Curse

Thom Bangalter · Nov 15, 2006, 05:00 AM // 05:00

No love for fc rebirth?

Hopefully we'll continue to get late pick ranger stuff, we may get something real good a few packs from now.

Guillaume De Sonoma · Nov 15, 2006, 06:18 AM // 06:18

Called shot is the best choice, allthough the wammo in me wants balth's spirit

LightningHell · Nov 15, 2006, 06:52 AM // 06:52

Drafted Cards:
Crippling Shot
Orison of Healing
Signet of Devotion
Executioner's Strike
Distracting Blow
Bull's Charge
Divine Intervention
Troll Unguent
Soul Leech
Lava Font
Backfire
Dark Prison
Fire Storm
Arcane Thievery
Called Shot
Infuse Condition

1st Pack Second Round:
Dolyak Signet
Lively Was Naomei
Weaken Armor
Glyph of Essence
Anguished Was Lingwah
Shatter Delusions
Lava Arrows
Remove Hex
Shield Stance
Blessed Aura
Binding Chains
Aegis
Ether Prodigy
Grasping Was Kuurong
Martyr

OMGOMGOMG PRODIGY!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

Heheheh, but I really don't know what to pick except for Prodigy.

Thom Bangalter · Nov 15, 2006, 06:58 AM // 06:58

Dolyak signet.

Guillaume De Sonoma · Nov 15, 2006, 07:16 AM // 07:16

Lol new pack we really don't have a choice. If you pass prodigy you better have a unfixed signet of might.

around · Nov 15, 2006, 07:19 AM // 07:19

There really is no discussion. Eprod. End of.

Wasteland Squidget · Nov 15, 2006, 07:46 AM // 07:46

Prodigy is nice and I'd probably take it in this case, but there are a lot of good options in that pack so it's iffy. Prodigy only really gets good if you have some powerful spammable high-cost skills, and there aren't that many of those. Is spamming Lava Font around really going to be that important?

Unfortunately, we already have some DoT AoEs, so Binding Chains isn't going to be that much use. Remove Hex and Martyr are both pretty attractive though - removals are gold in any kind of limited play, since conditions and hexes are balanced around removal and there are so many more skills that apply them than remove them.

Guillaume De Sonoma · Nov 15, 2006, 07:50 AM // 07:50

Even if you don't have a use for it currently, passing prodigy is insane because some one else might have a blinding flash/heal party that really complements it. You need to hate draft this skill.

dgb · Nov 15, 2006, 08:41 AM // 08:41

You have to take Prodigy - I'm not convinced it's the best skill out of that to take, but it combos too well with well just about anything to risk someone else doing that combo.

Aegis, Remove Hex, Martyr, Glyph of Essence and even Weaken Armour are potentials there.

This discussion is all based aroudn the abscence of prodigy.

If we had previously taken Rebirth I'd definately take Glyph of Essence, they combine really well, Martyr and Remove simply because you need to be able to get rid of key hexes/conditions and it's hard to get decent removal. Aegis is just a good piece of pressure reduction and it's unlikely that there are going to be strong counters to it going around. Weaken armour is a bit weird, but we have two OMFG GET THESE OFF ME hexes allready, any extra hexes are unlikely to get stripped and putting this on someone at VoD is really brutal.

Am I missing something here, where did Infuse Condition come from Lightning?

Div · Nov 15, 2006, 08:58 AM // 08:58

infuse condition was the only leftover pick from the previous round i'm guessing. for this round i'd take ether prod mainly so someone else can't get it and wreck with it...though i'd hate to pass up aegis and martyr
breaking down the current lineup though:
cripshot ranger
healing monk
axe warrior
domination mesmer
fire ele
(another monk but need more skills)
(maybe assassin if skills come up)
(maybe necro if skills come up)

LightningHell · Nov 15, 2006, 09:24 AM // 09:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by holymasamune

infuse condition was the only leftover pick from the previous round i'm guessing. for this round i'd take ether prod mainly so someone else can't get it and wreck with it...though i'd hate to pass up aegis and martyr
breaking down the current lineup though:
cripshot ranger
healing monk
axe warrior
domination mesmer
fire ele
(another monk but need more skills)
(maybe assassin if skills come up)
(maybe necro if skills come up)

Correct on the leftover pick. I screwed up a bit at the last few packs, giving more cards than I'm supposed to be giving - I think most of you might have noticed. /gets whacked

:3

Drafted Cards:
Crippling Shot
Orison of Healing
Signet of Devotion
Executioner's Strike
Distracting Blow
Bull's Charge
Divine Intervention
Troll Unguent
Soul Leech
Lava Font
Backfire
Dark Prison
Fire Storm
Arcane Thievery
Called Shot
Infuse Condition
Ether Prodigy

2nd Pack:
Lightning Strike
Signet of Rage
Smite
Enfeeble
Animate Bone Horror
Call of Protection
Predatory Bond
Wary Stance
Iron Mist
Succor
Whirling Defense
Apply Poison
Shield of Regeneration
Earth Shaker
Echo

Apply. No questions asked.

Wasteland Squidget · Nov 15, 2006, 09:34 AM // 09:34

Apply. No contest. Even without Crippling Shot this skill is awesome in Draft. With Crippling Shot it's just insane.

Thom Bangalter · Nov 15, 2006, 09:57 AM // 09:57

LOL. Win. somebody must've had a really good pick that last pack, and if they're passing poison we're going to get a lot more ranger skills coming.

LightningHell · Nov 15, 2006, 10:52 AM // 10:52

I'd guess it's a omgwtfpwnage Mesmer skill due to the lack of Mesmer spells.

Div · Nov 15, 2006, 11:16 AM // 11:16

Yeah, might as well just mark apply as the chosen skill and go on with next pack :P

With how little good stuff the rest of the pack has compared to apply (imo whilring and SoR are 2nd and 3rd best but they're nowhere close), I don't see anyone arguing against the choice unless they're crazy =)

LightningHell · Nov 15, 2006, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Drafted Cards:
Crippling Shot
Orison of Healing
Signet of Devotion
Executioner's Strike
Distracting Blow
Bull's Charge
Divine Intervention
Troll Unguent
Soul Leech
Lava Font
Backfire
Dark Prison
Fire Storm
Arcane Thievery
Called Shot
Infuse Condition
Ether Prodigy
Apply Poison

3rd Pack:
Crippling Dagger
Unseen Fury
"Retreat!"
Repeating Strike
Heaven's Delight
Glyph of Elemental Power
Malign Intervention
Blinding Flash
Earthquake
Aegis
Conjure Nightmare
Elemental Attunement
Spike Trap
Triple Chop

dgb · Nov 15, 2006, 02:24 PM // 14:24

Flash, you've allready got prodigy so we're looking at a fire ele splashing into air at the moment.

Thom Bangalter · Nov 15, 2006, 03:48 PM // 15:48

ether prodigy+blinding flash is win.

Kabale · Nov 15, 2006, 03:54 PM // 15:54

Bflash, second choice would be Conjure Nightmare as you could turn your ele into a degen spammer fueled by Prodigy. This assumes the guy passing you the cards has given up taking more Mesmer skills

Clamatius · Nov 15, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04

Clearly you take flash (prodigy+flash AND cripple+apply? looking pretty good on those characters). Hope for some more air love later on.

I think if flash wasn't there I'd take Aegis, once again for the prodigy combo.