Runes of Magic US / AU

afaik, xbow.

for scout pve, raw damage is king.

It's obviously the 2-h staff. Get out. Ice up son.

QQ magic scout is dead...


RW: "hey s/m, i hear you like magic skills.....here's the ability to use a staff!! hopefully it will really help your mdam!....................oh, and btw, we changed all your magic skills over to ranged damage and physical damage formula, because, well, you know, scouts a physical class, we thought it would help."

I was being sarcastic, definately use the xbow. They changed the s/m's skills as Cike stated so the use of a 2h staff is useless afaik.

Quoted from "gigilomann"

I was being sarcastic, definately use the xbow. They changed the s/m's skills as Cike stated so the use of a 2h staff is useless afaik.

more pdam for bleeds if thats important to you. in sw, intel s/m with staff owns. VA hits like a truck.

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Physical s/m:
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- Viable. Not "best" scout option, but very intersting and enjoyable.
- U dont rely on any of the magic-skills. U dont rely on the fireball-trigger of Shot. U dont rely on the magic-dmg-trigger of Wind Arrows.
- U simply play as a normal physical dps scout, with the exception that u use ur AoE's more often due to s/m buff.
- Main kills: Combo Shot - Snipe - Riercing Arrow - Reflected Shot - Vamp Arrows - Shot.
- Build: leather statted with pure PA


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Magical s/m:
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Two routes.

(a) U rely on the fireball-trigger of Shot and the wind-dmg-trigger of Wind Arrows.
- U yield a staff. U stat as a mage. Purely int/matt.
- U can use Ignite too if u want, but be aware that it follows physical damage formula. Only reason to use is the INT-component.
- Is it viable? I say no. Why? The magical-trigger chances r not 100%. My experiments indicate something like 30% for a shot to trigger fireball and like 40% for wind arrows to trigger wind dmg. So even if u think that a fireball-"spam" sounds nice (considering the triggering from Shot), it is not hit that hard, since if u get it normalized in dps-terms, ur own performance is like 1/3 of what u think.
- Main skills: Fireball - Shot - Wind Arrows - Ignite (use with discretion)
- Build: cloth statted in int/matt

(b) U rely on Ignite. Only. Just this. Physical damage with a serious INT-component
- U yield a staff. U stat with Int/patt. Int/patt only.
- Use mana comsumption reduction food. Use mana pots/skills, all 4 versions: % pots, herbs, crafted, ISS. U will need them since u use only ignite and it drains % mana. The main concept is to have enough patt so ignite to hity hard as a physical skill + have insane INT so to reach tremendous amounts of spammable dmg. U r no magic build. Ur skill(s) r physical, u just boost it via INT.
- Main skills: Ignite - Combo shot (Patt buff)
- Main skills (alternate): Use standard physical build rotation. U r in patt-build, so ur scout skills hit hard. Not optimal setup due to int/patt statting compared to dex/patt for example, but still respectable dmg. However, if u want the physical route, read at start of post.
- Build: leather statted in int/patt

Be aware that is a very risky build. U will never be able to resell ur gear. U will not be able to get int/patt from shell stats or runs. On from trash mem vendors with a low % of pull. U cannot buy ur stats since noone bothers with int/patt of mem stats. And ofc, u may wake up one day and have ur combo destroyed completely by the company called GF, just cause they decide to change some skills. This has happened in the past. Is not a rumour, is a FACT. S/m got completely destroyed in a blink of a patch. It can happen again, even in the reverse process. U may stat ur gear in int/patt and get ignite removed due to some genious and u can simply quit game next day.
Is it fun to play? Yes. It is worth to invest? No.

Use xbow. Ignite has 1 sec CD no matter speed of bow/xbow.