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Welcome! My name is Undying and I will be walking us through a journey of how to build a character for WoE. I will cover all the major classes and all the major class roles during GvGs, precasting, and breaking precasts. This is a basic guide and is made to show you end game goals. However, nothing is set in stone. A smart player is much more valuable and impactful then a character with perfect gears or perfect stats.
Important Disclaimer: This will not be "the best build possible" type of guide. This is to welcome players WoE and provide some basic information on what to do during WoE. If you disagree with builds or role advice, PM me and do not spam the thread. Thread is here to answer questions and provide basic knowledge, not listen to opinions. If you feel passionate and want to provide your knowledge on a Class, PM me and we will work something out Or if you are good at proof reading/grammar let me know because I need a lot of help!
Table of Content
I. What to expect from this guide
II. About the author
III. Important information (status effects, stats, ect)
IV. WoE 101 for beginners: How to survive?
V. Key concepts to consider
VI. Class builds
I. What to expect from this guide
This is what you can expect
-A basic understand of each class during WoE
-A basic understanding of goals for stat points
-A basic understanding of gears needed
-Enough wiggle room left to be creative with your character well still being highly effiecent
This is what you can expect NOT to find here
-Builds that are dependent on Gods or MVPS (if you have those items, you should know how to build a character)
-The "only" way to build your character
-PVM/MVP related content
II. About the author
III. Important Information (status effects, stats, ect)
If you are unsure of what stats do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Stats
If you are unsure of what status effects do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/c.../Status_Effects
If you are unsure of what elements do, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Element
If you are unsure of how to card gears properly, please read the following. It is well written and better then what I could do: http://irowiki.org/classic/Card_System
IV. WoE 101 for beginners: How to survive?
Key survival stats to consider (short version)
-Max HP
-Racial and elemental reduction
-Healing items
-Positioning
-New player specifically tips
In WoE there will be other guilds that will try to drop your character's HP to zero. There are a few ways to try and prevent this from happening.
-Having a high max HP. This doesn't necessarily mean to have 20,000 or more max hp. What this means is, your true "max hp" is whatever your current HP is. So if you normally have 10k hp and take damage for 5k, your new hp will be at 5k. In order to make the most of your max hp, you will need to heal up as soon as possible. There will be a variety of sources dealing damage through out WoE, so never be afraid of using too many hp recovery items. If you do not heal up back to your absolute max hp, then you are playing at a disadvantage. If you need help potting, try "pulling" for parties in dragons or similar type of things. Side note: Song of Lutie is a very important skill that can boost everyone's max hp for 20 seconds. This is an amazing skill, however it is important to heal up to that new max hp asap to take advantage of it!
-Racial and elemental reductions will save your butt! Some of the very pure damage dealing classes (anything with stun immunity via gears) will not be able to take advantage of stacking as many reductions. However, other classes (anything with stun immunity via stats) can take a big advantage of this. Depending on the situation you will want as much as possible, but if your newer please try to stack up reductions until you feel more comfortable. A cranial valk shield is a very good defensive choice for a shield since it reduces demihuman damage by 30% but also reduces some elements by 20%. Feather berets are also great since you will get a small amount of mdef and 10% less from demihuman. Combat knife is usable by some classes and long mace for others, for some additional reduction. Raydric carded garments are great for general purpose gear in WoE as it will reduce the main damage dealing skills like acid bomb and guillotine fist.
-Healing items are a key to survival. Using them fast enough, with good recovery rates, will allow your character to take consistent damage and not die. Healing items will literally save your life, but you must use them. I am very biased since I main a paladin (FS) for many years. In order for me to survive and keep the 3 other players I am sac'ing alive I must spam a lot of healing items. I have no remorse for "over using" healing items as it is key to survival for myself and guild mates. Do not be afraid to use your healing items, they are there for a reason. Using the right healing items is important as well. Ranked white slims should be the target goal for WoE, everything else doesn't compare. Healing items, when used, will protect you from consistent damage that is less then your max hp. However, some skills or combination of skills are designed to one shot (100%-0%) your hp...
-Having proper positioning with your guild is important to your survival and theirs as well. There are some skills and combinations of skills that are designed to one shot your hp. The most obvious example is gfist and sonic blow. Most of the very high damage skills require melee range. If you are off by your self then it is easy for a champ to pick you off and gfist you. If your tightly packed in with your guild (strength in numbers) then it is much harder for the champ to get you and having more people to attack the champ might mean he dies before he can fist. Standing on top of a ME with your guild in a proper spot, which is dependent on your roll, can turn your guild into an unstoppable force. Think of it as a "Spartan" unit, it is just indestructible when your tightly packed and everyone is in the proper position. When everybody is running around going crazy it is very easy for enemies to pick you off one by one.
-For new players looking at enjoying WoE. I would highly recommended having the following gear (provided your not a hw or bio), a cranial valk shield, feather beret, unfrozen armor, and a raydric carded garment. Most classes can benefit from BG sets, so those might be (free) obtainable goals to help you out. When your actively participating in WoE, be very mindful of where you are standing and how much hp you currently have. Make sure you put your potions on an easy to use hotkey so that you can use them as much as they are needed. Try to stay with your guild and stand behind somebody else. Follow directions and do your best!!!! It should be a lot of fun
V. Key concepts to consider (in need of work)
-149 dex > 150 (in need of work)
-Why ASPD is important to all characters (in need of work)
VI. Class Builds
This will be the basic format for class builds....
Class:
Role:
Stats (things to shoot for)
Str-
Dex-
Agi-
Vit-
Int-
Stats (example build)
Str-
Dex-
Agi-
Vit-
Int-
Gear
Top Headgear-
Mid Headgear-
Lower Headgear-
Weapon-
Armor-
Shield-
Garment-
Shoes-
Accessories-
Gameplay
Links to other guides:
Video example:
All builds will be 99/70 and including +10 foods (in appropriate stats), aspd potions, mega resist potions, mental potions, blessing, agi up, ect ect. Gods, MVPs, and mini boss cards will not be included. None of this is set in stone, this is simply to stimulate the mind or give some goals to shoot for.
Edited by Gn1ydnu, 13 April 2015 - 08:58 AM.