Apr 08, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Nov 2006
Profession: D/W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CyclonicYoh
i die a bit more often while tanking.
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Patient: "doctor, my arm hurts when i do this"
doctor: "then don't do that"
stop tanking
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Apr 08, 2008, 12:13 AM // 00:13
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#3
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Feb 2008
Guild: Honored Order of Light
Profession: W/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coloneh
Patient: "doctor, my arm hurts when i do this"
doctor: "then don't do that"
stop tanking
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Agreed.
Dervs are better at dealing damage than taking it. If you're trying to absorb damage, you're better off having a Warrior or Earth Ele tank.
Basically, when you use a class for something it's not designed for (Tanking for a Derv for example), you'll tend to get sub par results.
That said, if you're dying while tanking with +100 armor, you're probably over agroing. A caster should be able to tank with +100 armor.
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Apr 08, 2008, 12:26 AM // 00:26
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#4
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia
Guild: Venatio Illuminata [VEIL]
Profession: W/
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1. If tanking is killing you, why are you tanking?
2. If you're dying with +100 armor, either you, or the person in charge of keeping you alive, is an idiot. Given that AI can be overridden, PEBKAC is a probable cause.
3. What's your health like?
4. +armor skills are useless if you've got "Save Yourselves!" on you, since they don't stack beyond +25 anyway, and if a skill grants higher than that, only the highest counts.
5. I suggest you reflect on everything that has happened so far. If you don't, you've not really learned from the experience, so whatever we say isn't going to help you. Help yourself by learning where you've gone wrong, where the team has gone wrong and learn how to fix those problems.
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Apr 08, 2008, 01:51 AM // 01:51
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#5
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Feb 2008
Guild: Honored Order of Light
Profession: W/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kale Ironfist
3. What's your health like?
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Good question.
If you're running some Superior runes, that will kill your tank.
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Apr 08, 2008, 02:38 AM // 02:38
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#6
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Likes naked dance offs
Join Date: Aug 2005
Guild: The Older Gamers [TOG]
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Word from the wise - replace the word "tanking" with "body blocking" and you'll draw less off topic criticism.
On topic:
You were on the right track before you added GDA and IAU. 70 Armour is all you need, the skills you need to stay alive are on your monks bar, not yours.
[skill]shield of absorption[/skill][skill]protective spirit[/skill][skill]spirit bond[/skill]
Stand on the corner and unload with your scythe on all the red dots you've got banked up while leaving the protection up to the protectors.
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Apr 08, 2008, 03:17 AM // 03:17
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#7
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Academy Page
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yes i should replace the word tanking, it is not really what i'm doing, but for lack of a better word there it is.
I am currently running 1 superior runes, full windwalker armor, and a minor and major vigor rune to compensate with vitae runes to boot. I tend to run in and "body block" first which may be the problem, but deal around 100 or so per hit at an increased rate. And taking sabway relieves me of the opportunity to take a real monk.
And just as a sidenote is there any other "team hero build" similar to sabway that works well? (other than those listed in the hero build directory as ive tried those already)
Or i should rephrase my tanking idea, perhaps there is a way to "stay alive" while doing lots of damage, is what im looking for, similar to the idea of assasins having >100% crit strikes with crit defense up all the time
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Apr 08, 2008, 09:12 AM // 09:12
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#8
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Cracow, Poland.
Profession: D/
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In NM, you can get away with a superior rune, but in HM I wouldn't do that.
I stick with minors all the time.
While Sabway's direct healing is great it lacks protection (even if you're running MM/Prot hybrid), thus I'd take a Prot hench to keep body-blocker alive.
And btw, in HM Lyssa isn't that great - harder to get the +damage bonus, because of foes' faster skill activation time. Melandru/WS damage dash out all way long!
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Apr 08, 2008, 10:25 PM // 22:25
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#9
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sardelec yelling at Tenshi
Guild: Angels Of Strife
Profession: E/
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do the smart mvoe and get a friend who has the IMBAgon clear team as well<_<
ya it really works makes HM for me a joke
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Apr 10, 2008, 04:00 AM // 04:00
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#10
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Oct 2007
Guild: The Underground PvP Society (PVPS)
Profession: N/Mo
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Have the warrior bodyblock, and you run in and clean up the mob. Splinter Scythe?
If you don't have a good warrior, your next best option is to bring a prot monk.
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Apr 11, 2008, 04:20 PM // 16:20
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#11
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Guild: [PIG]
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well there is armor ignoring dmg too, in HM the armor ignoring dmg hits for more. plus, its HM, everything hits for more and has better skills so just gotta be more cautious til you get better at it.
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Apr 14, 2008, 06:17 PM // 18:17
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#12
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Michigan, USA
Guild: Us Are Not [leet]
Profession: E/
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The answer to all of your problems will be clear if you PvP more...
PvP is the answer to every problem... lol.
All jokes aside, the problem is your health. You said you are running one superior rune and one major rune. That is not going to fly. Run all minors and you will see a drastic difference. I really doubt that this has anything to do with tactics on your end, just your armor pieces. you need to have 600+ hp in order to say anything is the monk's fault. Afterall, they gotta have time to prot you... Pre-protting is HELL in hardmode PvE.
Last edited by Brian the Gladiator; Apr 14, 2008 at 06:19 PM // 18:19..
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:26 AM // 01:26
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#13
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Academy Page
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Quote:
All jokes aside, the problem is your health. You said you are running one superior rune and one major rune. That is not going to fly. Run all minors and you will see a drastic difference. I really doubt that this has anything to do with tactics on your end, just your armor pieces. you need to have 600+ hp in order to say anything is the monk's fault. Afterall, they gotta have time to prot you... Pre-protting is HELL in hardmode PvE.
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i only used 1 superior rune and now that its replaced by a minor i have more health. I cant afford a superior vigor rune at the momment, but i didnt run any major regular runes before other than a major VIGOR rune. I'm testing out other hero builds and changing up my build, tho i do wish HM were as easy as NM sometimes
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:49 AM // 01:49
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#14
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Guild: Fighters of the Shiverpeaks
Profession: Me/Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CyclonicYoh
...tho i do wish HM were as easy as NM sometimes
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*Scooby Doo face* huwuh?
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