Sampire

[OMGBurgers]

You want to go toe to toe with him

Was it the spells that killed you of his or his poison/meele?  If you don't run parry you don't have the option of spamming evade until you leech all his mana away which sucks.  You have to make sure you honor him also, if you don't honor him you are missing out on a HUGE damage bonus.

[Bullmoose]

ok  i think the poison is what got me. and i was useing a shield with bushido/ parry. and a i wasn't spamming evade.  i' ll make these ajustments and see what happens. thanks guys for all the help

[Cerveza]

useing a shield with bushido/ parry

Bushido + Parry = NO SHIELD! you get all your parry defense from your weapon. You slip back to having almost NO parry when you use a shield.

[12TimesOver]

Jeesh, at least you made it to DH Bullmoose, I got my clock cleaned no less than 6 times just trying to get the keys LOL.

Haven't tried again since then, figured I'd better make some changes to something first.

XII

[Pearls]

You want to go toe to toe with him

Was it the spells that killed you of his or his poison/meele?  If you don't run parry you don't have the option of spamming evade until you leech all his mana away which sucks.  You have to make sure you honor him also, if you don't honor him you are missing out on a HUGE damage bonus.

Theres still a wait timer on evade thou right? Or am i missing something here?

[Bullmoose]

Ok my big ? is I finally found a +25 stat scroll my Stat are Str  113 Dex 115 Inell 37 with 71 mana. Where do i put the extra 5 points.

[natnat]

So I'm building a Sammy and a Whammy on two different characters, and a Whammy for my son, but I've played almost ten years of UO purely as a mage or a thief.

As it gets closer I get nervous just thinking about trying to run one of these new guys.  I'm gonna be nervous, like a little leaguer thrown into the big leagues LOL!

Any detailed technique info would be greatly appreciated. You guys speaking back and forth know ALL your abbreviations and I get lost in quite a bit of the technique discussions, although I can follow the building and arming just fine.

Some specifics about DH have been helpful, but its actually the very simple stuff I need, what macros to have prepped, what scripts do you use, what to do before starting, as starting for health, etc.  I know this is a wide scope question, so any advice or links for this poor mage will be greatly appreciated.

One good q is what should I start practicing with, to fight?

By the way, its been the reading of your posts that inspired me that I'm missing out on a lot of fun!

Thx all!

[Cerveza]

I used paragon cu's as my "final exam". Once I could take them out I knew I was ready.

Personally... I use a one-handed weapon and take about 100 TR pots with me. A simple macro to drink a TR when my stamina goes below 90 will keep me swinging full speed.

Make sure you KEEP SWINGING! If you slow down that means you not leeching hp's as much, which means your hps are lower and your slowing down even more. These builds hit to live.

I don't really worry much about the poison. I just leech through it with Curse Weapon.

[Khameleon]

I've played almost ten years of UO purely as a mage

Now this sounds like me. Except I spent most of my UO life as a bard/mage.

I use a Fencer since Hits = Life Leech
my template seems to be the basic wammy
Tactics 115
Fencing 100
Bushido 115
Chivalry 90
Parry 115
Spirit Speak 100
Necro 40

I haven't gotten all the power scrolls I need yet. I defiantly need to get my Fencing up there.
I haven't quite figured out a full suit yet, but he's around 60's and some 70's in Wraith Form.
Any's once I started to actually play with this character I went strait to the ogre lords, I learned the a Slayer Weapon really helps with the leach since more damage = More Life Leech.  Fighting the Ogre Lords became boring real fast since they are slow.  So my Journey Lead me to the lands of Spirituality of Ish.
My warrior headed down the path of Blood Dungeon, there I learned quickly to fight off the Blood Elementals, even with a half decent weapon they became and easy task once I learned about total Refresh and once in a while I needed to use a Greater heal, along with Spirit Speak and Confidence.
but once the Paragon Spawned I just couldn't defeat him.. I was able to get between 50% and 90% of his health down, but he would over power me with paralyze and Flame Strikes.  then I learned about Dart Traps, and Continued to Spam Lighting Strike, Concentrate weapon, oh and the most important Curse Weapon.  Paragon Bloods would take most of my mana, but you regain it fast... I finally pretty much figured out how to take on the paragon Bloods with almost no problem, unless they catch me off guard enemy of one wears out ect.  so far with these few warrior spells I've taking out paragon Blood elementals,  Thrasher (With no other spawn), Swoops, and my next test Cu's then Paragon Cu's.
after that I will learn how to key up the Dread horn.

My Madness Method
First I cast a Familiar Shadow Wisp (Spirit Wisp) for the extra mana Regn
Wraith Form and I wait for my mana to regen
I cast Enemy of One when I'm close to my opponent
then Curse weapon
Honor Enemy
then the fight begins.
during the fight I make sure to use total refresh at 90% like said above
and if its tough enemy, I cast Concentrate weapon a few times during the battle.
another tip I dunno if anyone else does this but I have Protection on so I don't fail casting any of my spells during the fight.

 

[TrailMyx]

You created a monster thread, no?

[Nicar]

You created a monster thread, no?

I used monster cable for my speakers, run to and from my amp, but monster thread? Does that involve sewing?

[Ultima]

You want to go toe to toe with him

Was it the spells that killed you of his or his poison/meele?  If you don't run parry you don't have the option of spamming evade until you leech all his mana away which sucks.  You have to make sure you honor him also, if you don't honor him you are missing out on a HUGE damage bonus.

Theres still a wait timer on evade thou right? Or am i missing something here?

I think there is a way to avoid the timer because I've seen guys spamming evade non stop. Unfortunately I'm not in the know how. But I imagine it would be quite the boost.

[Ultima]

You created a monster thread, no?

I'm gonna start a whammy thread just to spite him and the break the record for the longest running thread. Then I'll be worthy of SUO accolades 

[TrailMyx]

You created a monster thread, no?

I'm gonna start a whammy thread just to spite him and the break the record for the longest running thread. Then I'll be worthy of SUO accolades 

I've got a killer award created too!  I'll get his posted tonight so you can see what you are missing out.

[Khameleon]

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