Pacifist Moderator


Number of posts: 170 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-06-30
 | Subject: kahuna with a bow? Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:07 pm | |
| Are their any high lvl kahunas that use bows?
I've never heard anyone talk about this concept and since I'm currently lacking a high lvl kahuna to test it on, I was wondering what everyone else has to say.
I personally don't get why a kahuna isn't a normal bow user at all. In my opinion any class in any game should be long range if their attacks are mostly DoT.
I mean if you look at their attacks...They have buffs for their basic attack which still works fine with a bow. They also have quite a few holding /slowing moves. I understand that its good for catching another player on the run, but doesn't it make decreasing movement speed nearly useless if you are going to run up to the mob anyway? Their spells are long range too so its not like you lose half your skills at a distance.
Yes i do understand that if you are dping and the mob isnt attacking you; it doesnt matter if your up close or not. I also get that if you want to use a bow, just use a fighter class.
the only two benifits i can see with using a two handed mace/dagger over a bow/crossbow is the magic attack that comes with the mace and the mastery skills.
can anyone cure my confusion? _________________ _________________ Pacifist - Pantera Pessimist - Everywhere else  |
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Acidic Moderator


Number of posts: 134 Registration date: 2007-07-01
 | Subject: Re: kahuna with a bow? Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:11 pm | |
| Personally, I tried a bow with my Kahuna and it wasn't that great. Chainsickle wind doesnt slow them down enough to stop more than one or two hits, even at lv11. With a +2 or higher Shackle card it might be a feasable strategy. But with water who gives a crap if you're being hit anyway?
Also I don't like using Daggers or 2h Maces with my Kahuna. We just don't use enough M.Atk to make Maces a feasible option. I use spears with mine, even without the mastery skills it still smashes 2h Mace for total damage done.
Only problem with spears is that EWL doesn't work too well with slow attack speeds. But Daggers miss so often that they are hardly any better. And if you even think about getting a crossbow then you shouldn't be playing at all. |
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Pacifist Moderator


Number of posts: 170 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-06-30
 | Subject: Re: kahuna with a bow? Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:18 pm | |
| just out of curiousity, why a spear instead of one of the other two handed weapons?
EWL? lol btw i just checked and its not in your term list. _________________ _________________ Pacifist - Pantera Pessimist - Everywhere else  |
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Acidic Moderator


Number of posts: 134 Registration date: 2007-07-01
 | Subject: Re: kahuna with a bow? Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:44 pm | |
| Yeah like I said... its an incomplete list.
EWL = Enchant Weapon: Lightning
And Kahunas are inaccurate. Axes go very poorly with them. Staff is just a joke for Kahunas, and I can't think of any other 2h weapons except Mace... |
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Mittzir Moderator

Number of posts: 35 Age: 24 Location: Rinkovec, Croatia Registration date: 2007-06-29
 | Subject: Re: kahuna with a bow? Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:51 pm | |
| | Acidic wrote: | | Only problem with spears is that EWL doesn't work too well with slow attack speeds. But Daggers miss so often that they are hardly any better. And if you even think about getting a crossbow then you shouldn't be playing at all. |
And why would you say that? You are only considering the PVE side of game. And for that i'd go 2H mace for most dmg and ACCURACY. You forgot this little thingie. Kahunass miss so much with axe/spear. With 2h mace which gives around 15 more acc you will miss 1 out of 20 hits (with nicely upped gear) And mace dmg isnt that bad at all.
xbow >> dagger. why? range. try this: kill a dark magician! 1st you need to approach to him. -> impossible with melee weapon. BUT with xbow you just stun him with EWL and you cancel most of his spells (lightning, darkness arrow...) Not to mention he cant approach you and spam you with fireslap.
2H mace >> spear. why? in pvp if kahuna isnt hitting, kahuna is dying. not hittng means no chance of stunning and healing in process (you cant heal as fast as being hit). Mission: kill a strider. trying to cast noninstant spell (everything except Schorching flame) is suicide, even RPW. Only idea is to be kiting around and cast RPW, nothing more (dont forget strides have xbow also) the only way to cast spells is stun strider and cast then. To use spear would be suicide because you wont be able to hit him because of his high evasion. Just to mention i can hit strider with my mace (when he has DE on) almost as often as with axe normally. Normally i always prefer to cast atk speed buff over heal cause if i hit more often i have even bigger chance of stunning. And btw DE means nothing vs kahuna since kahuna can outrun strider always. So if strider pops out DE, just run around since it wears off. then finish him off. You can also heal yourself in the process.
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