Thursday, July 9, 2009

Dominant Classes in PvP

Hm... it's bad.

Currently with the gears EN have using Lord of Armour in PvP is suicide. This by itself is the reason why I am heavily mediocre in PvP.

The staple of all PvPers is that you must get atleast C2 or C2-5 Enhance and have Int as their secondary stat. This by itself is a problem as two Chain Expertises (Magic Bullet and Demolition Dash) have a secondary stat which boost its damage. On top of that Rush and Shot can easily be broken by one attack.

Another problem is that DD is more EASILY broken than Shot because of its lower range. So unlike Gunners who can kite the crap out of you, DDs are stuck in the front lines with a Rush that can be broken quickly.

This leaves Melees and Shot Mages superior.

Unlike the other two Classes Melee and Shot Mages are dependant on one stat and can easily dump their spare points into Int. Not to mention that Melee and Shot mages pretty much have a "universal" set that can work for any situation. Kali for Melee, Pavarti for Shot Mages. Shot Mages will also get a cast time reduction from the Int while Melees already have a 0 second cast time with Attack so Shot Mages get a more beneficial boost.

Currently, the top PvPer is a Shot Mage who can instant cast pretty much any spell.

Back on note, because of Enhance and its null knockback buff going against them without your own null knockback is suicide. This makes Enhance a staple in anyone's build.

This is the reason why I fail in PvP as a DD Mage for not having null knockback or a skill that can't be broken. The only kills I get are from blindsiding people, in groups, or killing cannon fodder.

Most of these scenarios are also assumption that it is 1v1. In a group PvP you WILL need null knockback on you if you want to survive. People have a tendancy to stun lock you with demons, other players etc.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, I notice this as a problem in PvP as well. Then again, most of the people on the server haven't taken the time to go into the cheesy PvP builds that the JP server has yet. Part of this is indeed gears, but alos the fact tat most DD's don't seem to realize that to be succesful in PvP you have to have C4 Regal. I know a clannie of mine is actually going DD/Regal/X (He isn't sure what his third chain is gonna be yet.) I think once more people realize this you will start seeing a shift towards DDs taking regal.

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