Short Questions Thread

Tantrika wrote:
jalliboy wrote:i must have been doing seriusly wrong.. need the shaft to make the horadric staff, but when trying to get through maggots lair, i get killed instantly by maggot ghosts or what the name was

any tips ?

Horadric staff and the amulet drops in claw viper temple in valley of the snakes now.

For future reference, if an area has a name written in red, avoid it until you check the documentation

i will

which skill would people recommend to use for the most damage ? earthquake , shower of rocks , thunder slam ?
also. about those stances. i am using snake stance, but i don`t know it that will be, or is a good choice for later on ? i mean for nightmare and hell difficulty .

gonna look at some guides now, but i hope to get some good tips

thanks in adcance...

is there an animation when hammerstrike "drops the hammer?" How do I know when its doing the extra damage?

Nope, no animation. Only way to know is by looking at how much damage you're dealing.

Also if you open the character screen while you have Hammerstrike selected you can see how its damage is rapidly changing.

Hmm. the skill would be more fun if it made a sound or did an animation like Fist of the Heavens from LoD paladins.

jalliboy wrote:which skill would people recommend to use for the most damage ? earthquake , shower of rocks , thunder slam ?
also. about those stances. i am using snake stance, but i don`t know it that will be, or is a good choice for later on ? i mean for nightmare and hell difficulty .

gonna look at some guides now, but i hope to get some good tips

thanks in adcance...

Thunderslam is a utility skill, not a main damage skill. You use it to regularly stun enemies on almost every barb build. If you're going Snake Stance it will also spread the slow and a low amount of poison (since its WDM is only 3/4).

Earthquake and Shower of Rocks are both primary damage skills, which one you want depends on your build. EQ has more AoE and hits instantly, while SoR has a higher WDM (3/2) (so its good with Snake Stance), hits more times per cast and debuffs enemies, but it has a delay and short AoE.

Stormblast and Iceburst are better single target skills (especially if you have -100 enemy lightning or cold res respectively) but have the least range.

Ever_A_Noob wrote:Right, I know that part. So my dagger acquires the LAEK and IAS, but not that %deadly strike and %damage boost (since they specify a javelin)?

If the weapon has +12 to Moon Queen, does that count as 12 hard points?

It would be great if the LCS broke out exactly where all my damage is coming from. Weapon base, weapon %ed, skills, elemental damage add, etc.

You'll get IAS and LaeK based on skill level and minimal deadly strike (5 or 6%). Btw any oskills counting as soft points. Hard points meant that you put skill points in it.

Ever_A_Noob wrote:Right, I know that part. So my dagger acquires the LAEK and IAS, but not that %deadly strike and %damage boost (since they specify a javelin)?

If the weapon has +12 to Moon Queen, does that count as 12 hard points?

It would be great if the LCS broke out exactly where all my damage is coming from. Weapon base, weapon %ed, skills, elemental damage add, etc.

doesn't only %damage specify javelin? so deadly strike should work.

archon256 wrote:
jalliboy wrote:which skill would people recommend to use for the most damage ? earthquake , shower of rocks , thunder slam ?
also. about those stances. i am using snake stance, but i don`t know it that will be, or is a good choice for later on ? i mean for nightmare and hell difficulty .

gonna look at some guides now, but i hope to get some good tips

thanks in adcance...

Thunderslam is a utility skill, not a main damage skill. You use it to regularly stun enemies on almost every barb build. If you're going Snake Stance it will also spread the slow and a low amount of poison (since its WDM is only 3/4).

Earthquake and Shower of Rocks are both primary damage skills, which one you want depends on your build. EQ has more AoE and hits instantly, while SoR has a higher WDM (3/2) (so its good with Snake Stance), hits more times per cast and debuffs enemies, but it has a delay and short AoE.

Stormblast and Iceburst are better single target skills (especially if you have -100 enemy lightning or cold res respectively) but have the least range.

thanks

LFAQ wrote:Every minion gains +15% to all resistances per skill level, capping at +75% at level 5

In Hatred with +0% minion resists, minions have 75% resists.
In Hatred with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 150% resists.
In Terror with +0% minion resists, minions have 25% resists.
In Terror with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 100% resists.
In Destruction with +0% minion resists, minions have -25% resists.
In Destruction with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 50% resists (capped).

You need just 25% in Hatred and 75% in Terror and Destruction.
You can get 5% per Perfect Bloodstone gem in a shield, and the rest from Honorific Orbs.