Curse

wesman · Dec 20, 2008, 11:43 AM // 11:43

ok so I am happily minding my own business going around giving a fair account of myself to everything I meet in AB when a sin comes marching along and completely messes me up. I mean it was bad... once he hit mobius/deathblosom and started his button mashing it was all over for me. So in my exp its pretty much either blocking skills or blind that will get a sin off your back. Besides [ebon dust aura] dervs don't have much in the way of blind and blocking is limited to [mirage cloak] which is less then praticle due to its expensive energy cost.

So I was just wondering what you guys do about survivability in Pvp events (now with grenths avatar its even harder to die in Pve)

Tyla · Dec 20, 2008, 11:56 AM // 11:56

Stand there and let them beat on me.

Breakfast Mc Rit · Dec 20, 2008, 12:11 PM // 12:11

[Distracting Shot]
Then I let him wail on me with his pathetic auto-attacks until he dies shortly after.

[Shield of Force]
Hint: Stop thinking of AB as a 1v1 game and more of a team game. Snare him and kite if you don't have the proper defenses. Anyone who calls you a "noob runner" is just mad that they couldn't show you their leet skillz.

tmakinen · Dec 20, 2008, 12:30 PM // 12:30

When I meet a sin in AB I make steamed sin brulee (but then again, I play ele). As Breakfast says, AB is a team game and while you can't bring a decent counter to every potential threat by yourself, a team of four can.

TrippieHippie89 · Dec 20, 2008, 02:11 PM // 14:11

Crip Anguish
Auspicius Incantation
Conjure Nightmare
Clumsiness
Wandering Eye
Cry of Frustration
Distortion
Dash

makes melee cry

for other professions, like others have said...just snare them and let one of the other 11 players deal with it, or if you really want to enlarge your e-peen bring any skill that blocks or a skill that causes weakness, any profession should be able to find a skill that does one of those effectively

Xx Da Best Xx · Dec 20, 2008, 03:57 PM // 15:57

put empathy on them and kite...most sins (about 90%) are stupid and will just attack through it.

Tyla · Dec 20, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04

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Originally Posted by Xx Da Best Xx

put empathy on them and kite...most sins (about 90%) are stupid and will just attack through it.

wat

@Trippie: Why would you take Crip Anguish over Inept when it's merely a Burden with a little degen?

Marverick · Dec 20, 2008, 04:24 PM // 16:24

You could always go /W and take [Shield Bash] and swap to a shield set when a sin comes.

And yes [Distracting Shot] is ftw. Take a bow set and run it if you need, you don't need any attribute points for it.

Tyla · Dec 20, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30

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Originally Posted by Marverick

And yes [Distracting Shot] is ftw. Take a bow set and run it if you need, you don't need any attribute points for it.

Speaking of Distracting Shot, I ran a D-Shot Monk not long ago. It was spectacular I say!

But yeah, D-Shotting Guardians and WoH's for yourself is lol.

-Lotus- · Dec 20, 2008, 06:25 PM // 18:25

you are not going to beat a sin 1v1 with a reasonable build. Even AB is a team game.

Lyynyyrd · Dec 20, 2008, 06:31 PM // 18:31

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Originally Posted by Tyla

Speaking of Distracting Shot, I ran a D-Shot Monk not long ago. It was spectacular I say!

But yeah, D-Shotting Guardians and WoH's for yourself is lol.

DShot monks are nothing new. They've actually seen play in real PvP.

ele pl · Dec 20, 2008, 07:24 PM // 19:24

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Originally Posted by Lyynyyrd

DShot monks are nothing new. They've actually seen play in real PvP.

True, if you consider RA as real PvP

Icy The Mage · Dec 20, 2008, 10:20 PM // 22:20

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Originally Posted by ele pl

True, if you consider RA as real PvP

If TA is "real PvP" then it's used in real pvp. Also, I've seen top guilds use monks with D-Shot in ATs.

Sirius-NZ · Dec 20, 2008, 11:35 PM // 23:35

Assassins can usually outpace a Dervish pretty badly in PvP, even when they aren't running a scythe build. What I'd advise is just rely on your monk to keep you alive, or even better, get a good Mesmer on your team.

ivan.alicard · Dec 21, 2008, 04:06 AM // 04:06

/W

balance stance
wild blow as bonus

Darkside · Dec 21, 2008, 10:00 AM // 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by wesman

ok so I am happily minding my own business going around giving a fair account of myself to everything I meet in AB when a sin comes marching along and completely messes me up. I mean it was bad... once he hit mobius/deathblosom and started his button mashing it was all over for me. So in my exp its pretty much either blocking skills or blind that will get a sin off your back. Besides [ebon dust aura] dervs don't have much in the way of blind and blocking is limited to [mirage cloak] which is less then praticle due to its expensive energy cost.

So I was just wondering what you guys do about survivability in Pvp events (now with grenths avatar its even harder to die in Pve)

You can't really equip yourself to defend against every single person you will meet in ab. There are just way to many variables. You really need to depend on your team to help you out. I usually ab with friends/guildies and we run a fairly balanced team. I think if you do that you will find things a lot easier.

Painbringer · Dec 23, 2008, 10:06 PM // 22:06

just [empathy] does the trick for me... all you need to do is take the hits... it is the enchantment killing sins that mess me up

When I play mesmer sins are my first target...since they can take a target out faster then any others and they like to get out of monk/team range alot.

Nightow · Dec 23, 2008, 10:51 PM // 22:51

[weapon of warding][weapon of shadow][Blind Was Mingson][Blinding Surge][Smoke Powder Defense] are just some of my favorite ways of dealing with them.

Lyynyyrd · Dec 23, 2008, 10:56 PM // 22:56

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Originally Posted by ele pl

True, if you consider RA as real PvP

I mean GvG.

An interrupt / 20s disable with no investment? Awsum.

Tyla · Dec 24, 2008, 12:26 AM // 00:26

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Originally Posted by Painbringer

just [empathy] does the trick for me... all you need to do is take the hits... it is the enchantment killing sins that mess me up

When I play mesmer sins are my first target...since they can take a target out faster then any others and they like to get out of monk/team range alot.

If you stand still and let an Assassin beat on you with Empathy, you're most likely to die before he dies.