So, I'm a blademaster, which, as far as I can tell has zero LoS or area attacks. I've recently been trying to put effort in to city defense(not raids yet) and have realized how much of a problem this is, because at this time, the only contribution I can put in is face-to-face with the enemies.
I know other classes, like .. Bard for instance, also doesn't have LoS or area attacks. I was wondering what most people do in the situation where the class doesn't have these types of attacks. Suggestions for such things. I know there's meteor arrows, which everyone(I believe) can access and use. Other than that single area attack, my only option would be buying an artifact bow.
Again, I'm not fully sure on all this, so I'm really just looking for suggestions, ideas and such. Would people suggest buying an artifact bow strictly for one LoS attack? Other area wide attacks available to everyone?
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Also, yes, bow allows you to use meteors, so you get LoS and area.
Blademaster is in a pretty unique position. It lacks a line of sight ability but also has no other ways to help out either. Bard has harmonics, Priest lacks a meaningful ranged attack but has rited, hands, healing and ally shield.
So what can you do? Get a set of firelash, firewall, and icewall rings. Icewall will reduce the accuracy of bows in addition to outright stopping some line of sight attacks. If your group is losing the line of sight fight, putting up an icewall can help.
If your group is winning, an icewall may be put up by the other side. Firelash will remove it and firewall will prevent another one being put up. If there are multiple rooms between the groups, and no guards hostile to you, you can possibly evade in to drop icewall and raise a firewall.
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Blademaster is the worst LoS class in the game. Just how the class is.
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BM best option are meleeing an attack or two and leave before getting targeted. Be more like a ninja.
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Edit: weaponry, buying the handaxes, venoms, AND preferably proficiency with handaxes. I believe proficiency should help with throws? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Which is another 100 lessons if so.
Where snipe did around 21% in around 2.4s, an L3 javelin did 9% in around 4.8s. In comparison, an L3 handaxe does around 4.5% in 2s. Yeah, a javelin is lower DPS and lower afflictions/sec a handaxe.
I feel like maybe something was overlooked in the weaponry change so long ago. I'm not sure why you would ever buy an L3 javelin at this point. It's objectively worse in every way to a handaxe, and you would never pick a handaxe as a ranged attack to begin with. Yes, L3 javelin has returning so it works at range, but I'm pretty sure firelash has higher DPS than an L3 javelin does.
Sort of surprised by that, not sure if it's intentional.
But did you have a javelin proficiency?