While playing Arms warrior and Prot warrior i thought to myself. Since i’m such an Age of Mythology fan, why not make a hoplite.
But how do i do that? With a Fury warrior ofcourse. So now it is possible to wear a polearm and a shield. I’m doing that now.
I’ve just started questing my Fury warrior with a shield and polearm. And i notice some things.
- The talent and ability ‘Raging Blow’ is for offhand and many talents work with this ability. Thus a part of the talent tree is not usable.
- The animations with a polearm in one hand look really rough, ofcourse it’s very fury, it’s angry. And not finesse. But this is a bit much, there’s not even stabbing or sliding, there’s only swinging the polearm which looks weird.
- Shield Block is a godgiven ability, i love it! and i make lot’s of use of this ability. Especially when fighting multiple enemies or a boss.
- I’m loving Shield Slam this really gives it a hoplite feeling haha.
And i have a few questions:
- Does anyone know of a greek-like helmet with two eye-slits and a noseguard instead of one big faceslit? xD
- Ofcourse with only one weapon i won’t live up to the damage the other fury warriors will be able to bring with an offhand weapon. Instead i have a shield to be more tanky. Any tips how to bring up the damage?
- How could i make this even more of a tank? probably a bad question xD