Curse

voidvector · Mar 03, 2008, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Seems like this skill just got "discovered" a week ago. There was a sudden surge of Dervishes in GvG matches during the past week, and most of them carried this with Pious Fury or Pious Assault.

Sirius-NZ · Mar 03, 2008, 11:29 AM // 11:29

That's because most self-rending skills for Dervishes weren't worth the skill slot until recently. Pious Fury maybe, but it had obvious drawbacks to Heart of Fury which likely turned people off. The new-look Pious Assault probably was enough to cause people to re-evaluate self-rending.

samcobra · Mar 03, 2008, 01:44 PM // 13:44

Grenths Aura provides easy AoE enchant removal exactly when it's needed (before the deep wound). In PvE, it's not so good, but the fact that you can use that on two teleporting dervishes as well as have a shatter on an EC/SD mesmer makes it a very powerful spike.

Arkantos · Mar 03, 2008, 01:47 PM // 13:47

Pious assault is on every dervish in its current state, and enchantments are annoying in the current meta. Put the 2 skills together and you have good synergy.

Skyros · Mar 03, 2008, 01:51 PM // 13:51

grenth's aura + AoB dervs with pious assault/fury + EC mesmer removes 2-4 enchantments right on the spike which makes it pretty hard (darn well impossible) to pre prot / reflex prot.

Sir Pandra Pierva · Mar 04, 2008, 10:05 PM // 22:05

oh ya me and my guild were gvging last night and got RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOed up from 2 aobs running that spike. the monks did at least.

distilledwill · Mar 05, 2008, 03:31 AM // 03:31

Ive not tried it in GvG, but working it into Melandru got me a pretty hefty winning streak in RA. (i know, i know, RA only has N00bs, so what! Im just saying)

RavagerOfDreams · Mar 05, 2008, 05:38 AM // 05:38

it needs to be nerfed badly imo

Tyla · Mar 05, 2008, 03:47 PM // 15:47

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

it needs to be nerfed badly imo

Same with Pious Assault tbh...

Sir Pandra Pierva · Mar 05, 2008, 07:42 PM // 19:42

no they will nerf the other skills to death

so there will be no non enchant ias for dervish
deathly will be shot to hell
and so will grenths aura

SP spike comes to mind

Sirius-NZ · Mar 05, 2008, 09:57 PM // 21:57

I recall using - just for a laugh - guiding hands followed by a spike against monks, then test of faith to really rattle them. This was in RA, though, where anything works if you try hard enough.

Seef II · Mar 06, 2008, 12:34 AM // 00:34

DSpike's getting hit later this week, anyway. Whether that's in Grenth's Aura or Pious Assault, I don't know.

Tyla · Mar 06, 2008, 04:50 PM // 16:50

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Originally Posted by Seef II

DSpike's getting hit later this week, anyway. Whether that's in Grenth's Aura or Pious Assault, I don't know.

Should be Pious Assault, I hope it doesn't get nerfed to shit....

voidvector · Mar 06, 2008, 09:23 PM // 21:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

it needs to be nerfed badly imo

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyla salanari

Same with Pious Assault tbh...

Lol, Grenth's Aura just got nerfed into oblivion. Pious Assault got nerfed to the speed of a regular attack.

Anet don't want to see dervishes in important roles.

Sir Pandra Pierva · Mar 06, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

lol anet hates all the classes now me thinks after looking at a few of the nerfs

~ Dan ~ · Mar 06, 2008, 11:45 PM // 23:45

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Originally Posted by voidvector

Anet don't want to see dervishes in important roles.

Important role is different to degenerate gimmick role.