ok so i have i question i play on atl and havea template of 110 mage med eval resist with 92.7 poison what other skills should i pick up and maybe armor i need? to be affective?
and 100 alchemy

i recomend swordsmanship so u can get the full benifit of poisoning skill use butcherknife for disarm

With 80 poisoning you will need 120 fighting skill to use the infectious strike special. Without Tactics you wont be able to use the other specials (no big deal really). If you decide to go Tactics I would get a kryss:

Mage - 120
Eval - 120
Resists - 110+
Fencing - 120
Poisoning - 80
Tactics - 90+
=640 skills Depending how old you are you have 80 more you can put into med...or more tactics based on if you are going to use AI. If you are only going to be poisoning drop tactics completely for med or chiv (good against necros)

Poisoning really isnt as effective on a mage as it is a warrior. Mage specials are a bit harder to get off now and instead of casting on someone you will be trying to run and hit them. I would be interested in seeing a tactics/archer/mage. I think this would be more viable now. With maybe running shot or a good xbow for concussion and mortal? Let me know if anyone has tried this. It would be nice for field fights for dismounts as well In fact I might try this on my next character.

Might want to edit your post Phix. Poisoning can only be trained to 100

Vepl

Thanks I am used to 120 everything, poison threw me off.

gift of life should be removed from siege...

my 1st character that I ever made for pvp still works and is a hard hitting chiv/bush axer.
110 anat
90 bush
80 chiv
90 heal
120 swds
115 parry(will add 5 more now that my char is 48mos)
110 tactics

i use a quick and hard hitting ornate axe/hatchet/cleaver combo. this character is great for spawning and can stay alive in most situations. the axe i have has all 3 leeches over 40% ssi 25, di 48, and 1 hit spell(been a while since i looked at it) hatchet has 2 leeches, ssi, di, fc1, hit spell. no resist, but heals pretty quick and usually fights through the damage. use petals and pots when needed.

i have used this character through every patch in the last 3 years and it still survived all the gimp templates through the ages, minus the AI/WOD BS. Nobody survived that crap.

What shard is this great brother dex char hehe I will fight him little I eat dex dpers for lunch heh