new build-awesome melee killer

[munchkins]

new build-awesome melee killer

how about this

20 poison dagger
20 posin explosion
20 poison nova
1 lower res
20 mages
10+ SM (all extra here)

armor: bramble
helm: shako
wep: hoto?
shield: spirit?
gloves: trangs
belt: arach
boots: marrows
rings:soj/bk/rfrost (possibly cham the shako so rfrost is not needed)
ammy: maras or crafted

questions:
1) does thorns from bramble work well in pvp? if so then you would WRECK melee characters
2) how much poison nova damage can i expect from this gear/skill setup?
3)has something like this been done before?
4)would the mages do enough damage to be useful?
5)should i go pure pnjb gcs or a mix of pnb and summon?
6)if you have bone armor on, will thorns still damage an attacker even if you do not take damage?

 

[garion]

thorns is horrible in PvP 1/10 dmg i believe....you're better off with enigma...(unless you're using that brambvle with 200% psn dmg...eh even then it won't help enough =)....)

this is basically a psnnancer....its more important that you can finish off your opponent..and deal with his psn res....also you're better off investing just 1 pt into revives to get 10-15 revives...then investing another 30+ into mages + mastery.....sadly i think a BvC will almost be able to kill you in one hit...so main thing is survival..and the ability to dish out some dmg....

im thinki maybe getting a CTA to boost your HP to +2300 so you can tank 1 hit...and then having teleport and some decent FCR perhaps...

 

[garion]

try this link

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=391526

 

[garion]

or theses hybrids...which i use for mfing

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=235354
http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=174288&page=1

 

[munchkins]

yes the plan is to use cta switch

seems to both have been done before and not very successfully, but i may try it anyways just for something new... i have about 50 hrs kicking around waiting to be used

i got this idea watching a bm druid sit in town with bramble and have a lvl 50 bear with thorns go out and mess up meleers... the thorns seemed to be quite effective, but maybe he was hacking something

 

[garion]

hmm..well you could stack a merc using an edge bow for more thorns....

 

[munchkins]

never mind... hacked, everything gone, cant affor this character anymore, someone else try it and tell me how it is

 

[Mad Mantis]

3)has something like this been done before?

Basic Poison hybrid with Mages instead of Skellies. Has been done before and I believe even a concept guide written about it.

6)if you have bone armor on, will thorns still damage an attacker even if you do not take damage?

Yes.

 

[garion]

never mind... hacked, everything gone, cant affor this character anymore, someone else try it and tell me how it is

sorry to hear...but i think if you do a search someone has mentioned this before...and some of the more experienced PvPers...mentioned that then thorns based route wasn't that effective....