wizard slayer ?

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:32 am

Has anybody ever played a wizard slayer?
If yes, how? Single or dual?
And what about tactics. I mean what are the good points of playing a wizard slayer? Any ideas?

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:35 am

Do you have ToB? IIRC wiz slayers were toned down alot when ToB came out.

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:37 am

Originally posted by kopywrite
Do you have ToB? IIRC wiz slayers were toned down alot when ToB came out.

Yeah, i've got ToB. But because i've never played a wiz slayer, i had no idea. Anyway i just wanna know if people have played i wiz slayer, and if it's any good.

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:43 am

Yeah, I played one the first time I finished ToB, a pure class one. I think quite a few people dual them to thieves to get UAI but I've never tried that. The biggest hassle was, of course, the item restriction -- especially not being able to wear boots of speed.

Pre ToB wizard slayers couldn't even use potions of healing, which was a bit of a nightmare.

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:45 am

What about a wiz slayer dual classed to wizard.

Can it be done. Fancy that.

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:47 am

LOL, never thought about that, interesting idea though. What would you be called? A 'me slayer'?

Rattman · Post by **Rattman** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:49 am

i played a wizard slayer before and i would suggest useing him at a warrior but send him after the mages

also if you download freedome's rain mod you get a sword called mageslain bastard sword which is (a little overpowerd) great against mages

i don't really like wizard slayers but if you do god luck to ya

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 7:16 am

Originally posted by kopywrite
LOL, never thought about that, interesting idea though. What would you be called? A 'me slayer'?

I'll call him, "Buffa" - the wizard slayer. LOL

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 7:26 am

Most people seem to think that an Inquisitor makes a much better wizardslayer than a Wizardslayer, thanks to the Dispel Magic at double level and the Magic Resistance of Carsomyr. On the paper, I have to agree.

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 8:20 am

Wizard Slayers are not easy to play, and IMO, they're not really much fun. All they do is hit things. If I want to kill a Mage, I prefer to use my own Mage. It's a lot more fun that way.

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 8:31 am

We, a few things are been said about playing a wiz slayer, but nobody so far has said, if they have played as a wiz slayer and how.
So, let's change the question.

If you had to play a wiz slayer, how would you play him/her?

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:31 am

Why was Wizardslayers toned down for ToB? I mean it is not like they were overpowered eh?
Anyway, just play them like a fighter and use ranged weapons alot. Tugian bow is nice for a WS.

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:59 am

Toned down as in made easier to play, ie in SoA they couldn't drink potions of healing (how hard can that be? Open bottle, drink contents).

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 2:11 pm

Yeah but in SoA they got 2% MR/level... in ToB they get 1%/level.

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 2:58 pm

Never knew that...did ToB change the mr increase to 1% for wizard slayers in SoA? Or does it decrease when ToB starts or a certain level is reached?

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 3:32 pm

It changes it for SoA aswell.
I don't know why it was 2% in SoA before cause the kit description always said 1%.

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:08 pm

at a certain lvl there mr works something like this...

1% per lvl, 5% every five lvls... or something, it only starts at a certain lvl... the end result is they end up with some 90% mr

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:45 pm

Man you are correct. I never saw that... never bothered to play one since the change from 2 per level to 1 per level. But now I see that they end up with 84% MR without any bonuses. Cool!

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Fri Jun 14, 2002 7:08 am

Check this out...

I played a Wizard Slayer in the very beginning, where I couldn't even fill up all the equipment slots, couldn't drink potions, but I managed to complete the game without any problems and had a really good time doing it. I'd recommend playing a pure WS, as the MR and miscast magic is really good, but also if you want to dual to Thief, once you couple your WS with UAI and a good number of spike traps, you could easily drop all your companions and solo the game probably without dying...

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Fri Jun 14, 2002 9:28 am

I think I read somewhere that Monks get higher MR than Wizard Slayers, at least eventually. Is this right?