Warrior twink - Reaver or Staff of Battle + extras

[Snaggles]

Hey, started a gnome warrior. Have a few pieces of crusty/cobalt and hp rings. Also a Frostbringer, Jarsath Trident, skinning knife, Poison Wind Censer.

Training up 2hb and was gonna switch to a Staff of Battle at 20. Think it makes sense to just buy better ac/hps across the board and get those clockwork haste arms OR get a reaver and fill out slots as I loot fine steel?

40/40 vs 31/37 is an immediate dps increase no matter what. Those haste arms prob last for like what, 5 mins, until the 40's?

Thanks :)

PS: I'll solo about 90% of this toon's life most likely.

[Crede]

Reaver, haste arms, and don’t look back.

Will be even sweeter with that 2h bonus. Will be good to 20-50 until you switch to bloodpoints. I’d also get the gaunts and boots for gnome armor. Having that extra str/dex is great for solo. Go full dex starting stats too imo. Those clicks lasts like an hour so each charge is pretty cheap.

*edit the haste click doesn’t last an hour. The str/dex do though. Haste arms still 100% worth it. To hell with those monks and their easy epic haste!

The only thing that blows is that we can’t make gnome sks.

[Snaggles]

Well, Reaver acquired and quite tapped on resources. Should be fun, TY for the peer pressure Crede :).

[Sonderbeast]

Reaver is nice

[Solist]

reaver, haste arms, best worn haste you can afford. Every other slot just stack AC.

At 50 swap to truncheon of doom and reaver / bloodpoints depending on the duo.

[Legidias]

Fight in corners and battle BW youself too.

[demokatt]

Argent Protector could be an alternativ to Reaver. Isnt it so that damage bonus is higher for 49 delay than 40?

[bradsamma]

reaver, haste arms, best worn haste you can afford. Every other slot just stack AC.

At 50 swap to truncheon of doom and reaver / bloodpoints depending on the duo.

This would be my advice too. Question though, at 50+ does the reaver outdamage the bloodpoints?

[Snaggles]

No parsing here but I expect it would be close. High 50's DW likely does more "damage" but soloing isn't necessarily about damage.

Bigger ripostes from a 40 delay weapon, less ripostes taken, less damage shield issues, being bout to joust with sow if crap goes sideways, etc. Taking that a step further, with root nets if things go really poorly you can joust something to death that would kill you if relying on cooldown swing timers.

[bigjeff100]

If you guys had the money floating around.. Would you take a Reaver over a Narandi's Lance?

[Snaggles]

The Narandi is only 55+ equippable.

I expect even with the lower piercing cap for a warrior or SK the Reaver parses closely to a Narandi; especially with the 35hp/tick dot taken into consideration. Raid buffed using disc's and what-not the Reaver would likely get the nod. A Narandi is a criminally underpriced weapon for what it is.

[bigjeff100]

The Narandi is only 55+ equippable.

I expect even with the lower piercing cap for a warrior or SK the Reaver parses closely to a Narandi; especially with the 35hp/tick dot taken into consideration. Raid buffed using disc's and what-not the Reaver would likely get the nod. A Narandi is a criminally underpriced weapon for what it is.

I have a lance now... But i'm not ballin, so if a reaver will put up similar numbers it's probably best i ditch this thing and pick up a reaver like you did!!

[Doujou]

Keep in mind that a Reaver isn't a Magic weapon, so it won't be able to hit most things. You need to have specific targets/goals in mind with it.

[Sonderbeast]

Keep in mind that a Reaver isn't a Magic weapon, so it won't be able to hit most things. You need to have specific targets/goals in mind with it.

Works on all velious endgame content.