Weapons for Minsc?

roguekiller · Post by **roguekiller** » Mon Sep 24, 2001 9:46 pm

What weapons should he use?

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Mon Sep 24, 2001 9:57 pm

pick a good long bow for projectile, mana bow is good, and lilacor for much of chapter 1-4, then he gets the silver sword after the underdark. Tob installed? no or yes?

Give him some profs in crossbow for the really cool firetooth.

he should alays have azureedge, without kevin patch use on golems, with patch use on undead.

he can eventually specialize in most of the weps classes, this gives him a great deal of flexability but not the killer grand mastery specialization that confirs the speed bonus and makes korgy and saverok pure killers.

Id have to say, minsc is just not as good as korgy or keldy. keldy has the same limitations in weps skills, but he has killer perks...

holy avenger and good special abilities. korgy is just a pure killer! with soul reaver he rocks! Saverok is not too shabby, and deathbringer assault is nasty.

your tank choices will determine your weps availability....

evil chars=soul reaver

keldy= holy avenger+ azuredge

minsc silver sword...which any fighter can use. sigh, you do not get a weapon perk with minsc, and its really the weps that turn a fighter into a pure killer.

oggeboy · Post by **oggeboy** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 6:06 am

the lilacor sword suits him great so why change because another sword is better? lilacor is +3 wich is really good and it has some bonuses as well wich makes it even greater, go with that for the whole game... i did

King Leoric · Post by **King Leoric** » Tue Sep 25, 2001 8:18 am

I think that, as a ranger, minsk should dual-wield.

I, for instance, like to give the guy a nice belm in the off-hand and Crom in the main hand. This way, you never should pick Greater WW, but always critical strike (and use some impr haste for 9 critical attacks/round)

Of course, there are MANY other dual-wielding combos, you can choose

Meerlight · Post by **Meerlight** » Wed Sep 26, 2001 2:49 pm

I took advantage of his dual wield skills and gave him a Katana and Mace. I used Celestial Fury and the best mace on hand at the time. You could also have him use the Flail of Ages or a bastard sword.

Nirvana010 · Post by **Nirvana010** » Fri Oct 26, 2001 9:07 pm

I would specialize him in war hammers and axes... becuz by the end of TOB, he will be a killing machine... Crom Faeyr, Axe of the Unyeilding, and Montolio's Cloak... he gets +14 dmg, +7 Thac0, 10% chance of instakill, and with Greater WW, he gets 10 attacks (w/ each wep) per turn.. and is unstopable...

I am pissed though, i went though, and beat SoA this last time, and unfortunatly left teh faeyr scroll to rot on ground... 8(, so i started over... thats about 30 hours wasted, but axes, and war hammers for minsc

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 3:10 am

Originally posted by Gonaldor:
<STRONG>with Greater WW, he gets 10 attacks (w/ each wep) per turn.</STRONG>

You sure that dual-wielding gets you 20(!) attacks with Greater Whirlwind?

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 2:03 pm

When dual-weilding in GW, IIRC 9 attacks are with the main hand and 1 with the offhand.

Arm minsc with Flail of Ages and Crom Faeyr.

concluder1 · Post by **concluder1** » Tue Oct 30, 2001 6:51 am

Early in the game I used Lilacor, and a long bow, and he did great damage.

Deano99 · Post by **Deano99** » Tue Oct 30, 2001 8:14 am

well i had Minsc doing all sorts of things, from using Lilarcor and Bows, to duel-wielding maces.

I used the Maces nearer the end of the game where i had to fight lots of blasted Golems, like suldanesselar.

Minsc is actually an excellent all rounder with the weapon profiencies he has, i don't know why so many people complain about the profs he has.