Ark's thread of Tips and Tricks #1: Weild fist
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:44 am
First up on my list because its a very basic feature under the "actions available to everyone" section of the rulebook is:
Wield Fist!
obviously and overlooked skill because how many people do you see running around with a fist phys rep on them? not freaking many! but I hope to help change that.
now by itself and all alone being able to wield a fist for no damage that you cannot block with seems silly, but like most things in FH combinations can lead to unexpected results. for instance, even though you cannot swing damage through it you can still deliver any damage steroid through a fist, this is helpful in the most critical of situations, of which I will list some below:
-your weapons have been shattered
-your weapons have been disarmed and you could not recover them
-you have had to give up your weapons for in game reasons (safety or security during IG events, this has happened in the past)
-your weapons have been taken from you (you got captured or kidnapped in some way)
so as you can see, not useful most of the time but VERY useful when in dire need.
back to the reason of having a fist, you can use damage steroids through it. nearly every single one of them in the game (most vorpal's have a silly weapon requirement) including but not limited to:
-throw stone
-any critical strike
-any channel
-any crush
-study thy foe
-spells (credit to cole45)
-any skill that requires packets (credit to cole45 and Kanter)
Less combative but can still save your life:
-Charms, Fear, Banish, Disenchant, Repel, Disease (credit to Kanter)
-Knockout, Press, Shatter, Disarm (credit to Kanter)
-Healing/Mass Heal (credit to Kanter)
As you can see just about everything but base damage, very useful to have.
now you still cannot block damage with your fist (unless you have the appropriate skills in which case this is less important for you) and you cannot swing base damage, but you can do SOMETHING! so pack a fist fis rep, there small and out of the way, and could save your life, or at least allow you to go down swinging
Fist phys rep pump - Ark <3
Wield Fist!
obviously and overlooked skill because how many people do you see running around with a fist phys rep on them? not freaking many! but I hope to help change that.
now by itself and all alone being able to wield a fist for no damage that you cannot block with seems silly, but like most things in FH combinations can lead to unexpected results. for instance, even though you cannot swing damage through it you can still deliver any damage steroid through a fist, this is helpful in the most critical of situations, of which I will list some below:
-your weapons have been shattered
-your weapons have been disarmed and you could not recover them
-you have had to give up your weapons for in game reasons (safety or security during IG events, this has happened in the past)
-your weapons have been taken from you (you got captured or kidnapped in some way)
so as you can see, not useful most of the time but VERY useful when in dire need.
back to the reason of having a fist, you can use damage steroids through it. nearly every single one of them in the game (most vorpal's have a silly weapon requirement) including but not limited to:
-throw stone
-any critical strike
-any channel
-any crush
-study thy foe
-spells (credit to cole45)
-any skill that requires packets (credit to cole45 and Kanter)
Less combative but can still save your life:
-Charms, Fear, Banish, Disenchant, Repel, Disease (credit to Kanter)
-Knockout, Press, Shatter, Disarm (credit to Kanter)
-Healing/Mass Heal (credit to Kanter)
As you can see just about everything but base damage, very useful to have.
now you still cannot block damage with your fist (unless you have the appropriate skills in which case this is less important for you) and you cannot swing base damage, but you can do SOMETHING! so pack a fist fis rep, there small and out of the way, and could save your life, or at least allow you to go down swinging
Fist phys rep pump - Ark <3