I have gran faust ( with medium damage to fiend uv ), Divine Avenger ( no uv ) and Cold Iron Vanquisher ( charge time reduction: medium ).

also not sure which shield to use, swiftstrike buckler or 4* wise owlite shield. using vog cub as well if that matters.

now another question, I tend to die a lot in random gates. I do very well in the amber lion gate and can solo up to and including jelly king ( killed him by myself one out of 4 attempts without rezzing..

sometimes it just seems like mobs break my shield in one swing and just wreck me though, even on occasion in t2. any suggestions? I thought it mightve been my shield so I switched to the owlite and run into the same issue.

I was using my mouse to play 100% ( aka no strafing etc ) up until today where I discovered you can strafe.. lol so hopefully that helps. any tips and or suggestions on the gear choice I should make and wep included and tips about survivability is appreciated, thanks in advance guys.

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