Pimp My Pretender

sum1lost · #1 May 25th, 2007, 05:08 PM

Thankfully, my stonesword wielder has a 31 mr by the time he enters battle...

Meglobob · #2 May 25th, 2007, 05:56 PM

I did not read the description to the stone sword closely enough when I equipped my destroyer of worlds with it. He was awesome for half a dozen battles then is luck run out, he only had MR 20'ish. Talk about dicing with death...

Novi · #3 May 26th, 2007, 03:01 AM

=)

Has anyone ever used that sickle as a weapon (The Sickle Whose Crop Is Pain, methinks)? Or that two-handed scythe (forgot its name)?

HoneyBadger · #4 May 26th, 2007, 03:09 AM

What exactly does the Ankh do? I've forged it before, but I couldn't figure out what it was for, exactly.

sum1lost · #5 May 26th, 2007, 03:14 AM

The sickle is a bad weapon, but great to get death gems.

The two handed scythe is lethal, but since it lowers defense,your guy can get beat badly. Still, you can take out several squares a turn with that thing (immense damage+aoe), and combined with the level of fear it gets you, you generally rout enemies before they get a chance to hurt you. If you use it, make sure the guy is well protected. (devatas or one of the other 3-4 handed guys can wield it safely, by combining it with the barrier or golden shield for protection.)

The ankh seems to be without merit, except that when your men die, they become soulless.

jutetrea · #6 May 26th, 2007, 03:14 AM

The ankh gives an auto battlefield spell. If a unit under your command dies, it rises again as a soulless. Nice for extending that big army deathmarch. They're weak, but its extra troops.

When they die a second time they're gone methinks.

I've not used the sickle, but read a post where a guy used a wraith lord (i think) casting shadow blast. The deaths from shadow blasts still caused gems to appear apparently..or it was SB, SB attack and he refilled that way. Dunno.

edit: battlefield spell - life after death, only affects living.

HoneyBadger · #7 May 26th, 2007, 03:16 AM

Thanks for the information, jutetrea

Olive · #8 May 30th, 2007, 11:58 AM

Quote:

jutetrea said:
I've not used the sickle, but read a post where a guy used a wraith lord (i think) casting shadow blast. The deaths from shadow blasts still caused gems to appear apparently..or it was SB, SB attack and he refilled that way. Dunno.

I thought gems harvesting worked only for units killed with the sickle ? At least it doesn't work while trampling.

Taqwus · #9 May 30th, 2007, 10:23 PM

I'm a bit fond of the 'Firbolg Sniper with Vision's Foe and Eye of Aiming' combination, as a twisted joke, but that requires a rather diverse set of magics (nature for Awaken Sleeper, earth/death for Vision's foe, air for Eye if memory serves... and water, if you want boots of quickness for faster reloading) -- this was far easier to pull off before D3's restricted randoms.