Curse

A Leprechaun · Jun 08, 2008, 05:26 PM // 17:26

This is a build an officer of my guild sent to guild chat. I told him it was pretty bad but then he, and other members, railed on at me about how it was good.

Anyway here is the build, please critique:

[build=OQYUgqYKxKT9VjPLgVi7VZf6FBAA]

I will not point out all the bad points for two reasons:
1) They are pretty obvious.
2) I don't want to be mean.

~A Leprechaun~

Tyla · Jun 08, 2008, 05:38 PM // 17:38

Terribad.

8 Axe Mastery makes me cry.

I pwnd U · Jun 08, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

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Originally Posted by Tyla

Terribad.

8 Axe Mastery makes me cry.

QFT. Attributes are too spread out to be effective. Charging Strike is bad compared to other elites you can run. Don't really need a blocking stance tbh. In AB everything is a cluster**** so everything dies no matter what. RA you should be okay with just healing sig. And they probably would say it's to cover healing sig but it ends when you use it. Better off with Bonetti's Defense. Tigers Stance is a bad IAS compared to Frenzy. With all the blind and guardian going on your chances of missing are high.

To sum it up: Build is bad.

A Leprechaun · Jun 08, 2008, 05:49 PM // 17:49

I know, lol.
He tried to argue that Keen chop was a really good skill. Better than Executioners Strike o.O.

~A Leprechaun~

the savage nornbear · Jun 08, 2008, 06:09 PM // 18:09

I don't understand using 2 skills [shell shock]/[body blow] to do what one skill can do. Plus the only need for the cracked armor is for the deep wound, so why have the 5 points i air magic? The only keepable skill in my opinion is [[healing signet].

RotteN · Jun 08, 2008, 07:02 PM // 19:02

i'm sorry, but running 8 axe mastery is equally bad, if not worse, than glads defense tanks.

There is no way of saying how bad this build actually is. seriously ...

Crom The Pale · Jun 09, 2008, 01:42 PM // 13:42

Well coming from a war that ran [meteor shower] in RA this might not carry any wieght....

The build is bad, really really really bad....

Cracked armor is really a PvE condition when your dealing with Hard Mode monsters with insane armor and hp.
Shield stance just roots you in place and makes sins/wars laugh and walk off to kill your other party members.

As for all the other skills, they are good if put into the proper build, just not good together....

A Leprechaun · Jun 09, 2008, 04:55 PM // 16:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crom The Pale

Well coming from a war that ran [meteor shower] in RA this might not carry any wieght....

The build is bad, really really really bad....

Cracked armor is really a PvE condition when your dealing with Hard Mode monsters with insane armor and hp.
Shield stance just roots you in place and makes sins/wars laugh and walk off to kill your other party members.

As for all the other skills, they are good if put into the proper build, just not good together....

Lol, I have run MS in Ab ([Glyph of Essence] -> [Meteor Shower] + all adrenaline build) ^^.

I personally havw not found some of those skills to be helpful at all. Keen chop seems like a waste of a skill slot to me, you have, roughly, over a 1 in 5 chance of a crit hit anyway and the + damage from strength is pretty neglatagble. Charging strike, well I don't really see the point you can't chain the + damage with an attack skill so you might as well just run a pure damage elite. Shield Stance is pretty Meh, I would not use it, if you have to self snare you may as well use flail.
Body Blow, Agonizing Chop and Healing Signet are pretty good and Tiger's stance is a good casual PvE IAS.

~A Leprechaun~

Crom The Pale · Jun 09, 2008, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Leprechaun

Lol, I have run MS in Ab ([Glyph of Essence] -> [Meteor Shower] + all adrenaline build) ^^.

I personally havw not found some of those skills to be helpful at all. Keen chop seems like a waste of a skill slot to me, you have, roughly, over a 1 in 5 chance of a crit hit anyway and the + damage from strength is pretty neglatagble. Charging strike, well I don't really see the point you can't chain the + damage with an attack skill so you might as well just run a pure damage elite. Shield Stance is pretty Meh, I would not use it, if you have to self snare you may as well use flail.
Body Blow, Agonizing Chop and Healing Signet are pretty good and Tiger's stance is a good casual PvE IAS.

~A Leprechaun~

Charging Strike does one real saving feature, it basically grants you a permanet speed boost...its basically my running skill for my running builds

It also makes for a really nice combo with [bulls strike].

Keen chop is something a little harder to justify...its damage is nice with high Axe + STR but still...maybe if there were some usefull skills that triggered off of a critical strike that made sense for a war to bring...but still...meh.

Yichi · Jun 09, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

I can't honestly begin to tell you how craptacular that build is...

moko · Jun 09, 2008, 08:56 PM // 20:56

hmm, okey. don't think this needs to stay up. :P