oni5115

Just wanted to post some thoughts on this kind of build. For skills selections I went in this order. 02: AL Focus 03: AL Lore 05: Concentration 08: Tactics Lore (or Armor Lore) * 12: Blacksmithing (Riding for Consoles) 18: Enhanced Perception 25: Armor Lore (or Tactics Lore) 35: Dual Wield (or Malevolent Champion Focus) ** 50: Combat Discipline 65: Constitution * Until you have points to spare (level 12-14+) all points will be maxing Focus/Lore. So you don't have points to spend on Tactics Lore to get modifiers. Armor Lore is a good choice to throw in here to help reduce armor constraints as your really high buffs is already going to give you massive combat art penalties. I did Tactics Lore first, but would probably do Armor Lore first if I did things over. At level 18, my regen penalties are red from armor - not that it matters my skellies do 99% of the slaughter anyways... but my Spectral Hand is on an 11s regen time. ** Malevolent Champion focus will let you get a higher level Reflecting Emanation. Dual wield gives you two weapons, but does DW give you more sockets than a 1h/shield? How much more? Enough to completely skip MCF? As I mentioned above, until level 12 you won't have any "spare" skill points. So I don't pick up Blacksmithing until 12, and then Enhanced Perception at 18. This lets you build up your 5 points without detracting from focus/lore skills. You want 9 points in Tactics Lore, not 5. So you can fully modify Augmenting Guidon and Rousing Command - mod them both for awesome party buffing and combo AG, RC, and Skeletal Fortification. That said I really am curious about going Dual Wield or Malevolent Champion Focus. Anyone have good examples of why DW is better than sword and shield as far as sockets go?

I'm curious about this build, since I am planning on playing a hybrid Arcane/Fire melee exploding teleporter. What type of damage does the Shadow Step "explosion" do - Fire or Magic? Does Arrant Pyromancer Lore, Ancient Magic, and/or Combat Discipline increase the damage? Is the character file for Ice & Blood? It seems like it is, which is sad for me since I don't think Sacred 2:G is or will be released here. Might get me an imported UK version eventually, but haven't yet. I'm curious what kind of combos are used?