Why Am I Squishy?

Sir_kieran - Sanctuary
Sir_kieran - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
edited May 2011 in Blademaster
I'm a lvl 31 BM. My stats are 78 STR 42 VIT and 40 DEX. Since lvl 29 or so I'm dying constantly. Before this I was running a veno and I've pretty much emptied her bank by sending money to my BM to buy pots. What can I do to fix this? b:cry
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  • ArchSaber - Sanctuary
    ArchSaber - Sanctuary Posts: 1,440 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Use fists, don't use skills with fists, use normal attack. Wear Heavy armor and NOT Light armor, and use Diamond Sutra in critical situations.
    AP classes are a real butt pounding...
  • Faeble - Heavens Tear
    Faeble - Heavens Tear Posts: 183 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Honestly, if you are axe. That could be why. A lot of axes at low levels miss just about every other shot, which means the mob is attacking you longer, hitting you more. I changed to fists at 20 (restated) because of it and was finding I died less, had to heal less, virtually never used pots anymore and it's because I wasn't missing and was killing quicker meaning the mob had less time to attack me.

    If you /really/ are against being fists, invest in some dex. Dex tome and maybe shift some vit to dex just so you won't be missing so much.

    One thing you can do too is get a genie and get second wind on it (can't get ToP until later) but second wind is a nice instant heal for critical situations while diamond sutra and/or pots are in cooldown.
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  • Sir_kieran - Sanctuary
    Sir_kieran - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Actually I was working on a polearms build according to Lyndura's FAQ (5 str 2 dex and the remainder to vit) but I built my stats wearing armor with mods. *facepalm* I think I'm still low enough to get them straightened out without restatting. I just bought my first fists weapons to give this a try. Thanks for the help!
  • Faeble - Heavens Tear
    Faeble - Heavens Tear Posts: 183 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    You'll want to get a pair of Axes too for HF because of the fact BMs are known for HF and if you try to get a group and tell them you have no HF it's highly likely you will be kicked from the group.

    FF is hugely reliant on a BM who uses axes for aoeing and hfing so if you ever plan to FF, you'll want to keep that in mind. Not that pole isn't nice. Rebirth is reliant on AOEing as well.

    I personally started out fist/axe and started working on pole (mostly for GS) at 90.
    I find that using HF and then GS after is nice for when HF is still in cooldown.
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  • MaIakai - Heavens Tear
    MaIakai - Heavens Tear Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Personally I started with axes because everyone said to. But I wouldn't do it again.

    The stuns are alright. The AOE... you don't aoe at low lvls. if I were to start over I would do fist/axe combos. Stun, Fist fist fist fist, Axe, Aeolian blade, Fist fist fist

    And spam sutra and marrows when you can.


    My sin got to lvl 30 in like a week with **** gear and barely playing

    My bm took a month when i first started, if not more. Plus I had a friend who gave me hypers, Training Esos, 2 plat charms and legendary weapons and a lvl 2 tome. Because of the charms i often went "all out" and took on waaay too much at once.
  • Havilah - Sanctuary
    Havilah - Sanctuary Posts: 212 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Having played BM for a short while also, I used life powder(15 nectar + 10 golden herb = 5 x 50 hp/s regen buff lasting 10mins, avoid clerics during that time >_< ) and I felt like I was in god mode from lv10 to lv30, then was surviving alright from 30 to mid 50. And at lv60, there is a lv4 apocathery potion which give 100hp/s regen buff for 10mins too(remember that regen is cut in 1/4 during a fight).

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