Curse

glountz · Feb 28, 2006, 01:03 PM // 13:03

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Originally Posted by agentblade

hmmm.. why not switch e-drain with e-surge instead..

Energy management issue. Spamming MWrack+Sshackles has a cost. Echoed E-drain+E-drain grants you a net 15 energy which is really useful if you want to keep up this distortion and keep spamming MW+SSh. Trading E-drain for E-surge destroy your E-management.
Avarre's build, relying mostly on signets (which have no energy cost), has not this problem.

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Originally Posted by agentblade

with e-drain and leech sig u have a HUGE downtime in which the monk can gain back his energy..

I don't use leech signet... But Signet of Humility sometimes. Leech isn't that good, it doesn't steal energy from an ennemy, it only give you energy when you successfully interrupt one of his spell. It's a good E-management skill in an interrupt build along with Power drain, but not in an energy denial build, (in my opinion, bringing this skill with a high Inspiration attribute along with Mantra of Inscriptions isn't a bad idea of course, but it's not an E-denial skill).
On Gale W, I often don't use SSh but only Mwrack (to be energy wise). As they switch constantly between 0 and 5 energy, they take damage each time they use Gale.

agentblade · Mar 01, 2006, 08:28 AM // 08:28

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Originally Posted by glountz

Energy management issue. Spamming MWrack+Sshackles has a cost. Echoed E-drain+E-drain grants you a net 15 energy which is really useful if you want to keep up this distortion and keep spamming MW+SSh. Trading E-drain for E-surge destroy your E-management.
Avarre's build, relying mostly on signets (which have no energy cost), has not this problem.

ok fair enough.. but i still feel we shouldn't bring in an elite that hasn't been as good as it has been. the huge recharge is gonna hurt.. don't think it'll be as effective as it should be.. but that's just how i feel. If it works for u then go ahead..

glountz · Mar 03, 2006, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Now my build is slightly better due to the update. I may even bring it in 8v8 battles.