Necro in lower guk

[Ando]

Yeah, I wouldn't feel comfortable charming AM or Frenzy at 51 as someone new to charming. Root rotting frenzy with lull though is definitely viable, especially since snare and root now stack.

If you're going to root rot a hard camp I'd pull out a pet, especially on AM, and let him eat all of the nukes long enough for you to DOT the everliving shit out of him and then root him around a corner and LOS. Props here also if you have a shovel of ponz and reclaim your pet as he is about to die to regain a lot of the mana you just used casting said DOTs.

[Tecmos Deception]

A few questions/comments:

1. Reclaiming a nearly-dead pet doesn't give you much mana back, does it?

2. Diamondskin is a dot, steelskin is a jasper. Definitely worth using steelskin 24/7 imo though, and the higher runes when you know you're getting into a tougher fight.

3. Be sure to learn your way around. Lguk can be pretty easy to get lost in if you haven't spent time there, and the last thing you need when you're down there is sitting to med while your pet goes to town on something and a pather comes across you... or you're running to buy some more room for a second FD after your first failed and you cast HS and you fall in a pit or run through a secret wall and aggro 3 more frogs, etc.

4. MR MR MR. Don't get ghoul-rooted! Cast shielding spells and don't discount MR on gear even if it isn't as many hp/int/mp as another piece.

[Ando]

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

A few questions/comments:

1. Reclaiming a nearly-dead pet doesn't give you much mana back, does it?

2. Diamondskin is a dot, steelskin is a jasper. Definitely worth using steelskin 24/7 imo though, and the higher runes when you know you're getting into a tougher fight.

3. Be sure to learn your way around. Lguk can be pretty easy to get lost in if you haven't spent time there, and the last thing you need when you're down there is sitting to med while your pet goes to town on something and a pather comes across you... or you're running to buy some more room for a second FD after your first failed and you cast HS and you fall in a pit or run through a secret wall and aggro 3 more frogs, etc.

4. MR MR MR. Don't get ghoul-rooted! Cast shielding spells and don't discount MR on gear even if it isn't as many hp/int/mp as another piece.

1. I'm fairly sure you always get 100% mana back, regardless of HP.

2. Yeah, meant Steelskin. Been a while.

4. Yes and no. I wouldn't sacrifice HP for MR, because Ghoul Root is specifically designed to have a huge -MR modifier. It was very noticeable on Red where they would continue to root PCs 5+ lvls above them with 100-150 MR.

[eisley]

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

1. I'm fairly sure you always get 100% mana back, regardless of HP.

a pet with 10% health gives back 10% of the mana cost

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

4. Yes and no. I wouldn't sacrifice HP for MR, because Ghoul Root is specifically designed to have a huge -MR modifier. It was very noticeable on Red where they would continue to root PCs 5+ lvls above them with 100-150 MR.

ghoul root has no resist adjust, although root, and magic based spells in general, are bugged on this server and are far harder to resist/break than classic.