End-Game Shadowknight: Race Differences?

[Daldaen]

No race will ever have Iksar AC/Regen though.

Standing in equal gear, Iksar will have better defensive stats in max gear compared to an Ogre.

However there are few times when that makes a difference. Feign Death getting stunned out and you dying on the other hand, may occur more often.

[Brut]

Not sure if the ikky AC bonus actually does anything, was some debate about it in one the oomphzillion other threads regarding this. Noidea if Greenmist is going in, but prty sure Velious has multiple better ratio SK weapons than 18/22 anyway. Guess there's the regen, which scales into a permanent fungi or something at 60, but when talking endgame regen doesn't do much but reduce downtime slightly.

Ogre SK caps Str and hits somewhere near 200sta endgame Kunark already. Velious both oughta be capped unbuffed, dex nearly capped, agi lingering around the 120s region. 60str/50sta is crazy huge bytheway, majority of the stats among races are around the same numbers, so that ogre advantage is pretty immense. Basically higher str/sta means you can work your gear pieces on other stuff while those ikky SKs are sporting stamina earrings and str rings.

Front stun immunity biggest deal anyways. Played troll SK on red for a while, just felt awkward - fighting single mob 1v1 had to time spells around bashes. As ogre when you get 2-3 mobs on you you just cast FD and channel it no problems, while troll would apparently have to run away to get enough distance to cast it before they come bash interrupt. /cringe

[kaev]

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

Not sure if the ikky AC bonus actually does anything, was some debate about it in one the oomphzillion other threads regarding this. Noidea if Greenmist is going in, but prty sure Velious has multiple better ratio SK weapons than 18/22 anyway. Guess there's the regen, which scales into a permanent fungi or something at 60, but when talking endgame regen doesn't do much but reduce downtime slightly.

Ogre SK caps Str and hits somewhere near 200sta endgame Kunark already. Velious both oughta be capped unbuffed, dex nearly capped, agi lingering around the 120s region. 60str/50sta is crazy huge bytheway, majority of the stats among races are around the same numbers, so that ogre advantage is pretty immense. Basically higher str/sta means you can work your gear pieces on other stuff while those ikky SKs are sporting stamina earrings and str rings.

Front stun immunity biggest deal anyways. Played troll SK on red for a while, just felt awkward - fighting single mob 1v1 had to time spells around bashes. As ogre when you get 2-3 mobs on you you just cast FD and channel it no problems, while troll would apparently have to run away to get enough distance to cast it before they come bash interrupt. /cringe

I'm curious about this, not having played an Ogre on p99. On live the immunity was to frontal melee stun, but the bash would still cause an instant interrupt if the mob landed it mid-cast. Is that not true on p99?

[Daldaen]

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

I'm curious about this, not having played an Ogre on p99. On live the immunity was to frontal melee stun, but the bash would still cause an instant interrupt if the mob landed it mid-cast. Is that not true on p99?

There are other references that allude to this. For example stuns would interrupt Lady Vox CH, though it wouldn't actually stun her. Just break the cast. I thought that's how it worked as well.

[Tecmos Deception]

Not gonna lie. When I back my ogre SK into a corner and cast with impunity... it's sweet. I don't think it is an overpowering racial feature, but it is pretty fucking cool nonetheless. AC and regen, or regen and ugly as fuck, there's something to be said for those things also. But ogres, man. Ogres! Especially shrink potion ogres.

[Brut]

No it didn't. I played an ogre shm on live since january 2000, getting that Gate off in a corner while 10 mobs wailed on you was the best thing about the race.