Curse

Jeff Highwind · Jan 18, 2007, 08:17 AM // 08:17

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Build:A/E_Signet_Spiker

This thread has caught the eye of the sins in my guild and 2 luxons that love to shove this build in various people's faces. There are several things I would like to inquire about it though:

-Why don't we see this in HA? I've seen and somewhat used it before and IMO it has quite a fast spike potential matching Searing Flames in power.
-How can I manage my energy with this? Even with 2 signets I am tapped after 3 full spikes at the end.
-Is there ANY long range Lead Attacks? Dancing Daggers is painful with the close range caster mode
-On the note of Entangling Asp, the answer is obvious but is the KD still applied on an Melandru Avatar
-For AB is there a possible way to counteract Ignorance or Signet of Humility with this build?

dgb · Jan 18, 2007, 09:14 AM // 09:14

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Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Build:A/E_Signet_Spiker

This thread has caught the eye of the sins in my guild and 2 luxons that love to shove this build in various people's faces. There are several things I would like to inquire about it though:

-Why don't we see this in HA? I've seen and somewhat used it before and IMO it has quite a fast spike potential matching Searing Flames in power.

It's DPS is horrible, it's spike is painfully obvious and not all that scary, it has minimal utility and doesn't really acheive much except sucking. I mean it does 300 damage over 4+ seconds... Then what? It's single target unlike SF and as you note in your next point, you can't keep it up.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

-For AB is there a possible way to counteract Ignorance or Signet of Humility with this build?

Interupt it. Take disrupting dagger...

Yanman.be · Jan 18, 2007, 11:13 AM // 11:13

Paragons-> damage neutralized.
Fear me-> bye bye energy.
Entangling Asp will kd.
And the vetting procedure on wiki says AB is PvP. That made me laugh.

Bloodied Blade · Jan 18, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

^^

Wow...it says that AB is PvP? Not exactly sure if I need to laugh or cry at that...

But ya...this isn't run in HA because it has minimal utility and horrible spike damage. A RaO thumper would actually be more of a threat b/c they can deal deep wound. You really can't manage your energy...you're supposed to do that via crit strikes, but you don't exactly use daggers. I suppose you could try some zealous daggers and attack with them anyway though. No, there really aren't any long-range lead attacks. Yes, it will KD a Mel Derv; it just won't poison them. As for interrupts, as Yanman stated, use disrupting dagger.

lightblade · Jan 18, 2007, 06:33 PM // 18:33

Well IMO, signets are a poor way to spike due to slow activation time. The whole spike is executed in 2+ seconds, which is quite a lot of time to get a Zealous Benediction in.