Curse

JapanX · Apr 02, 2008, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Hi everyone!

Someone of you can help me with my Dervish ? I'm a Dervish/Necromancer and I would like to make a PvP in Arena but for the moment, I don't know what build I need to be good.

My weapon can be DeathBringer, Dwayna's Grace or Mallyx's savagery!

For now I have all Avatars and some elite spells.

I use for the moment Dwayna's Grace and my spells are :
1-Vital Boon
2-Faithful Intervention
3-Avatar of Balthazar or Avatar of Lyssa
4-Conviction
5-Chilling Victory
6-Heart of Holy Flame
7-Enchant Haste
8-Signet of Pious Light
**It's not my PvP spells, I'm just at PvE for the moment ...**

Someone can help me to be a good Dervish in PvP and also in PvE ??

Thanks a lot to help me!

Noelahg · Apr 02, 2008, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Too much survival, not enough damage output.

First thing is you'll want to use Lyssa and never Balthazar for pvp.

I'd also get rid of chilling victory in favor of mystic sweep/eremite's attack. They let you attack more often because they ignore the swing timer (and thus also provide more chances to make use of Lyssa's bonus damage). You should probably remove some hp stacking skills (Faithful intervention) in favor of more fast attacks, as they're what make your avatar shine.

As far as being a secondary necro goes, I'd consider picking up plague touch in order to remove conditions from yourself. Switching to monk would probably be better for this as they don't need to be near an opponent to remove conditions.

Lord Xivor · Apr 02, 2008, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Make a PvP character for PvP. You don't ever want to have the same runes/insignias you use for PvE and PvP. PvP requires much different things than PvE and often has it's own equipment in order for the builds to work properly.

The biggest problem with your build above is that you have almost no attack skills. You need scythe attacks...2 more of them. You should use the build resource of pvxwiki.com to find some good builds. Here are some for PvE that I recommend you start with, that don't require a lot of learning curve:

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:D/...27s_PvE_Avatar
http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:D/...ru_PvE_Dervish

Chthon · Apr 02, 2008, 08:53 PM // 20:53

D/N?

Contagion Dark Bomber.

Contagion
Dark Aura
Foul Feast
Wearying Strike
Plague Touch
Mystic Regen
Armor of Sanctity
Rez

Lord Xivor · Apr 02, 2008, 10:14 PM // 22:14

That is a farming build, and a rather horrid one at that, as it causes AoE scatter.

JapanX · Apr 02, 2008, 10:43 PM // 22:43

Ok! So I need to get more attack spells ?

To answer Noelagh, I can switch for Monk, so I'll change it!

To answer Lord Xivor, I see the first build and it seems to be good!

Thanks a lot to help me!

Sirius-NZ · Apr 02, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

The builds on PvXwiki are generally not terribly good. (Edit: by this I mean they'll work and aren't embarrassing, but suffer from some dubious choices.) Check "guide to playing Dervish" in this forum for the most preferable stuff.

I admit to playing PvP with a PvE dervish... but I DO have 3 sets of armor and quite a few weapons. 'sides, the only thing you really need is mysticism, scythe mastery and HP for the rest.

Tyla · Apr 02, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

@Lord Xivor -- Nothing wrong with using PvE chars in PvP, unless you aren't fully geared up for it. (Defensive sets, other weapons depending on the situation ect...)

I suggest using Avatar of Melandru.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex in some random other thread

Gogo Mel?

12+1+1 Scythe
12+1 Mysticism

[skill]victorious sweep[/skill] or some other vanilla skill.
[skill]wearying strike[/skill]
[skill]mystic sweep[/skill]
Eternal Aura
Kurzick / Luxon Dervish skill
Flail / Drunken Master / Heart of Fury
Avatar of Melandru
Res Sig / DPSignet / Draw Conditions / Imbue Health / Wild Blow or whatever.

or or

or or or or or... whatever really

Sorry, Alex, can't be bothered searching round for them pics.

You can change your secondary anyway, after you get ascended in NF (Complete "Hunted!") and complete the first quest of "The Command Post". It should allow you to use the Profession Changer in the Command Post outside of the Sunspear Sanctuary.

Terraban · Apr 02, 2008, 11:18 PM // 23:18

I have been having fun with a Scythe/Blood/Mysticism build with Signet of Agony, Blood Renewal, and Touch of Agony.

I cast Dark Aura and Withering Aura on the Dervish, and watch the yellow numbers fly from the sacrifices.

Probably not the best build, but it has decent synergy, is fun, and has gotten me part of the way through EoTN.

Edit: Alone the Dervish is fairly weak, but with outside casting of Dark Aura, it becomes fairly strong. 100+ almost unpreventable single target damage for 5 energy every 2 seconds? Sweet. The 50+ AoE damage is just gravy.