Okay, while playing my whammy, I thought, man it would be GREAT to have a greater with me! And to have some kind of defensive too!! So I thought about my whammy.
1. I dont use weapon specials, only bushido lightning strike.
2. If I could invis and have this thing attack a dragon instead of me, it would ROCK!
So I came up with this template, let me know what you think. I am considering buying another char slot to build this. It comes out to 705 total skill with not skill rings or talismans ect.
Animal Taming 115 (Obvious)
Animal Lore 115 (to have 99% control over dragons and Cu's ect)
Vet 110 (Duh, heal pet, could even go lower and add necro)
Magery 115-120 (115, cause I got one, 120 if I can ever get one, this is your main weapon skill) Mage Weapon
Tactics 100 (enhanced dmg, can lower to 80-90 to add necro)
Bushido 50 (For lightning strike, could replacewith chiv for EoO and CW)
Spirit Speak 100 (for heals if needed, and for Whammy to work)
So an alternative to this template could be...
Animal Taming 115
Animal Lore 115
Vet 100
Magery 115-120
Tactics 90
Chivalry 50 (would need rings with chiv to get EoO to cast well, can move while healing)
Spirit Speak 100
Necro 20 (Midnight bracer/jewels to go into wraith form)
Now, I designed each of these templates to work with little or no extra skill needed from jewels, so you can build a suit both geared towards tamer AND whammy. Obviously you will be counting on mage jewels/gear to counteract the mage weapon penalty. Although there are some out there that do have 0 skill, but no SSI, we can discuss gear.
Okay so with these templates in mind here is what I am thinking:
Myself being a major tamer, have two problems all the time when fighting peerless or doom.
1. I am always getting hit by an AE, which causes me to get targeted for a short while, and Im toast with no weapon skill.
2. no way to fight off adds that come in since I am a bard tamer. If a LL pops on DF Im toast. So, I have 0 defensive at all.
With those two in mind while playing my whammy I thought of the above.
Pros:
1. High weapon skill via mage weapon and can use any kind of weapon, bow, swords, mace ect.
2. Defensive if you get targeted till you can invis and let drag continue tanking.
3. You can cross heal drag while fighting via mele or bow.
4. Dont need a lot of mana due to Wraith form. So you can have high dex for swings. and curse weapon for heals when needed.
5. Having pets fight with you! Lots of dps!
6. Can still honor and get to perfection.
7. Heal pet from a distance with chiv and magery weapon bow.
Cons:
1. No weapon special moves (I dont use them as it is with my whammy)
2. less defensive since no parry skill.
3. Lower mana pool than normal tamers due to dex.
4. Less chiv and necro due to points being used.
5. No mana regen except in combat.
6. Harder to build a balanced suit.
I am going to test this I think depending on feedback.
Suit:
For a suit, your going to want a mix of both LRC/High Resists, Sta Regen, LMC, ect. Kiss luck goodbye.
Basicly your going to look for high resists, with LRC/LMC, pretty much any mod you can add to int/mana, hp/str, sta dex.
Talisman: Pretty simple, Premier on Arms for the DI
Jewels: Magery mods, +10 or more on each, adding in Dmg inc or defensive inc, hci ect if you can get them.
Armor: LMC/LRC, STR, INT, DEX, DCI, Sta Regen (or refresh pots).
Now, keeping in mind, you are PART Whammy not ALL Whammy! You are sacrificing defensive for having extra dps with a pet, but you are also able to let pet tank from a distance while you plug arrows or even fight face to face. But your pet is meant to tank the big guys, while you can kill of adds and add in a good amount of dps yourself. If you need to run in to heal your pet, you can and survive whirlwind attacks ect and gain hps from curse weapon if you are getting it. But this template it NOT built to sustain a battle with a peerless solo, only to SURVIVE if your attacked by these creatures. And you can fight NORMAL creatures such as lich lords, rotting corpse, poison ele, probably balrons one on one should the need arise. Remember, this is a hybrid of two templates, so you wont be the best at whammy, but you will be able to stand and fight unlike most tamers out there. You will be giving up a LARGE portion of Whammy dps and defensive ability in return for havign a greater dragon, cu, beetle, bake, mare ect fight with you. Dropping things ALOT faster. But your pet is meant to tank the big things, so keep a bow handy for those fights. Things like greater drags, balrons, ect should all be able to be survived on your own. Still better to let pet tank if possible.
Pets:
Greater Drag: Obvious, biggest tank, most dps, most hps
Cu: Good tank, heals itself, HEALS YOU, no magery
Rune Beetle: ok tank for dungeon fighting, poison resist is nice, coupled with a mare or bake rules! Good for clearing champ spawns.
Bakes: Good for clearing champ spawns, high dps, LOW defensive vs doom/peerless, also add in the above.
Mares: Same as above.
Overall if you are going more defensive than offensive, use a cu when you can. Since they can heal themselfs and you. If you want massive dps output but no tank-ability go with rune/bake, rune/mare, two bakes, two mares. If you want a massive tank that is dumber than a box of rocks but will do massive dps and take hits well, greater dragon.
In closing, if you can take out a greater drag, blood ele, poison ele, ancient wyrm, balron EASY on your current Whammy, they should be somewhat easy on this template, but you will need to withstand more fighting and more healing as your defensive will be lacking. If you can take out a peerless/champ/DF on your current whammy, you wont be able to with this setup without your pet. But you will withstand temporary hits and be able to run in and heal pet with vet and not be killed instantly.
Thoughts?
