Hey guys!
Quite a long post, so hopefully someone will be interested/kind enough to read through it anyway :P I mostly need confirmation about what I "found"... I think...
I'm wondering what are the best items I could use for Monster Hunting & attacking in PvP, if anyone could enlighten me!
For Monster Hunting
Are items from the Hunter Path (Elite) considered the best items for Monster hunting?
2% Crit (or even 1% maybe) is way more important than items stats I believe?
Even though these items only have 1 slot, since you can only forge 1 Chaos Gem onto an item no matter the number of slots anyway***, it doesn't matter as piercing/resistance from ingots and elemental gems wouldn't add anything for monster hunting, is that right?
So I guess for the Boots and the Pendant (which have 0 slots), if you have a Chaos Gem that can give you more than 2% crit chance and/or a nice Agg. general boost, the Glorious Amulet/Doom Heart and the Elandal Crushers or Greaves would be better options. However I'll probably never get any of those items. So I guess for me the Dragonslayer Boots and Pendant are the best choices?
And all other Hunter Path Elite items are the BIS items for Monster Hunting?
***Is that right?
It is my understanding that you can only forge one of each gem/ingot type into a piece of equipment. If an item has 3 slots, you can only put 1 Chaos gem, 1 ingot and 1 Elemental Gem?
Side question: When you put a rune & a gem in a weapon, you can't remove just the rune, you are forced to salvage everything (and potentially lose the gem)?
For attacking in PvP
I think my attack is high enough* to almost only care about Piercing instead of a few dozens of extra attack points.
Are some items from the Conqueror Path actually any good?
From what I can see:
- Elite Warbringer Longblade is useless. I'm working towards Cronus Blade (+120 Physical Pierce) currently. (Maw of the Void (+125 PP +80 Earth Pierce) is probably even better than Astaroth Blade (+140 PP) though? But too hard to get anyway).
- The Shield seems useful (+30 PP + 1 slot)? Maybe the best Shield in the game for attacking, since Ouroboros Shield has +50 PP but no slot? If you don't count Flamebound Destroyer which has 2 slots but I'll never get this item.
- The Plate is useless. Is Wormhide Breastplate (+75 PP) the best attacking Armor? Or would one of the Legendary Armors with 3 slots be better?
- The Helmet is useless. Is Helm of the Sorcerer-King (+50 PP) the best attacking helmet? Unless you go for the Helm of the Dragon-Emperor/God which have 1 extra slot?
- The Pendant might be interesting (+30 PP)? Better than the Phantom Amulet (+20 PP). The 2 amulets with a slot... I won't get them. So this may remain the best option for me?
Unless the Mark of Paxadrian (+25 EP) is any good? Better stats, but is the +25 EP interesting compared to +30 PP?- Gauntlets are useless, Phantom Gloves (+30 PP) are better already. I guess next better options are Pristine Gloves (I guess it has 1 slot? Maybe 2? The wiki doesn't say) or Hordeslayer/Deathgauntlet?
Would Sandworm Gloves (+25 PP +15 EP) be better than Phantom Gloves though?- The Greaves (boots) (+30 PP) seem to be the best non-legendary option? Only Elandal Greaves/Crushers would be better with 1 slot I guess. Or would Elandal Stompers be better already (with +15 PP & +25 EP)? I could afford those ones.
- Magic: I use Metal Storm (+10 PP) currently. Would Spirit of Ouroboros (+5 PP +10 EP) or even Windflame (+10 Wind P.) or Sparkflame (+10 Fire P.) be better? Then I guess Pureflame (+25 FP) is definitely better than Metal Storm?
I'm really not sure whether PP is always better than Elemental Pierce (and maybe it depends on the element, are some definitely stronger than others?).
Edit: according to the wiki, one doesn't seem to be inherently better than the other - https://castleage.wikia.com/wiki/Pie...and_Resistance
Edit 2: Actually, the wiki does state that physical is better than elemental: https://castleage.wikia.com/wiki/Pie...y_for_success:
Side question: When attacking, the negative Elemental Resistance stats of certain items have no effect at all, right?
Edit: according to the wiki, resistance has no effect when attacking (and pierce when defending) - https://castleage.wikia.com/wiki/Pie...and_Resistance
As for PvP defense, I think I'm a lost cause but if you wanna talk about it anyway please do I'm always curious haha.
*My stats for info:
Atk: 4232 when PvP attacking and 4662 when MH (3300 + 932 IA + 430 Rune bonus)
Def: 1967 when PvP defending and 1562 when MH (1001 + 561 IA + 405 Rune bonus)
Thx a lot to anyone who reached the end of this post Thx even more if you take the time to answer me
PS: Extra side question so I can edit the wiki: Can boots be forged with offensive or defensive gems/ingots or both? And do they have a Rune slot? Same questions for Warbanners.