Warlock questions...

[Khaoticfury]

I just made a Warlock, and had a few questions....

1. How to distribute STR and DEX.

2. Which weapon to use....swords?....spears?

3. What to use for crowd control.


Any input helps. THX

[ShaniHP]

1. the diablo2 basic i think, only put minimum str and dex for requirements and put the rest to health...
or if you want you can put some more to str and dex after you have the minimum armor and weapon requirements

2. early on it's better to use swords for the ASPD because of Calculated Strike skill.
But after you have uber equips you can switch to a spear... basically it's a compromise of single-hit damage and attackspeed
3. crowd control?? poisoned knives (throwing knife + the poison tree), traps, and lich king..

have fun

[Maktaka]

Warlocks have a lot more for crowd control than that. Flash Powder takes out 2/3 of the crowd within 8 meters of you in an instant (for 5 seconds anyway). From the Spirit mastery, take Visions of Death of a targetable version of Flash Powder (great for archers and mages).

So a fight usually goes like:
Order in Liche King and/or lay down traps to attract enemies' attention. As they group together on approach, send out a spray of knives (maxed Flurry) with Envenom Weapon w/ maxed Mandrake and Nightshade. Keep in mind, knives group together better if you aim far away, so aim PAST the targets at the edge of the screen to get a nice tight grouping of the blades. Fire off Visions of Death* at any ranged attackers if there are any, melee troops if there aren't. Get close to the group and start pounding. If you ever get surrounded, pull back for a few steps to give yourself a moment of peace to cast Flash Powder. Repeat all the above as many times as necessary. Until everything stops running around.

When attacking targets with your melee weapon, focus more on keeping targets confused over killing them one by one. You don't have any survival traits outside of Ravages of Time from Deathchill, and that won't help against a spread of ranged fighters.

*Visions of Death is currently bugged for the better. Hit a melee fighter with this and he won't be able to engage it melee combat again. After the feat wears off, he'll charge up to you but won't attack unless he gets confused or stunned (or otherwise becomes unable to attack again).

[Felexitus]

0) why not do a caster warlock

1) max 408 dex rest str or health

2) spears deal way more damage than swords, even dps wise especially with blade honing. i dont like CS much because im not a fan of a skill that basically does nothing for 3 full attacks. so id rather go for spear and bow.

3) as said above poisoned knives trap and the liche king rock, if you still need more theres always mandrakes big brother: flash powder, also you get vision of death and enslave

[ShaniHP]

ive just realized something... starting from version 1.20 you should pump more dex and str... IL increases the requirements (hence the higher str reqs) and i think they increase the monsters DA. because i kept missing the enemies (skels in legendary megara, greece) with around 400 dex and 550-ish OA... atm im increasing my dex... im planning to increase it until i have around 500-ish dex and str...

[Felexitus]

438 dex and 525 str now, does that even leave any attribute points?

edit: actually no: 25 attribute points are missing.

edit2 even the last warlock wasnt maxable he had 8 attribute points missing

[Gideon]

Another Warlock Question:

How exactly are staffs effected by the following skills:
Calculated Strike, Lucky Hit, Lethal Strike, Mortal Wound?

[Felexitus]

not at all, as far as i remember you cant use these skills when using a staff (only 100% sure with mortal lethal strike tho)

rogue skills want rogue weapons: swords and spears

[WildeComputers]

Originally Posted by Khaoticfury

1. How to distribute STR and DEX.

What I have been doing with my Warlock is adding skill points to the Spirit Mastery and Rogue Mastery to increase Strength & Dexterity. Then I use the character points when I need to increase one for piece of armor or a better weapon.

[perseus]

3) Poison gas bombs, anyone? With shrapnel you can just drop a bomb then run away and let the mob die on its own. Mandrake helps too.