Sweet, that rocks!!!!

You need to be level 16 to use the proc, but you can equip the Obsidian Shard at any level. The same goes for anything that procs.

Husk - Even before the Obsidian Shard, you might consider a Polished Granite Tomahawk. They produce pretty decent aggro when they proc too. Like a passive heal AE aggro, and they start to proc at level 10. Plus they are only 75-125pp vs the 400-500 for a shard. For a good cheap (sometimes free) offhander you might consider a Shield of the Slain Unicorn at level 13.

Other than that just start filling your spots with AC. Your secondary goal for stats on your items should be DEX, so those weapons will proc more often.

For starting stats would you put it all into Dex and Agl then?

Once you are in the upper teens in levels you can hunt in Unrest. While in Crushbone, focus on doing what you can with your gear (ex: get that str bracer off warlord, maybe a crush tunic, etc).

Once in Unrest you can again focus on gearing up. Undead there randomly drop bronze armor. Bloodstained shoulders are some of the best shoulders in classic and drop there. The 5ac 3str ring off the undead ghost drops there and high levels farming his rare drop will often sell it cheap (even in EC it only sells for 50pp). Bronze armor is not shabby - my cleric is very twinked, and the slots I haven't filled yet have bronze armor in them. The comments about tentacle whips are pretty spot on - and they also drop in unrest off mobs in the basement. It also doesn't hurt to keep a 2hander in stock incase you join a group where extra dps is needed. I recommend Executioner's Axe - guk is so overfarmed that the market is saturated with them and they are cheap to come by.

Any advice for starting stats/race?

OGR is pretty much the best warrior race because of their ridiculous stats and slam ability and frontal melee stun immunity. I'd go all DEX for the stats since their STR and STA is so high. Personally, though, I went halfling for my warrior. Their stats aren't actually that abysmal (they start off with high DEX and AGI) and halflings are my favorite race. Ultimately you can get huge stat gear and buffs for the more serious fights anyway.

Halfling Warriors get the most XP bonus as well.

XP bonus does nothing in the long run. When you hit 50, you're pretty much done. The pros and cons are far too.. wide. Ogre is far superior in ways of stats and racial abilities. (I don't remember where I saw it, but Ogres get the most stat points in the game compared to any other race).

However, being an ogre sucks without shrink. That's about it.

Awesome guys, great advice!!! I want to make a warrior ALT at some point. Good to know the Ogre abilities outweigh the Troll.

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