Hello, so I was fortunate to score a nice Champ axe and have a question in regards to spending points. Im aware of the system, but since I plan on using this as a champ axe, or as a way to fight things like Dread Horn that spawn mobs, Id like some recommendations.


Current Stats: no points spent
damage inc 52
fireball 50
life leech 46
hit lower attack 46
hit lower defense 50
mana leech 46
stamina leech 50


As i see it, i get 500 points. I can put 250 into lightning, taking me to 50 and having 250 left. My questions regard the WW and area hits. If with every mob I hit, there is a % chance of procing an area hit, is 35% a safe number? if thats the case, I can finish off my axe with this:


10% poison + 2 socket aug of 25% poison
10% cold+ 2 socket aug of 25% cold
30% energy + 1 socket aug of 10% energy

^ those can be switched to find which "element" is best. I know not to use physical.

This would have my points and 5 socket scroll leaving me with:
lightning 50
hit poison area 35
hit cold area 35
hit energy area 40

If im hitting 4 mobs at a time, wouldnt math tell me that at 35% there would be a guarantee proc? I see some ppl with 50% and 70% area hits. Is that less of a champ axe and more of a single or double target weap to bring enemies in or kill as they flee?

I hope this isnt confusing and would love some direction. Even a simple, yes, do that. But if no, any advice would be great.

Thanks !
Korn of Skyhood

You're better off (as far as i am aware) in getting 2 area effects and maxing them as much as you can, by getting the first one (Generally Cold) to 30% and the second one to 25% (Generally Energy or Poison) and then using a Mythic Sapphire to get 70% cold and a Legendary of the second to get 50% of the second.  The way UO is coded, it's better to have less area effects with higher percent chance, because they would become unreliable under 50%.  For your first axe you are going to want a Reptile Slayer (To make it useful for killing the mean dragons a bit later on) and to be able to do most of the spawns (Serado and Rikktor use a lot of Reptile mobs)

You're also going to want One-Handed in order to use it with a shield, and a Spell Channeling Deed. as well as 5 Self repair.  That is a very good axe.

Hopefully this helps,  If you have any questions let me know!

 Awesome. Thanks so much. That definitely helps clear it up. I wasn't aware of a "UO calculator" per se in regards to weapon hits,  and if I was doing a single target weapon that would've been my first choice.   I'll probably do cold and poison   And bring both of them to 50 at least. Thx!!

It's not so much that there is a calculator, It's just that the RNG system in UO is antiquated and extremely streaky. so its way more beneficial to get larger % chances than spread out to more affixes at lower %