Notes from author
Concept was based on Emarrel's dark magician. I decided to take that build but apply it to a SL100 and modify a few things.
The purpose of the build is to be viable against multiple opponents at once.
The selection of spells provide enough firepower to take on opponents from a distance. Pursuers are mainly for 'crowed control', while Dark Bead and Crystal Soul Spear do the significant damage.
When facing individuals that can either dodge magic or have great magic barrier running, this build has another way to deal with that.
For this reason, I've included a hornet ring and power within. Power within also provides a significant boost in damage to spells but also critical attacks; such as back-stabs and parrying. Since rapiers have a hidden critical modifier, combining this with the hornet ring can be a powerful tool in taking out multiple opponents in a fight.
Nalia has 53 poise which is the threshold limit to take one 2h handed swings from great swords, axes etc.
Grass Crest shield - for stamina regeneration.
Estoc - Critical bonus + defensive style play.
Things to note:
- Estoc can be replaced with an enchanted rapier.
- I normally have a Chaos Estoc backup in my inventory, in-case I'm up against GMB.
- 16 Strength is for MLGS. (Need to replace elite knight gauntlets with 'Antiquated Gloves') in order to still fast roll.
- Can also use Moonlight Spear (must take off crown of dusk) in order to still fast roll.
- Can replace hornet ring with, Fog ring, DWGR, Red Tear stone.
Weaknesses:
- Not much defense. (hard to recover off a back stab, especially with power within running)
- Weak pokes against high defense builds.
- Stamina issues, Grass Crest Shield doesn't provide much stability, the shield isn't designed for massive amounts of blocking. 31 end won't let you spam much (hence why I chose the rapier)
- Bleed resist isn't the best.
