I mentioned this in another post, but figured I'd ask it as a standalone question to see the responses. Since the Ninjitsu/Bush nerf with the latest publish, what are going to be viable templates. I'm redoing my dexxer, that was going to be a ninja/bush dude, and wondering what kind of pvp formula folks were going to use. I figured for sure I would have:

Swords 120
Tactics 90-100
Anatomy 100
Heal 90
Resist 100

That's 510 right there. What would you do with the other 210? I have 110 Bush, 115 Parry, and 120 Ninja on stones. I also am working up Poison to 80, and will have that on a stone today as well. Additionally, this char ate a 120 mace scroll, but I haven't worked it yet...and I don't have any good macing weps yet lol. Any input from pvp'ers on what to do here?

You need poison. Get rid of swords and put either fencing or macing. If you're gonna be a dexxer, you probably want parry too.

Being just a straight healing dexxer with poison is solid. Hard to kill people in the field sometimes, especially with all the speeding going on, but it can work.

You could always try the macer necro which is going to be really popular soon. Necro is the way to go after this patch.

Merc,

How much necro are folks putting on these characters, and are they doing it via items or straight skill. I'd really hate to have to redo the suit to get bracers and such, as gold isn't exactly flowing lol, but if I could fit enough necro on the template straight, without items, I might be willing to do it. The only bummer on the macing is a dearth of good macing weapons, and the inability to poison. I think it needs to be a nox fencer (or swords, but I understand why not) or a macer/necro.

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