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dagoo7 · 12-19-2006, 10:15 PM

Almost solely play my SK solo and tend to prioritize dps for faster kills over defense/utility. After maxing the requisite spell crit in INT, was initially planning on going the STR route and putting points in swiftaxe and the passive haste. However, after hearing that both Joust attacks currently fire even when unmounted I started to reconsider the AGI line. Along with joust, I find Trample very appealing (coming from my Hurricane-happy swashie) and beginning to wonder if net dps gain from AGI would be equal to or better than STR. Particularly given that when soloing, I'm generally in an area where mounted is an option.

However, I'm still somewhat confused about the efficacy and net benefit of the strength line. I know swiftaxe starts out giving an 18% attack speed buff at first level, but have been unable to find out if this goes up with more points, and if so how it scales. In order to make a good comparison, need to get a better idea of what the total speed buff is from swiftaxe and passive bonus.

Can any experienced SKs give me some hard data and/or anecdotal evidence/opinions on where I should go?

12-19-2006, 10:15 PM	#1
dagoo7 Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 157	Almost solely play my SK solo and tend to prioritize dps for faster kills over defense/utility. After maxing the requisite spell crit in INT, was initially planning on going the STR route and putting points in swiftaxe and the passive haste. However, after hearing that both Joust attacks currently fire even when unmounted I started to reconsider the AGI line. Along with joust, I find Trample very appealing (coming from my Hurricane-happy swashie) and beginning to wonder if net dps gain from AGI would be equal to or better than STR. Particularly given that when soloing, I'm generally in an area where mounted is an option. However, I'm still somewhat confused about the efficacy and net benefit of the strength line. I know swiftaxe starts out giving an 18% attack speed buff at first level, but have been unable to find out if this goes up with more points, and if so how it scales. In order to make a good comparison, need to get a better idea of what the total speed buff is from swiftaxe and passive bonus. Can any experienced SKs give me some hard data and/or anecdotal evidence/opinions on where I should go?