Best Kicker lvl 50 Setup

Senshiki

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Best Kicker lvl 50 Setup

Hello everyone, Senshiki here. As some of you may know I am working on my star character, my Warrior monk assassin, of whom we share the name, Senshiki. But making a character isn't all in game, some of it is research too. In doing so, I also wanted to know the best gear setup to make her stronger mid game. When do you ever see guides that help you before end-game godliness? Right here.

So after some sniffing around and testing out, here is a useful list of the best possible setup for any kicker/warrior monk you may be making, all ready for use by level 47 :

Helm: Guillaume's Face (Orphan's Call) w/ Shael
Armor: Duress (Mage plate)
Amulet: Saracen's Chance (Stats, resist and Iron Maiden)
Weapon: Fleshrender w/ Shael (Great weapon mods)
Shield: Whitstan's Guard (Orphan's Call shield) w// P Diamond
Belt: Wilhelm's Pride (Orphan's Belt)
Ring 1: Ravenfrost (Cannot be Frozen, dex, mana)
Ring 2: Mandal Heal (Mana leech, life and mana)
Boots: Gore Riders (Highest kick damage for it's level)
Gloves: Magnus' Skin (Orphan's Call)

I like the Orphan's set a lot. Most melee characters would have already been using the helm for the CB, and the gloves are one of the few that give IAS. The shield has the most blocking abilities, and the belt offers dual-leech and some cold resist. The whole set together is, in my opinion, one of the most useful sets and best to use between levels 40 and 60, or possibly a bit further.

With this setup, you get the following stats:

85% Crushing Blow
50% Deadly Strike
68% Open Wounds (On top of poison for most assassins.)
40% IAS
+104-114 Cold Resist
+79-89 Fire Resist
+63-73 Lightning Resist
+63-73 Poison Resist
Dual Leech (5% Life, 9-12% Mana)
45% Hit Recovery
Fastest Blocking Shield (Whistan's)

And a handful of other useful mods, including strength, dexterity, attack rating, cannot be frozen, a good amount of defense and a chance to cast Iron Maiden on your enemies (Saracen's). To max resists would take the work of only a charm or two in normal, and possibly switching out the Mandal heal for a resist ring, if you can spare the loss of mana leech. Despite that, I find this to be hands down the best setup.

And to top it all off, it is affordable. The only thing here that would be costly is the Duress (or the Um rune to make it) and the Gore Riders. Other than that, the rest is either cheap or free.

Thoughts, comments, or what you think is better, post em here.
 
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