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[MisFate]

I wanted to try something different for a WoE character and linker seemed to be in demand, but I had some questions.

1. I dont have an Orc Hero card. Am I doomed to death upon stun even with 100 vit?
2. What should stats look like? high int/vit and dex? Agi instead of dex for animation delay?
3. Which classes are linkers generally weak against?
4. Any cool tips and tricks? Simplified, it's basically kaupe, kaite, eske, link people. Just wondering if there's other stuff I should keep my eye out to do or additional methods of survival.
5. Are rogue, soul linker, and performer links the only high priority links? So far my skill build looks like http://irowiki.org/~...dodsqAbnadwN1jX and I'm not sure what other links are relevant.
6. Anyone know what ratio of fixed/variable cast time linker kaupe and kaite have? Unfortunately I don't have access to 100% cast reduction at the moment.
7. Can I expect to get 1shot with 10k hp? ._.

Sorry for asking so many questions, but I'm really interested in linkers and their playability.

I couldn't find any good resources for renewal linker on the webs.
Thanks for the help!

[Peerless]

Damn,where's Viri's SL video when you need it.Gimme a sec Fate.

[AvalonEir]

1. Orc Hero card helps a lot. You'll probably die a few times from getting stunned with skills. I wouldn't say doomed to death though. I play without an Orc Hero card and it's not so bad. Just stay away from danger as much as possible.

 

2. My preferred stats are high AGI, VIT and DEX. AGI for animation delay as you say (helps with Kaupeing a lot) and masq resistance, VIT for survival and DEX for cast time. I also went AGI just because my old guild would lack so much on breakers .-.

 

3. Geneticists, Rangers (if their warg hurts enough), Rune Knights if you don't have fire armor or if you get frozen, Suras (depending on your gears), Chasers because of masqs obviously, and well-geared GXes. Oh also Wanderer if they Dazzler you (lol). I remember a few of my Wanderer opponents would start using Dazzler around me

 

4. You don't Eske people, it has no effect. Kaupe and link your allies, Kaite your enemies. You may want Kaahi as well for certain situations. You can Leap around obstacles in WoE 1 to avoid danger or get to places faster. Sprint helps to get out of hitlock easier. Keep an eye out whether or not you're on Kaupe status, especially if you don't have tanky gears. 

 

5. Wizard spirit is also nice to have. Get Kaahi too.

 

6. I don't really know since I never cared much about it. All I can say from observation is that Kaite does have a large-ish fixed cast time. With Sacrament, the difference is noticeable. The same applies to link skills. Kaupe I'm not really sure, but I never see much of a difference when under Sacrament or strings. I have access to 100% cast time reductions so I can try when I get on. Right now my guess is that it has a really small fixed cast portion (like .5 seconds).

 

7. Depends on your gears. 10k is really low in Renewal, so you would always want to have HP inc pots (Large) and Minor Briskets. Revit slave as a bonus. If your gears are just average then skills that will most likely 1-shot you include GoH, Gfist, Thanatos bow AS, maybe Crushing Strike/Exceed Break and probably some other things I don't remember right now.

[Viri]

You can hit like 16k HP with revit and HP pot. Kaupe has a short fixed cast of .25 sec so if you use a +9bellum wand you can instant. No orc hero means hell plant even if you kaupe is a death sentence. I could tank most things on linker swapping gr and fire woe armor. Auto warg hurts. Hell plant hurts. Basically anything that ignores reduction sucks. Carry a heal clip to clear kaite. Hide accessory is a must too. I could ramble for hours...

[MisFate]

Thanks for the infos guys

 

Didn't expect little INT since it feels like a linker main stat. Ill have the readjust my build! =p

Is Eske not still useful for buffing guardians or just a waste of time?

Is Kaahi still good? Figured I'd be getting killed by skills instead of ctrlclick.

 

Really cool that kaupe can be insta-casted! What situations would you usually find yourself using a bellum wand rather than combat knife/shield since are good defensively?

Can linkers really tank a lot????? O___O With just 16k HP too??

 

Linkers sure are an interesting class~

Out of curiosity and possible self improvement, what do you guys think seperates a great linker from an average one?
Would you consider skill a noticable factor or is it a class that can be easily played well?

[Viri]

There's a few situations I found where swapping vellum was appropriate especially when the main thing hitting you is dragon breath and cranial won't matter. Or its safe and you need to kaupe your whole party list. I think the person who had my video up closed their YouTube acct but I ran through an alliance held fort at one point to get our recaller a safe chance to recall I get goh'd and gfisted and a million other things for a solid 5 min running around their emp room.

 

Older screenshot but that's without revitalize. Now i have a +12 immune shield. I carry fire and holy +9 woe robes and a +12 deviant woe robe. Cast time reduction enchants on the CK and a +12 kathy pom band instead of the yellow stone as well. Accessory wise I have a 2nd carefree black rosary and 2 cast time reduction enchanted RWC accessories with kbc slotted in the to swap to. As well as a +9 bellum 2 hander.

 

Edited by Viri, 06 April 2014 - 09:09 AM.

[MisFate]

Wow, that's really impressive @@

Too bad the youtube video is down. Sounds like it'd be fun to watch

 

Is there a particular reason your dex is so high considering you have equipment for 100% variable cast time reduction?
Rather it seems you have a lot more variable cast time reduction now, so would you still keep high dex or perhaps put it somewhere else?

[Viri]

Drop Dex add agi. I'll rescreen build sometime. Dropped int too.

[Havenn]

Saw title, thought Viri lol. Glad to see he's on it