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W3/L3/WL2? Would this work?

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#1

Hello community,

I am currently thinking about creating a Warlock.
I’ve been to some grinding parties lately with one of my higher characters and I always see Warlock beeing among the best damage dealers… so, I am thinking bout creating a WL myself.

This is the build I have in mind:

I want this character to be useful in parties as linker/DMG Dealer and also in Solo-Play… with the Linker 3 I should be able to get enough damage-multiplication so I can sacrifice INT for CON and thus have a high survivability.

What do you guys think? Could this work?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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Wiz3>Link3>Warlock 2 help
#2

If you do something like that you will spend 3 ranks with magic missile being your only source of damage other than basic attacks.

Then on Rank 7 things could start to pay, but you don’t really need quick cast for Warlock skills, Quick Cast is mainly for Electrocute, Hail, Rain, and Meteor on elementalist path with Frost Cloud being your main source of damage on late game to fight hp enemies. (Quick cast m.atk attribute being a cherry on top of the cake)

If you really want a CON wizard build that can deal damage you better try thauma-linker or something like that. Warlocks still need to be INT focused to do things solo on high level maps, a 1:2 CON:INT ratio should do for the typical wiz 3, elem 3, warlock 2. You won’t do anything if your Dark Theurge only hits the base damage…

#3

I was under the impression that a high link would act as a multiplier that should be enough to keep up the damage… sure, single target dmg would suck… but the multiplier through links should be great… and with wiz 3 you can get the damage bonus out of the Fast Cast Attribute…thats the main reason I’d choose wiz 3.

I think link 3 should be enough to carry this build …in grinding parties at least.

#4

No one has ever done this in the history of itos.
I guess. :joy:

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#5

man, 50% damage boost is not that big for just wiz3. The Wiz3+Linker is something people do for Necromancer because of flesh cannon/flash strike and single target damage of the minions, or a Featherfoot because you don’t get an AoE attack until Featherfoot 2.

You have seen Warlocks as heavy damage dealers is thanks to the help of the base elementalist skills and the INT ratio I’ve mentioned. You won’t get invocation spirits if you can’t kill in AoE in first place, and then again, your dark theurge damage output will be really low.

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#6

Who are you and why do you write so much bullshit about stuff you have no clue about?

#7

Who is that targeted at? Me? ^^,

#8

No @Oriceles who either wants to troll you or just write bullshit he has no clue about.

Wiz3 - Linker 3 - WL2
Is perfectly fine. At least I loved mine a lot before it got too boring for me. Doesn’t mean it’s week it’s just that in the end I didn’t like the playstyle.

50% extra damage through QC is a lot especially on linked targets. 50% on each hit means with 10 linked targets 500% in the end. Especially if you watch those hyper geared meta-golem copy paste Ele Wizards struggeling to deal any kind of dmg in Mishken Forest (for the quest) in a 5 man party while I just stood there: Link - Mastema - Boom, next group.

The only problem this build has is unlinkeable monsters but except those you can blow up everything especially in a party.

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#9

Thx for your reply :slight_smile:

#10

No problem. By the way, I call this build the Warlinker. :smiley:

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#11

@Oriceles wasn’t talking bs, you should go full int, unless you have a 315 purple with at least T3, then you’ll be able to kill (I think) with link+mastema as full CON/mostly CON. The reason for this is that, even though mastema has a good base atk damage, you won’t kill mobs with one combo with low matk.

When r8 came out this was a really popular build in kToS for a “DPS” wizard, due to almost no one having high trans weaps and this being a cheap way to kill mobs, nowadays I don’t know, DPS stuff seems to be about pyro.

Also the build is wrong, reflect shield goes lvl 1 and you don’t have mastema in this build which is a core skill, max it. Personally I think the build is boring, since the only thing you do is link+mastema (37s CD), of course you have other stuff like lifeline (useful on ET), magic missiles (if you have enough matk to not hit 1s) and dark theurge which is still a really good single dps skill.

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#12

Thank you for a good response and very polite way.

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#13

Full INT on a Linker is, in my opinion, a bad idea.
Anything without 2k+ mdef dies to Link + Mastema, Pole or MM anyways. For anything with higher mdef you are a support and usually for Hangmans you need to get close and if you die that’s bad.

I threw about 100 points in CON which yields a stable HP pool even with trashy gear. Doing Mishken with 317 it definitally paid off as I could survive hits that killed Full Int Locks. For ET you are support anyways.

In the end it’s a grind build. To be honest Warlock is just bad. Most of the time even Link + MM in Rank 8 content is already enough. Mastema has long CD.

Sidenote: FF can heal the party and yourself which makes it a better option for R8 at the moment.

tl;dr:
Does it work? Yes.
Is it best? Not really.
Can you powerlevel others in Mausoleum? Yes.

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#14

I’m doing this build too and it’s pretty good, just struggle a little at soloing bosses, but since warlock 1 I could use pole + pole scroll and everything goes pretty smooth… I’m full int, but since I use 3x hair costumes with 100 pdef each most mobs hit me for just one of damage, for magic mobs I use a wind runner with 2x lv6 blue gems and 2x +5 glass bracelet, this way my survability is pretty good, do not know until what point though… I will reset this build to w1 p1 l2 ch2 wl2, since it is for farming silver only… But I must say i’m pretty satisfied.

#15

Sigh, my thau linker 2 will out of job if most people go this way.

#16

You’re not supposed to be a tank anyway. Back then mages at mishekan killed almost everyone with less than 15k hp, I don’t see why you specify full INT locks, and in a party with a sage you only need to worry about melees, I don’t see why not go full INT, also you can get 20k HP with decent defenses if you invest on gems and enchants.

And yes, Warlock C2 is bad (not so much with a good weap), FF2 is better, but we all know how things change with IMC, it’s best to play what you find fun, and since it’s a C2 with basically nothing new, it’s safe to say that Warlock will be buffed considerably with C3.

#17

Guess you haven’t played Linker before. It’s not like you tank or something. But you regulary eat hits when you hang mobs. And given that INT doesn’t matter that much for you surviving should be a priority.

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#18

Actually, lately mobs seem to do absolutely nothing while hangman knot is active, did you notice it too?

#19

Not really. Hmm guess I should try walking into a mob pack next time I rush 290 and see if they attack me. But sounds interesting - thanks for the info.

#20

HM stuns linked mobs for 2s.