EWMW

Contents:

History
Gear needed
Training Method
How it works
Pro's and Cons

History

This strategy was most prominently used by Little Anthony with his character FTW, who reached and maintained Second Place in Score and First in MPR for quite a while after the end of his New User Bonus.

Gear needed

Enchanter/Base Decay minion:

Amulet of Invisibility
Tattoo of Endurance or Rune of Enlightenment
Boots of Fortitude
Noldorin Spellcasters (Low priority)
Cornuthaum

Phantom Link Wall:

Mage:

Amulet of Invisibility
Trollskin Armor or Mithril Cuirass or Mithril Chain Mail (If the mage has plenty of health, then a Trollskin armor can be used to offset the effects of Antimagic Field.)
Cloak of the Istari
Spellboosters or Chain Mail Leggings or Elven Boots
Noldorin Spellcasters
Helm of Clearsight

Wall

Training Method

The Enchanter should train Ablative Shield and/or Antimagic Field, as well as a small amount of Decay.
The Phantom Link Wall should train Phantom link to the size of the typical blow, and the rest into HP.
The Mage should train HP and either Cone of Cold or Shocking Grasp as well as Evasion to take care of Mageseekers.
The Wall should train Armor Proficiency and possibly Steel Skin to 1.0 and the rest into HP.

How it works

The idea behind this strategy is to create the perfect defense and wipe of the enemy once you reach melee rounds. The liberal use of the Amulet of Invisibility directs all the focused attacks towards the Heavy AC Wall, with the Phantom Link wall backing it up it creates an amazing defense. The use of the Tattoo of Endurance is maximized by having four minions to spread out the Fireball damage, and the Phantom link wall to keep all those minions alive.

Pro's and Cons

Pro's

Hard strategy for any tank to beat because of the existence of two walls.
Hard strategy for any mage to beat because of the layered DD protection given by AMF and Mage Shield, as well as the Heavy AC wall absorbing Magic Missile.
Can live through almost anything into melee.
This strategy does allow the use of a Rune of Enlightenment

Cons

Expensive. You are probably looking at near 30 mil in just the base prices of the items, as well as putting that much into the wall itself.
If the damage dealer is disabled by a Mageseeker, or Antimagic Field, the team can slowly be taken out with Shocking Grasp or a Vorpal Blade.
The Wall needs to train sufficient amount of Steel Skin because of the inert penalties the Wall armor gives.

last edited by Brakke Bres at Jan 5 2009 - Edit EWMW

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