Curse

Chewbacca Defense · Nov 09, 2006, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Just wanted to get some advice to improve this build. Was running it in RA with mild success, but I think there's potential. Low Survivability when foes > 50% health is a problem.

N/Me
Domination 9
Soul Reaping 12 (11 + 1)
Curses 16 (12 + 4)

[skill]Soul Barbs[/skill][skill]Parasitic Bond[/skill][skill]Wastrel's Worry[/skill][skill]Faintheartedness[/skill][skill]Web of Disruption[/skill][skill]Signet of Suffering[/skill][skill]Signet of Lost Souls[/skill]

Strat:
SB, PB, Faint, spam WW and PB, then Signet of Suffering for 140 damage, then spam WW, PB, and Lost Souls.

Use Web to interrupt any major heals and/or rez. Web is an awesome hex, highly recommend trying it out.

Pros:

Spike not large enough to kill, but enough to bring target down to 5~10% health.
No energy Problems
Lots of Cover Hexes to cover core hexes.
Only 4 hexes required to do max damage with Signet of Sorrows.
Armor ignoring!

Cons:

Poor self-preservation when attackers > 50% health
Slow Setup
Hexes need to have < 1s cast times and fast recharge times as Hex Removal kills the build.
Signet of Suffering is a 2s cast giving target chance to remove 1 or 2 hexes.

Untested Alternatives:

Swap Faint and Web for Phantom Pain + Shatter Delusions to add Deep Wounding. 2s cast time on PP kind of hurts.
Swap Web for Shatter Delusions and do the WW + SD combo.
Swap Faint for Backfire and Lost Souls for Power Spike. Switch build to fast casting Me/N.
Swap Web for Wastrel's Demise.

Questions:

Any better low recharge, fast casting, low cost hexes to use instead of Faint?
Any comments on the Alternatives?
Any ideas for improvements?

Chewbacca Defense · Nov 09, 2006, 05:14 PM // 17:14

Any advice on these changes?

N/A
Deathly Arts 9
Soul Reaping 12 (11 + 1)
Curses 16 (12 + 4)

[skill]Soul Barbs[/skill][skill]Parasitic Bond[/skill][skill]Faintheartedness[/skill][skill]Siphon Speed[/skill][skill]Enduring Toxin[/skill][skill]Signet of Suffering[/skill][skill]Signet of Lost Souls[/skill][skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]

This build relies on a psychologic game. With 8 degen on the target, the target or hex-remover will try to remove the hexes.

Ideally, PB should be on top, so each time PB is removed, you'll heal for 120+ HP, while the target continues to be snared + degened. It may help in keeping you alive better than the original build, but not too sure.

However, no interrupts maybe a bit of a pain as the target may try a self-heal.

For a sustainable build, which is better: Snared + Degen vs. Self-Heal Interrupts?