Guide to being overpowered in Champions Online

The official forums are filled with people complaining about CO being too difficult.  Yet, there are people soloing 5-man instances and killing legendary monsters.  There is no big trick or secret.  Figure out the system and build the most powerful champion.
To have the most powerful champion in Champions Online, you have to pick the best [...]

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Necromancer: Leveling Build and Feat Guide (up to level 63)

For leveling (and PvP), Necromancer’s undead minions do a great job, so most of this guide focuses on the Reanimation tree (eight pets!).  Nightfall doesn’t compare to the ease of leveling that Reanimation provides until the higher levels (post 60).  It is common for Necromancers to respec into a Nightfall build post 60, but Reanimation [...]

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Bear Shaman: Leveling Build and Feat Review (version 3)

The Bear Shaman is a great healer/melee hybrid class. It is easily the most well rounded class in Age of Conan, with strong offensive and defensive abilities as well as a utility bag of tricks. It is a strong PvP class, especially at endgame. It also has much to offer in groups, [...]

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Guide to Efficient Questing and Grinding

This guide provides answers to the ‘Where do I go next?’ question while doing the 1 to 80 level grind. There are other guides out there that provide more comprehensive listings of quest areas and grind locations, but you don’t need to go to every location. (Complete list of zones/instances. Great list [...]

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Tempest of Set: Leveling Builds and Feat Review (version 3)

The most effective leveling build is no longer as obvious due to the many recent changes to the Tempest of Set. This guide includes two leveling progressions. One is based on building a balanced toolset focused around Lightning Strike and Storm Field. The other is a build focused on maximizing AoE damage and [...]

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Herald of Xotli: Leveling Build and Feat Advice

The Herald of Xotli (HoX) is all about damage and more damage. For many people, it is the most exciting class to play in Age of Conan. I’ve heard it referred to as a glass chainsaw and it is a very apt analogy. They dish out huge numbers, but the combination of [...]

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Herald of Xotli is great fun!

UPDATE 7/12/08 My leveling build guide for HoX’s can be found here.
I’ve been having fun lately rolling baby characters and trying out different classes in Age of Conan. I’m on a roleplaying PvP server, so the added fun is coming up with a back story and reasons for why I occasionally go on murderous [...]

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Priest of Mitra: Leveling Build and Feat Advice

This build is focused on creating a Priest of Mitra (PoM) capable of solo grinding efficiently, while maintaining the core skills required to be an effective group healer. For the most part, the PoM community has a consensus about the important feats for leveling. This guide will explain the best order in which [...]

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Tempest of Set: Leveling Build and Feat Advice (version 2)

UPDATE 7/23 The latest version of this guide can be found here. Most of the information in this leveling guide (version 2) is still accurate and should continue to work well for people following this build. I just finished writing another version of this guide, with many tweaks and lots of additional information.  It [...]

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Bear Shaman: Revised leveling build and feat advice

UPDATE Sept. 27.  Updated this leveling guide.  Here is the latest version.
Blood Fever vs Untamed Regeneration
With the significant reduction in Untamed Regeneration’s regeneration and increase in vulnerabilities, it becomes a good situational tool instead of a skill you run all the time. Blood Fever’s 20% damage increase becomes a more attractive option.
Untamed Regeneration (UR) [...]

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