03-09-2009, 12:28 PM
Quote:http://web.archive.org/web/20000229032141/.../www.catbwo.de/
Claudio's rogues tended to be high AC, mana shield always on, always lugging around both a high damage bow and a melee weapon/Stormshield combo and switching between them depending on the enemies, and using some attack spells but not nearly as much as some people. He was particularly fond of the melee setup and was sure to reply to anyone who would say that rogues should use a bow (even though we all know they really should :shuriken:).
Since many of the links on Claudio's page don't work anymore I have a quick question - perhaps addressed by him. What do you do on lvl 15, hell difficulty, if there are soul burners and balrogs (I'm pretty sure I've seen that combination). Using a bow on balrgos is really a tough way to go (killing them with CL is difficult and without the added mana and magic benefit of a DF it's harder still) but not using a bow on soul burners is truly a pain as well. I guess CC with loads of stone curse could work (one difficulty is that it's hard to cast sc when there are melee monsters all over you, but if you don't then the soul burners will keep hurting you), but is their a better way? I guess there always is esc/start a new game and since it's a combo of monster you are trying to avoid you'll probably be successful.