Curse

Isileth · Oct 28, 2006, 07:43 AM // 07:43

Hi, Ive been running a thumper in RA/TA recently and been having some good success. The problem is I have no speed boost or self heal (Less important than the speed imo).

12 Hammer
15 Beast
7 Expertise

Ferocious
Irresistable Blow
Hammer Bash
Crushing Blow
Tigers Fury
Comfort Animal
Charm Animal
Rez sig

If I face a monk (or even two) this build works very well...until they run. Of course while they run they arent healing so the rest of my team has an advantage but it also makes it very hard for me, especially against multiple healers. The problem is however that i cant find a skill to replace (of course it may be infact what i have is better). Without Tigers Fury I have problems doing enough damage to break a monk, without crushing blow it becomes difficult to finish off targets and without irresistable guardian or any stances make me useless.

Is this something Im just going to have to live with or is the a better alternative? Thanks!

Lintsi · Oct 28, 2006, 09:46 AM // 09:46

In RA you should swap Comfort Animal to Bestial Mauling (Factions skill, causes Dazed on knocked down foe) or Maiming Strike (Core skill, causes Crippled on moving foe) because the matches usually don't last long enough and people often ignore the pet.

Isileth · Oct 29, 2006, 02:23 AM // 02:23

I was planning on trying that but that has some major downsides. A lot of the time I have had my pet killed, if this happens without comfort my DPS drops drastically, I cant spam my IAS or irresistable etc. It just seems very risky. Also ive seen others not take comfort and often if your in a stalemate all it takes is a small spike to the pet to remove a lot of their dmg and give yourself the upperhand.

Narayanese · Oct 29, 2006, 05:31 AM // 05:31

Rampage As One is a sweet IAS+speedboost, it got buffed a lot with the release of nightfall, now it lasts longer than the recharge. It's a bit buggy though I think, for some reason you momentarily stop when you use it and have to click to attack your target right after.
The energy cost of rampage as one means no irresistable, but many monks seem not to carry guardan anymore, and with the new healing elites guardian will be even less of a problem I think.