Curse

ensoriki · Feb 19, 2011, 05:02 PM // 17:02

We've got a new dervish on our hands so how about them with other weapons?
One that sticks out is Ebon Dust Aura, for me I see this with daggers easily.
Jagged strike, fox fangs, death blossom as always.

10+1 earth prayers
10+1+1 mysticism
10 dagger mastery
Maybe there is a better attribute spread then what I was running 12 Mysticism need not be necessary but it does help with energy management.

~Ebon Dust aura
~Jagged Strike
~fox fangs
~Death blossom
~Pious Fury/Heart of Fury
~Mystic Sandstorm
~Eremite's Zeal/Zealous Renewal
~optional.

Just spam the combo and drop sandstorms as you go along. Something that could probably fit in this bar is Conviction for condition removal, for the most part though, if your not blinded your fine, and if EDA has been up long enough you can just strip it with something like Pious Fury ,recast it and go on with your day. With other enchant removals your going to have to worry about "ah crap blind is stacked under 3 other conditions".

LifeInfusion · Feb 19, 2011, 05:09 PM // 17:09

IMO, EDA has the problem of being elite. For the damage it puts out, I'd use conjures on a A/E with critical agility. Before the dervish update, you could rationalize using it with adrenaline stuff to get mass blinds, now it is pretty lame given that you can spam blind with dust cloak easier.

I think Mystic Sandstorm causes scatter too.

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Originally Posted by Lishy

Mystic Sandstorm causes scatter, but it is an absolutely insane skill when used in conjunction with EBSoH. And a Dervish usually has the energy to afford that too!

EDA also causes AoE blind it's worth noting.

EDA has a really lame blind now, when you think about it. It's about 5-6 seconds on 10 cooldown, and 7 seconds at 16 earth (why you'd run that high I don't know..+21 damage?). You're better off with dust cloak and a teardown that has big damage (such as Pious assault, irresistible sweep, or Wearying strike).

You get +15 from conjures @10 so that's the same as EDA at 10.

The only saving grace is the bar compression of damage, blind, and blind removal in one skill.

Lishy · Feb 19, 2011, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Mystic Sandstorm causes scatter, but it is an absolutely insane skill when used in conjunction with EBSoH. And a Dervish usually has the energy to afford that too!

EDA also causes AoE blind it's worth noting.

ensoriki · Feb 19, 2011, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Thing is with conjures, is what else skills are you getting from the conjure lines?
Taking EDA with daggers your going to be bring mystic sandstorm to the table and using that with death blossom start pushing out some respectable aoe damage.
On the flip side of earth with daggers you could probably spam out with Zealous Vow, drop Mystic Twisters and with the new found e-management bring in Rending Aura to spread some cracked armour for the team every 6 seconds or depending on your teardowns.

You could use conjures, but keeping things within the dervish line gives you more room for various utility from flash enchants and other enchantments so I'd say there is a benefit to not spreading out into conjures.