Curufin
27-08-2006, 19:11
Uhh...Like i said just in the subject of this topic, i've though of a pretty powerful
dervish build.(But, well it worked pretty good for me, I'm sure many persons will see flaws to this build)
Pretty sure that can be boosted with some runes. What i did was:
Scythe Mastery:0
Mysticism: 10+1+1
Earth Prayers:~10-11(approx.)
Wind Prayers: ~10-11(approx.)
So heres the skill bar:
1. Signet of Piety
2. Balthazar's Rage(Holy Dmg)
3. Heart of Holy Flame(Holy dmg)
4. Grenth's Fingers(Cold dmg)
5. Staggering Force/Dust Cloak(Earth dmg, i personnally use Staggering Force for its faster recharge)
6. Avatar of Melandru/Dwayna/Balthazar/Grenth
7.Faithful Intervention
8. Ressurection Signet or whatever you like
Well, how it works:
Cast Faithful Intervention at the beginning.
Cast Avatar of ------- when you close in the opponent.
Cast Balthazar's Rage when you are in touch range followed immediatly
by Signet of Piety.
Cast the available enchantements always followed by a Signet of Piety on yourself.
Try maintaining Balthazar's Rage and always attack with your scythe even if it has a pitiful dmg; it will close you up to range of your PBAoE enchantements and it will heal you when Balthazar's Rage ends.
When Faithful Intervention ends, heal yourself and recast it.
It should do some decent damage while healing you and you have a endless energy reserve.
Well that is the basic working.
Notes:
You can also heal your party with signet of piety. Energy shouldnt be a problem with your level in Mysticism.
The enchantement you cast have a priority: Balthazar's Rage come first with its healing and holy dmg(armor ignoring) Heart of Holy Flame come second with its holy dmg, then the other 2 enchantements: Grenth's Fingers and Staggering Force/Dust Cloak depending on what you chose and like.
Counters(these are what i see being very evident):
Interrupters. If someone interrupts your chain, you are finished.
If someone removes your enchantement and you cast Signet of Piety while not having enchantements on, you are finished.
If you mistook a button and pressed the wrong one, you are probably finished.
If you casted 2-3 times in a row Signet of Piety resulting in having no enchantements left while casting it, Signet of Piety will have a 20 sec recharge, you are finished(or you can try kiting waiting for the recharge).
If you have a shutdown on you(blackout, arcane larceny or its equivalent), you are finished.
Conclusion:
Pretty ok build, with Avatar of Dwayna, you shouldn't have problems with hexes like Diversion or Backfire.
Well this is my lil two cents on this forum. Thanks for reading this build, please post some flaws i didn't see or post some improvements i could make to this build.
~Curufin
dervish build.(But, well it worked pretty good for me, I'm sure many persons will see flaws to this build)
Pretty sure that can be boosted with some runes. What i did was:
Scythe Mastery:0
Mysticism: 10+1+1
Earth Prayers:~10-11(approx.)
Wind Prayers: ~10-11(approx.)
So heres the skill bar:
1. Signet of Piety
2. Balthazar's Rage(Holy Dmg)
3. Heart of Holy Flame(Holy dmg)
4. Grenth's Fingers(Cold dmg)
5. Staggering Force/Dust Cloak(Earth dmg, i personnally use Staggering Force for its faster recharge)
6. Avatar of Melandru/Dwayna/Balthazar/Grenth
7.Faithful Intervention
8. Ressurection Signet or whatever you like
Well, how it works:
Cast Faithful Intervention at the beginning.
Cast Avatar of ------- when you close in the opponent.
Cast Balthazar's Rage when you are in touch range followed immediatly
by Signet of Piety.
Cast the available enchantements always followed by a Signet of Piety on yourself.
Try maintaining Balthazar's Rage and always attack with your scythe even if it has a pitiful dmg; it will close you up to range of your PBAoE enchantements and it will heal you when Balthazar's Rage ends.
When Faithful Intervention ends, heal yourself and recast it.
It should do some decent damage while healing you and you have a endless energy reserve.
Well that is the basic working.
Notes:
You can also heal your party with signet of piety. Energy shouldnt be a problem with your level in Mysticism.
The enchantement you cast have a priority: Balthazar's Rage come first with its healing and holy dmg(armor ignoring) Heart of Holy Flame come second with its holy dmg, then the other 2 enchantements: Grenth's Fingers and Staggering Force/Dust Cloak depending on what you chose and like.
Counters(these are what i see being very evident):
Interrupters. If someone interrupts your chain, you are finished.
If someone removes your enchantement and you cast Signet of Piety while not having enchantements on, you are finished.
If you mistook a button and pressed the wrong one, you are probably finished.
If you casted 2-3 times in a row Signet of Piety resulting in having no enchantements left while casting it, Signet of Piety will have a 20 sec recharge, you are finished(or you can try kiting waiting for the recharge).
If you have a shutdown on you(blackout, arcane larceny or its equivalent), you are finished.
Conclusion:
Pretty ok build, with Avatar of Dwayna, you shouldn't have problems with hexes like Diversion or Backfire.
Well this is my lil two cents on this forum. Thanks for reading this build, please post some flaws i didn't see or post some improvements i could make to this build.
~Curufin