Guide Fist man is back

Remember this thread by @JaydonTheWarrior ?
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/rest-in-peace-fist-man.282093/

Recently I discovered something: Warrior's counter can be triggered even when not holding a spear, and it can actually hit the attacker. It can also apply poison.

Combining this with (3) plague major id and (4) the fact that for poison warrior most poison come from armour so not having a weapon does not hurt the poison tick too much. You can actually defeats hordes of mobs if your build has decent agility and poison. (insert me fighting NotG boss with hand)

Sadly, there are some issues with going full fist man(not using spears all the time)

1. The above strategy does not work early game: You need to be at least lv26 to unlock counter. You need to be at least lv77 to get plague(uranium aegis). Early game poison and agility may also be insufficient.
2. Limited health sustain: Without rots and lifesteal, you have to rely on regen, consumables and/or healing from teamates. Poison items often have negative hpr/hpr%, the 2 armour pieces with plague both have very bad health regen(Uranium aegis -130-70%, Cytotoxic Striders -325-175).
3. Has trouble "killing" item entities in quest/passive entities. Since you need to apply poison by countering attacks.

(devs please never remove this this is so fun and does not involve unfair advantage)

 

can poison/counter procc stealing? if yes then that's health sustain solved

 

Idk

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You can still get greed and throw emeralds during a fight, since you don't need to attack.
Just mind the upcoming attacks

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https://wynnbuilder.github.io/build...i0tg160j00130z1f000000z0z0+0+0+0+0-l7NUBJZ5R1
WynnBuilder build:
> Alkahest
> Hetusol (or Leo is better?)
> Caterpillar
> Cytotoxic Striders
> Old Keeper's Ring
> Dispersion
> Back-Up Plan
> Contrast
> Fist []
Maybe something like this? It has 40k poison, 61 agi, positive hpr, greed and plague major id.

For reference this is the non-fist poison build I use:

https://wynnbuilder.github.io/build...i0XX1V0l000y131f000000z0z0+0+0+0+0-l7NUBJZ5R1
WynnBuilder build:
> Alkahest
> Coal Duster
> Caterpillar
> Cytotoxic Striders / Galloping Spurs
> Dispersion
> Dispersion
> Back-Up Plan
> Contrast
> Poison Ivy / Rhythm of the Seasons []
59k poison, 67 agi, negative hpr and plague when wearing cytotoxic striders, rally, calvaryman

 

Wait I just realized the original fist man quit the game to protest against p2w.
Sad that he probably won't be able to see fist man come back, devs please tone down the p2w.

 

You should be able to get to level 22 without killing a single enemy.
GlassJars famously got a character to 72 without killing a single entity in the game.
Will also point out Sparkling Hope as a potential way of dealing damage to passive entities (Not sure, and I'm not getting online to test it)
One final thing, you were notably able to play the game without a weapon even in 1.20 due to the pet system, and thrones/reflection, what was lost however was a way to beat the game with just one's fist.
Still a sad loss for true gamers everywhere.