Starting Iksar SK

[easy_lee]

Large size for ogres / trolls is not a problem because you can (and should) be carrying ant and wolf pots for when you need them. And you shouldn't be playing a shadow knight at all until you can afford a good weapon, some resist gear, and a fungi, anyway.

[Xaanka]

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

Reroll troll...

Same regen. Get slam

More melee friendly

Troll has:

[-] Negative fire resist (resists are your most important stats)
[-] No AC bonus (best racial, higher AC cap than any other SK, stacks on top of avoidance and mitigation AC)
[-] Worse Stats (any race caps STR/STA in velious gear, troll has worse itemization options and a harder time capping dex/int/agi)
[+] Slam

Best kunark SK, mid-tier Velious SK. But race doesn't really matter that much anyways.

[bubur]

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

and you shouldn't be playing a shadow knight at all until you can afford a good weapon, some resist gear, and a fungi, anyway.

naw

[EatitNerd]

Fire resist = the easiest resist to obtain, by far

[Xaanka]

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

naw

agreed, I rolled an Iksar SK in season 1. at level 40 it had a mith 2h, CoS, that dread-scale quest armor, and a couple 5/55 rings. got a bunch of kills, didn't die a single time, and it could stand its ground against oggok cleaver mistmoore twinks. a better weapon would have been nice but all you really need is a CoS.

[Xaanka]

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

Fire resist = the easiest resist to obtain, by far

Yeah but that's not the only disadvantage to troll. Less AC (keep in mind the way in which iksar AC stacks with avoidance/mitigation AC, those AC points are much more valuable than the points from agi or gear) and the worst starting stats of any SK race too. Only advantage you get over Iksar is Slam, which one could legitimately argue is worth it.

The only reason you never see Iksar SK's is that they were shit in kunark due to no plate armor. In velious it's a different story, but most SK players rolled in Kunark when Iksar still sucked.

[maerilith]

I like how everyone rolls assuming bis or that more than planar rots and resist jewelry matter.

basically it's level, resists and pumice in that order.

[Xaanka]

ya race is literally the most insignificant factor in EQ, only time race legitimately matters is for gnome wall-hacks and gnomes can't be SK's anyways.

e: halfling hide/sneak useful for a few classes too, can skip some faction grinds

[EatitNerd]

Because bis items are easy to get here.. duh, and AC is broken here sorry to break it to ya anime boy

[iruinedyourday]

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

Troll has:

[-] Negative fire resist (resists are your most important stats)
[-] No AC bonus (best racial, higher AC cap than any other SK, stacks on top of avoidance and mitigation AC)
[-] Worse Stats (any race caps STR/STA in velious gear, troll has worse itemization options and a harder time capping dex/int/agi)
[+] Slam

Best kunark SK, mid-tier Velious SK. But race doesn't really matter that much anyways.

Fire is also arguably the most important stat too when it comes to resists, as the majority of spells that youll get hit with are fire on red.