What's the most meta build atm?

[fkr]

^title.
Id be grateful also to know where to allocate precisely the points. Thanks

[laveley]

Dont know exactly what one would consider meta in a single player game. But the most powerful one from the get go is probably joona with staves and electromancy/seal of power wombo combo for insane +weapon% damage and daze/stunlock enemies all day long.

[fkr]

You said it yourself.
Meta = most effective tactic avaible, dosen't matter if single or multi player.

Thanks for the reply, hopefully more people will weight in

[iLLuzions]

im not a person to check on guides and stuff because i like to think for myself but since i like playing mage in every game im running some kind of joona electric build too but with daggers and crit.. messed up 2 or 3 points to be honest but still very playable so far

found a vampire staff though and might change to staves because of survivability
sad we cannot reset points

[Sir Gura]

The most powerful build right now is Dual Wielding with a dip into Magic Mastery for Seal of Power + Electromancy for Residual Charge, given that it's currently bugged and gives more than double the damage that's supposed to give when Dual Wielding

[laveley]

Originally posted by Sir Gura:

The most powerful build right now is Dual Wielding with a dip into Magic Mastery for Seal of Power + Electromancy for Residual Charge, given that it's currently bugged and gives more than double the damage that's supposed to give when Dual Wielding

Late game may show you higher damage numbers on screen, but early game is a real struggle because DW is too much AP hungry.

Staves is strong since early levels.

Also, from a power gaming perspective, seal of reflection is also a must to dispatch most threatening targets late game with ease, so it's more 2 AP points at magic mastery. Body and spirit is also a very strong skill by itself.

[Sir Gura]

If we're talking about safety in the early game an 1h weapon + shield is probably the safest start one can have, you can even not put any points into shields and transition to a RoT + Magic Mastery hybrid later on.

Seal of Reflection is good, but I've played a lot without it, so it's hardly mandatory.

[laveley]

Originally posted by Sir Gura:

If we're talking about safety in the early game an 1h weapon + shield is probably the safest start one can have, you can even not put any points into shields and transition to a RoT + Magic Mastery hybrid later on.

Seal of Reflection is good, but I've played a lot without it, so it's hardly mandatory.

Seal of reflection is mandatory for me, specially if one doesn't have a gap close to rapidly dispatch casters. Even non-caster higher tier enemies have dangerous spells that are nullified by it. Such a good a skill.

As for early game. Yes there's a lot of early game decent builds. DW isn't one of them. Electro + staves is.

[koolhand]

fire with staff

[Sir Gura]

Originally posted by laveley:

Seal of reflection is mandatory for me, specially if one doesn't have a gap close to rapidly dispatch casters. Even non-caster higher tier enemies have dangerous spells that are nullified by it. Such a good a skill.

As for early game. Yes there's a lot of early game decent builds. DW isn't one of them. Electro + staves is.

My preferred way to deal with mages is one -25% accuracy crossbow and the bodkin bolts, that's usually enough for most mage fights.

DW indeed isn't an early game build, I'd recommend even not DW'ing before lvl 6 but once you are past the early game, DW currently will outperform pretty much every thing else.

[Odiniichan]

just bought this one during the sale, Should I wait for the 16th?? not sure if that huge update will affect saves or if it is safe to start

[ZobrAZ]

Originally posted by Odiniichan:

not sure if that huge update will affect saves or if it is safe to start

It will.

[brown29knight]

The update will effect everything.

[Freeman]

Dual shovels.

[rwood42]

Originally posted by Odiniichan:

just bought this one during the sale, Should I wait for the 16th?? not sure if that huge update will affect saves or if it is safe to start

My advice would be you can play but don't become attached. Play till level ~10 then try something else. Focus on trying a few different builds: caster, bow, a few melee. You will have a better idea of what you should make for a real character after the update.

[brown29knight]

Originally posted by rwood42:

Originally posted by Odiniichan:

just bought this one during the sale, Should I wait for the 16th?? not sure if that huge update will affect saves or if it is safe to start

My advice would be you can play but don't become attached. Play till level ~10 then try something else. Focus on trying a few different builds: caster, bow, a few melee. You will have a better idea of what you should make for a real character after the update.

That's sound advice. The core game mechanics will not change, and the learning curve in stoneshard can be brutal to those who are used to charging in.

Take time to learn the core mechanics, how to survive, etc, and you'll be much better suited to start serious play after the update.