Re: Need help on Rollups

From: trip@netcom.com (Trip)

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Elbert <whitman@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu> writes:

>On 16 Jul 1995, Grasshippy wrote:

>> Hi.  I am looking for help on new rollups.  What I want is fighters who
>> will do well
>> in Tourneys at the Adepts and Champions level.  I am not concerned about
>> how
>> they will do in ADM.  The rollups are:
>   Hot dog, at last, something on Duelmasters! Ok, briefly, on stats, the
>three most important abilities are Wit,  Will, and Deftness, and the
>magic numbers to keep in mind are 15, 17, and 21.  Getting any attribute
>(except Con) but most especially W, W, or D to one of those numbers will
>give your fighter more skills as he starts up.  And skills are important
>because, in the long run, a more skilled fighter will beat a physically
>superior fighter.  Assuming the skilled fighter survives the short run
>when both are just starting out, and the physical fighter has the
>advantage.
Weelll, most of the general advice there is good, but if you _really_
don't care (and now with the new Ultima arena... but that doesn't need
to be gotten into here), what you actually want are _even_ numbers
1(one) below the numbers Elbert suggests.  You then train those stats
(WT, WL, &DF) and SP as well at least once, and depending on the
relationship between your WT and WL maybe more.  These trains will give
you *five* skills each _*TEN*_ for the 21 rating (less for SP as both
odd and even #'s give skills -- also true for some values of DF).
NOTE: This will *trash* the long term potential (but not ultimate
potential any more -- assuming what they say about ultima is true) of
your warrior.  But if all you want is doing well in Adepts and Champs
tourneys, this is fine.
Taking a page from the Champions TC fight between Shadowmaster and his
wife ( ;-) ), Strikers with a high attack and defense ratings with ALE&L
SC and backup HA is the way to go.  Me, I've never gotten a Striker with
defense for a favorite (the only way to get it noticeably high in that
time/fight range) to try it.
Also, to win in that range you _have_ to have a *large* number of
skills.  The (unfair?) jump you can get from those stat trains helps,
but you still need a rather high wit to have a chance (20 trained to 21
might be the only way).  I wouldn't expect to win champs with less than
90 skills learned and at least a 50 base.
Coeur 7,32,64,65,74,75,76,77,78,79,100,103,107 (gack!)

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Need help on Rollups
grasshippy@aol.com (Grasshippy)
Sun, 16 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Need help on Rollups
Elbert <whitman@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu>
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000