Flux - Meek Shall Inherit

Meek Shall Inherit

If you do not have an elite skill equipped, you have +2 to all attributes, +2 Health regeneration, and +1 Energy regeneration.

lolwut

Not sure why it came out in the evening of the last day of the month instead of the next day, but whatever.

My Symbols of Inspiration build, the one build I made that seemed to be my ticket back into PvP areas...

IS RUINED!!!

I guess I wasn't wanted back in PvP after all...

At first glance, I doubt the benefits are going to be worth it.

I wouldn't say it's worth it but throwing a sup rune on and running shock axe at 18 axe/15 str sure is fun. It makes me want to try 18 str/14 scythe with someone giving me JI

lol, looks fun no matter what. Altho I think the bonus should be doubled to make up the loss.

If you dont have an elite skill equiped, you get a free 9th skill giving you a permanent +2 health regen, 1 energy regen and +2 to attrbutes.

I think at first glance, most people will think this flux is rather weak, as you're trading in your current elite skill for a new one giving you those parameters. What you, however, have got to keep in your mind is that you now also got an open skill slot.

So essentially, to build around this flux you need this mindset:

Can I improve my current build by replacing my elite skill with a skill giving me permanent +2 to all attributes, +1 energy regen and +2 health regen AND a an extra skill of choice. And if you wanna dig deeper into it: the current flux equals (give or take): Glyph of Elemental power + Mending + succor.

So this month you have the choice of either an elite skill, OR any other skill of your choice (non-elite), mending, glyph of elemental power (for all atributes) and succor. I can think of alot of bars which would be better of with 4 regular skills instead of 1 elite.

Huh... I like it.
+2 to all attributes is:
~+7.5% to the potency of all other skills in an existing unchanged attribute spread.
83 attribute points freed on an 11/11/8 build.
78 attribute points freed on a 12/12 build.
57 attribute points freed on a 12/10/8 build.

It opens up the possibility of meeting new breakpoints on the secondary profession while freeing up enough points from one's primary profession to actually have enough to spare.


If nothing else, it's a big bone for casual PvPers, allowing for oddball builds that suck slightly less.

This flux is gonna be fun

Goes nice with builds that use vampiric mods for extra damage.

boon prots here we come?

also does arcane mimicry etc bypass this flux and still get the bonus?

Interestingly, yes.

And the NPC Elite Steal of the Month goes to...

A decent flux... took long enough.

Blood necros that doesn't rely too much on elite, gogo!

Protection Prayers have never been sexier. 17 is the breakpoint for the 8th second on Guardian and Shield of Absorption, and 8 seconds is the breakpoint on the extra second from +20% enchanting mod. (7 + 20% = 8 seconds rounded. 8 + 20% = 10 seconds rounded.)

In casual formats with no DP and auto-rezzing, where you might actually dare to double Superior, you can crank Divine Favor up to 18, grab Blessed Aura and a 20% +1 to Divine Favor weapon set, and recast it until it procs for +42% to enchantment duration.
Guardian, Shield of Absorption, Shielding Hands, and Spirit Bond will all last for 14 seconds and heal for 58 on casting. Dismiss Condition will heal for a very respectable 141.

If anyone knows of any other interesting breakpoints, I'd love to experiment.

This is just going to be terrible for eles and maybe mesmers, I mean their elites pretty much make their builds (especially eles). Physical will probably fair better overall.

It cant really be considered terrible, since its entirely optional.

Split mesmers + axe warriors will probably benefit most as their bars can easily function without an elite.

I can't imagine most professions will find any viable way of improving current bars with this flux, most people (especially in RA) will just drop their elite thinking they're smart and assume they have done something amazing, when in reality they most likely just made their bars less useful.

Boon prot in fa ftw!

This flux is going to be hilarious. I'm loling at the ideas flowing in right now

Couldn't be more wrong. This flux will improve necros and mesmers the most, physical is just going to have to trade the blind/weakness from last flux to hexway.