pls refer to this:
http://kepner.freeweb7.com/pw%20skills.htmlJhay is quite right on his post about dex vs con for a wuxia. Wuxia's primary purpose is to act as an auxiliary tank as well as a damage dealer. Wuxia's Biggest glaring flaw in pvp is a distinct lack of accuracy, all the more so for axe/hammer builds but they make up for it in terms of damage and the best aoe out of the lot.
i currently play a L83 wuxia and a L85 yaoshou on the Malaysian pw chinese server 1 and in terms of solo aoe lvlling, nothing beats an axe/hammer wuxia build.
Wuxias should and always wear Heavy armor regardless of build, jhay can testify that for me lol. Any wuxia in any armor other than HA will never get into any party for dungeons/instances or aoe parties. Light armors are stricly meant for mage type classes whose main purpose is to deal ranged dmg. Evasion is an overrated Statistic in PVE. No matter how much evasion u have be it 500-4000, u will get hit by mobs whether u like it or not and wuxias which are Melee classes which excel in close ranged combat will suffer and suffer big time if they wear light armors, try a build like that if u dont believe and reroll a new wuxia in a week lol. Evasion on the other hand is extremely useful in pvp, try pvping any fist/claw wuxias or archers with a yaoshou(low dex build) or Axe/hammer wuxia and u will know what i mean.
Accuracy is slightly overrated in pve, in pve, as long as your total accuracy is above 1k, u will more or less get an average of 85-90% hit rate on mobs within 1-3 lvls your wuxia's level. Accuracy is extremely important in pvp against dex based builds especially archers, which all wuxias save except the dex based builds (sword/Fist/claw) will lack. Accuracy can be made up with some investment into dex as well as accessories which adds Dex/Accuracy/%accuracy and weapons with accuracy and socketed with accuracy stones.
Con is necessary for wuxia, its necessary for any class in fact. You can build a class with base con and hope to make it to L80+ and solo or even do dungeons. The debate here is more con or less con. Tanking is and will never be a wuxia's main primary purpose. As i mentioned earlier, Wuxias are at best an auxiliary tank, their main purpose is to deal dmg, aoe stun(extremely important later on), provide solid aoe (for the case of hammer/axe builds) and provide fodder for other mage type classes just in case the tank dies or needs auxiliary tanking. Their main purpose in city wars are to support the yaoshous with their aoe stuns.
Wuxias are excellent solo lvllers with all their misc skills such as Vajra Sutra, Muscle Changing / Magic changing sutras, cloud riding steps / Water walking steps etc etc.
Axe/Hammer wuxias make Excellent solo aoe lvllers and they provide the best DPS in aoe situations with their myriad of aoes as well as high dmg and they are the highest dmg dealing wuxia build there is. Due to the fact that hammers/axes are the most dmg dealing melee weapons in game along with the axe tree of aoes, but suffer greatly in terms of accuracy as compared to the other wuxia builds. That though can be made up for with dex invested as well as accuracy gears. In a long protracted pvp situation, a con based axe/hammer wuxia will ultimately lose out to a dex based axe/hammer wuxia build based on my experience. Whats the point of having more hp when u cant even hit your enemy effectively whereas your oppponent who has less hp is hitting u with regularity and more crits and doing the same amount of dmg?
Axe/Hammer Wuxias Get 3 stun skills, namely Lion's Roar, Wind Overriding and Dragon Thrust(this skill is available only to axe/hammer wuxias).
Axe/hammer wuxias get 5 different aoes, 3 from the axe/hammer tree, and 2 from the universal tree which all wuxia builds can learn. they are Mountain-Breaking Sweep, RockEarth Firequake, Fiery Violent Dragon and the 2 from universal tree is dragon slash and omnisweep.
Polearm wuxias get 5 aoes too, 3 from polearm tree and 2 from the universal tree. They are Wind Speed Thrust, Falling star pursuing moon and Ice Blade REgion, the other 2 as mentioned above same as axe/hammer.
Sword/blade wuxias get 4 aoes, 2 from sword/blade tree and 2 from universal tree. Sword Ray maneuvers and All Swords Charm, the other 2 from uni tree same as axe/hammer.
Fist/claw wuxias get 4 aoes, 2 from fist/claw tree 2 from uni tree. They are Cloud Scattering sweep and dragon in cloud, the other 2 as above.
Axe/Hammer Wuxias get 1 ranged skill, Polearms get 2, i cant remember exactly abt sword/blade or fist/claw since i never trained them but if i dont rememebr wrongly, sword/blade gets 2 ranged too and fist/claw gets 1. Axe/hammer, Fist/claw basically share the same type of ranged attack skill from the universal tree of wuxia skills called Dragon Appearance. Polearms get Dragon appearance and Back Thrust and Sword/fist gets dragon appearance and soul pursuing charm.
For all wuxias, these skills Must be maxed and kept as high a lvl as possible as your character goes up in level and whenever u can get them. Basically prioritize these first whichever build of wuxia u are, of course do not neglect your weapon build's skill tree too:
1.Wind Overriding (Stun Attack)
2.Solid MEtal cover(Pdef Buff)
3.Lion's Roar(Aoe stun, effectiveness goes up in lvl as do the duration of stun up to a max of 6 seconds, Extremely important skill, lifesaver in dungeons and aoe parties and an absolute irritating skill for your opponents in pvp lol)
4.All the Sutras.
5.Cloud Riding Steps, so u can get Water Walking steps which requires lvl 10 cloud riding steps. (Absolute must skill for aoe luring, chasing down your enemy and running away lmfao)
6.Violent Dragon Slash
7.Omnisweep
8. Weapon Expertise but of course.
Dragon prance and tiger jump are useful in some pvp situations and they are only effective when maxed. They are not the most important though.
If u are gonna play a axe/hammer build, just max all the axe/hammer tree of skills when u can lol. At around L85+ or so, u should be able to have maxed all the skills i mentioned above as well as one full weapon tree, thats when u can branch out into a 2nd tree, preferably Spear for axe/hammer builds.
too many things to talk about wuxias, pls correct me if i m wrong anywhere for those who know wat they are talking about, Jhay anything to add?
pls let me know if there is any more queries because i cant think of anything else to add as it is of now. i will make amendments once i get back into the game to double confirm some of the skills from the other weapon skill trees.
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