Leveling / solo build

rukkis · 10-08-2007, 10:20 PM

I started a dirge alt that Im mostly going to solo quests and grind aas with while staying at a low level for now. Anyone have any advice on what AAs I should be looking at and which ones first?

kyros · 10-09-2007, 12:09 AM

stamina line of the bard tree would be good for soloing. you get the extra stun on the shield bash, and some double attack and extra shield blocking.

Kytar · 10-09-2007, 02:06 AM

I would start off with the AGI line for some parry and poison proc, both of which will help with soloing. Once I had alot of points there, I would swap them all over to STA and start using a sword and shield. STA is by far and away the best line for soloing.

The reason I would not start off with the STA line is that it is not worth using a shield until you get Skald's Defence maxxed out and your points would be wasted in the meantime.

For EoF lines, I would start off with maxing the lifetaps. I would probably then move onto maxing the debuffs if I were soloing hard stuff, or heading down the luck line if I was doing easier stuff.

Dirge of Death · 10-09-2007, 02:21 AM

Once we have the swap option for AA's from the house thing or w/e post ROK, I will probably use this as my solo play build...

Bard Lines:

Starter Ability: 1
Agility: 4-4-4-8
Stamina: 4-4-8-8
Intelligence: 4-1

Dirge Lines:

Luck Line:
Enhance Shroud: 5
Enhance Bria's: 5
Enhance Crypt's: 5
Enhance Cacophony: 5
Luck of the Dirge: 1

Life and Death Line:
Enhance Grievance: 5
Enhance Wail of the Dead: 5

Control Line:
Enhance Jael's: 5
Enhance Lanet's:5

Degradations Line:
Enhance Verlien's: 4
Enhance Clara's: 5

I would prioritize the Bard lines first then probably the Lifetaps and Luck line, the Control and Deg stuff will be nice to have, but seems less make or break than then other aspects.

rukkis · 10-09-2007, 02:32 AM

Cool, just what I was looking for. Thanks guys.

RogueFrequency · 10-09-2007, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirge of Death

Control Line:
Enhance Jael's: 5
Enhance Lanet's:5

Degradations Line:
Enhance Verlien's: 4
Enhance Clara's: 5

Agree with everything except this part. I'd say:

Enhance Jael's: 3
Enhance Lanet's: 5
Enhance Wail of Horror: 5

Enhance Verlien's: 3
Enhance Clara's: 3

or swap Lanet's and Clara's.

Wail of Horror is actually really good imo. Master 1 at 5 AA is 59% for each mob to get stunned. Its also an instant-cast ability with a med-fast recast timer which is nice. I have it atm, because I am spec'd Mag Note and improved rezzes, but I am loving it for Avatar's and contested adds. Incoming adds on AoF, hit em with Wail of Horror and watch 3 of em fall while OT gets them. If a stray add is on the MT on C Mayong, target the mob and Mag Note yourself to bring it back without having to run in.

Wail of Horror is also nice for soloing / tanking instances. And thats what the thread is about so I'll stop here lol.

rukkis · 10-09-2007, 07:19 PM

Thanks again guys, eventualy Im going to start grouping with the character but want to have an alt to check out as much lowbe content as i can. Anyways I doubt Ill be getting up near 100 aas before then so likley spliting hairs at that point.

Dirge of Death · 10-09-2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RogueFrequency

...Wail of Horror...

Soloing is in general a much more personal preference thing anyway, some people probably use the fear skill when soloing, some use Wail alot, idk mostly for the enhances it would come down to what you're using most cause thats what you would want to enhance the most.

rukkis · 11-13-2007, 05:51 PM

Ok, a little update. I am at level 42 now with just under 50 AA. I currently have sta 4488 and wis 44862. I have been doing a bit more grouping then I previously planned though if that changes anything. I was planning on moving over to the dirge tree now, but that was before RoK went live. Should I finish up those extra 20 KoS AAs or should I switch over as I planned?
I was thinking going 4448 in AGI for poison and bump which I found pretty use full for getting into stealth mode mid combat. By my math I'll have 1 point left to either bump up something random or to take a point from Skald's defense to get STA final skill.

Aurorah · 11-13-2007, 06:48 PM

I prefered the ......debuff...cheap shot- knockback then backstab and using heal attacks while cheap shot coming back up...snare is great too let's you get ranged bow attacks(which roots) and luda's off if you run away far enough before snare disengages. Leveled well while solo'ing. Thnk goodness dirges can heal selves in combat. I went Wis line aa wise off the bat with faster casting and incombat speed saw a nice boost for combat and crits always a plus.