SK Race Choice

[trees]

Looking for some input

Is Iksar SK worse for end-game solo crawling than other races?
Do the armor clickies account for serious mana saving etc?

[Keebz]

At 60 with raid gear? Not particularly. I use the gloves sometimes to save a little mana and the legs are useful in a pinch. Nothing game breaking. While leveling, though, when you're just trying to kill as many mobs as possible, the mana savings are noticeable.

Overall, I'd say Iksars are solid. Regen is quite good for soloing and offsets Souldefiler nicely. The balanced stats and AC aren't bad either. You gotta live with that broken 2hs animation, though. I personally couldn't do it.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

The Blood Ember clickies are great mana savers, and are better than Greenmist in terms of utility. Stacking the procs on Epic and Greenmist is not worth it unless you get the extremely lucky scenario where both proc within 6 seconds of each other.

Troll is the better option between the two regen races due to being able to use Blood Ember. Obviously if you really like Iksar and want to play one, go for it. You won't be screwed. You will just have more down time due to medding while soloing 45+.

Blood Ember Greaves are also useful outside of just mana saving. Having a free FD can save you in any situation where you don't have enough mana to FD. Before level 60 Blood Ember Greaves are your only method of FDing multiple times in a row after a failure, due to the standard FD having a fairly long refresh timer. When you hit level 60 you get Death's Peace, which is a fast refresh FD with increased chance of success. But it does cost 120 mana instead of 60, so the pants are still good at saving mana whenever you don't need to cast it.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Blood Ember clickies are great mana savers, and are better than Greenmist in terms of utility. Stacking the procs on Epic and Greenmist is not worth it unless you get the extremely lucky scenario where both proc within 6 seconds of each other.

Troll is the better option between the two regen races due to being able to use Blood Ember. Obviously if you really like Iksar and want to play one, go for it. You won't be screwed. You will just have more down time due to medding while soloing 45+.

Blood Ember Greaves are also useful outside of just mana saving. Having a free FD can save you in any situation where you don't have enough mana to FD. Before level 60 Blood Ember Greaves are your only method of FDing multiple times in a row after a failure, due to the standard FD having a fairly long refresh timer. When you hit level 60 you get Death's Peace, which is a fast refresh FD with increased chance of success. But it does cost 120 mana instead of 60, so the pants are still good at saving mana whenever you don't need to cast it.

I also have a troll SK (52) and get a lot of use out of BE clicks when I play him. I don’t have the full set - iirc i am missing boots.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also have a troll SK (52) and get a lot of use out of BE clicks when I play him. I don’t have the full set - iirc i am missing boots.

Yeah you should get the boots. Usually you can get like 4 seconds into the cast when the mob is coming back to get you after the fear wears off, so it has a good chance of landing, since regular fear is a 4 second cast. Depends on your Mana/HP ratios at the time. I use the boots a decent amount.

[Sweeper41]

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Blood Ember clickies are great mana savers, and are better than Greenmist in terms of utility. Stacking the procs on Epic and Greenmist is not worth it unless you get the extremely lucky scenario where both proc within 6 seconds of each other.

Troll is the better option between the two regen races due to being able to use Blood Ember. Obviously if you really like Iksar and want to play one, go for it. You won't be screwed. You will just have more down time due to medding while soloing 45+.

Blood Ember Greaves are also useful outside of just mana saving. Having a free FD can save you in any situation where you don't have enough mana to FD. Before level 60 Blood Ember Greaves are your only method of FDing multiple times in a row after a failure, due to the standard FD having a fairly long refresh timer. When you hit level 60 you get Death's Peace, which is a fast refresh FD with increased chance of success. But it does cost 120 mana instead of 60, so the pants are still good at saving mana whenever you don't need to cast it.

this dude always shitting on iksars. Greenmist is worth more then your gimp blood ember gloves and pants. 25Mr is nothing to ignore and if you know how to manage your mana you will never need those pants for panic FD's. If your trying to FD at 2% hp and having to swap pants to do it you already screwed up. You FD early enough to have time for another change or mem both Fd and Death Peace. I have never had both fail back to back. and I have never had mana issues because I don't play a dumb race like troll or ogre. Never needed blood ember and it isn't required to be a successful SK.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Sweeper41 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this dude always shitting on iksars. Greenmist is worth more then your gimp blood ember gloves and pants. 25Mr is nothing to ignore and if you know how to manage your mana you will never need those pants for panic FD's. If your trying to FD at 2% hp and having to swap pants to do it you already screwed up. You FD early enough to have time for another change or mem both Fd and Death Peace. I have never had both fail back to back. and I have never had mana issues because I don't play a dumb race like troll or ogre. Never needed blood ember and it isn't required to be a successful SK.

Blood Ember is better than Greenmist. You'll find replacement weapons for Greenmist eventually. There are better ratio raid weapons, and you can get Axe of Resistance or Silver Whip of Rage if you want a 1h resistance weapon.

You'll always use Blood Ember pants and gauntlets, there are no replacements for them via raid gear. I keep my blood ember pants on all the time and use them to save mana whenever regular FD or Deaths Peace isn't needed.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I keep my blood ember pants on all the time

I’m the opposite. I call mine my ‘fall down pants’. I imagine each time I use them their belt gives, they fall to my (character’s) ankles, tripping him over and apparently killing him in a really slapstick fashion.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’m the opposite. I call mine my ‘fall down pants’. I imagine each time I use them their belt gives, they fall to my (character’s) ankles, tripping him over and apparently killing him in a really slapstick fashion.

Lol that makes sense. The mob is so confused by what happened they assume you are dead.

[strongNpretty]

You go Erudite SK, buy/farm cultural armor, and fuckin win with the best looking outfit in the game.