As you delve deeper into the turn-based fantasy RPG Zoria: Age of Shattering the amount of choice can become overwhelming. If you’re thinking about taking a thief out on your adventures, read on for my Zoria thief build guide.
This build is current to the V1.0.0 patch.
Best Thief Build Guide - Zoria Age of Shattering
I found choosing a Thief to be bothchallenging and rewardingin theZoria: Age of Shatteringearly game. The fact you can wear medium armor keeps you upright longer than the squishier classes, sneaking canget you into great positionson the battlefield todo some big damage, while the ability tocure poisonis a great campfire ability once you start to come up against insects such as wasps and spiders.Once you have a good tank in your team, you can start to shine.
Best Stats for Thief in Zoria Age of Shattering
When you get to spend stat points as you level up, this is the priority list for a Thief. I tend to keep the first three stats relatively on par, with a slight lean toward upping Agility.
In terms of gaining stats from gear, anything that can get yourHit Chance up to 100 percentis worth having.Initiative and both armor typesare also important, so I tend to spread these out from gear. As all these are good, only look to replace them with others that raise the total number of bonuses overall (unless any one of these is much lower than the others).
If you find several items that give big bumps to yourCrit Chance, it is worth going heavy on this because backstabbing crits can be devastating. However, unless you’re able to get up into the20-plus percentbracket, it’shard to justifyas a main concern.
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Best Thief party in Zoria Age of Shattering
Once you arrive at the Keep around level 8 you’ll be able to start choosing who to team up with. A good tank is crucial, with their ability to taunt being as important as staying upright. Alongside that, I like to have a healer and a ranged damage dealer who can keep out of the way while providing important support.
With the thief as your main companion in the middle of the party formation, I place my Lancer two spaces in front of them with the priest and ranger on either side of the thief, also at the edges of the formation window. This gives the lancer the best opportunity to get engaged quickly, while your ranger and priest have a better chance to get line-of-sight on your enemies.
Thief Leveling Guide
As you level up, take the following skills in this order.
Best Thief Gear and Equipment
As you’ll be wielding two daggers I like to havetwo of eachofMagical DamageandNormal Damageon hand. Wield one of each against new enemy types to see what works, or check your lore to see which is more effective against enemies you’ve faced before and double up accordingly. Also look out for daggers that have theIgnore Armor Bonus, as I find this more useful than the more common Ward.
As far asarmoris concerned, follow the stat guidance above, looking out forhitting multiples of 50, 40, and 30respectively for Strength, Agility, and Intellect for the extra bonuses.
How to play Thief in Zoria Age of Shattering
Against anything but the weakest enemy useShadow Stepto go invisible in the first turn. Move into position behind your enemies, or to the side at worst. If the lancer has drawn several enemies and you have some focus, lead with AOEDancing Bladesor for bosses and tougher opponents,PunctureandShadow Strike. If you need to engageCloak of the Infiltratorwill help keep you alive, whileFire Bombdoes a lot of damage if you want to keep out of the way.
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