I am in act 2 and just finished the 5th bf dungeon. I am level 20. Sometime during act 2 I switched my skills to these:
Shield 8
Evade 8
Sharpen 7
One-Hand w/Shield 1 in Accuracy
The skills prior to this were:
Sharpen 2
One-Hand w/Shield 8 in Accuracy, 8 in Damage, 6 in Critical Hits
I have to say this difference is amazing. First off I hit way more with my new configuration (probably all those points I need in agility for my Sharpened sword). Most important though is nothing is really hitting me. I get tons of shield block messages, and miss messages. Basically only the magic users, or non-targeters hit me.
A little more background:
My hero is the melee warrior (I strongly disagree with choosing the DK for this role if you want only one melee warrior). Here is why: Hero armor 54, DK armor 34. Seems like a huge difference to me anyway.
Equipment choices:
One-hand slashing weapon (I always play sword/shield)
Shield (highest block rate, then highest armor rate, anything else is gravy)
All other armor (highest armor rate, anything else is gravy)
Jewelery (highest armor rate, anything else is gravy)
Stat points:
Speed 7
Survival 7
Intelligence 1
Constitution 4 (I think its 185HP base, but 60HP came from the book in act 1)
Strength 40ish (47 base I think its 54 with equipment)
Agility 53 with equipment (close to that withought)
Saved 10
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