M3z is amazing and so can you! Dominator PvP Q & A

Ehh I got a couple of extra respecs, I'll just do it that way and see how it works. I can use the extra 4 slots and try to squeeze out more bonuses. He's not perma yet, I'm workin on gettin all the purple sets and acco's for him.

One last question M3z, I got da imps 4 slotted just like the sentinel with sovereign rights. Think I should keep em that way?

that probably will be fine, hard to tell without a build but pet slotting is nothing major as long as you have 100% damage and 66% acc atleast

I can post it in the morning when I get off work. I had a thread one time before but I have changed stuff around due to experimenting/drops.

Excellent guide M3z! Thanks.

Is plant/thorns so bad for PvP? It seems to get much bad press,(though it looked rather nice graphically in game ^.^)

Can this be a viable zone PvP(and base raids) combo?

really bad, it can work for zones since any thing can technically but it's a low tier build and the long animations from thorny assault will be punished

you're also dealing resisted lethal damage

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M3z for Fire/Elec, since voltaic sentinel is on a 1min timer, is it worth the power slot besides the set bonuses you can get? I have it currently and have it 4 slotted with sovreign rights.

[/ QUOTE ]if I were to get it(I think I probably would) i'd slot it with 3 soulbound all. since it gives a big +hp bonus and you can slot the +hp bonus twice for 8% more hp or something like that.

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I just want to know how you're fitting sentinel in, I tried fitting it in but just wasn't happening. I didn't even grab Arctic Air in my ice/elec because ice slick was more appealing.

I haven't made an /elec build since I have no one to PL me one

fortunatas>>>>doms in duels, FoN nerf tied with TK and KB nerf dropped mind/fire probably a tier or so, it can still beat a majority of the builds but wow that lack of max to hit makes some match ups really troublesome.

[censored] that [censored] I give up on doms, i'll still give advice in this thread but wow I hate this TK FoN KB nerf so bad

wow... m3z is pissed lol

FoN and PB still is good for my Mind/Ice

have you fought a good rad/psi like havok? or a good fortunata? they wreck doms regardless if you have
FoN or not

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have you fought a good rad/psi like havok? or a good fortunata? they wreck doms regardless if you have
FoN or not

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I have actually. Not liking this new issue one bit. But its still fun to beatup on blasters since they can't double phase.

its only a matter of time before fortunatas get nerfed down to WS levels...

then doms will be back.

yeah I just lost to some scrub mind/psi because he popped purples and it completely threw off my whole game since FoN is [censored] and I didn't bring purples myself(since apparently that is the only way to counter), I'm done, this is too frustrating.

Now that FoN is fixed, I'm starting to wonder if /Thorns having Aim (and -Def, but not really that great) could make it a better contender to help counter high-def or high-tohit debuff builds.

I'd have to look at the animation times though, I'm not familiar with the set.


FoN + PB'ed Tactics certainly isn't cutting it on my Fire/Ice, especially since they nerfed PB too (which makes me wish I wasn't /Ice now).

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I'm starting to wonder if /Thorns having Aim (and -Def, but not really that great) could make it a better contender to help counter high-def or high-tohit debuff builds.

[/ QUOTE ]no never, it's lethal damage, the damage is small, the animations are large, most hero builds take power mastery which means s/l resists, /rads have a self heal and -dmg debuff you probably won't be able to outdamage their self heal.

only chance doms have right now are /elec doms, but I have not seen a single good /elec dom yet

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I'm starting to wonder if /Thorns having Aim (and -Def, but not really that great) could make it a better contender to help counter high-def or high-tohit debuff builds.

[/ QUOTE ]no never, it's lethal damage, the damage is small, the animations are large, most hero builds take power mastery which means s/l resists, /rads have a self heal and -dmg debuff you probably won't be able to outdamage their self heal.

only chance doms have right now are /elec doms, but I have not seen a single good /elec dom yet

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I see forts being better than every other duelist build except for having a hole against fire/em.

Against rads, you've got your crazy invis+stealth IO to stealth out of the toggles. Ice/Rad will not be able to out mez your bfs and inherent mez protection, so you can bring some reds and kill them easily the first time. Rad/Psi... lols you have capped psi resist, even with EF up they have to deal with around 40% res to their damage. Stealth out of toggles and dominate forces them to bring 20 bfs... winar -> fort

Colds, they get screwed by lack of self heal and lack of mez protection, they either run out of bfs or run out of greens and damage on a fort is high enough to put serious pressure on. If they went dark for the heal id bring purples like you described mez, they'll never get thier first infrigidate off.

Doms... have to deal with high defense and high damage, and mez protection, tk resists.

A duel against another fort would be stupid, itd be like a stalker vs stalker fight with neither opponent seeing the other,but with 85 resistance to each other's damage.

MMs, the fort would just have to outburst bodyguard, with no aim a combo of purples and reds would overwhelm it quickly.

Stormys would be a tougher fight since tornado and FR will cut your defense, ice/storm/psi would be difficult but with mez protection and the ability to stealth and conserve bfs, slight advantage to the fort.

Fire/ems would be toughest since they can cut through your defense, and with no resistance and no heal the fort would rely on stealth, phase, dominate and a mix of oranges and greens to stay alive.


I hate to say it because I love doms but they are just inferior now with the i12 nerfs. My ice/elec would do better but I don't have enough interest to accolade him out, and since I only have a proliferated fort atm I am probably going to level one on live so I can get accolades and more experience.

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I'm starting to wonder if /Thorns having Aim (and -Def, but not really that great) could make it a better contender to help counter high-def or high-tohit debuff builds.

[/ QUOTE ]no never, it's lethal damage, the damage is small, the animations are large, most hero builds take power mastery which means s/l resists, /rads have a self heal and -dmg debuff you probably won't be able to outdamage their self heal.

only chance doms have right now are /elec doms, but I have not seen a single good /elec dom yet

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Would you consider ice/elec as intuitive?
slows and melee, etc..

I got a question about dueling illusion...How do u?

Do you kill the targetable pets? or just focus all agro on the actual player.

hmm this gives me hope for my ice/elec dom

I'm wonderin bout mind/elec........

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I'm wonderin bout mind/elec........

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What about it? Those two work together.

ice and fire are both better than mind when paired with /elec it seems. i like ice but the hold is so [censored] terrible animation wise that it makes it tough to use.