The Ultimate Guide to Bone Knights!

[Bonethunder]

Bone shaman better then bone knight !

[Shourty]

I tried this on an iki shaman. I put dex up to 101 to start, balance went equal to wiz and strength. Right off the bat I was bashing the crud out of the lil doggie things while taking almost no damage. The only thing I ran from was the higher skelly doggy thing. It worked well up to lvl six. Haven't played him since.
THEN, I did the same to a iki monk, 101 dex, strength and stamina equal balance. same result. I don't know how it will play out later but that went well.
Pondering if this would work with a wimpy gnome mage. Maybe all classes would work as tankish toons but probably not. Can't see a wizzerd being a tank.

[Ghrel Moey]

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

I tried this on an iki shaman. I put dex up to 101 to start, balance went equal to wiz and strength. Right off the bat I was bashing the crud out of the lil doggie things while taking almost no damage. The only thing I ran from was the higher skelly doggy thing. It worked well up to lvl six. Haven't played him since.
THEN, I did the same to a iki monk, 101 dex, strength and stamina equal balance. same result. I don't know how it will play out later but that went well.
Pondering if this would work with a wimpy gnome mage. Maybe all classes would work as tankish toons but probably not. Can't see a wizzerd being a tank.

Prob wouldn't work as a mage as you don't have the Leach, Dark Pact, and Vamp Embrace that a Necro has. Now that all three are working for me, I am tearing through things!

[Moll]

Sounds like a fun idea to try out!

[tadkins]

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I did choose Human over Gnome for a few reasons, some tangible (flayed skin armor is quite nice for this setup) and some for RP/fluff (Wanted to pick something that could follow Innoruuk so I can hang out in my favorite city in the world, Neriak).

I was inspired by this guide and decided to throw what I have on this server into giving it the ol' college try. The methods of killing looked fun and interesting, and I feel confident doing more than just kiting a mob outdoors all day.

Starting out with the water crystal staff, a level 1 proccing weapon, and have an Obsidian Shard waiting in the wings for later.

Looking forward to seeing where this journey leads.

[Grakken]

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I did choose Human over Gnome for a few reasons, some tangible (flayed skin armor is quite nice for this setup) and some for RP/fluff (Wanted to pick something that could follow Innoruuk so I can hang out in my favorite city in the world, Neriak).

I was inspired by this guide and decided to throw what I have on this server into giving it the ol' college try. The methods of killing looked fun and interesting, and I feel confident doing more than just kiting a mob outdoors all day.

Starting out with the water crystal staff, a level 1 proccing weapon, and have an Obsidian Shard waiting in the wings for later.

Looking forward to seeing where this journey leads.

I can't tell you how much I love this. This game has been beat to death. The originality and new fun idea I support so much. I hope its a blast for you.

[Seducio]

eyepatch human > gnome > human

Had to be said.

[Shourty]

I'm playing a nome bone knight. At lvl 10 my piercing is stuck in the low 20s. I use a nice dragon something dagger that was given to me and can't see why it isn't going up. I put all the points I could into dex and the rest into health.

[Anxarcule]

Just wanted to chime in with my progress so far:

Just hit, lvl 22 yesterday with an Iksar necro. Semi-twinked this guy though overall there aren't all that many expensive items needed (I did splurge for a Tola's robe and silken cat fur girdle, but most other items were nowhere near as expensive) but I did want to get high dex. At creation I did 20 dex / 10 int and with my gear have 165 dex unbuffed, though I'm hoping to get a pegasus cloak soon for a bit more.

All told in groups I've been managing to tank as well if not better than an even level semi-twinked warrior and this build is a blast. We'll see how well it pans out at higher levels but from my side being able to melee while having such a powerful spell set makes the leveling process very fun and different!

Realizing that this guide was first written pre-Kunark, in my personal opinion the smoldering brand is the weapon to stick with - I tried the Stiletto but the overall DPS was too low and it seems that weapon procs a lot less so proc damage doesn't make up for it. I have a staff of writhing waiting to be used but I'm wondering if the smoldering brand will out damage that too.

If only necros were able to use deadwood staves...

[Vanessa]

Any Bone Knight's have some new updates?

This looks really fun, I'm planning to start my own soon. I've got about half my gear so far!