New SK looking for advice!

[ShinGoku]

<p>Hey all, after lvling my monkey to 80 I felt like a change so I rolled an SK!!</p><p>Is there such a thing as a leveling guide to show me what AA lines to take while leveling for maximum effect?</p><p>Thanks in advance <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[wayward]

<p>Hi, My main was a 70 sk with raid gear and masters.  I had a fun time lvling him up and killing and soloing as a plate class THEN I made a bru.  From my point of view you can forget the sk even exists compared to my bru. I know its cool to be wearing plate and all but my bru does so much more damage and takes so  much more damage compared to my sk its laughable.  I can go anywhere i want and kill about anything  i want as a bru.  Dont get me wrong, i really liked my sk till i playeda bru. My sk just plain gets his but beat  and not doing the damage either as far as  i can tell.  Im sure there are some SKs out there thatll be able to beat me down and disaggree with me but this is just what i have found from playing so please try not to flame me to had guys.  thanx, oh i think bru= kill what you want,go where you want,do what you want. Drop the sk and make a necro</p>

[prusso1970]

<p>A lot of changes are coming in about a week with the new expansion - but much can be learned in these forums as well as the SK forums on Eq2flames.</p><p>If I was just starting out - not sure I'd commit to anything quite yet ... though the best aa lines for SKs include Str/Sta/Int if you need to put points somewhere in the interim ...</p>

[DwarvesR]

<p>INT 4-4-8</p><p>Reaving to the end</p><p>STR to the end</p><p>STA to at least the melee crits</p><p>This will help you the most as you level.  At end + TSO... we'll see how it works out.  I have the hate line for tanking, and am still working through to get the unconscious health increase.  And with 60 more AA's in TSO that I haven't even looked at yet... I don't know "endgame" yet, in spite of being 80 <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[ShinGoku]

<p>Lol thanks for the advice all, I'm in beta too but I haven't buffed an SK to 80 as I just wouldnt know</p><p>what I'm doing lol!</p><p>Is 1h + tower shield the best option or is 2h a bright idea?  Also, should I stick to slashing weapons or should</p><p>I level up my crushing too?</p>

[StaticLex]

<p>I went the strength AA line first, that end ability was crazy good.  Also, level all weapon types, you never know when you'll get a sweet crush weapon but have garbage crush skill.</p>

[Norrsken]

<p><cite>ShinGoku wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Lol thanks for the advice all, I'm in beta too but I haven't buffed an SK to 80 as I just wouldnt know</p><p>what I'm doing lol!</p><p>Is 1h + tower shield the best option or is 2h a bright idea?  Also, should I stick to slashing weapons or should</p><p>I level up my crushing too?</p></blockquote><p>Well, considering what we are getting in the next xpac for AAs, I'd say sword 'n' board is by far better than 2h as soon as TSO is out.</p>

[caeler]

<p>For levelling also? At lower levels the 2-H seems like a better choice to blast through mobs, at what point should I move to sword N board?</p>

[Norrsken]

<p><cite>caeleran wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For levelling also? At lower levels the 2-H seems like a better choice to blast through mobs, at what point should I move to sword N board?</p></blockquote><p>I always had sword 'n' board because I like to pull approx 8 mobs at a time and go AE on their hinies. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>But I'd say that you'd be fairly well off with a onehander for as long as you feel that it's doing its job properly. Not like its hard to burn through lower level mobs since htey were designed before AAs and gear revamps and whatnot and didnt get much of a revamp. So, go with what you feel looks best, pretty much. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>