re: crafting a sword (3 slots)

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Scrag

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I have a blank with 2 augment slots, one purple, one red.

I want to make a +insightful assassinate, +assassinate, +good effect damage (I think this makes it good aligned + damage dice?)

What I see is:

insightful assassinate is third slot (cannith mark)
assassinate is second slot
good damage is first slot

I would like this to be level 18 (min level 18 shard?), but should I make this level 20? Augments stop at 18 before going to epic, and I want to use the sword now, not later. I have murderous gloves of assassinate that have been doing me fine up till now, but I need gloves for sets now. :/

Is there a Xw improvement at 20, instead of 18? I want to maximize the number of weapon dice, and it seems like 20 at 2w is the best I can get until 24 which is 3w. 24 is too long to wait however for the assassinate bonuses.

Is this a good way to go? I have a second weapon, red + orage, and an extra mark of cannith. When should I update that weapon as well to insightful + assassinate, and by mid 20s, what should my prefix be?

Thanks!
 
Buddha5440

Buddha5440

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Weapon dice go from 1.5[W] to 2[W] @ 20 and effect (good in your case) goes from 4d6 to 5d6 @ 21. Assassinate goes from +4 to +5 @ 21 and Ins. Assassinate goes from +1 to +2 @ 21.

Also, unless you want the Good for DR reasons, I would recommend light or force, as they have the fewest mobs resistant/immune to them.

By mid (25) 20's you will have +7 Enhancement, 3[W], +5 Ass, +2 Ins. Ass., and +5d6 Good damage.

I've found that CC weapons are best at Lvs 1,4,10, 15/16(with lv 16 augments),21(with lv 20 augments),24,28. YMMV.

This wiki page will give you all the breakdowns...CC values by level

Hope this helps :)
 
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saekee

saekee

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Is this a sword because you are using the falconry tree for melee? Because if you are an assassin, you should be using daggers.

Another option to consider: the good damage is 4d6 at level 20 which is irrelevant; you are doing it to bypass DR. So will augment elemental damage be with those other two augment slots. Consider doing this: Metalline of assassinate and insightful assassinate, augments: Good, devotion (if you are missing devotion) or stunning bonuses (if you are using some monk tree).
 
S

Scrag

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saekee said:
Is this a sword because you are using the falconry tree for melee? Because if you are an assassin, you should be using daggers.

Another option to consider: the good damage is 4d6 at level 20 which is irrelevant; you are doing it to bypass DR. So will augment elemental damage be with those other two augment slots. Consider doing this: Metalline of assassinate and insightful assassinate, augments: Good, devotion (if you are missing devotion) or stunning bonuses (if you are using some monk tree).
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Longsword for dh w/ falconry and knights training. I also have a scimitar, but the crit multi w/ core 6 dh favors longsword.

Thank you for your guidance, metalline sounds great since I get tired of damage reduction :/

I did not think about using good augment. I am using empower healing, but some more +positive spell power would always be welcome.
 
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Scrag

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Aebro Komatme said:
If you’re not an assassin, then why are you crafting assassinate in the first place?
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The three helpless inflicting falconry attacks get their dc from wis + assassinate + level bonuses +10. Shadowstrike is in the same boat. DH skills also work with wis/int/dex + assassinate + level (+ 20?)

Helpless packs out at +atonof%goeshere free damage, which the bird attacks apply liberally.
 
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