Here's a few things that might help:
-Stack your stealth (stealth IO etc.) so you can initiate combat the majority of the time. VEATs have a high stealth cap so even buffed heroes won't see you that far away.
-Other than Shatter, you won't want to use more than 1 other melee attack. Shatter/ Ex-Strike is a great opener as a jousting power to be followed up by ranged attacks
-Banes don't get elusivity, so your defense will be weak in PvP - get Aid Self or Phase or both (Phase can be obtained as a temp power)
-Surveillance is a good opener - Surveillance, BU, Shatter followed by ranged attacks either from the mace or gun
-Placate is good for additional damage and survival
Check the SoA forum; there is a thread about this somewhere...
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-Surveillance is a good opener - Surveillance, BU, Shatter followed by ranged attacks either from the mace or gun
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Wouldn't surveillance break your hidden status and make shatter not crit? I've never played a bane.
Other than that, that's a good summary.
From what I've seen, at least in sirens, the best banes are the flying ones. Playstyle revolves around basically shatter + couple follow-up attacks....usually after webnading the target.
The problem with banes is.....what's the point? A while ago I came up with my night widow build, which seems to have caught on. It's basically the same thing....one big melee attack (slash) followed by a couple ranged attacks (mental blast + poison dart) that can be chained non-stop. And from the tests my friends did, it seems that slash actually does more damage than shatter....but I can't guarantee that.
But basically it's the same exact playstyle....except NW's also get elusivity....and elude. Having a NW, I just can't force myself to make a bane.
Wouldn't surveillance break your hidden status and make shatter not crit? No..you will still crit
I would suggest play the bane from a blaster mentality.
You will be able to do high damage but you will also be squishy.
So stick and move.
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-Surveillance is a good opener - Surveillance, BU, Shatter followed by ranged attacks either from the mace or gun
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Wouldn't surveillance break your hidden status and make shatter not crit? I've never played a bane.
Other than that, that's a good summary.
From what I've seen, at least in sirens, the best banes are the flying ones. Playstyle revolves around basically shatter + couple follow-up attacks....usually after webnading the target.
The problem with banes is.....what's the point? A while ago I came up with my night widow build, which seems to have caught on. It's basically the same thing....one big melee attack (slash) followed by a couple ranged attacks (mental blast + poison dart) that can be chained non-stop. And from the tests my friends did, it seems that slash actually does more damage than shatter....but I can't guarantee that.
But basically it's the same exact playstyle....except NW's also get elusivity....and elude. Having a NW, I just can't force myself to make a bane.
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Why? Because the Bane armor looks cooler and sometimes you want to smash things with a big, metal club instead of cut them.
I have a Widow that I did some PvP with, but since the introduction of I13 it's been on the shelf for the most part. With perma-mindlink and elusivity, surviving is a little too easy. I play my Bane from time to time for the variety and the challenge - it's pretty fun.
I like my bane only on teams. I have almost all my IOz but i still dont do great in 1vs1z. I watched a Bane in a arena duel with a stalker and he did very well...
Hi there.
I am currently running a Crab/Bane set. I LOVE these 2 sets. I can solo well with both builds, but I cant seem to PvP AT ALL with my Bane, I wont even attempt it with my crab.
I am currently 31 almost 32. I am looking for a Bane build that can both PvE and PvP.
I will be mostly PvPing with my Bane. But, then again, I will also solo with the bane build for certain instances.
Can someone Please give me a hand building my Bane for PvPing? I am looking for a complete respec on him. Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I hate all this terrorist business. I used to love the days when you could look at an unattended bag on a train or bus and think to yourself.... I'm going to take that.