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Hey guys. I just started ROM again after a couple years and wanted to play as a S/W. Is it what you guys would recommend? I've played scout before but I never got to chose my second class. I need some info about S/W. What stats should I be looking for on equipment. And also if there are any guides, please post them here for this noob . Thanx

http://forum.us.runesofmagic.com/showthread.php?t=72928

Should help u alot.

I would recommend to play what you like.
As for info about the class combo itself. I think thats been provided above.

s/wd (wd = warden) gear and stats appear to be the same as s/w, so I'd use the s/w guide for that. For specifics on elite skills and other wd specific items I'd scan the first few pages of this Scout forum for anything that has s/wd in the topic. There is one on elites, and also http://forum.us.runesofmagic.com/showthread.php?t=69847 on stats (which looks the same as s/w statting from what I read of it).

I know there is at least one elite (or maybe it's a wd general) that is huge and makes s/wd way more DPS that most s/w... so look in to that, I would reroll s/wd if I was elf, so grats to you!

1-h sword, dagger, whatever gives you the best stats really. You can't use axes as a S/Wd though, just S/W. Melee weapons aren't really important for scouts, it's pretty much all based on the ranged weapons.

you can still use the guide for s/w for s/wd. The melee weapon will change to 1-h sword, and the rotation to: snipe, vamp, combo shot, shot, shot, shot, combo, shot, shot, shot, hidden peril, if that gets the buff=snipe--otherwise start over at vamp and mix in hidden peril when its cd is ready to try and get the 1 sec snipe.

*always keep entling offering active to get double hits from shot.*

The only skills that you should use that use mana are the savage power(a burst phase buff), the briar shield(15 min def buff), entling offering(15 min double shot), and elven amulet(oh crap, run away). So the main "fuel" to be concerned with is focus.

You can use the charged chop, which does 3/4 what snipe does, but it is still currently on a 2 sec cast with 7 sec cd. The 2 sec cast rate is a bit long for most players taste.