The Hybrid - Inspired by St. Lucian: A skill point guide for creating a hybrid in MO.

[Malachi Drake]

This build is for extremely knowledgeable players and for those that have tried both Fighter and Mage setup's before.

My brothers and sisters in faith,

This morning, during my prayers and in a moment of divine clarity, I was reminded of the teachings of the great and noble St. Lucian. Here was a man who was a master combatant but also gifted with the power to heal his fellow brothers. It is his philosophies and beliefs that have led to the creation of the following skill build.

It is a PvP hybrid build and it emphasises the importance of survivability while dealing damage. Bandages and the magic skills should be used to heal as you are choosing not to take the resting skill. Melee combat is still the best method of dishing out consistent damage and spears currently have the edge. You should rebind your targeting key from tab to something like E or F so that you can keep it held and constantly identify your target.

Slot your weapon, bandages and healing spells on hotbar slots 3,4 and 5 (or something else easy to reach while using WASD) so that you can quickly swap out your weapon and heal yourself without standing still.

To maximize the potential of the build you will need around 100 Strength and 100 constitution. Your Dexterity should be at least 80 as the higher it is the easier you will be able to manoeuvre from attackers and find room to use your magic. Intelligence should be around 40-50 so that you have a high mana pool and get bonus points to your knowledge skills. Psyche is actually not that important if you are willing to invest another 10 points into Ecumenical Spells and raise it to 50 as Magic Reflection is guaranteed to reflect all incoming spells that are cast on you for over five minutes. Better than halving incoming spell damage huh?

The St. Lucian PvP-Hybrid Build

COMBAT:

Melee Combat (Secondary)

Weapon of Choice (Primary)

Combat Manoeuvring (Primary)

Blocking Endurance (Secondary)
Combat Balance (Secondary)
Combat Movement (Secondary)
Feint (Secondary)
Momentum (Secondary)

Combat Techniques (Secondary)

Aggressive Stance (Primary)
Defensive Stance (Primary)

MOVEMENT:

Riding (Primary)

Controlled Riding (Secondary)
Swift Riding (Secondary)

Agility (Primary)

Breathing Technique (Secondary)
Footspeed (Secondary)
Jumping (Secondary)
Sprinting (Secondary)

KNOWLEDGE

Anatomy (Primary)

Damage Assessment (Secondary and low priority)

Magic Schools (Secondary)

Ecumenical Spells (Primary - only need 40 for heals!)

Magic Studies (Primary)

Mana Regeneration

Mental Training (Primary)

Concentration (Secondary)
Mental Focus (Secondary)
Mental Offense (Primary)

Remaining Primary and bonus points from attributes
For more stamina: Endurance (Primary)

For mounted specialist: Mounted Combat (Primary) -> Mounted Charge (Secondary)

For one handed combatant: Blocking (Primary) -> Blocking Endurance (Secondary)

For the archer: Ranged Combat (Secondary) -> Archery (Primary)

Alternative: Balance (Primary) -> Knockback resistance and Knockdown resistance (Secondaries)