Curse

remmeh · Jun 07, 2006, 07:43 PM // 19:43

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Originally Posted by Liquidus

This is my first try at a diversion spammer build, I got most of the ideas from another forum. Any suggestions? Can someone show me how the stat points are put out?

Diversion
Shame
Blackout
Shatter Enchantment
Drain Enchantment
Power drain
Mantra of Recovery
Res Sig/ Remove Hex

14 fastcast gives a 19s MoR. with a 20 second recharge you can keep it up with only 1s downtime. looks pretty solid.

fb2000 · Jun 07, 2006, 10:19 PM // 22:19

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Originally Posted by audioaxes

well on the downside of diversion spammer is that you are not pulling in dps for the team

if you shutdown a monk youre essentially making a lot of invisible dmg :P

thanks for the ideas, I will try play mesmer tomorrow

*ponders which char to delete to roll a mesmer*

wilson · Jun 09, 2006, 02:52 PM // 14:52

personnally i am not a fan of Mantra of Recovery in TA, for the reason that it does not match well with my favorite defensive skill, distortion. even the "nerfed" distortion is one of the best defensive skills you can possibly get imho.

of course MoR can and will give you unknown offensive power, but without a strong defense, even with the support of a very good monk your pretty much a sitting duck. a warrior and/or an assassin can put you in grave danger, and just relying on your monk's skills puts your entire team in danger of being overrun. of course there will be someone who brings some warrior hate, but then again i am not sure if that would do. you could, of course rely on 625 hp (from armor, superior vigor, and +60 weapon), but i dont know if that would do either, mesmers being high priority targets. and you would have to avoid the use of major and superior runes, thus limiting your offensive power again.

just my thoughts

sno · Jun 09, 2006, 04:07 PM // 16:07

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Originally Posted by wilson

personnally i am not a fan of Mantra of Recovery in TA, for the reason that it does not match well with my favorite defensive skill, distortion. even the "nerfed" distortion is one of the best defensive skills you can possibly get imho.

of course MoR can and will give you unknown offensive power, but without a strong defense, even with the support of a very good monk your pretty much a sitting duck. a warrior and/or an assassin can put you in grave danger, and just relying on your monk's skills puts your entire team in danger of being overrun. of course there will be someone who brings some warrior hate, but then again i am not sure if that would do. you could, of course rely on 625 hp (from armor, superior vigor, and +60 weapon), but i dont know if that would do either, mesmers being high priority targets. and you would have to avoid the use of major and superior runes, thus limiting your offensive power again.

just my thoughts

You're basically saying that the only mesmer you should run in TA is an illusion mes. Illusion is not good for monk-shutdown, period. migraine is useless against a boon prot, dom is really the only option. With the monk totally shut down, your other teammates should have no trouble shutting down their offense, indirectly providing defense while killing their team.