05-24-2004, 12:06 AM
So I'm tinkering around with a paladin I just started today, and as I was looking at the aura's, I noticed thorns.
Not to say I didn't know what thorns was, it's just that I never see it used. Ever. I sort of forgot about it.
I had recently formulated a druid build in my mind, in which the druid has Spirit of Barbs, and casts a wolf among a pack of monsters. The monsters would then kill themselves. I decided not to make it when I realized Spirit of Barbs doesn't even return 300% damage when maxed.
So I go to skillplanner, and max out thorns.
1010% damage returned. Wow.
A baddie deals 1k dmg to you, and WHAM! 10k back at them. So I was thinking of a Paladin who wore no shield, and had a very low defense. The object would be to be hit as often as possible. The character's own life would be the main damage outlet.
Does anybody think this could work? I'm going to be starting him in a few minutes. I don't know what to do for skills though.
Thorns is the only thing I can think to max out. Does anybody know what other skills I should use? I was thinking of just going with Zeal and Vengeance, for use on monsters with magical attacks, but this doesn't exactly promote the theme, just helps.
Not to say I didn't know what thorns was, it's just that I never see it used. Ever. I sort of forgot about it.
I had recently formulated a druid build in my mind, in which the druid has Spirit of Barbs, and casts a wolf among a pack of monsters. The monsters would then kill themselves. I decided not to make it when I realized Spirit of Barbs doesn't even return 300% damage when maxed.
So I go to skillplanner, and max out thorns.
1010% damage returned. Wow.
A baddie deals 1k dmg to you, and WHAM! 10k back at them. So I was thinking of a Paladin who wore no shield, and had a very low defense. The object would be to be hit as often as possible. The character's own life would be the main damage outlet.
Does anybody think this could work? I'm going to be starting him in a few minutes. I don't know what to do for skills though.
Thorns is the only thing I can think to max out. Does anybody know what other skills I should use? I was thinking of just going with Zeal and Vengeance, for use on monsters with magical attacks, but this doesn't exactly promote the theme, just helps.