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one thing i definitely like that wytch doesnt use is leadership. maneuvers (+def) is good and tactics (+acc) is great. i'm a team player and the tactics saves me lots of acc enh slots, even my pets benefit from these powers. consider it.
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Well I had to have some power slots I dont mind dropping for EPP 
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i picked up torrent as an AoE attack but will respec out of it. even tried out EB on the test server to compare. if u feel like u need an AoE definitely go with torrent over EB. biggest reason - costs less end and does similar damage. as a defender u really dont need to be the damage dealer. i mostly use it if mobs get too close. its % chance of knockback is much better than the other powers.
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I don't think everyone is using their meager AoE's to their fullest. While it's true that Torrent does better damage than E-Blast (marginally, but better), unless you've got the time to line it up just right, you'll hit fewer mobs, so it's a bit of a tradeoff.
One strategy I used a TON while soloing was to slot up E-Blast with all recharge. This effectively gave me perma-E-Blast. Run into the mob, fire Fulcrum, then E-Blast, then start dispatching the mobs as they try to get back up with your single-target attacks (Bolt/Blast/Burst works well here for minions). Fire off E-Blast about every 4-5th shot and you will take ZERO damage from the mobs as E-Blast pretty much knocks anything down it hits, giving you another 3-4 seconds of risk-free shots. Your damage you deal from it is all being generated by Fulcrum, so typically by the time I've fired off the 4th or 5th E-Blast, any mobs I haven't gotten to yet are now dead.
For obvious reasons, I do NOT recommend this strategy for teaming, as the mobs will be blown everywhere. But soloing it's almost foolproof....nothing like taking on a mob of 10 or so and not get hit.
slot a force feedback +recharge in your blasts too, as nrg takes them.
Ummm... the guide is from 2004. I think it was moved here so that it could purge from the guides section.
Is there a new version of this somwhere?
i've had many interesting converstations with wytch in other threads and we agree about many things.
i picked up torrent as an AoE attack but will respec out of it. even tried out EB on the test server to compare. if u feel like u need an AoE definitely go with torrent over EB. biggest reason - costs less end and does similar damage. as a defender u really dont need to be the damage dealer. i mostly use it if mobs get too close. its % chance of knockback is much better than the other powers.
the topic of acrobatics has come up and i think its a waste. all it does is raise your mag 1 level. therefore you'll shrug off the first hold, but the second and every other one that follows will affect you. its doesnt decrease the chance of the mez hitting or even decrease its timer. and its has no effect on sleep or stun attacks anyway. besides knockback resistance, its just hold. seems like a waste of 3 powers to get acro. i even have super leap as my travel power and still wont bother with it.
one thing i definitely like that wytch doesnt use is leadership. maneuvers (+def) is good and tactics (+acc) is great. i'm a team player and the tactics saves me lots of acc enh slots, even my pets benefit from these powers. consider it.
gotta admit, the dark pool was in dire straits when the game was released but the devs have done a great job fixing it. now, between your power pools, the upcoming epic pools and all the great dark choices, i feel there is little room for extra powers.