Greetings. (new) DK stat build question.

[Mordikay]

First off: Hi i'm new here akinda new to VG. Me and my GF got VG 5 days ago and have played 3-4 classes we thought interresting upto lvl 15 now to try and deside.

I've now come to belive Vulmane DK is the right choice for me.

But i was unsure about stat build for DKs as they seem to have spells aswell that "seem" to have quite ok dmg.

So any suggestion on stat builds?

Would it be like 4 str, 4 dex, 1 wis, 1 int?

Or 4 str, 4 dex, 2 con (even though i heard con is kinda worthless in this game atm)?

Is the int really needed?

It the magic so good i might even go 3, wis, 3 int, 2 dex and 2 str?

Thanks in advance! :dog:

[Avangarok]

Consensus is to max str and dex each level. After that, its up to personnal choice.
Some people believe in dumping into Int to max damage on spell and hate component on torture line.
Others believe into dumping rest into con for extra resist and extra HP.
A few think about vitality to regen mana faster or wis to have a larger mana pool. I tend to not agree with this one since in full group its very hard to run out of mana while tanking. Might be worth it if you tend to solo or duo a lot.

I play an orc DK (currently 46) and went for the 4 str, 4 dex, 2 con (Which makes each level 7 str, 5 dex and 5 con with racial and the 1 pt level increase).
I started though doing the 4str, 4 dex, 2 int but found I could hold aggro as well without the extra Int and I think the extra resists and Hp from Con make it better in the long run.

Overall, its all a matter of personnal choice.

[velzevul]

I went 4str/4int/2dex, completely ignoring Con, Vit, and Wis. I get 2int/2con every level as a Kurashasa.

My spells do good damage, and my taunts and torture are still semi decent at lvl 50, and I feel relatively balanced.

[Mordikay]

Just to specify a litle more i'm on a pvp server where shadow seem to be quite underdog so allways run around with my GF and atleast 1 friend.

I don't really care about holding agro as pve tanking is just too easy (no offence intended to anyone, but played mmo's for 12 years and it's a joke to me)

so looking for something max my dps potential along with having big enough mana pool for it.

Seeing as i'm Vulmane and getting 2 Wisdom per lvl could i go 4 str, 4 dex and 2 int and still have decent spell crit rate from my 2 wis every lvl?

Or would i overall get more dps just putting the extra points in Wis for even higher crit chance?

[velzevul]

for pvp you need burst dps exclusively.

str is your sustained dps for PVE. crits is your dps for PVP. spells help out in both departments.

but what you will find is that most fights end real fast for a DRK (from my experience) - I only did duels as I am on PVE server. But the way the duel goes for me, against pretty much any class...

Duel Starts;
I cast torture;
I cast Terror Incarnate to raise DC to 5 Instantly;;
I cast WoD;
I cast Shadow Step/Harrow;
- that is over 5k dmg in 90% of the cases. Even at level 50 this insta kills most people, and whomever lives through are forced to either run or heal. Either case -
Snare/Fear;
Cull - > torture -> another shadow step.

[Mordikay]

Originally Posted by velzevul

for pvp you need burst dps exclusively.

str is your sustained dps for PVE. crits is your dps for PVP. spells help out in both departments.

but what you will find is that most fights end real fast for a DRK (from my experience) - I only did duels as I am on PVE server. But the way the duel goes for me, against pretty much any class...

Duel Starts;
I cast torture;
I cast Terror Incarnate to raise DC to 5 Instantly;;
I cast WoD;
I cast Shadow Step/Harrow;
- that is over 5k dmg in 90% of the cases. Even at level 50 this insta kills most people, and whomever lives through are forced to either run or heal. Either case -
Snare/Fear;
Cull - > torture -> another shadow step.

Umm fear, does it actually work on player in pvp for DK? Cus it sure as hell didn't for my necro.

And so what you are saying is 4 str, 4 dex and 2 wis would be good choice for Vulmane then?

[velzevul]

If i was making a dueling DRK, I would emphasize burst damage.

Dexterity, Wisdom, Intelligence.

PVP fights do not last long enough for strength to show a significant contribution IMO, but I might we wrong. CON is not all that bad for PVP either, but only because it may raise your resists a little. VIT is worthless from a burst fight standpoint anyway you look at it.

But you are going have trouble fighting PVE if you completely skip investing into STR, so suit yourself.

[Jooma]

Just wanted to point out that if you're going with Vulmane, we've been broke for a long time on stats. You can currently only put a max of 3 points in STR and 3 into Dex instead of 4 for each.

[Mordikay]

Originally Posted by Jooma

Just wanted to point out that if you're going with Vulmane, we've been broke for a long time on stats. You can currently only put a max of 3 points in STR and 3 into Dex instead of 4 for each.

Sad to hear that and hope it gets fixed soon then as it's the race i want to play and making when i get home.

Kinda notised this on my shaman...even though does not make up for Rakuu being utter crap for melee. (another story)

[Jooma]

I've just brought it up in a post that Cylus has been replying in about other racial things. So hopefully it'll finally get taken care of.