Curse

its bad to sin · Jul 21, 2009, 08:35 PM // 20:35

so on all the builds that require on axe for pvp such as ta,ra,gvg etc it says have a zelous/vamp/ebon axes now of course i understand the first 2, but why the ebon axe? the only thing i could think of was that it did better damage aginst other wars but idk. could someone please help me on this?

kedde · Jul 21, 2009, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Your last reason.

paddymew · Jul 21, 2009, 10:02 PM // 22:02

More damage against warriors, less damage against rangers. Meh.

its bad to sin · Jul 21, 2009, 11:28 PM // 23:28

aight thank you both

Bob Slydell · Jul 22, 2009, 02:42 AM // 02:42

Unless the warrior is using Dreadnought's Insignas (Armor vs Elemental) on every piece of his armor, the Ebon axe (earth) turns all physical damage on that weapon into elemental earth damage and bypasses their usual physical resistances.

Reverend Dr · Jul 22, 2009, 03:53 AM // 03:53

While strictly speaking, any elemental mod will serve the same purpose, there are +10 AL shields of every variety. Unless you are running Conjure or a obvious elemental (fiery sword/axe, ice breaker, etc) no one will run a +AL shield to match your element. They will run shields to match your midline's element and the least likely shield they will have on will be +10 vs earth (if they even have a +10 earth shield).

Necromas · Jul 22, 2009, 03:55 AM // 03:55

Earth damage in particular is selected because it's the least common form of elemental damage for enemies to expect, it doesn't have a conjure, and earth nuking isn't exactly part of the high end meta, and neither are dervishes for that matter (who have an earth damage avatar).

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Originally Posted by paddymew

More damage against warriors, less damage against rangers. Meh.

Use your vampiric axe against rangers, that's why you bring more than one axe.

I Jonas I · Jul 22, 2009, 04:17 AM // 04:17

I'm pretty sure no one changes weapons when they switch targets, anyway. It's either zealous when they are low on energy, ebon/sundering/furious when they are running around/not hitting much, and vampiric when they are hitting stuff and are OK on energy.

I Angra I · Jul 22, 2009, 05:01 AM // 05:01

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Originally Posted by Jonas The Keen

I'm pretty sure no one changes weapons when they switch targets, anyway. It's either zealous when they are low on energy, ebon/sundering/furious when they are running around/not hitting much, and vampiric when they are hitting stuff and are OK on energy.

wat

why would you not switch to an elemental mod when hitting a warrior

if they happen to be running radiants or survivors and not sentinels it's free extra damage

*lemming* · Jul 22, 2009, 06:56 AM // 06:56

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Originally Posted by I Angra I

wat

why would you not switch to an elemental mod when hitting a warrior

if they happen to be running radiants or survivors and not sentinels it's free extra damage

cuz everyone is running sentinels

I Angra I · Jul 22, 2009, 07:44 AM // 07:44

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Originally Posted by tehlemming

cuz everyone is running sentinels

sometimes I dont when I run shock

D:

kedde · Jul 22, 2009, 08:54 AM // 08:54

Teleports are cooler, sentinels is for pussies.

Laziness as a reasoning makes you a bad player with a shitty attitude, probably not wanting to improve.

Ex Death · Jul 22, 2009, 03:00 PM // 15:00

I would just like to point out that if you're doing RA, then it is best to run a fiery weapon instead of ebon because of the off-chance of getting a teammate with Mark of Rodgort.

Osiris_sam · Jul 22, 2009, 03:26 PM // 15:26

for warriors running sents at 13 str, introduce them to a devhammer, and free your elemental hammer... if you really want to run axe... just wail them down with vamp

fiery is bad in RA, everyone has fire shield because of the spamspam mb eles

*lemming* · Jul 22, 2009, 07:52 PM // 19:52

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Originally Posted by kedde

Teleports are cooler, sentinels is for pussies.

Laziness as a reasoning makes you a bad player with a shitty attitude, probably not wanting to improve.

What's the point in not being lazy if it means you're doing less damage?

Reverend Dr · Jul 24, 2009, 02:42 AM // 02:42

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Originally Posted by Ex Death

I would just like to point out that if you're doing RA, then it is best to run a fiery weapon instead of ebon because of the off-chance of getting a teammate with Mark of Rodgort.

Just to point out that in RA you are far more likely to run into fire eles, which means enemies are far more likely to sit in a fire shield.

Also seriously, Mark of Rodgort? Anyone changing their weapon mods because of one terrible skill is an idiot.