On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> However, toe to toe, one on one, I would recommend at
> level 25, warsong + anthem + chains. This would increase
> your attack and decrease the enemies attack. Again, this

If you're going the self-buff route, I'd suggest warsong +
Chant of battle + chain (+ hymn).

Chant buffs both your str and dex by half the amount Anthem
buffs str, so to my mind the stat buffs are a equal.
Warsong's speedup overrides Anthem's, so speedup is not a
factor. Finally, Chant grants an AC bonus whereas Anthem does
not. So to me that makes it the better choice.

I'd swap Psalm of warmth/cooling for Chain if I'm getting an
unusually large number of resists (some mobs are more
resistant, sometimes they're buffed by a casting mob).
Whether or not the mob dual wields/double attacks and how much
damage it does per hit on average also plays a factor.

Personally, I was not that impressed with the additional
damage I did with the str buff of Anthem or str/dex buff of
Chant. Since most mobs typically get a hit in at least once
every 3 seconds on average, in order for Anthem/Chant to be
better than Psalm, I'd have to be seeing my average damage go
up about 4-7 points every 3 seconds, which it doesn't. So
when I solo, I usually go with Warsong + Hymn + Psalm + Chain
in that order of preference if I can manage it.

--
John H. Kim
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