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Poisoned Sandstorm

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Brother Foon Sped
Academy Page
• #1
RA's and AB's

[card]Aura of Thorns[/card][card]Vital Boon[/card][card]Mystic Regeneration[/card][card]Poisoned Heart[/card][card]Pious Renewal[/card][card]Mystic Sandstorm[/card][card]Signet of Pious Light[/card][card]Resurrection Signet[/card]

Was playing around with some Sandstorm builds and found this one really fun.

You only need about a 9 in curses.
I put the rest into Earth and Mysticism.

Usage:

Damage:
Basically load up on all your enchantments make sure Pious renewal is the last one you trigger before you hit mystic sandstorm. After which you basically explode for a 130 damage cause bleeding and poison to all adjacent foes (bleeding to nearby), and more than likely rocket your mana and health to near full.

Support healing:
When I'm out of range of enemies I can use [card]Signet of Pious Light[/card]to heal my team mates rather than triggering a sandstorm with my loaded enchantmets. Energy actually jumps up during this due to mysticism.

Likes
Energy management is good.
Very spammable.
Very survivable.
I actually get +1 Regen while using [card]Poisoned Heart[/card] with [card]Mystic Regeneration[/card]
You can look very weak suckering in your opponent then explode to full health and energy.

Dislikes:
Spams a lot of enchantments so you are in the back of the pack early on. Not quick on it's feet.

Weaknesses:
Mesmers, Interrupts, Prot monks with Mend Ailment or Mending Touch or the like.
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neomartian
Ascalonian Squire
• #2
Think you need to post this thread on PvP instead of here.

Anyway, I think Mark of Rodgert will do a better job. Burning is 7 pip of health degen.
Anarion Silverhand
Anarion Silverhand
Desert Nomad
• #3
Quote: Originally Posted by neomartian
Think you need to post this thread on PvP instead of here.

Anyway, I think Mark of Rodgert will do a better job. Burning is 7 pip of health degen. But at 9 Fire Magic, the burning caused by Rodgort will only last 3 seconds, while the poison caused by Poisoned Heart will last 10 seconds.

This build is a little too situational for my taste, if the enemy team doesn't cluster you're not quite as effective as you could be.
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Desert Nomad
• #4
Mmm, I wouldn't take it to RA, but there are enough clusters in AB where this could be fuuunn.
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gatejester
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #5
Just thinking about a possible variant you could switch [skill]Heart of Holy Flame[/skill] for [skill]Pious Renewal[/skill] it lowers the energy you gain by 5 and some health but increases damage by adding 3 seconds of burning at 8 mysticism.

or switch out [skill]Signet of Pious Light[/skill] for [skill]Heart of Holy Flame[/skill]
- Tain -
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Desert Nomad
• #6
Quote: Originally Posted by gatejester
snip Leave Pious Renewal, but I like the idea of HoHF for SPL... Also, like I said, I'd rather run this in AB than RA, so switch it for the res sig.

Adding another enchantment would mean you can drop your Earth Prayers to 8 - only need 7 Earth to hit max Sanstorm damage with 6 enchants, but 8 is the breakpoint to get +3/enchant from Mystic Regeneration.

I would run 8 Curses for Poisoned Heart: -3 degen on you, 10 second Poison duration)

With just 8 in Earth and Curses, you can bump up Mysticism and also get your Scythe up to a 9 base... with that, your autoattacks will be causing pressure damage, especially with the IAS from HoHF. So, it would look like:

Mysticism: 15 (11+3+1)
Scythe Mastery: 9 (+rune of your choice)
Earth Prayers: 8
Curses: 8

[skill]Heart of Holy Flame[/skill][skill]Aura of Thorns[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Vital Boon[/skill][skill]Poisoned Heart[/skill][skill]Pious Renewal[/skill][skill]Mystic Sandstorm[/skill][skill]Signet of Pious Light[/skill]
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Str0b0
Desert Nomad
• #7
I'm not sure the extra poison damage really makes up for the lack of mobility you suffer by not taking an assassin secondary for AoD. That was whaty made the Mystic Sandstorm build so scary. You could teleport into a bunched group a full radar length away, fire mystic sandstorm and drop huge damage plus conditions and then poof you were back,sometimes it looked like you never even left. As it stands now you could easily be stripped as you waded into the mod, thus cutting your damage down significantly. I like the creative thinking, but I question the effectiveness of it without the shadowstepping ability. You're reasoning is good though. If you are the lone dervish using this build then you need to drop as many DoT conditions as possible to ensure a kill, just don't forget that the effectiveness of the build is based on your ability to get in there with all your enchants still on, drop sandstorm then get out and AoD is perfect for that.
Jade Zephyr
Jade Zephyr
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #8
U have to bring Mirage Cloak if u gonna use Mystic Sandstorm imo...
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Brother Foon Sped
Academy Page
• #9
Quote: Originally Posted by Str0b0
I'm not sure the extra poison damage really makes up for the lack of mobility you suffer by not taking an assassin secondary for AoD. That was whaty made the Mystic Sandstorm build so scary. You could teleport into a bunched group a full radar length away, fire mystic sandstorm and drop huge damage plus conditions and then poof you were back,sometimes it looked like you never even left. As it stands now you could easily be stripped as you waded into the mod, thus cutting your damage down significantly. I like the creative thinking, but I question the effectiveness of it without the shadowstepping ability. You're reasoning is good though. If you are the lone dervish using this build then you need to drop as many DoT conditions as possible to ensure a kill, just don't forget that the effectiveness of the build is based on your ability to get in there with all your enchants still on, drop sandstorm then get out and AoD is perfect for that. True I've played with that build and do miss it's mobility.

Sidenote. Poisoned heart is a 5 mana cast now.

Other things you can do while wading through the mob is spam Pious Renewal and other enchants and spam Sig of Pious Light as a support healer.