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Species : Krawk
Colour : Darigan
Gender : Male
Age : 339 days
Level : 40

Health : 80 / 80
Mood : joyful
Hunger : very full
Strength : AMAZING (80)
Defence : AWESOME (79)
Move : AWESOME (61)
Intelligence : ULTIMATE GENIUS (227)

Set:
Downsize!
Leaf Shield
Scarabe Ring
Greater Healing Scroll
Tyrannian Lupe Tooth
Golden Compass
Sword of Apocalypse
Honey Potion

I have a budget of 500k for weapons, my budget for training is seperate

Additional Notes:
Right now I am training his movement up to 80 cause I think someday it might come in handy. After than Im going to train hp up to 120 at the MI training school, then I'll train level up to 60 and balance out my stats, this is my training plan unless someone has a better idea for me

I have access to the lab ray but I will never use it on him as I am not rich enough to shell out another 3mil to get him to look like this again.

I know I really need a freezer, working on it

I fight mostly 1-P and some 2-P

I would like someone to suggest a good dual-duty for defending light since I see a lot of it from RSB and SC

Thank you all so very much!

Downsize!-Keep. Best in the business till you can afford Thyoras Tear, and that looks to be a long way off.
Leaf Shield-Keep. Your stats can support it, and it defends against common icons, so why not?
Scarab Ring-I'm not going to say you should trash this, as it's a valuable item till the point you get up to Sword of Skardsen & Pirate Captains Cutlass range. However, when you have to replace with your freezer, it would be this. Keep it in your Safety Deposit Box though, as it's a situational item. It just shouldn't be in your main set.
Greater Healing Scroll-Anybody who I have to go over with why to keep this is an idjit. But since I'm feeling generous today, I will. It's the only healer till you reach Bag of Healing Dust range, and like the T-Tear, that looks to be a while off.
Tyrannian Lupe Tooth-Keep. While most people would suggest Stone Club or Ice Club at this point, I'd say to keep this, purely because it's much cheaper.
Golden Compass-This is what I don't like. Sure, 2.6 dark defense might look good, but for a tenth of the price, Tooth of Terask is better by giving .4 more of it. Of course, the only place dark comes from at your level is Ramtors Spellbook, and even then it's only 5 icons. Nice try, but I think it's a bad choice.
Replace with an Ethereal Sword for that light blocking that you said you needed so bad.
Sword of Apocalypse- Keep. It's the most powerful weapon in your set and it has wonderful icon types.
Honey Potion-Anybody who I have to go over with why to keep this is an idjit. But since I'm feeling generous today, for the third time, I will. It's the only bomb till you reach Ghostkerbomb range, and like the T-Tear and the BoHD, that looks to be a while off.
That's all for now. Tell me what you think!
Oh, and your training plan is excellent. Its fine for right now. Come back when you hit the 200 boost; we'll give you an update then.
Sincerely,
Tomato

Just to tell you, movement does not help in anyway unless you plan to use Heavy Robe of Thievery which means you will need 200 movement.

Something that is cheap and strong is of good value, no doubt. But when you can afford something even stronger, go for it.

Therefore replacing the Golden Compass with a Tooth of Terask is a bad idea. I would rather go for something MUCH cheaper, like Jade Staff which has the SAME defence, with the SAME amount of icons in attack for less than 10k. But I personally won't trade off a good 3 whole icons in attack for a measly 0.4 extra defence. That is suicide. So keep the Golden Compass.

I'm also gonna suggest that you trade that Tyrannian Lupe Tooth for a Stone Club. Since you say you battle 2-player as well, it will serve it's purpose as an anti sink weapon.

Sword of Apocalypse is nice. But it is easy to block it with common weapons like a Scarab Ring and Golden Compass. So I'm gonna suggest a slight 'downgrade'. Get a Ramtors Spellbook as an anti-burrow weapon.

Now that you have your two main weapon, let's look for your light blocker.

I would suggest either one of these: Ethereal Sword or Amulet of Inevitable Betrayal. The former would ensure that you have extra air attack in your set that you could use to overcome most low level shields. Also, it blocks a good amount of light icons as well. The latter has a lesser defence but has a stronger attack and covers several icons as well. So this is pretty much your choice. But adding either weapons in would mean that you are going to have to sacrifice a slot.

I would also add Purple Sticky Hand to your weapon's inventory, while you train your agility to 200 and get Heavy Robe of Thievery as Wilt suggested.

Thanks for all the advice! However, if I fight mostly 1P with only a few 2P for fun (like maybe 2 or 3 2P fights a week), is SoA better or is RSB better?

I can tell you from personal experience that SoA is a nice weapon to have for 1-player battles. In fact tests have implied that,  the SoA averages about 11 icons while the RSB is a constant 10. So in that sense SoA is better.

Just be aware that it can hit as much as 13 icons or as little as 8.47 icons. And it really suffers in 2 player.

It's all a matter of preference in the end.

Good luck!

we have very similar stats(including movement-i train it too )

your set though could use some tweaks:

Downsize!- KEEP
Definitely keep this, is fantastic when you are stuck between a win and a draw, this is the difference.

Leaf Shield - DROP
I have to say though, im not a big fan of weapons that dont attack(exc. downsize) but it does come in handy on occasions. Its your choice really, I have though been fighting 2P quite a lot recently and you would be among the 5% of battlers at this level still using shields... you work for u or against...

Scarabe Ring - KEEP
Great back-up weapons when your opponents can block your main attackers icons but this really shouldnt be among your top 3 attackers simply because it only does 6 icons in attack.. do reseach though, if your opponents weapons can be significantly blocked by this use it..

Greater Healing Scroll - KEEP
Agree about the Blue SS idea and overhealing is always fun, but it isnt a huge difference and it really is up to you...

Tyrannian Lupe Tooth - DROP
Nice but I just cant stand the ramdomness..I would trade this for a Stone Club, if you want an attacker but the more sensible choice would be a Sword of the dead or ethereal sword...SoTD does 1 more icon but ES is harder to block....i chose SoTD!

Golden Compass - KEEP
The best thing about this weapon is that the 9 icons makes this a possible main attacker, the added dark defence is more of a bonus! I recently bought this and it already won me so many battles....trading this for a ToT is crazy...

Sword of Apocalypse- KEEP/DROP
Despite the randomness, still a great attacking weapon...the price tag is great cuz despite the small advantage this has over an SC or RSB, the price difference is something like 800k...can someone say Black Frost Cannon...

Honey Potion- KEEP
The only bomb till you reach HT item level...

i hope i helped, keep training though, 85 boost makes a huge difference in the BD...

sandheep Wrote:Tyrannian Lupe Tooth - DROP
Nice but I just cant stand the ramdomness..I

It's not exactly random. More fractional but it is still a constant. Sword of Apocalypse, on the otherhand, would be considered a random weapon.

opps... thanks, meant to say fractional