2. Creating your Whammy
3. Template and training skills
4. Gearing your Whammy
5. Weapons
6. Macros/Hotkeys section
7. Spells
8. Tips and Tricks
9. Usefull links
This is all copy from old forums, finally found it hehe
(some links are not working need to update them later)
Introduction
Hello everybody and welcome to my guide. I started to play about a year ago, and I always liked to play dexxer more than a tamer or a mage. My goal was to create a strong warrior-dexxer, that will be able to do everything in PvM: soloing Champion Spawns, Peerless, Doom, ML named monsters. Now I think I achieved this goal, and want to help new players.
After I posted my videos and guides how I hunt Dread Horn, Paroxysmus and others, I got lots of private messages. People were asking almost same questions: what is better, parry or resist, about my gear, my template, my macros and some tips for beginners. These and other questions I'll try to answer in this guide.
I will try also to give more practical information and less theory.
The Whammy class is very strong in PvM and cheap to create. But also it is weak in PvP. Now after my character is pretty much finished, I will be developing my tamer, and crafting perfect PvM weapons and armors.
2. Creating your Whammy
If you already created your whammy as elf, but still not used powerscrolls, I recommend to delete it and create a new character as human. If you have already 120 skills and don't want to start again from the beginning, you can make a Human Heritage Quest and become human. As Whammy-Human you will be better then Whammy-Elf not only in Doom, but everywhere.
3. Template and skills
What is better, resist or parry?
While playing this game, I found that it is impossible to create only 1 template and be good with it everywhere. I am using soulstones a lot, I have now 7 soulstones with different skills, also some skills are stored in another characters on the same account.
Basic template is this:
120 weapon skill
120 bushido
100 magic resist
120 tactics
120 parry
70 chivalry
70 spirit speak
And I have stored following skills: anatomy, archery, fencing, mace, swords, necro, spellweaving, ninja, carto, lockpick, mining, hiding, poisoning, stealth, music, discordance.
2 skills that you can replace are magic resist and parry. I use resist only if monsters can cast mana drain (example undead spawn), in other situations you can replace resist with anatomy.
For training skills there is this topic: http://www.uogdemise.com/community/view ... f=10&t=108
Most difficult part is probably to train bushido after 100. I used for that a tamer with 2 gamans: attack with them whammy and set up macro for healing them, and whammy doing momentum strike. Takes not much time to get to 120.
4. Gearing your Whammy
Here are good news: you don't need to waste a lot of money for gear. Most expensive parts are mace & shield glasses, CC and legs of bane. Some people using totem instead, but I don't like it :p (I used also Jackal's Collar, but now changed it for a crafted gorget). Other parts can be HRSK crafted. Weapon can be 3 mods, also not a problem to find. What is difficult to get, are good rings and bracelets.
5. Weapons
Minimal requirement for a weapon for Whammy: must have stamina leech. I am trying to avoid weapons without stamina leech. Here is example of how this template works: lets take simple 2 mods weapon, scorpion slayer + stamina leech and test it on miasma (note that weapon has no mana leech and no life leech).
This is because when you are in wraith form, you can leech mana from every hit, and leech life from curse weapon spell (50% of the damage you make, you get back as life).
For new players I recommend a Soul Seeker - nice and cheap weapon.
Here are more examples of my weapons:
It is also not required to be always in wraith form. Wraith form more used for single target, but when I play spawns, I ride my swamp dragon (The armor blocks 20% of damage). I cast wraith form spell and curse weapon spell from scrolls.
6. Macros/Hotkeys section
I use very simple macro: the idea is when I am in wraith form, I use special moves of the weapon: double strikes or armor ignore. Mana leech from wraith form helps too. And when on spawn, the macro will attack closest enemy with whirlwind.
I am not so good in UO Steam, so you can probably make a better macros then this
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if buffexists 'Blood Oath'
usetype! 0x2fd8
pause 1500
endif
if not buffexists 'Curse Weapon'
usetype! 0x2263 //cast from scroll
pause 1000
endif
if not buffexists 'Consecrate Weapon'
cast 'Consecrate Weapon'
pause 1000
endif
setability 'primary' on
getenemy 'criminal' 'enemy' 'grey' 'murderer' 'closest'
attack 'enemy'
If you have a problem casting curse weapon, consecrate, and lightning strike, read this topic: http://www.uogdemise.com/community/view ... 99&p=76100
7. Spells
Most important spell is Curse Weapon, and my macro does it as first check. As human you can cast it from scrolls. In case it fails, I have a hot key for it.
Second important spell is Enemy of One - used if you fight only one type of monsters. Need to be carefull with it, because when on, other types will hit you harder.
Consecrate Weapon - this is also very usefull spell, I use it for 1x1 and spawns. (also not always, for example Dread Horn has low phys. resist, and if my weapon is 100% phys damage, then no need to use.
Lightning Strike: good when you fight a single target, and have low HCI. Because Lightning Strike gives you max HCI anyways.
Divine fury: I am trying always to have weapon with stamina leech and be on max swing without divine fury. But if I see that I loose stamina, I cast it. It gives more hci, di, and all stamina back.
8. Tips and Tricks.
- Use of soulstones is very helpful.
- Can transfer skills to another character on the same account.
- Perfection and Honor a target creature.
- Honor self: the ability to move peacefully among aggressive monsters, up to 5 min on max level.
- ssi calculator - http://www.uoguide.com/Swing_Speed_Increase - use it for finding optimal dexterity for every weapon
- Oft no need to have all resists 70, that allows to create cheap suits.
- Try to have 40+ HCI, and DCI is not so important, can be around 20.
- Peerless dificulty: Travesty (most easy) < Paroxysmus < Dread Horn.
- Don't hunt Travesty with a weapon that has armor ignore. She makes a copy of you and will hit really hard.
9. Usefull links.
Other usefull links with more information about Whammy:
- Soloing Dread Horn
- Paroxysmus, Travesty and Putrefier
- PVM dexxer thread by royal kapero2
- another guide about Whammy
- Bedlam spawn
- Minotaurs spawn
Good luck!
Feel free to comment and ask any questions.
Travesty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZcCRy_Xf-U
Dread Horn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEfjFCeA7iU
Putrefier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vz_Ax1Grk
Paroxysmus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T06QzQ7a3ps
Bedlam spawn (before spawn change)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akR950KQp9k
Greater Dragon Paragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPZ2CufoPw
PvM Tournament 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-SaimgSg_M
NEW: Monstrous Interred Grizzle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WufKBhWEbY0
Let me know if you need my guide so I will write a new one later,
also was planning to talk about farming peerless keys and fighting with a Double Axe...
Last time in game I am mostly farming gold and doing bods to upgrade my weapons and armor.
If you have any questions about Whammy, let me know and feel free to post them here in this topic^^