Another redundant/meaningless SK question

[ScottBerta]

So as I attain pp through my daily toils and have a pp sink to blow it on (my 60 Iksar SK)... I’ve been struggling to decide how best to waste my pp. He currently uses will of innoruk bp, ralgyn’s promise quest (head). I guess my question is would it be more beneficial to try and attain a Vindi bp or Crown of Narandi?

As a secondary question is Cloak of Confusion that much better than Hierophant cloak?

And is ring 9 really worth trying to get?

Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

Atreo 60 SK

[Danth]

Cloak of Confusion looks like a side-grade from Heiro cloak--more health for less mana. I'd call them roughly equivalent in overall quality depending on which stat you want more of. The resists on the Confusion cloak are nice if you're doing a lot of stuff where resists matter.

If I had to pick between a Narandi Crown and a Breastplate of the Vindicator, all I can say is I wish I had more mana regeneration more often than I wish I had more health regeneration and if you want health regen you probably have a fungus tunic bagged. Otherwise they're both nice items.

Ring 9 is kind of luck-based due to the Ring 8 roll-off. It's a nice item and you're not likely going to find a better ring. On the other hand "worth" is a question of opinion and it isn't going to make you able to do any content you can't do without it.

In general I advise folks to try to gear themselves for the content they're doing or want to do, and with their usual additional players in mind.

Danth

[Crede]

Crown, Fungi & Haste are the 3 most important items for an SK imo. Vindi bp is nice if have a crew you hunt with but if you're soloing then can't beat that static mana regen.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Crown of Narandi for mana regen for sure. Eyepatch of plunder is a good money sink for better soloing. Vindi BP is also good, great resistances piece to help tank spells. 41% haste item is also good if you want to buy an MQ of the Sky Belt.

Ring 9 is not going to give an SK huge gains. It saves some mana on casting a damage shield, and it acts as a global cooldown refresh. But SKs have quite a few options for that already, and I honestly don't use one on my SK. It gives more HP than other rings, but not a ton more.

[ScottBerta]

I do have 41% haste belt and eye patch of plunder but don’t have bagged fungi.
So it sounds like Crown is the smart choice.

[Crede]

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

I do have 41% haste belt and eye patch of plunder but don’t have bagged fungi.
So it sounds like Crown is the smart choice.

What do you want crown for? If it's to improve your soloing longevity, then fungi will be far more effective for 1/2 the cost.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

What do you want crown for? If it's to improve your soloing longevity, then fungi will be far more effective for 1/2 the cost.

Crown is great because an SKs main bottleneck is mana. I have a Crown and Shawl 7, and the extra mana regeneration is pretty noticeable. 300 mana every 10 minutes means you are getting Banshee Aura, Shroud of Death, Shroud of Pain, Shroud of Hate, and Siphon Strength buffs for free. That means all of your mana pool is used elsewhere. When you get Blood Ember Greaves and Blood Ember Gloves to remove the mana costs on your two most commonly used spells, you can keep your mana at safe levels most of the time, unless you need to spam spells in an emergency.

Shadowknights don't get a lot of time to med between tanking, pulling, fear kiting, spamming healing breastplate, or being FD, so any mana regen you can get is nice. The low mana pool on an SK makes the regeneration more noticeable, which is fun psychologically[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Crede]

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

Crown is great because an SKs main bottleneck is mana. I have a Crown and Shawl 7, and the extra mana regeneration is pretty noticeable. 300 mana every 10 minutes means you are getting Banshee Aura, Shroud of Death, Shroud of Pain, Shroud of Hate, and Siphon Strength buffs for free. That means all of your mana pool is used elsewhere. When you get Blood Ember Greaves and Blood Ember Gloves to remove the mana costs on your two most commonly used spells, you can keep your mana at safe levels most of the time, unless you need to spam spells in an emergency.

Shadowknights don't get a lot of time to med between tanking, pulling, fear kiting, spamming healing breastplate, or being FD, so any mana regen you can get is nice. The low mana pool on an SK makes the regeneration more noticeable, which is fun psychologically[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you glad you did Shawl 7? Recently acquired a crown, and now find myself wanting even more mana regen.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Are you glad you did Shawl 7? Recently acquired a crown, and now find myself wanting even more mana regen.

Lol I felt the same way when I got my crown. I enjoy doing the Shawl quests, so it wasn't a chore for me. But I do notice and appreciate the extra mana regen from both. Having 40 mana per minute (including the natural 1 you get per tick) helps me maintain my mana pool when soloing and grouping. 40 mana per minute means you can disease cloud 8 times per minute for free when grouping. Very nice when you don't have an enchanter. In solo situations, My kill speed is usually 1-2 minutes per low blue mob, so a camp of 4 or 5 mobs takes roughly 10 minutes. That 400 mana regenerated in 10 minutes means 2 less minutes of meditation per camp cycle. This is usually enough extra time for me to refresh all of my buffs, heal myself with thurg BP, and med back to full before the first repop in a zone with 20ish minute timers. Before I would sometimes need to let the first mob stay up for a little bit while I finished recovering. Mana is always the worst part of a hybrid, because they have no way to siphon it back, and their playstyle does not allow a lot of sitting.

[ScottBerta]

Idk, never considered using fungi after I got 60. Not sure why. I mostly duo with this char though