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[lead341]

Hello everyone,

 

I just crafted for my warrior a shield with a masterwork item that gives the special ability "2 % chance to use Unbowed on a Hit". However, my character doesn´t have the Unbowed ability (yet). Will it nevertheless trigger at the 2 % rate?

 

Thanks

[Arvaarad]

Yep. You definitely don't need to have the ability. You don't even need to be able to have the ability (a mage could also proc Unbowed).

[theskymoves]

Oh gosh yes! It will even work cross-class. (Point ninja'd and thus... pointless.)

 

An example of how useful that can be is my Knight-Enchanter with gear crafted with a chance to proc Walking Fortress on hit:

 

[lead341]

Many thanks for the quick replies - good that this is settled ;-) Very nice screenshot theskymoves, but I guess I am not there yet. I would like to ask to other (small) things and I am not sure if it was appropriate to open a new thread for each of them - so better I just ask right here if that´s ok. Both questions are in a certain way focussed on Cole - I like to play with him but it is not always easy:

 

1) By holding the left mouse button pressed (or the R key) you kinda can auto-attack. However, this only works when the enemy is stationary. The strange thing is that when the enemy moves away (and lots of them move quite around), Cole doesn´t quite follow him with the auto-attack. He just stays where he is and attacks "into the free air" - is it supposed to be that way? (btw, the same with my other melee characters)

 

2) While Cole dishes out good damage, I always have trouble to keep him alive. I use abundant taunt abilities with my warriors, but still Cole always gets beaten and is the first one to die. Which strategies would you recommend for Cole, since he can´t build up guard?

[Arvaarad]

Many thanks for the quick replies - good that this is settled ;-) Very nice screenshot theskymoves, but I guess I am not there yet. I would like to ask to other (small) things and I am not sure if it was appropriate to open a new thread for each of them - so better I just ask right here if that´s ok. Both questions are in a certain way focussed on Cole - I like to play with him but it is not always easy:

1) By holding the left mouse button pressed (or the R key) you kinda can auto-attack. However, this only works when the enemy is stationary. The strange thing is that when the enemy moves away (and lots of them move quite around), Cole doesn´t quite follow him with the auto-attack. He just stays where he is and attacks "into the free air" - is it supposed to be that way? (btw, the same with my other melee characters)

2) While Cole dishes out good damage, I always have trouble to keep him alive. I use abundant taunt abilities with my warriors, but still Cole always gets beaten and is the first one to die. Which strategies would you recommend for Cole, since he can´t build up guard?

Technically he can, with Fade-touched Obsidian or Fade-touched Silverite. Daggers have a fast attack speed, so he builds it up pretty quickly too.

With DW rogues, especially assassins, you have to be dropping into stealth (using Stealth or upgraded Flank Attack) a lot. Their job is to stealth to a squishy target and eliminate them quickly. Try not to face Cole off against enemies that will stay alive for a long time. Archers, wraiths, even (surprisingly) behemoths are good targets for a DW rogue, because they all go down quickly.

For things like giants and dragons, Evade and Hook & Tackle are your friends. These enemies have big telegraphs - evade out of melee attacks, and use the hook & tackle to avoid big ranged attacks, like when a dragon hops backward to blast you with a breath attack.

[Forsythia77]

Just to add on re: guard for Cole - early in the game I always find a fade touched Onyx that generates 2 guard on hit, so you can save the Obsidian and Silverite for better equipment for him if you find that one early on.

[lead341]

ok, thank you again for your reply. That might indeed be it - focus with the rogue on the lesser armored foes - good advice! I see that Evade and Hook & Tackle are distinct abilities - well, going to try to go for them.

[Arvaarad]

ok, thank you again for your reply. That might indeed be it - focus with the rogue on the lesser armored foes - good advice! I see that Evade and Hook & Tackle are distinct abilities - well, going to try to go for them.

In general, a good rule of thumb is to look at enemy dagger rogues. When you fight shadows or smugglers, what's their most annoying behavior?

For example, it might be "vanishing when I start attacking them", "stealthing to my mage and knocking off half their health", or "evading out of the way when I swing at them".

Then copy whatever they were doing that made them difficult to fight.