I hadn't even counted on having enough strength to also wield dual axes, but that makes sense. That'll make it more viable and fun. Thanks!

So what makes fist BMs so good at tanking when you only add 1 vit every 2 levels?

Drunken_Chu - Dreamweaver

The purpose of a tank is to keep aggro of a boss/mob, barbs do this with flesh ream. To tank with any another class, the only way to keep aggro is by doing more damage than everyone else. Since fist bms have such a high attack speed, which is increased even more with IBH equipment, then their damage per second far outweighs that of anyone else, and thus keep aggro and tank. HP is NOT that important to tank most bosses, as long as you have a competent cleric/s.

Also to use dual axes your level you will need to go 6 str 4 dex every 2 levels, if you go 5 str 4 dex 1 vit then your axes will fall behind. Trust me 6 str 4 dex is worth it.

Edit on previous post, Lunar CLAWS not Lunar fists.

The_store - Harshlands

question the build for axe/fist is 6 str 4 dex right?