Strat help please (in General)

I've been considering going single tank. I'm not sure how it'll work. That's where I need your help.

Equips:
ToA
AoM
HoE
BoM
TG
DB

This is a possible build

Trained Hp: 10 million

Trained Str: 6 million
Effective str: 18 million
(+80% from str equips + 8 million ToA)


Trained BL: 4.5 million

Trained Dex: 0
Effective Dex: 2.6 million

Trained AMF: 1.1 million
Effective AMF: 1 million

Now the real question is which weapon I should consider. I hope to use a weapon around 7-8K in the X with around 150+ PTH.

With a MoD I'll do upwards of 5-6 million on the first hit against AS teams. That'll probably be enough to take out one minion per hit against top AS teams. However, I am concerned if I'll have enough rounds to take out such a team. Many AS teams have several minions and chances are I'll be taking very heavy SG damage every round. Against a team like Nov's I'll be taking 2 million per hit from SG which would give me 5 rounds to take out 5 minions. It's a little close.

With an MH the damage I would deal would be reduced dramatically. I'll be doing upwards of 2-3 million first hit while taking a huge ddex penalty. With a little luck I hope to regenerate 1 million HP per round. However, GA might simply cancel out my regen with my smaller hits. And it's possible that I won't be able to destroy top team minions with one hit apiece.

With a BoNE I'll be doing very huge and very reliable damage. I am again relying on taking out one minion per round. I'm not as strong against ED teams as with a MoD, but I'll be in a much stronger position against teams like Mikel.

I'm not so sure. What are your expirences with said weapons, are my assumptions correct? Which weapon would you recommend. Would you say I should have less HP with more AMF? Perhaps you have a better setup for my exp?

First thing I want to say is that, if you're using a ToA, there is almost no reason not to use a ranged weapon. Get a MsK, Exbow, whatever, get a couple thousand X's on it, and keep the PTH on it base, using the ToA for all of the PTH. If you're using a one-handed melee weapon, then you suffer from no additional penalties from including a ranged weapon. All that limits you is your money. You would then have to choose between HoC and HoE, though.

Also, 18m strength is, well, overkill. If you plan on taking on tanks, I'd probably get some more Dexterity, other than that, HP is always a good choice.

I don't really have advice to offer on a weapon, other than to say choose one that fits the targets your going to be fighting, and you can always choose once you get up to the top with your tank. :)

yeah, the main reason I'm not going to do a ranged weapon is because of funding. A large SoD would be nice against a team like Sut's, but unless I can take out one minion during ranged it's probably not worth losing a round with my melee weapon.

Hmm, good point about the one handed weapon though. Perhaps I should consider SoD + ELS

i would go for a SOD , if u are looking for one SHADE is selling a very good x 1000 ...

also, would be best use a BONE everybody ssays it..

sod + bone = u kill as hell... if not sod , mgs tha best option.

do go for elbow coz its hell hard to upgrade only blacksmith can do ...

As far as ranged goes, nothing is half as overpowered as the exbow. I had a 38m NW exbow, 2m ST and 2m DX, and I could neutralize other tanks ST to the point where they could barely hurt me.

Yeah exbow is good, but you leave yourself wide open to mages...

Its all a trade off

can i just also agree 18mil st is hardly needed st is really only good for enc at the high levels like my st only weapon x is of any use for increasing damage. I would seriously consider a MgS instead of bom to seriously reduce that incoming dd spell firepower.

well being single minion an all I can't afford to not have AMF to combat decay. DD damage is a problem though. I'm not sure how many rounds I would last with virtually no DD defense. However, I hope with this much firepower, I'll have a maximum of 5 rounds to take out the damage dealer.

And yeah, I probably won't change into this build until after a exbow nerf. I won't consider using an exbow because it's too expensive and too cheap (as in unfair).

If it was me I would use a HoC, I think you would benefit more from hitting one round earlier, than with like .5M more ST.

Scratch that last statement.

I'd say go with a MsK.