Inq DPS setup?

[Sefirium]

<p>Hello Inquisitor community! I am looking for some help with what to do with my AAs. I'm a level 18 Inquisitor (11 AA, 30% exp goes to AA) I duo with a Shadowknight and we've been running around doing some dungeons and things are going good. The Shadowknight has decent abilities to keep himself healed so I just need to heal him during heroics. With that said, I have plenty of time and room to build towards a DPS type spec (Yes I know I won't be super DPS but it all helps, yea?) With this being said, where should I start my AA and what should I go down? For now I've been just going down the STA line, but once I finish with that I'll be as lost as ever. Any help or ideas would be absolutely awesome! Thank you in advance fellow Inquisitors!</p><p>P.S. - I'm not sure if it matters at all but we're both newish so for gear we just have whatever we've been able to pick up off of the NPCs we kill and quests we complete, our spells haven't been upgraded either. Not sure if this info matters at all but thought I should throw it out there</p><p>~Sefirium~ 18 Inquisitor Antonia Bayle</p>

[Hilt]

<p>( Cleric page )</p><p>#1 = Yaulp</p><p>( Inquisitor page )</p><p>#2 to #6 = Invocation Strike</p><p>#7 to #11 = Writhing Strike</p><p>#12 to #16 = Strike of Flames</p><p>#17 to #21 = Litany Circle</p><p>#22 = Battle Cleric</p><p>( Cleric page )</p><p>#23 to #38 = Go 448 into Stamina for the 100 % melee crit.</p><p>#39 to #54 = Go 448 into Agility for the +32 % double attack on melee attacks.</p><p>At this point, you should be leveling VERY fast and are free to explore how you want to eventually respec endgame for healing in groups and raids.</p>

[Dareena]

<p><em>(Naevl</em><em> basically just gave you this answer.  I've copied and pasted this answer from the Inq thread below the OP's since I just answered the same thing in a slightly longer fashion.)</em></p><p>AA #1: Yaulp (Cleric tab)</p><p>AA #2 - AA #21:  converting the 1st x4 spell options into CA @ 5 AA each (Inquisitor tab)</p><p>AA #22: Battle Priest (Inquisitor tab, CA end line ability)</p><p>AA #23 - AA #38: Sta 4-4-8 (Cleric Tab)</p><p>AA #39 - AA #54: Agi 4-4-8 (Cleric Tab)</p><p>AA #55 - AA #64: 2.5% Health and Mana increase (TSO tab)</p><p>AA #65 - AA #69: Litany of Combat (TSO tab)</p><p>Please note that the benefits of Litany exceed those of the Agi line.  If you're really picky about min / maxing, you can respec some of your AA later on so that AA #61 will go into Litany.  But I really wasn't as concerned with being x4 AA behind schedule.</p><p>Also note that this aggressive melee soloing focused build has 0% Heal Crit from AA.  (At much later AA levels, I'll eventually add x5 AA into the Sta Heal Crit.)  While I would advise maxing it out at lower levels in your group build, it simply isn't required for a soloing Inquisitor.  If you can kill you enemies fast enough, then your healing shortcomings are somewhat meaningless.</p><p>After the AA point that I've listed above, I maxed out my mitigation debuffer and started to fill out the Str line.  By the time that you reach the end of this line, assuming that your AA margin is eventually around +20-25, you'll hit 70th and be able to add the last AA neccessary to get the Str end line ability.</p>

[Braedo2005]

<p>this is super-helpful.  any chance someone wants to take the time to do  a group spec write up like this?   ya ya, i know there is a stickied guide, but i like being able to have a quick-refence to glance at! </p><p>anyways, thanks for this writeup</p>

[Sefirium]

<p>"AA #2 - AA #21:  converting the 1st x4 spell options into CA @ 5 AA each (Inquisitor tab)"</p><p>This confuses me a bit, I'm newish so I don't know all the lingo yet. When you say "converting the 1st x4 spell options into CA" do you mean max out "Enhance: Emergency Reactives" , "Enhance: Condemn: , "Invocation Strike" and "Enhance: Repentance" ? or am I misunderstanding? Thank you in advance</p>

[Braedo2005]

<p>No, they mean the 4 "BATTLE" line CAs.  third from the left. </p><p>#2 to #6 = Invocation Strike</p><p>#7 to #11 = Writhing Strike</p><p>#12 to #16 = Strike of Flames</p><p>#17 to #21 = Litany Circle</p>

[Jemoo]

Hey all, great write up but I had one question. I've seen various arguments about STA or CAs first. My inquisitor mainly runs in a small group of guildies and I have 24 AAs at level 34. Right now I was following a hybrid spec from the sticky that will allow max melee crit and max heal crit for my early grouping. I am usually the only healer but also like to mix in my own damage when I can. Should I respec to get the CAs or should I keep what I have and use the AAs I'll have coming it to get those?

[Dareena]

<p><cite>Pattywak@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote> Should I respec to get the CAs or should I keep what I have and use the AAs I'll have coming it to get those?</blockquote><p>Well that depends.  For soloing / duoing, you'll definitely want the CA first off.  This is due to the end line ability which gives you a nice weapon skill bump.  Once you hit your uppers 20's and above, you'll really start to feel a drop in your dps rate if you don't have some kind of weapon skill bump.  While wardens can get this bump via a standard class buff, we get ours via AA.  It's a vital thing to have.  (The other benefits of the end line ability are also nice, but not the primary reason to take it.)</p><p>Now if you're standardly in a full group to level up...  Well first off, I doubt that will happen in today's leveling environment.  With that in mind, you really can't get away with being just a pure heal bot at lower levels.  Also please understand that the low level gear revamp has changed everything.  Back in the day, having maxed out Heal Crit at the lower levels was a big difference.  But in today's environment, you can start buying junk jewelry (Treasured and Legendary) that have some crazy +Heal bonus on them by 30th+.  Combine that with a MC crafted symbol that adds +Heal and you're going to quick hit the +Heal cap as you level up.</p><p>My honest advice is to ignore that +Heal Crit AA initially.  On my Inq's group AA set up, I picked up max Heal Crit only after I finished out the CA line.  In the mean time, try to use two different sets of jewelry as you level up if you group often.  Once set will be your dps jewelry (which is chosen based on items which have a dual +CA / +Spell bonus until you switch over to 52+ MC dps jewelry) and the other set will be your heal jewelry (which is based on maximizing your +Heal while also trying to get as decent stats as possible).</p>

[Jemoo]

Thanks for such a thorough and quick response. I'll keep this stuff in mind. I'm lucky enough to have a guild that helps their players level alts as well as main so I am grouped fairly often but not all the time. Again, thanks you, this really helps <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Kroonerr]

<p>I haven't seen it mentioned in here but one ability that I found to be huge was the end line str ability that makes it near impossible for you to get interrupted casting.  Whether for grouping or soloing, I wouldn't trade this for anything.  If you have all your CA's those don't get interrupted much because they are fast casting, but for your heals it's huge.  You can't be much of a healer if you can't finish the cast after all.</p><p>Personally, I got Battle Cleric done first, then I did the Str line to the end for that ability.</p>

[Pyra Shineflame]

<p>Yes, the end line strength ability is very nice. However personally, I went str after I finished Sta, since in my mind, the faster I kill them the less time they have to interrupt or kill me =) I have discovered, however, that the inquisitor is one of those classes that only get better with each AA point you gain. As an aside, after I finished Sta I went back to the Battle Cleric line and dumped the six points necessary to gain Strike of Corruption CA. Having another CA is never a bad thing imo.</p>

[Sefirium]

<p>I really appreciated everyones personal tid bits and ideas as to why they went the way they did, they have really helped. Currently I'm level 22 with 21 AAs (almost 22) I have Yaulp, 5/5 Invocation Strike, 5/5 Writhing Strike, 5/5 Strike of Flames, and finally 5/5 Litany Circle. One more level and I can pick up Battle Cleric. After this I'm not sure if I want to go down STA line for the 100% crit OR AGI line for Battle Fervor to increase my chance to double strike. I run with a SK who is also level 22, so any ideas would be awesome and again, thank you to all you vets out there giving your two cents and really helping me put my points into things that are useful, your information has been very valuable!</p><p>Sefirium, Antonia Bayle</p>

[Dareena]

<p>I wish you the best of luck OP on picking your next AA.  However here's some more advice.</p><p>As a leveling Inq, you will be using a MC 2-hander.  Therefore other than an almost meaningless Agi increase, the only benefit from going Agi 4-4-8 is the +DA bonus.  On the other hand, Sta will gain you a nice knock down CA and eventually 100% Melee Crit.</p><p>Also compare the benefits between a +32% DA and +100% MC from the two lines.  Melee Crit will affect both your CA and your auto attack.  Double Attack will only affect your auto attack.  So off the bat, +MC will be better at the lower levels.  Between your base CA damage and all of the +CA jewelry that is available by 30th+, your CA damage output will exceed your auto attack output.  Even though we have a great +DPS buff and will be using a MC crafted Str ring, a low level Inq with the revamped junk gear will play more like a burst dps scout.</p><p>Now once you've picked up the +DA from Agi after you max out +MC from Sta, you should likely be around the upper 40's or above (assuming that you haven't majorly toyed with the AA slider).  At about this point, the +DPS bonuses available to you (via the Inq buff, neck adornments, and Str ring) have made your auto attack far more important.  That's why I switched over to MC crafted Str/Agi/Sta jewelry on my Inq at 52nd for soloing.</p><p>Assuming that you use Mastercrafted Str and Wis rings, a decent +Haste item (like the Frenzied Voices earring or the FBSS at later levels), a +DPS (Judicious Clasp) neck adornment, Mastercrafted weapons, Mastercrafted armor (which is half Str/Sta/Int and half Sta/Int/Wis), a Phantom Shod weapon adornment, and various "junk" jewelry (+CA / +Spell), then you should blur through your leveling.  Also the quested cloak from Steamfont that procs a small hp ward will also help out for soloing.</p>

[Hilt]

<p>For what it's worth the best 2hander I have found, the MC blessed sledge is the way to go.</p><p>PHAT STR-WIS juicy DPS goodness...</p>

[Kroonerr]

<p><cite>Dareena@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>, a decent +Haste item (like the Frenzied Voices earring or the FBSS at later levels),</p></blockquote><p>Could someone expand on that please?  I don't have anything good for a haste item at the moment and at lvl 75 need to know what the best thing to pick up would be.</p>

[Dareena]

<p><cite>Kroonerr wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Dareena@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>, a decent +Haste item (like the Frenzied Voices earring or the FBSS at later levels),</p></blockquote><p>Could someone expand on that please?  I don't have anything good for a haste item at the moment and at lvl 75 need to know what the best thing to pick up would be.</p></blockquote><p>Pre-80th, I generally feel that the FBSS (Flowing Black Silk Sash) is the best Haste item for it's slot useage.  Also it's a lot of AA, generally straight forward once you understand what you're doing, and can be soloed once you're 5-10 levels above the named mobs.  (Some classes can lower this margin, but it's very subjective.)</p><p><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/The_Teachings_of_Yoru">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/The_Teachings_of_Yoru</a></p><p>Now the Cloak of Flames does give you a better Haste bonus, but I find that a cloak slot is more desireable than a belt slot.  Plus I've always thought this quest line was a bit of a pain.</p><p><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Cloak_of_Flames_Timeline">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Cloak_of_Flames_Timeline</a></p><p>Once you hit 80th, you can get your Haste bonus from the hybrid plate armor gloves.</p><p><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/TSO_Legendary_Shard_Armor_Sets">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/TSO_Legen...hard_Armor_Sets</a></p><p>The nice part is that you even have the option of switching in your hybrid gloves and still having the 5-piece priest healer set bonus.</p>

[Kroonerr]

<p>Tks- grabbed the FBSS tonight which will tide me over until I get 80 and shard gear.</p>