The below was from Culture on a thread of mine about gear choices.

"The shield's resistances do not stack with the armor. The shield only works when it is up. Grey Owlite is a strong choice."

~VERIFICATION 1.

Current gear
Ash Tail Cap
-shadow low

Ash Tail Coat
-shadow low

Dark thorn shield

Silent nightblade
-Dmg bonus vs construct high

Super blaster
-Dmg bonus vs fiend low

Planning to get either Divine Avenger or Barbarous Thorn Blade as 2nd sword and Argent Peacemaker to replace blaster
for amour Skolver cap and Vog Cub Coat

Is these gear enough for tier 3 or is there better mix of gear to recommend?

I had been planning to make a completely sword-oriented character, but after reading a few threads (particularly http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/13132 and http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12793 ) I have reconsidered, and plan to go for a slightly more balanced (though still melee-oriented) build.

To that end, I would like opinions on this potential final setup:

Primary Weapon: Divine Avenger (high melee damage in two types)

I have wondered and thinken about a lot of diffrent items that maybe would be possible to add to the game...
i have a few suggestions below here:

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SHIELDS
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The Cidadel (shield)

Normal: 3.6/10 (level 5: 3.8, level 10: 4.0)

Piercing: 2.5/10 (level 5: 2.6, level 10: 2.7)

Elemental: 2.1/10 (level 5: 2.15, level 10: 2.2)

Elemental ressistances:

Stun: 1.5 (positive)
Freeze: 1.2 (negative)

★★★☆☆

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ARMORS + HELMETS

Is it better to buy a UV weapon, which could be easier to find a specific UV, or should I mass produce for a possible and random UV? And are low boosts from UVs still useful? Is is still possible to get around well without UVs?

Hey,

So whenever I read anything anyone says about the Graviton I mainly hear about how it flings enemies or how it's low damage. I think that this bomb is severely underrated. I invite anyone to run FSC with me once for me Grav Bombing and see how easy it makes things.

For now, I present a few things that players may not know about the Graviton Vortex:

- If the enemies become frozen while in the Vortex then the 'pop' which flings them will only break the ice and not fling them. (Great with Glacius)

Welcome one and all to Rageleader's very own sword discussion thread.

I have a few questions and also wanna know some personal opinions and perhaps some stories if you got any.

Starting out I would like to say, I did review older post but they don't seem to answer my dilemma.

Cerrently I am using:
Ash Tail Cap and Coat, Mighty Defender, and Ascended Calibur.

that's it the chaos set need some serious improvement,it's drasically inferior the the grey feather set and divine set,i mean it reduces your resistances wich basically force you to get a lot of remedy items to not whipe after getting hit by a single status just to gain 13% more damage?

i think that the weakness should be removed and the bonus damage should be slighty increased to turn it into a good set

i said this just because i love the skin of the chaos set and i would love to use it as my main set

Anyone have any thoughts on what the couple most popular of each category are? I am thinking about starting to craft stuff but I want to make sure there will be a demand for what I am making. I don't want to make something that no one will use.

If I had to guess:

Armor:
Vog Cub
Skelly Suit? (not really sure, I am just guessing)

Shield:
Owlite

Helmet:
Divine Veil/Grey Feather Cowl
Vog Cub

Sword:
Levi
DA/Faust
Vile Striker

Bomb:
Ash of Agni
Shivermist
Nitrome

Gun:
no idea

Let me know if I am way off or if there are some that I am forgetting. Thanks!