Polearm Help - 24/15: 8 PS, 5 ATH, 5 WM. What to do with 5 skill points left?

[Keslord]

Heyo.

My Polearm toon is lvl 30 but i would like advice as to where to sink these last  five skill points please.

24/15

137 polearm
61 crossbow

0 IF
8 PS
5 ATH
5 WM


Should I convert them into strength/agility or just put 5 into IF?

Thanks

[Tears of Destiny]

Put all five into IF or alternatively 2 into IF and 3 into Shield so you can advance into hailstorms.

[MadeForFighting]

If you want a shield only for advancing (anti-archer protection) - from personal experience I'd say go for 2 points into shield and grab the Plain Board Shield. The normal 3-point Board Shield is just overkill, the Plain shield will almost never break from arrows anyway. Dump the rest into IF. Then again, I see some crossbow there, so I doubt you have any slots left to fit a shield in. Just go for pure IF.

[Rhaelys]

My advice: Ditch 5 WM, go with 8 IF and 2 Shield or 7 IF and 3 Shield.

[Vibe]

Put them all in IF.

[Tears of Destiny]

My advice: Ditch 5 WM, go with 8 IF and 2 Shield or 7 IF and 3 Shield.

Wat?
Now you is following the advice of the canary of no WM? Interesting...

[Cyclopsided]

Wat?
Now you is following the advice of the canary of no WM? Interesting...

We've been saying WM is a waste for months.

*hint: I just respecced removing all WM from my build on CanYouBLockDown.

[Kafein]

For NA fighters, WM is useless. But for EU fighters, WM is still important.


That's really interesting how the communities evolved in radically different ways and keep on diverging.

[Smoothrich]

Wat?
Now you is following the advice of the canary of no WM? Interesting...

If you are a dedicated melee or cavalry player and wanna maximize your stats, you get 0 Weapon Master.  The difference between 0 and 6 is like 25 points or something horrible like that, its miliseconds.  Athletics  (or your freaking horse) more then compensates for getting your attacks to hit faster.

[Sammael]

I put 5 into riding on my 24/15 build. Works well enough with an arabian warhorse or courser and gives you some variety if you get bored with melee.

Alternatively, if you've decided to stop retiring, I'd do a 27/15 build at 31 and convert those four extra skill points for 9 ps and 1 point for shield or whatever.