Curse

Bale_Shadowscar · Sep 22, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54

I've been messing around with a Dervish in RA, and this is what I came up with:

-Max Mysticism
-8 tactics (I think)
-Rest in Axe Mastery

Avatar of Grenth [E] - Attacks deal cold damage, whenever you use an attack skill remove an enchant from target foe.

Watchful Intervention - for 60 seconds, when you drop below 25% health, you're healed for 170.

Meditation - Lose an enchant. Gain 9 energy. if you didn't lose an enchant, you're healed for 104 instead.

CycloneAxe - 9 damage to all adjacent foes.

Penetrating Blow - +17 damage, 25% Armor Penetration.

Swift Chop - +12 damage. If blocked, Inflict Deep Wound and +12 more damage.

Healing Signet - Heal yourself.

Res Sig -

Obviously, It could use a lot of improvement, but the basic idea is this:

- Cast Watchful Intervention. It'll help heal you when you're hurt. awww.
- Cast Avatar of Grenth.
- Use the cheap, quick recharging axe skills to beat down your opponent. You will be attacking so often that you will remove enchants very fast. Cyclone axe can remove enchants from all adjacent foes, which is very handy when you're being swarmed by Wammos/Dervishes.
- Meditation can be used when you get into energy problems (if you still have watchful spirit on you), or for a quick heal alternative to heal sig.
- Heal sig for healing.
- Res Sig for Ressing.

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Obviously, the damage isn't amazing (Cyclone axe -haha!), but Penetrating chop is not too bad against low armor targets such as Sins, and if swift chop is blocked (by a ranger stance or Guardian for example), then your foe will recieve a deep wound, aiding your damage output.

The downside is the waiting whilst Avatar of Grenth recharges, you have little to do but keep chopping away.

I found this build, although it has (many) faults, such as lack of a lot of damage, is very effective in RA at the moment against all the Dervishes, Wammos and Sins. These enemies are quite severly weakend without their enchantments, and become easy prey for your teammates.

Comments/Improvements?