Sk AA line for Group play

[Junkisfunk]

<p>Hey all,</p><p>Been meaning to respec my Sk but wanted to know what your thoughts are on a good AA spec for a non-raid, group based speced Sk would be. I will be mostly playing with a good group of friends so it will be mostly Group specific doing instancs and heroic content. You feedback would be most appreciative. Please also explain why you think this would be a good build for this style of play.</p><p>Just so you know I am Legendary geared with Adept3's. I have some Masters and 1 peice of Fabled. (My shield)</p><p>Thanks in advanced.</p>

[Uggli]

<p>If you are the tank for the group. (And why wouldn't you be)</p><p>Crusader Tree</p><p>INT 4-4-8</p><p>STR 4-4-6-8-2 (maybe 4-6-4-8-2 if you don't need the extra aggro)</p><p>STA 4-4-8-8-2 (DA is a must for a casual player imo)</p><p>SK Tree</p><p>Reaver > Pools of blood > Hateful Respite</p><p>Train each line how ever you see best for your group/play style.</p><p>Shadows Tree</p><p>How ever you want. The only "must get" abilities are...</p><p>Crusader: Knights Stance,  Phalanx,  (end)Aura of the Crusader</p><p>Shadow Knight: Dark Knight's Protection, (end)Furor and Siphon</p><p>The end line abilities on the Shaodws SK tree are really great.  Get them ASAP.</p><p>Order of attainment of end line abilities is up to you.  I personally would go..</p><p>INT to max crits > STR > Reaver > DA > what ever tickles your pickle.</p>

[Junkisfunk]

<p>Ugg,</p><p>Thanks for the advice. When I am on next i will check this out. Right now I have about 135 AA's and what you said I think I have some of.  Apprieciate the response.</p>

[Uggli]

<p>At 135 you should have Aura of the Crusader trained as well as my suggestions for the 'Shadows: Crusader' line.  If not dump points from Respite or pools to get my suggestions for that line.  Then go back and fill respite and pools back up as you push to 170 to unlock the Shadows: SK tree.</p>

[berto]

<p><cite>Uggliey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If you are the tank for the group. (And why wouldn't you be)</p><p>Crusader Tree</p><p>INT 4-4-8</p><p>STR 4-4-6-8-2 (maybe 4-6-4-8-2 if you don't need the extra aggro)</p><p>STA 4-4-8-8-2 (DA is a must for a casual player imo)</p><p>SK Tree</p><p>Reaver > Pools of blood > Hateful Respite</p><p>Train each line how ever you see best for your group/play style.</p><p>Shadows Tree</p><p>How ever you want. The only "must get" abilities are...</p><p>Crusader: Knights Stance,  Phalanx,  (end)Aura of the Crusader</p><p>Shadow Knight: Dark Knight's Protection, (end)Furor and Siphon</p><p>The end line abilities on the Shaodws SK tree are really great.  Get them ASAP.</p><p>Order of attainment of end line abilities is up to you.  I personally would go..</p><p>INT to max crits > STR > Reaver > DA > what ever tickles your pickle.</p></blockquote><p>Hello I was curious.. about "INT to max crits > STR > Reaver > DA > what ever tickles your pickle."    I did int and str, but i only have room(41/50) for 9 points in STA meaning i cant get DA. I'm only 59 ATM. Does my cap increase or something? Or did I do something wrong?</p>

[Solathan]

<p><cite>bertoxx wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Uggliey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If you are the tank for the group. (And why wouldn't you be)</p><p>Crusader Tree</p><p>INT 4-4-8</p><p>STR 4-4-6-8-2 (maybe 4-6-4-8-2 if you don't need the extra aggro)</p><p>STA 4-4-8-8-2 (DA is a must for a casual player imo)</p><p>SK Tree</p><p>Reaver > Pools of blood > Hateful Respite</p><p>Train each line how ever you see best for your group/play style.</p><p>Shadows Tree</p><p>How ever you want. The only "must get" abilities are...</p><p>Crusader: Knights Stance,  Phalanx,  (end)Aura of the Crusader</p><p>Shadow Knight: Dark Knight's Protection, (end)Furor and Siphon</p><p>The end line abilities on the Shaodws SK tree are really great.  Get them ASAP.</p><p>Order of attainment of end line abilities is up to you.  I personally would go..</p><p>INT to max crits > STR > Reaver > DA > what ever tickles your pickle.</p></blockquote><p>Hello I was curious.. about "INT to max crits > STR > Reaver > DA > what ever tickles your pickle."    I did int and str, but i only have room(41/50) for 9 points in STA meaning i cant get DA. I'm only 59 ATM. Does my cap increase or something? Or did I do something wrong?</p></blockquote><p>Once you reach level 70 you will be able to put 70 points into the Crusader and Shadowknight tree.</p>

[glowsintheda]

<p>is it worth it to put points in the agi line for the AE melee attacks? was talking to some people on my server and they recomended maxing that out and then going down the sta line last as much as possible, with the only end line aquired being the str endline.</p>

[Stainlesss72]

<p>For group play with no raids, I'd go:</p><p>STR: Get end ability, putting points in hate depends on if you have a dirge or coercer or something helping you out.</p><p>AGI: 4-4-8    The 40% aoe attack is real nice.</p><p>STA: 4-4-5   No room for more melee crit</p><p>INT: 4-4-8</p>

[glowsintheda]

<p>ok, that is more or less what was recomended to me and it looks like a solid set up, my main is a ranger though so still figuring out what is good and what not, the only thing that I have really done different from what I have seen here is that I went for reaving first as I was leveling this character up solo from scratch, and the extra healing has helped a lot.</p>

[Uggli]

<p>IMO</p><p>DA > AoE melee for groups (and vital for PUGs) until you have enough points for Furor.</p><p>Once you get Furor, do what ever as you will rarely use DA any more.</p>

[berto]

<p><cite>Uggliey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>IMO</p><p>DA > AoE melee for groups (and vital for PUGs) until you have enough points for Furor.</p><p>Once you get Furor, do what ever as you will rarely use DA any more.</p></blockquote><p>How do you suggest I go down the STA tree?</p>

[Harduc]

<p>sta: 4-4-8-6-2</p>

[dpsman]

<p><cite>Stainlesss72 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For group play with no raids, I'd go:</p><p>STR: Get end ability, putting points in hate depends on if you have a dirge or coercer or something helping you out.</p><p>AGI: 4-4-8    The 40% aoe attack is real nice.</p><p>STA: 4-4-5   No room for more melee crit</p><p>INT: 4-4-8</p></blockquote><p>I am gonna have to agree, this is the best spec. If you need to DA to keep yourself and group alive then the content is to hard for your gear or the healer is not performing to his best.</p><p>Trample plus the melee crit > DA</p><p>You will be able to hold aggro far easier and do far more dps as well with this spec = mob dies faster and more lifetaps via reaver.</p>

[Enoe]

<p><cite>Grainer@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Stainlesss72 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For group play with no raids, I'd go:</p><p>STR: Get end ability, putting points in hate depends on if you have a dirge or coercer or something helping you out.</p><p>AGI: 4-4-8    The 40% aoe attack is real nice.</p><p>STA: 4-4-5   No room for more melee crit</p><p>INT: 4-4-8</p></blockquote><p>I am gonna have to agree, this is the best spec. If you need to DA to keep yourself and group alive then the content is to hard for your gear or the healer is not performing to his best.</p><p>Trample plus the melee crit > DA</p><p>You will be able to hold aggro far easier and do far more dps as well with this spec = mob dies faster and more lifetaps via reaver.</p></blockquote><p>agree even moving 2 points from int to sta imo - spell crit is easier to cap then melee</p><p>i have sta 4-4-7 int 4-4-6 and solo buffed looks like 95% spell and 81% melee crit - on raid with potions and so on..... a lot beter<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Since u will get Furror DA becomes useless... well i still have this spec for really hard rid encounters but i found out i use it lesss and less often</p>