Sage Skills

On a budget, you could attempt to farm out true form. Just wine bh89 for drops and on condition they kill the boss who has it as a drop. The other cheep 89 skill that is not too bad is stomp, it makes a decent chi spam attack. Bestial rage tends to sell pretty low on HT server. For the more desirable skills such as beast kings insp and shapeshift intens, you may be better off buying tokens to make pages. I think average cost to make a random skill book from tokens is about 5 mil, but if its not the skill you want you can try to recover some expense by selling it and try again.

Im sage

I have most skills. Still missing penetrate armor, and havent bothered with Garotte, Swell, Stomp of Beast King (I consider these 3 useless)

I pretty much agree with Cybetron. (I do consider surf impact a decent filler skill in aoe)

True Form, Beast King's Inspiration, Shapeshifting Intensity as the most important and I think I would put the mastery here too.

I would recommend Flesh Ream, Devour, Roar and Bestial rage for easier and better tanking. Not to expensive too.

I like all the 99 skills with the attack buff as the most valuable. the other 3 comes in handy in different situations.

I like poison fang for the dmg.

Only skill I regret getting is firestorm. I never use it.

If there are other skills you like to use alot get them. If you pk get arma for sure; bloodbath, mighty swing, onslaught and penetrate armor good here too.

My advise if you are on a budget would be to keep a good eye on the AH and look for some good deals.

erm my feelings towards sage skills in order of importance as a sage barb,

1.true form
2.shapeshifting intensity
3.strength of the titans (major bonus for sages 50% phys attack increase for your squad instead of demon 40%)
4.beast kings inspiration
5.axe and hammer


the reason i put them in that order is because sage barbs are designed to be better cata barbs than demons, more durable tanks adding more hp and defence in tiger, but with all the insane dd players bring to the field it dosent really matter much tbh...

those skills help more, but the axe and hammer mastery being 25% more than demon's is pretty awesome and a must-have although you will never be as good a dd as demon barbs with their awesome crit rates equalling archers, bms, sins when they get demon beastial onslaught.


however i feel sage mighty swing helps a lot even though the 50% stun chance is lame...
and there are a few pvp moves that actually kick **** and can save a sage barb, such as sage beastial rage, absorbing 4k mag attack could mean saving your butt.


i got sage flesh ream, the chi-use-reduction means i can macro bosses with flesh ream and it builds chi faster than it takes it meaning i can be very lazy in tt b:laugh

Cybetron - Harshlands wrote: »

You can always buy the ones that made you choose your path and reject the ones that are lack-lustre b:chuckle

Here's my advice on skills though,

True Form, Beast King's Inspiration, Shapeshifting Intensity are the first most important for a tank barb.

Axe and Hammer mastery, Mighty Swing, Beastial Onslaught for a good humanoid DD.

Skills you need not get - Garotte, Swell, Stomp of Beast King and Surf Impact.

The rest of the skills pretty much depend on the cost and whether you are going to use them.

Just my two cents though. Let no one tell you what to buy and what not to. I bought Demon Firestorm when friends advised me not to but I love that skill. And then I bought Demon Garotte when friends asked me to get it and I hate it b:cry

Do not forget Sage Feral Regeneration. It's an amazing skill that gets overlooked. I rank it up with True Form, BKI and Shapeshifting. (It's nice to watch the mana bar fill up so fast.)