i have no idea about lost shrine, where is that???, with 2 opened maps now, maximum def i can gain now is 70, but i keep it as 62 for better damage as 105, but, its not easy to kill a creature around the lost castle between sea, now way get on, in crimson isle.
my skill is around bleed> twist blade, power slam, impale and double strike.
i'm blade

they are sleeping, try stealth or windwalk

Well, as far as class, blademaster is probably your best bet.

For gear, it obviously depends what you get, but I find a really good combination is high (mine is at 360%) crit damage, moderate crit chance (15%) and using berserk+bladestorm+twist blade. Enables some health regen, significant armor-ignoring damage, and still permits clearing out the crowd.

Razorback (the fast 2hand axe) and Ghost of a Chance (ring w/ 4% chance of 200% damage for 10s after a crit) tend to be the gear that pulls through the hardest - my defense is only about 50, attack is 25-100, attackspeed 70. If Ghost of a Chance goes off I charge right into the next battle with berserk and come out full health again.

That all being said - would you mind giving a quick tip on how to get the lost shrine open? :)

lost shrine, a cave in continent isle, between the foldhaven mine and coalshrine
you can open it by complete the unknown map quest from body in house around coalshire.
i agree thats you have an impressive crit damage and crit chance, but, with def ~ 50, you have no chance with these liza, i'm at 70 now, but, i cant stand or make any damage to them....

Well, crit is fairly powerful. I'll update here again after I get into the cave and test it out! If they're anything like Lizardmen from Triglav, I'll be sure to go in cautiously ;)

i have completed that quest without killing them, first i got the saw and died, the second time i´ve managed to sneak through without wake them up

http://subefotos.com/ver/?7cf770dcbb61422333c7b7a0cde82c35o.png

sorry, i mean without waking them up

my oppinion, beserk look like not very usefull, except if i have very fast speed, average damage ( cuz, never have a case with high speed, high damage) and ( just and ) high crit
but i think if we can get 3 condition as i said at average is very good or 2 of that high is very good, too.
why do i said beserk is not really usefull?
1st, the skill make you have 160% speed and 30% health leech, as i test, with 124 damage, 0.50 speed, 235% crit dam and 15% crit chance, 60 dex, with beserk and whirling blade, i killed the all nearby enemies, but with with 90% def ( mine is 70) i lost 7 def, so health leech of beserk only make me still alive like i have 100% def but without beserk.
2nd, i think if we use beserk, should use with dual weapon, more speed, more normal attack ( DPS) cuz beserk base on normal attack.
example, 2 bone guardians in shuken ruin use dual weapon - bone knife, low damage but high speed can make you hurt more than 2 bone warriors with big 2h axe.
if health leech of beserk can take effect on skill, i think it will be a never miss skill of blade
just my oppinion...

Well, I appreciate opinions :) and prefer a good discussion to a soapbox announcement.

What's your character's shield/1hand weapon combination? I haven't done a lot of skill swapping, but once I find another good 1hand I'll try dual wield.

And I should probably update about the Lizardmen, considering the topic of the thread!!

Got the cave open, and after dying a few times completing the quest, I went back to fight a lizard...got one off alone and got him down to 30% health, but he made a charge and killed me. If Ghost of a Chance (what a name) had triggered, I would have had him...but they are likely not meant to be defeated at this stage of the game anyways - after all, they are sleeping!

When i first started my new character, Eldritch, the Nightbreed Blademaster, i instantly started to save to powerslam, and also i have a elegant sword, with like 25-38 or something. And i'm then gonna go over to Twist the blade.

Why I use berserk:
https://capgeek.zaclys.net/index.php/s/x1QFEb98eHWYb4q#//Buff.png

EdgeBent, you have a very impressive attack, even thats come from the ring's effect, at normal time, its 120+, with high crit damage and not really terrible crit chance... well...
i can understand why you like beserk like that, but, you def, its really terrible, and i think its very difficult for you to pass the last boss of suken ruin.
another thing, i use 2H weapon, its 21-97 att axe, and i agree with 100 att and 70+ def, so i think besrek is not really usefull for me.
i'm thinking about a new skill set....
the ring's effect is really low, as low as useless, i almost think thats effect only for see, i never seen it active

Yeah, 4% and only on a crit at 15% is pretty darn low. I do NOT rely on the double damage :) but it makes all battles very short.

The Lady of the Lake and her golem are not a challenge with Sonic Wave. I defeat her without use of any potions...no +damage, no +health.

I go in with Brandish and silence her immediately, start dealing crit damage (bleed/power slam/twist blade) and use Berserk when I hit about 50% health. She dies first, I rarely let her spawn a ghost (or it dies quickly with Bladestorm/Power Slam/Sonic Wave) and her golem is usually at about half health when she's done.

Uploaded a before/after shot of a battle with Nayda, if you don't believe me, lol.
Take note of Brandish - 120 second cooldown, and it's not quite half-way done cooling down in the "end" screenshot :P that's less than 60 seconds of battling.

No, Ghost of a Chance didn't fire, sadly.

well, your fighting is totally base on lucky. idk what happen if you play in a bad day....
with 70+ of def, i die at least 1 time with no lucky of critical or ghost of chance when f2f with Nayda and her golem...my crit chance = yours... dam....

Now i've been traveling to Continental Highlands, and i found a Golden chest! and i got a battle axe with 20-76 power and Gloves of Haste.

well done! but the 2h axe in sunken ruin is really the what you need.
its not normaly, but try hard, you will get something with damage 90+.
i'm trying find something better.

Is the 2h axe in Sunken Ruins in a chest?

chest from monster, but, its really hard to get, base on your lucky.