What Genie 4 Barbs?

Noc - Harshlands
Noc - Harshlands Posts: 192 Arc User
edited August 2009 in Barbarian
I was wondering what your guy's opinion's were on the most useful genie for a pure tank barb and what would be the best element and skill's to choose for it? I havent been doing anything with the one I have cause Im not sure if It would be good for a tank.
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  • __AsHRAcK__ - Lost City
    __AsHRAcK__ - Lost City Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    2 skills you should get for your genie are (1) Tree of Protection which you can use to heal and (2) Solid Shield which reduces any damage taken
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  • Noc - Harshlands
    Noc - Harshlands Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Those sound like good spells, you know which element there under or does element not even effect spells?
  • Delmarte - Lost City
    Delmarte - Lost City Posts: 216 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Tree of Protection! It makes barbs almost invincible! Or so I've heard... b:quiet

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  • UntamedFreak - Lost City
    UntamedFreak - Lost City Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    could use extreme poison for luring if needed
  • Belligero - Sanctuary
    Belligero - Sanctuary Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Check out these genie's skills :

    http://www.ecatomb.net/genieskill.php
    Belligero
  • Mothergoose - Sanctuary
    Mothergoose - Sanctuary Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Get Alpha Male. Tree of Protection and Solid Shield are nice to have, but competent barbs have been tanking without them before just fine, they're not must-have. Extra emergency aggro-taking skill can make successful run out of what would otherwise be a squad wipe.

    Also, be careful when luring bosses such as Wurlord with Extreme Poison. One wrong move and you're dead. If there's a veno available, it's always better to do it the old fashioned way.
  • Pocket_Tank - Heavens Tear
    Pocket_Tank - Heavens Tear Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    ive been looking at genies a lot lately and it seems the general consensus is that tree of protection is the ultimate genie skill. thunderstorm comes in 2nd with the ability to do a gigantic amount of damage with a heavy str build and for third ive heard a lot about extreme poison (luring), alpha male(emergency aggro pull), and solid shield (extra tanking help). ive also seen a little bit about lightning chaser as a good back-up instant interupt.

    a few skills i havent seen anyone really talk about but look interesting to me are tangling mire (looks like a nice cheap alpha male stand-in), and bramble rage (looks BEASTLY though its affinity cost is equally so.)
  • UntamedFreak - Lost City
    UntamedFreak - Lost City Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    fyi they nerfed solid shield to 35% and now require str to -dmg reduction. b:shocked
    also heard from my fren extreme poison no longer lures.
  • GodlyTank - Dreamweaver
    GodlyTank - Dreamweaver Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    UntamedFreak - Lost City wrote: »
    fyi they nerfed solid shield to 35% and now require str to -dmg reduction. b:shocked
    also heard from my fren extreme poison no longer lures.

    NOooooooo NOT Extreme poison! I was luring with that before the fricken patch! Q_Q
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  • Belligero - Sanctuary
    Belligero - Sanctuary Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    WTF!?! Nooo! What'd they do to my Solid Shield? That's a HUGE Nerf. From 60% to 35%? Jeebus.

    ...

    BUT, I would be fine if they did the Nerf but took out the speed penalty.
    Belligero
  • __AsHRAcK__ - Lost City
    __AsHRAcK__ - Lost City Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Not solid shield QQ
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  • Mronki - Harshlands
    Mronki - Harshlands Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    I just wanted to ask is it better to keep Tree of protectiona on low lvl or max it (bigger maxHP effect but greater energy lost)?
  • Macewindu - Dreamweaver
    Macewindu - Dreamweaver Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Keep tree of protection high. The hp can be a savior if things take a turn for the worse.
  • Mronki - Harshlands
    Mronki - Harshlands Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    I get ur point and i just realized that if ur max HP is higher then other eff will heal more (its not the sam 25% of 4000 and 25% of 4500)
  • DankTank - Dreamweaver
    DankTank - Dreamweaver Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    My genie had Shield of Protection, Extreme Poison, Alpha Male, and Tree of Protection. They nerfed Shield, and Extreme Poison no longer can be used to pull one mob at a time. Therefore, I would recommend only Alpha Male and Tree of Protection. That is of course, until they change the effects of those skills in time.....
  • SirLynxcelot - Heavens Tear
    SirLynxcelot - Heavens Tear Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    The one thing I don't like about the Tree of Protection is if I have Guardian charm then it ticks pretty good because Tree increases max hp so the charm immediately sees that now the hp is below half and the charm ticks before genie can fill up the hp bar. I took the genie off after finding this out.
  • Hazardus - Heavens Tear
    Hazardus - Heavens Tear Posts: 937 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    SirLynxcelot - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    The one thing I don't like about the Tree of Protection is if I have Guardian charm then it ticks pretty good because Tree increases max hp so the charm immediately sees that now the hp is below half and the charm ticks before genie can fill up the hp bar.

    Thats a good thing believe it or not. You use ToP+perdition for extra whopping power.
    If you don't want it to tick, just bite on a Jiaozi or any other hi lvl pot to start acquiring more HP before you use ToP.
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  • Bartack - Heavens Tear
    Bartack - Heavens Tear Posts: 253 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    or u could just leave your ToP at lvl 1 for less temp max hp, and use before you reach 50% hp
  • Pocket_Tank - Heavens Tear
    Pocket_Tank - Heavens Tear Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    im glad i went with the pure str genie as opposed to the pure dex one i almost made.

    solid shield is beyond bad now, i dont understand what they were thinking. it was strong, but there was nothing broken about it

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