Going to buy a reset stone, need advice.

Aeyris - Sanctuary wrote: »

I'm going to buy a reset stone to fix my stats because they are really messed up. I'm almost a level 50 venomancer and can only use level 30 weapons. Could someone tell me what my stats should be at this level? I plan on using magic and a bow.

1 str 9 magic every 2 levels, or 1 str 1 vit 8 magic every 2 levels. Those are the 2 most commond robe builds. (pure nuke or vita mage)

Aeyris - Sanctuary wrote: »

what about dex?

you do not need dex to use any of the magic weapons or arcane gear.
So do not add any dex (leave it at 3)

Why bother with 2 ranged weapons? Just use magic as ranged, you have physical attack in the form of your pet.

Or 5 if you haven't put anything into Dex, or a restat wouldn't drop it below 5.

Lacrimosa - Harshlands wrote: »

You can't use skills with a bow. You'd have to constantly switch between a magic weapon or go barehanded to do so. Venomancers using bows have been done, but I really don't know how feasible it is.

You wouldn't have to switch as often as you think since you wouldn't actually be using many skills outside of an occasional Pet Heal, ST/NG/MB etc.

Aeyris - Sanctuary wrote: »

And how would I go about making a build like Isla's build? Or what's the pros and cons of using a bow as a veno? My problem is, I don't want to die so easily and possibly be able to tank.

To use her build you need quite a few million coins in gear.... lets put it this way... getting a herc and a phoenix would be the cheap part of using a veno with her build. However, it is very flexible and effective.

Pros: ranged physical damage
Cons: Unable to use magic skills, including pet heals while wielding the bow. very high repair bills. You would have to remove bow to heal pet or use any skill, and your heal would be horribly low, same with your magic damage.

Remember, if you really want ranged physical, your pet already does that for you. You send pet, which does mostly physical damage while you pound the mob with magic damage and debuffs.

If you want to play that way, it is far more effective to just roll an archer, that way you could at least use skill with the bow.

Having said that. If what you want is to have a veno use a bow than put the stats point on your veno so you can use the bow you want, and most important, just have fun.

Aeyris - Sanctuary wrote: »

is fox form of any use at all? I don't use it that much, and when I do, I feel like I don't attack as well.

Most of the armor I use now is arcane.

In emergency situations, Fox Form is useful, and to use the Fox Form debuffs, essential, but beyond that actually leveling in Fox Form for arcane is not the best of ideas because if you manage to pull aggro, the mob is going to be in your face already.

In order to fight in Fox Form effectively you really have to level Melee Mastery, and other Fox Form skills. Otherwise it's like leveling as Arcane without leveling Venomous/Ironwood Scarab: you just won't attack as well.

Tearvalerin - Sanctuary wrote: »

actually youre quite wrong :P. he uses mostly 2-3* gear and self forged weapons, along with golems, undines and plenty of normal pets. dont be misleading lol. LA legendary gear is cheap as **** too.

and herc/phoenix are not reasonable info for a beginner whohsa no money, dont be so misleading .

basically, using a bow is like trying to run a 50 m dash with a sack of lead in your ****.

Herc/Phoenix is reasonable if the beginner is rich in RL and can spend the $200 a pet or if this is an alt.

And do not misslead them on crafting, it is not cheap to craft, specially if you are trying to get specific stats. Just remember how much you spent on the level 4 crafting when you only had to make three 2* items, and not worry about the stats.

IceJazmin - Heavens Tear wrote: »

If you are going bow with 5 magic, your pet will die alot, no matter which one it is, however the herc/phoenix may last long enough to not die as much on each mob.

There are plently of good pets that can 90% of everything you need to kill. For the other 5 %, the herc/phoenix can kill 9.9%

Keep in mind though, that unless you have at least decent magic, your pet heal will be very bad, making hard for your pet to tank higher level mobs and bosses.

My stats (with +stats):

114 Str (116)
36 Dex (38)
25 Vit (29)
5 Mag

Pet: Jaden Qingfu

Most non-elite mobs don't do enough damage to my pet to even have them be considered a problem, and boost allows the beetle to take care of itself.

If a high dex veno's damage output is close to mine, then taking mobs down shouldn't be a problem, and her pet shouldn't die any more often than any other veno's pet will. The only difference between any other veno and a high dex veno is the high dex veno won't be able to do everything most other venos can do, and in Fox Form a high dex veno's accuracy will go through the roof. Yes, even high dex venos can still use fox form and those skills with a Wand of Colors if necessary.