I pretty much only play spear, and my high IP setup is Cultist cowl, mistwalker jacket, I feel like its really strong in most matchups, since the mistwalker is really op vs the traditional bloodletter build, but can be very tricky vs long range kite such as frost
That's interesting to hear. I feel like cultist can be very hit-or-miss. Against some builds it's strong but against some others not useful at all. Kinda same story with Mistwalker but I suppose you can win a whole fight sometimes simply by using it at the perfect moment. Do you change to inferno often?
Few questions.(1 month new player) If im already deep into learning points with another build, is it still viable to simply swap to this build?(dual swords atm) Is there any benefit to leveling a fresh chatacter other than focusing different crafting materials? I saw a lot of vidsos of players using shields. Whatre the benefits? Ps. I appreciate the depth of these videos with the information and explanations you give. Top tier build vids
Replying a bit late but here we go: Keep learning points for gathering if you are going to gather at all, don't put too many of them into combat-related stuff. As for changing builds and weapons - absolutely do it! You are never committed to one playstyle or one build in Albion and in fact, the more different things you have experience with, the better you will be in PvP! So whatever feels fun at the moment is usually a good choice. There is no benefit whatsoever to a new character. Only for very dedicated economy stuff you can use focus on alt characters (which all need premium). For everything else - use one character! The shields question is way too general. Look at the specific stats and you'll have your answer. If someone wants more defensives instead of cooldown, they'll buy a shield and not mistcaller. But all offhands offer different stats. And thanks for good vibes!! Have fun out there :)
Thank you!! I haven't tried mage cowl for a while because the utility of other headpieces seems much more valuable to me than just extra damage. If I understood patch correctly, the overall DPS of mage cowl got a +10% buff so might be a good time to test it out, you're right.
It's roasted snapper. It can be tier3, tier5 or tier7 and its exact name will depend on its tier: "Roasted Puremist Snapper" (t7), "Roasted Clearhaze snapper" (t5) or "Roasted Whitefog Snapper" (t3).
I use my whole build to balance between CDR and being tanky. My favourite is using roasted snapper and going for cdr passives. However, if I use eel stew or mistcaller then instead I would take balanced mind!
Yo Vic, nice guide! Im just playing albion since 1 month and playing spear because of your cool guide. Im not playing lethals yet. Im farming mist/abbey in YZ for improve my spear gameplay and my fame. What tier do you recommand for solo pve YZ? Is tier 8 is overkill or need to go with?
Glad to hear you are enjoying the spear. Since there is no risk in yellow zones, you will come across a lot of higher IP players. Tier 8 is not overkill for safe PvE but I do suggest that you budget for some cheap 4.1 or 4.2 sets to start getting lethal mists experience in as soon as you feel comfortable with that. You will die a lot and that's part of the game but you will also get good experience and the fame+silver will be noticeably better in lethal mists.
@@VicZaneGaming Thanks man! Okok, I often see t6.3 or t7.2 but rarely t8. So, what tier do you advice for YZ? (the best ratio in your opinion) I have so many questions about spears! Can I? Haha. Like which spear is good for duo pve content with a my healer friend? Yeah I already have 4.2/4.3 sets with spirithunter for training multi pve and ZvZ. I will try lethal later, need to improve my spe
I've spent so little time in yellow zones that I don't want to make too many suggestions about that. Since you don't lose your items and you can always sell them back, it's not a very important financial decision (unless you go 8.3 or 8.4 and worry about repair costs. As for spears for duo content - spirithunter is only strong when you have other DPS with you that can take advantage of your E. In general spears are not ideal for duo with healer because there isn't as much constant damage as for example some curse staffs or swords. But I've seen some people still make 1h spear work, kind of. Just make sure that you are wearing cloth chest armor because with a healer you need to focus more on doing big damage and less on tankiness. Also btw heron spear is great for duos when you have a 2nd dps with you.
Hey man! For the spear itself I use life leech and I suggest to use it 100%. For leather armor pieces, you'll find a bit more detailed answer in part 4 of the guide but essentially both cdr and balanced mind are fine just don't go stack too much cdr (eg mistacller+eel stew+cdr passive = overkill).
Hey! Yeah you're right, I did not talk about awakening the Spear because I don't usually use awakened weapons myself. One problem with awakening spear specifically is that you really want to have access to Impaler for certain fights but 4.4 or 5.4 spears will not have it and attuning 6.4 gets expensive very fast. For traits, however, I think CDR and Max Hp are going to be the absolute best (as with most weapons I guess). Next, I would choose Defense vs All. And finally: Ability damage, Item Power, Attack speed and Lifesteal all seem decent B tier traits to me.
I understand the CD reduction is very important, but I rarely see you take any advantage of the Auto attack speed on the Torch, you keep poking with Q, would the Muisak not be a viable option? The energy cost reduction on Muisak is probably too much. Beginner here, do not lynch me 😅 and thank you for these videos
No lynching :) CDR is valuable as it's very flexible. You can take advantage of it both when you kite as well as when you brawl, when running away as well as chasing. Auto-attack speed primarily affects how well you do in face-to-face brawls. If you fight or see my fights which have more brawls, you will notice the advantage of attack speed more. You could in theory go muisak and get a bit of CDR from other sources like passives or food but feels like you would be paying more and getting less value. Energy is almost never a problem on spear so I wouldn't worry about that too much. If you don't want CDR from offhand, I'd rather go with facebreaker.
Forest of spears is unfortunately very weak in pvp because a) there is no way to force your opponent to just stand there and take the damage and b) some of the other Ws are incredibly valuable. I think you'll find part of the answer in Part 3 where I discuss spells.
I have not tried Specter Hood in the mists, actually. The reason it doesn't feel attractive is that it has a huge cooldown and it is onedimensional. A 2nd inferno can be strong if you are fighting against an opponent who only wants to brawl. But in majority of fights your enemy will be able to play around it and now your helmet is on cooldown for a WHOLE MINUTE. Other helmet options are much more versatile and you can use them in different ways + you'll get to use them 2-4 times in the same time period.
You'll find a bit more detailed answer in part 4 of the guide. I generally like to balance between cdr and being tanky. Often this means that I will use roast snapper and cooldown reduction passives. If going with mistcaller and/or eel stew, then I suggest picking balanced mind passives instead because of diminishing returns on cooldown reduction!
I'm guessing you meant Hellion jacket. As far as PvP goes, hellion jacket is good when you are planning to fight against groups, especially small scale fights for example in roads of Avalon. However, for solo or duo PvP in the mists it's not very good because the heal is not that strong and in most cases you'd much rather have inferno or some other options like assasin jacket invis, stalker jacket damage or mistwalker jacket for extra survivability!
I like the idea in theory but there is one dealbreaker for me which is that too often there isn't really time to switch spells between PvE and PvP. I wouldn't want to miss out on good opportunities to fight because I wasn't ready with my spells. On top of that - spear doesn't really struggle with PvE so the Hunter Jacket 3rd isn't really necessary. If you want to speed up your PvE clearing without harming your PvP readiness then stalker jacket feels like a better option.
nice video. I can't decide between stalker hood and mercenary hood any help on that ? and how do you deal with carving swords using mercenary hood since you can hardly brawl against them without stalker hood ?
I do prefer stalker hood for more aggressive brawling and being able to execute. Against carving, food determines more than helmet in my experience. If they are on eel stew and you eat roast snapper, you can brawl very well. But you are very correct that merc hood should make you lean towards kiting more. Especially until you get Q stacks up. Carving can kind of keep up but with cripple it's still pretty kite-able fight.
It will very difficult to play it in Mists because of lack of mobility. Doesn't mean you shouldn't follow your dream to be a spartan warrior but it can be frustrating if you can only win against enemies who are being too aggressive and chasing you. It's a bit easier to make it work in corrupted dungeons although some of the same problems will apply.
I'm trying a lifesteal build on daybreaker, with merc jack, hunter hood and roasted pork which is alot different from the objective of ur build, what r ur thoughts on that🙌
I very much love the idea to play daybreaker as a tanky, sustain-based build. In fact, I will be speccing up daybreaker soon on EU and will probably try something like that out also. Roast pork and merc jacket seem decent but I don't like hunter hood. I feel much stronger when I have a helmet that allows me to make plays and daybreaker already suffers from mobility problems against mist builds (unless you hit a perfect E to purge their mobility). I would definitely prefer fiend cowl or helmet of valor.
@@VicZaneGaming i thought about that too, but I'm trying to keep it cheap until i get the hang of it, btw if u r streaming on twitch can u add a link 🙌🙌 i would love to join ur stream
For plate boots, defense passive. For cloth cowl (if you are using one) I'd take the damage passive. However, for leather armor pieces I would choose based on the rest of your build to balance between both cooldown reduction and overall tankiness. I prefer to eat roasted snapper and take CDR passives but if you have plenty of CDR already from other sources, take the 'balanced mind'. You will get a bit more of this answer in part 4 of the guide.
That sounds like a good plan if by 'early game' you mean low IP and by 'late game' you mean high IP. But you can also just run inferno shield on a good leather jacket in late game.
I've tried it but I don't like it. I feel like on the 1h spear it's much much easier to get good value out of inferno shield than merc jacket heal. And for inferno, I prefer one of the jackets with +30% damage (merc jacket gives +20%)
I prefer to use roast snapper and cooldown reduction passives. However, I think it's about finding a balance between CDR and things that make you tankier so if you already have more CDR from food or for example mistcaller, then I would go with balanced mind passives instead!
@@VicZaneGaming i was using the damage passives from stalker hood and stalker jacket with roast snapper but I saw a lot of people taking few cdr passives so I got confused. Because in head the % it gives is not that much but the chest choice between the dmg or cdr has high numbers. But if I understand you properly is worth to take both on cdr, isn't it? I usually go 5.1 because I'm still getting economy. Thanks for replying, your videos really helped me to get into spear and improving a lot! And sorry for my English, I'm not native speaker
Hey :) I cover this idea a bit in Episode 4 but the short answer is that I choose either Balanced Mind or Quick Thinker to compensate for what the rest of my build doesn't have and balance between tankiness and cooldown reduction. For example if you choose CDR in other places (food, mistcaller), then don't take CDR passives. But if you are more of a tanky brawler, take cdr.
Thanks for your answer, i’m also a spear addict and i have to say that every thing u said is just perfection. But one more thing, do you use your stalker helmet when engaging ? Most of the time i keep it as my finisher but i’m pretty sure it will be up again to finish the fight if i use it very early (if no assassin jacket)
@@KingTogoday Yeah absolutely. If the enemy doesn't have invis that I might need stalker hood for, I try to use it just for trades during fight and not only for executing.
If you want to use a shield for roleplaying reasons, facebreaker is fine! But torch gives 2 pretty valuable stats for the spear which are cooldown and attack speed!
the only bad thing about these videos is that now I wish there were guides this good for other weapons
this is so true
100% agree
Thanks man, your videos got me to try spears and it is by far the most enjoyable weapon line i've tried so far ❤
I am very happy to hear that! Spear is so much fun and just the perfect amount of challenging vs rewarding in my opinion!
This is an amazing guide! For someone who just picked up spear it is perfect.
You're lucky!
I pretty much only play spear, and my high IP setup is Cultist cowl, mistwalker jacket, I feel like its really strong in most matchups, since the mistwalker is really op vs the traditional bloodletter build, but can be very tricky vs long range kite such as frost
That's interesting to hear. I feel like cultist can be very hit-or-miss. Against some builds it's strong but against some others not useful at all. Kinda same story with Mistwalker but I suppose you can win a whole fight sometimes simply by using it at the perfect moment. Do you change to inferno often?
@@VicZaneGaming Yeah, I switch to inferno in pretty much every matchup that my opp could bait my mistwalker, like Baxe
1:41 i guess i know what i am now
7:30 and that silence after the statement ... let it sink in very deep 😂🤣
that silence killed my mage robe spear dream 😭
Few questions.(1 month new player)
If im already deep into learning points with another build, is it still viable to simply swap to this build?(dual swords atm)
Is there any benefit to leveling a fresh chatacter other than focusing different crafting materials?
I saw a lot of vidsos of players using shields. Whatre the benefits?
Ps. I appreciate the depth of these videos with the information and explanations you give. Top tier build vids
Replying a bit late but here we go:
Keep learning points for gathering if you are going to gather at all, don't put too many of them into combat-related stuff. As for changing builds and weapons - absolutely do it! You are never committed to one playstyle or one build in Albion and in fact, the more different things you have experience with, the better you will be in PvP! So whatever feels fun at the moment is usually a good choice.
There is no benefit whatsoever to a new character. Only for very dedicated economy stuff you can use focus on alt characters (which all need premium). For everything else - use one character!
The shields question is way too general. Look at the specific stats and you'll have your answer. If someone wants more defensives instead of cooldown, they'll buy a shield and not mistcaller. But all offhands offer different stats.
And thanks for good vibes!! Have fun out there :)
great video !! btw mage cowl got buffed in todays update. from 30 sec CD to 20 sec
Thank you!!
I haven't tried mage cowl for a while because the utility of other headpieces seems much more valuable to me than just extra damage. If I understood patch correctly, the overall DPS of mage cowl got a +10% buff so might be a good time to test it out, you're right.
Very good video man keep it up
Thanks, man!
hello what is the brawling food,
I can't spell the name to search in market. I'm fairly new so I don't know much about food.
It's roasted snapper. It can be tier3, tier5 or tier7 and its exact name will depend on its tier: "Roasted Puremist Snapper" (t7), "Roasted Clearhaze snapper" (t5) or "Roasted Whitefog Snapper" (t3).
very great video I wish other weapon has guides like this, also which passive do I use for my head and armor Quick Thinker or Balanced Mind?
I use my whole build to balance between CDR and being tanky. My favourite is using roasted snapper and going for cdr passives. However, if I use eel stew or mistcaller then instead I would take balanced mind!
@@VicZaneGaming what food can be a cheaper alternative
@@sserofyt All food types have different tiers so a cheap alternative is the same food, just lower tier!
Yo Vic, nice guide! Im just playing albion since 1 month and playing spear because of your cool guide. Im not playing lethals yet. Im farming mist/abbey in YZ for improve my spear gameplay and my fame. What tier do you recommand for solo pve YZ? Is tier 8 is overkill or need to go with?
Glad to hear you are enjoying the spear. Since there is no risk in yellow zones, you will come across a lot of higher IP players. Tier 8 is not overkill for safe PvE but I do suggest that you budget for some cheap 4.1 or 4.2 sets to start getting lethal mists experience in as soon as you feel comfortable with that. You will die a lot and that's part of the game but you will also get good experience and the fame+silver will be noticeably better in lethal mists.
@@VicZaneGaming Thanks man! Okok, I often see t6.3 or t7.2 but rarely t8. So, what tier do you advice for YZ? (the best ratio in your opinion)
I have so many questions about spears! Can I? Haha. Like which spear is good for duo pve content with a my healer friend?
Yeah I already have 4.2/4.3 sets with spirithunter for training multi pve and ZvZ.
I will try lethal later, need to improve my spe
I've spent so little time in yellow zones that I don't want to make too many suggestions about that. Since you don't lose your items and you can always sell them back, it's not a very important financial decision (unless you go 8.3 or 8.4 and worry about repair costs.
As for spears for duo content - spirithunter is only strong when you have other DPS with you that can take advantage of your E. In general spears are not ideal for duo with healer because there isn't as much constant damage as for example some curse staffs or swords. But I've seen some people still make 1h spear work, kind of. Just make sure that you are wearing cloth chest armor because with a healer you need to focus more on doing big damage and less on tankiness.
Also btw heron spear is great for duos when you have a 2nd dps with you.
@@VicZaneGaming Ty man for your answer! I note that. Yeah imo its hard to play spear in team (except spirit) What do you think about the diurnebris?
I run 4.3 assasin jacket cowl of purity soldier boots torch and undead cape
can you show the passive skill you use on your equipment as well? i never know what to use for the spear. thank!
Hey man! For the spear itself I use life leech and I suggest to use it 100%. For leather armor pieces, you'll find a bit more detailed answer in part 4 of the guide but essentially both cdr and balanced mind are fine just don't go stack too much cdr (eg mistacller+eel stew+cdr passive = overkill).
@@VicZaneGaming thank you! ive really been enjoying your videos by the way. keep it up!
Hello Vic, very important topic that you did not cover I think ? What are the best stats on a spear when you awaken it ? Thanks !
Hey! Yeah you're right, I did not talk about awakening the Spear because I don't usually use awakened weapons myself. One problem with awakening spear specifically is that you really want to have access to Impaler for certain fights but 4.4 or 5.4 spears will not have it and attuning 6.4 gets expensive very fast.
For traits, however, I think CDR and Max Hp are going to be the absolute best (as with most weapons I guess). Next, I would choose Defense vs All. And finally: Ability damage, Item Power, Attack speed and Lifesteal all seem decent B tier traits to me.
I understand the CD reduction is very important, but I rarely see you take any advantage of the Auto attack speed on the Torch, you keep poking with Q, would the Muisak not be a viable option? The energy cost reduction on Muisak is probably too much. Beginner here, do not lynch me 😅 and thank you for these videos
No lynching :) CDR is valuable as it's very flexible. You can take advantage of it both when you kite as well as when you brawl, when running away as well as chasing. Auto-attack speed primarily affects how well you do in face-to-face brawls. If you fight or see my fights which have more brawls, you will notice the advantage of attack speed more.
You could in theory go muisak and get a bit of CDR from other sources like passives or food but feels like you would be paying more and getting less value. Energy is almost never a problem on spear so I wouldn't worry about that too much. If you don't want CDR from offhand, I'd rather go with facebreaker.
Why not pair mercenry jacket and first w u will hit all the w's and will have suistaine ?
Forest of spears is unfortunately very weak in pvp because a) there is no way to force your opponent to just stand there and take the damage and b) some of the other Ws are incredibly valuable.
I think you'll find part of the answer in Part 3 where I discuss spells.
What about the head armor that allows you to reset your armor spell (can’t remember the name right now lol), would two internals be good in a fight?
I have not tried Specter Hood in the mists, actually. The reason it doesn't feel attractive is that it has a huge cooldown and it is onedimensional. A 2nd inferno can be strong if you are fighting against an opponent who only wants to brawl. But in majority of fights your enemy will be able to play around it and now your helmet is on cooldown for a WHOLE MINUTE. Other helmet options are much more versatile and you can use them in different ways + you'll get to use them 2-4 times in the same time period.
Hi Vic can you please tell us the passive skills for weapon and armor ? are you using cooldown or dmg ?
You'll find a bit more detailed answer in part 4 of the guide. I generally like to balance between cdr and being tanky. Often this means that I will use roast snapper and cooldown reduction passives. If going with mistcaller and/or eel stew, then I suggest picking balanced mind passives instead because of diminishing returns on cooldown reduction!
@@VicZaneGaming how about the passive on your spear?
Is demonic jacket any good? I found using it more as a t4 armor due to cooldown difference on healing options, even tho it's worse on mobs
I'm guessing you meant Hellion jacket. As far as PvP goes, hellion jacket is good when you are planning to fight against groups, especially small scale fights for example in roads of Avalon. However, for solo or duo PvP in the mists it's not very good because the heal is not that strong and in most cases you'd much rather have inferno or some other options like assasin jacket invis, stalker jacket damage or mistwalker jacket for extra survivability!
@@VicZaneGaming ah, thanks for answering! Yes, called it demonic cuz it's worded like that in my language
What if i use hunter jacket 3rd slot skill for pve and inferno shield for pvp?
I like the idea in theory but there is one dealbreaker for me which is that too often there isn't really time to switch spells between PvE and PvP. I wouldn't want to miss out on good opportunities to fight because I wasn't ready with my spells.
On top of that - spear doesn't really struggle with PvE so the Hunter Jacket 3rd isn't really necessary. If you want to speed up your PvE clearing without harming your PvP readiness then stalker jacket feels like a better option.
nice video. I can't decide between stalker hood and mercenary hood any help on that ? and how do you deal with carving swords using mercenary hood since you can hardly brawl against them without stalker hood ?
I do prefer stalker hood for more aggressive brawling and being able to execute. Against carving, food determines more than helmet in my experience. If they are on eel stew and you eat roast snapper, you can brawl very well. But you are very correct that merc hood should make you lean towards kiting more. Especially until you get Q stacks up. Carving can kind of keep up but with cripple it's still pretty kite-able fight.
@@VicZaneGaming thank you for the insight
I always wanted to use hermon spear and shield, like spartan warriors. What do you think about it? Will it be really bad for pvp?
It will very difficult to play it in Mists because of lack of mobility. Doesn't mean you shouldn't follow your dream to be a spartan warrior but it can be frustrating if you can only win against enemies who are being too aggressive and chasing you. It's a bit easier to make it work in corrupted dungeons although some of the same problems will apply.
I'm trying a lifesteal build on daybreaker, with merc jack, hunter hood and roasted pork which is alot different from the objective of ur build, what r ur thoughts on that🙌
I very much love the idea to play daybreaker as a tanky, sustain-based build. In fact, I will be speccing up daybreaker soon on EU and will probably try something like that out also. Roast pork and merc jacket seem decent but I don't like hunter hood. I feel much stronger when I have a helmet that allows me to make plays and daybreaker already suffers from mobility problems against mist builds (unless you hit a perfect E to purge their mobility). I would definitely prefer fiend cowl or helmet of valor.
@@VicZaneGaming i thought about that too, but I'm trying to keep it cheap until i get the hang of it, btw if u r streaming on twitch can u add a link 🙌🙌 i would love to join ur stream
May ask what passives should i pick for the helmet, armor and boots?
For plate boots, defense passive. For cloth cowl (if you are using one) I'd take the damage passive. However, for leather armor pieces I would choose based on the rest of your build to balance between both cooldown reduction and overall tankiness. I prefer to eat roasted snapper and take CDR passives but if you have plenty of CDR already from other sources, take the 'balanced mind'. You will get a bit more of this answer in part 4 of the guide.
@@VicZaneGaming Thank you, i really appreciate it🙏
should i wear assassin jacket early game and upgrade to stalker jacket in late game?
That sounds like a good plan if by 'early game' you mean low IP and by 'late game' you mean high IP. But you can also just run inferno shield on a good leather jacket in late game.
What do you think about mercenary jacket?
I've tried it but I don't like it. I feel like on the 1h spear it's much much easier to get good value out of inferno shield than merc jacket heal.
And for inferno, I prefer one of the jackets with +30% damage (merc jacket gives +20%)
what passive you use in chest and head?
I prefer to use roast snapper and cooldown reduction passives. However, I think it's about finding a balance between CDR and things that make you tankier so if you already have more CDR from food or for example mistcaller, then I would go with balanced mind passives instead!
@@VicZaneGaming i was using the damage passives from stalker hood and stalker jacket with roast snapper but I saw a lot of people taking few cdr passives so I got confused. Because in head the % it gives is not that much but the chest choice between the dmg or cdr has high numbers. But if I understand you properly is worth to take both on cdr, isn't it? I usually go 5.1 because I'm still getting economy. Thanks for replying, your videos really helped me to get into spear and improving a lot! And sorry for my English, I'm not native speaker
what about passive on ur helmet / chest ? :)
Hey :) I cover this idea a bit in Episode 4 but the short answer is that I choose either Balanced Mind or Quick Thinker to compensate for what the rest of my build doesn't have and balance between tankiness and cooldown reduction. For example if you choose CDR in other places (food, mistcaller), then don't take CDR passives. But if you are more of a tanky brawler, take cdr.
Thanks for your answer, i’m also a spear addict and i have to say that every thing u said is just perfection.
But one more thing, do you use your stalker helmet when engaging ? Most of the time i keep it as my finisher but i’m pretty sure it will be up again to finish the fight if i use it very early (if no assassin jacket)
@@KingTogoday Yeah absolutely. If the enemy doesn't have invis that I might need stalker hood for, I try to use it just for trades during fight and not only for executing.
Was that a fawn drop?😂
How much ip is considered high ip?
Good question. In my head tier 4-6 feels low, 7-8 feels midtier and 6.3+ feels high IP.
Why a torch? Lol why not a shield 😅
If you want to use a shield for roleplaying reasons, facebreaker is fine! But torch gives 2 pretty valuable stats for the spear which are cooldown and attack speed!
@VicZaneGaming yea I just saw that! It's pretty decent. I agree with you