Bane Shot or Venom Shot?

[Kidd]

I leveled 1 in each, they treat me well for grinding, as for overall character development, I haven't a clue. I am never good at building characters to be honest.

[Ladymaitai]

I have leveled my bane and venom shot to 3 and my basic shot is also leveled up. I really prefer using the bane shot on tougher enemies. Can get like -600+ life points to them in one shot! But that is just with the bane shot.

Not sure about the hex, I have it but haven't used it much yet. I think it will come in handy with the Undead Gypsies!

[Nickpf]

l personally think they both are great!

[Captain Squid]

The best for voodoo is the HEH eater shot, 3-4 hex shots, then switch to regular lead shot and kill him off. Silver shot does not appear as good as Bane or Venom Shot.

BTW, I notice id you dont use the power meter for the take aim, you get more REP.... as in Gypsy killing, tap 3 or 4 Hex shots, and then tap lead shots once he has no voodoo.... dont hold the Ctrl or Mouse button, just quick shots.... I have gotten 100 rep doing that. Otherwise, I would get like 15 rep by high power lead using the take aim function on max.

[cptnruthless]

I prefer the AIM Shot to either weapon, although it packs a slight amount of punch to add the specialty ammo.

-Captain

[Buccaneer_Lords]

Capt Squid - Is that using 3-4 (level 1? or Level 5?) Hex shot, then finish them off with the Lead shot? I wanted to make sure i understood that part.

[Eliza Shipwrecker]

Use 3 or 4 hex shots, however many it takes until the enemy has no voodoo left to hurt you with, then switch to basic lead shot and finish them off. You'll be able to tell when their voodoo is gone because you don't see anymore blue numbers coming off them.

[mongo]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer_Lords

Capt Squid - Is that using 3-4 (level 1? or Level 5?) Hex shot, then finish them off with the Lead shot? I wanted to make sure i understood that part.

I use one point in each of the ammo types to unlock them and get good results. (My other points are 5 in shoot, 3 take aim, 5 sharpshooter, 2 eagle eye)

3 Hex eaters on a gypsy seems to do the trick. Then switch to lead shot. Of course if this is the only thing you're fighting at the time, you're not taking any damage which means you regen health. It's better than a potion or spending 5 gp in the tavern for healing.

And if you have to turn away to deal with something else (like another gypsy or grenadier if you're on the beach at Padres) you can and still go back and finish the first one off. I have taken the vodoo off of 3 gypsies at a time and been able to kill them all off without needing more hex eater. Very helpful if you're helping someone else level... go around and neutralize the gypsies so they can get the points (and you still get some too).

The only thing to watch out for is to make sure you start with the right ammo. I can't how many times I tried to start the cycle with lead shot. Fortunately it is easily fixed even in grave shackles.