Curse

swordfisher · May 08, 2006, 06:05 AM // 06:05

Expertise: 8+1
Beastmastery: 11+3
Marksmanship: 11+1+1

Enraged Lunge, 5e - 5s
Your animal companion attempts an Enraged Lunge that deals +22 damage (maximum 80) for each recharging Beast Mastery skill. This is an elite skill.
Tiger's Fury, 10e - 10s
All your non-attack skills are disabled for 5 seconds. For 11 seconds, you attack 33% faster than normal.
Call of Haste, 10e - 25s
For 30 seconds, your animal companions have a 25% faster attack speed and move 25% faster than normal.
Predatory Bond, 10e - 30s
For 19seconds, attacks by your animal companion heal you for 29 Health.
Charm Animal, - - -
Charm target animal. Once charmed, your animal companion will travel with you whenever you have Charm Animal equipped.
Marauder's Shot, 10e - 6s
If Marauder's Shot hits, you strike for 32 damage and all your non-attack skills are disabled for 5 seconds.
Pin Down, 15e - 15s
If Pin Down hits, your target is "Crippled" for 14 seconds.
Rez Sig

This build is just to highlite a neat trick with the new Beastmastery Elite, Enraged Lunge. I'll lay it out real simple- when your skills are disabled, they count as recharging. So, fer instance, when you hit Tiger's Fury, and it disables all your non-attack skills...that's four recharging BM skills right there (yes, that's right- Charm Animal is recharging). Which means you can kindly request that your pet do +80 damage on its next attack, every 5 seconds, courtesy of Enraged Lunge. Because you can only TF once every 10 seconds, Marauder's Shot is your secondary disable, hitting for +32 off your bow and enabling another big hit from Enraged Lunge. Pin Down ensures you and your pet can catch and keep your targets, or evade pursuit. Call of Haste ups your pet DPS and runspeed, and works together nicely with Predatory Bond, which heals you every time your pet attacks.

edit: if you worry about your pet, switch call of haste for comfort animal- someone's going to notice the big numbers coming off the doggy and kill it

dargon · May 08, 2006, 06:19 AM // 06:19

damn, in theory thats actually a fairly potent build, however I'd be inclined to drop the beastmastery a point or 2, get it to a straight +20 bonus so your not wasting any dmg when your 4 skills are charging, and punt the extra points into expertise. Of course, should your pet die, and you have no way of healing it or resing it in this build, you're effectively screwed.

R A C · May 08, 2006, 06:31 AM // 06:31

Hmm, definitely need a pet res. toss res siggy and go solo?
Awesome idea though.

legless_the_elf · May 08, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42

that is truely a great idea
Good thinking

Nehsher TalonStrike · May 08, 2006, 02:01 PM // 14:01

Viva la Pet...The beastmaster is Back...TO all the nay sayers I spit in your general direction...spit spit...Lol

Nah seriosly...nice build

SnipiousMax · May 08, 2006, 02:31 PM // 14:31

Brilliant. That is a great idea, I will definately be trying this out once I decide on what pet I want.

Francis Demeules · May 08, 2006, 03:35 PM // 15:35

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Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

Brilliant. That is a great idea, I will definately be trying this out once I decide on what pet I want.

Phoenix!

I will stay with my stalker thought.

I tried for fun and damn, you can hit the 100dmg with Marauder + Enraged only.

SnipiousMax · May 08, 2006, 04:33 PM // 16:33

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Originally Posted by Francis Demeules

Phoenix!

I'm actually thinking....Crab! Pheonix is cool, but I'm afraid everyone will have one soon.

Francis Demeules · May 08, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

I'm actually thinking....Crab! Pheonix is cool, but I'm afraid everyone will have one soon.

Near Tannhakai Temple for red/brownish one

Glory To Beestmasters · May 08, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

I like the idea, since my name relates with animals. i was wondering where to get the elite cap for this skill? or do i have to make a pvp and spend all my well earned faction

Francis Demeules · May 08, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

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Originally Posted by Glory To Beestmasters

I like the idea, since my name relates with animals. i was wondering where to get the elite cap for this skill? or do i have to make a pvp and spend all my well earned faction

Royen Beastkeeper (Nahpui Quarter (Explorable)) if you want to test it in PvE

Iskrah · May 08, 2006, 10:19 PM // 22:19

You're doing +66 dmg. Brutal Strike also does +66 dmg at 14 BM if your opponent's health <50%...

Just for information.

SnipiousMax · May 09, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iskrah

You're doing +66 dmg. Brutal Strike also does +66 dmg at 14 BM if your opponent's health <50%...

Just for information.

Tigers fury, Charm animal, Call of haste, and Predetory bond. Thats +80 damage.

Fenix Swiftblade · May 13, 2006, 06:23 AM // 06:23

I haven't fully tested it, but when you use Enraged Lunge, it starts recharging imediatly, and your pet will do the attack at some point slightly later. In theory, Enraged Lunge counts towards itself, and what little testing I've done agrees with that. My pet was doing 23-30 damage to the targets in nameless isle, and when I'd use Enraged Lunge, it would deal 50-60. Then I tried it with a fourth beast mastery skilland it did the same damage, ~115, as when I only had it with TF/Comfort/Charm. I'm going to go try and confirm that now, cause I only had about 2 attacks on each test, not much in the way of solid proof.

EDIT: Finished testing it, yes Enraged Lunge counts itself. With a Besital Mauling, the pet did roughly the same damage as with Enraged Lunge with no other skills: Bestial Mauling +19, Enraged at +22, used Bestial Mauling, waited for it to recharge, used Enraged, roughly the same damage every time.
With all 5 skills recharging, it did ~110-115, and without Bestial Mauling recharging, it did the same, 110-115.

Kurow · May 13, 2006, 06:28 AM // 06:28

This is amazing... I smell nerf :P