Single Tank (in General)

Hey, could you please check out my character Alucard and possible give me advice on: gear, training proportions, and anything in general that might help.

Thanks in advance!

Other than getting some DM and a Big MsK eventually, I've got nothing...course that's because a single tank doesn't need anything more than that!

By DM you mean AMF, correct? I'm not sure how DM would help.

DM keeps GA from killing you, with the Mageseek(ill)er there isn't much need for AMF...

Its surely a single archer?

You're going well. You probably want to keep them even or so. You're getting a lot of PTH from the ToA so the DX wont matter that much.

You'll want a MSB or a ELB, I don't quite fancy the MSB, but you can go ELB and train an AMF if you're that scared of mages.

I agree with Flamey.

I would suggest MSB and put exp for AMF into dispel or just HP/STR. Anything that seeks mages are deadly to mage :P

I would learn a small amf to combat base decays. However with NSs, base decays can be pretty tough now.

Train lots of hp, a tab of dex and a bit of str, but mostly hp and let the toa due its magic on the str/dex part of your character. GA, of course, is your worst problem, but with learning mostly hp on the tank you may be able to survive vs most GA characters.

The MSB is a must now for a single archer. In fact, it is your only hope vs mages. Also, I personally would not use a melee weapon. Upgrade your bow as much as your weapon allowance allows. In melee, you suffer a nice dex hit and damage hit but the damage with an upgraded bow in melee is likely going to be as good as if you split your WA among 2 weapons.

Also, there is a bug (at least I believe it is) with not using a melee weapon. If you do not use a melee weapon you attack every other round in melee. However, right now, you attack the first melee round and every other thereafter. If you use a melee weapon you miss that first melee round. So setup without a melee weapon you attack for 5 consecutive rounds as opposed to 4 using a bow/sword. That alone can make the difference in a few battles.

You may want to consider using a ROE for a while, at least until you cannot get 100% challenge bonuses anymore. It sort of is a must use for a NCB.