Howdy,

I was curious to know if The skill Parry was important for PvM, i know with high parry it is for PvP but if you didn't have bushido and you had over 80 dex and a shield would you see a great difference between if you had Gm Parry with shield and 80+dex and if you had no parry a shield (for no other purpose than its a nice colour) and 80+dex?

the only reason i ask is i have a necro/pally/warrior and wanted my 100 spirit speak but can only do this if i drop a skill and as i have swords,tac,anat,heal,necro,chiv & parry i was thinking maybe parry as this character was my pvm...

any info on this, I would be very thankful :grin:

In my opinion, you won't see that much of a difference without parry as long as you use your sword.

Almost all my warriors have 110 Parry and I love it! I block so many hits I barely get hit on most critters I fight.

it probably depends what you're fighting.

My good parry warriors can solo Miasmas (which do mortal strike and level five poison) because their parry helps them block the special moves.

Non-parry warriors can still solo them, but it's much harder for them because they always get hit by the specials.

ah i see thanks for the info, I solo'd that black scorpion the other day, at the moment i think my parry is 90 odd so i think i will train it to 110, i have 110 cap already, i don't remember buying it, but then i have a habbit of just buying things and forgetting what I have done or bought....

thanks

for a pvm setup, 110 parry will work just fine. Also you could essentially drop your heal/anat, and rely on your SS & chiv heals, and aim for some life leech weapons, this way you could boost your existing skills up a bit to get more effectiveness out of them. Just a suggestion..