Short Questions Thread

Is anyone else having trouble seeing the skill points in the Skill Planner? It looks like all guides have lost the skill points.

Vessalax wrote:Is anyone else having trouble seeing the skill points in the Skill Planner? It looks like all guides have lost the skill points.

Yes, but I'm sure it's a known issue by now and something will be done about it

Ronthar wrote:
ChuckNoRis wrote:read the mid game section of the 26'th miniguide here http://forum.median-xl.com/viewtopic.ph ... 491#link26 in order to check what you need to equip for max block with minimal dexterity investment

Thanks for the link to that guide, has some good ideas for me. I'm more asking for confirmation that at face value high armor 5% to be hit is better than 75% to block though. (I have it stuck in my head that there is some benefit to max block like blocking spells or something that makes max block more mitigation than the armor and I'm not sure if I'm just crazy.....)

1. Neither block nor defense will help against spells.
2. Blocking always gets you in block animation while getting hit only does it sometimes. (depending on hp and stuff).
3. 75% block alone is not nearly enough for many tough crowded ubers(fauzt,bremmtown, lob and so on), unless you have like 20k life and/or high def/dmg..

So as the guide suggests i would say runemaster until you get some good items or for places where u can sacrifice defense for damage

For which ubers do you need Magic resistance?

In your honest opinion, what's the best Amazon build in the game right now?
And is there a way to make it end-game viable without being gear dependent?
What I mean by that is can it be effective enough using mostly Tier 6 uniques?

DreamTeam wrote:In your honest opinion, what's the best Amazon build in the game right now?
And is there a way to make it end-game viable without being gear dependent?
What I mean by that is can it be effective enough using mostly Tier 6 uniques?

IMO it's both Bloodzon and Stormzon.

Bloodzon has a good survivability thanks to lots of life after kill and a good amount of life. The damage is great as well, since Magic missiles gain an AoE once you're below 2/3 of your life. For everything else - use bloodstorm. For bosses - Lava pit

At some ubers, you can survive better using fire elementals. Their on death proc can be nice for some ubers as well, for example when you're getting Horazon's focus. You don't even need to stand in the bosses' way and just let him kill your summons.

As for stormzon: Magnetic field has been buffed like crazy. Yes, ranged enemies are harder to kill, but anything that rushes to you like Khalimgrad or Duncraig, can be farmed easily with that. At least for the part where you don't have to teleport. Fire elementals have the same use for that build as for bloodzon, but you don't want to use them often, since magnetic field makes you want to make enemies rush at you. Plus you'll have lots of defense with that build.

As for gear-dependency: Nearly every build is gear-dependend. Except ofc the barb from Aerial.

But tbh, I haven't tried bowzon or javazon lately. So I don't know about these builds. However, those were both nerfed thanks to the range-nerf. Javazon has been buffed the previous patch though.

Are there plans for bigger resolutions in the future? (SP Only)

ZeroForte wrote:
anhlong1122 wrote:It seem like the road to Akarat (Toranja Jungle) is blocked for me? I am on 1.2.0.1

Did you use this char before upgrading to 1.2? It looks like your mimimap is messed with the one from previous version.

yes it is right

LocoDiceGR wrote:Are there plans for bigger resolutions in the future? (SP Only)

not in the near future

ChuckNoRis wrote:
LocoDiceGR wrote:Are there plans for bigger resolutions in the future? (SP Only)
not in the near future

Thanks for the answer...mixed feelings...my OCD cant handle the 800x600 :mrgreen:

At least its coming at some poing.