Dual Blades/? in PvP


Frosticus

 

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I am currently tossing around the idea of a DB/? toon. I was just curious if there was any possibility or slight chance of a viable and working PvP build.


 

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There's not.


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fightclubz?


 

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There's not.

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Tested it myself for a long couple months. There are so many downsides and limitations that it just doesnt pays.

On the guide about DB on my sig, there are info about the set as a whole, and a part dedicated to PvP. As I mentioned there - you may go there as a DB but it will be so very much limited and restricted. You'd have to slot a lot of amazing IO Sets to get mediocre results still.

Sorry, but in the Developers mind, a piece of bone can hurt more than a pair of Katanas on your back.


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- Mastermind guide to Pain Domination

 

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fightclubz?

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Well I suppose this is true, but he asked about PvP and not fiteklub.

Here's why DB doesn't work well in PvP:

* Long animations kill the set - sure they do more damage (for example, One Thousand Cuts is one of the most-damaging Scrapper attacks) but it's at the expense of an animation that will likely get you killed.

* Combo system - to make the most of the set the combo system needs to be employed. For Scrappers, Tankers, and Brutes, that's nearly impossible to pull off in a decent PvP environment because you need to be in melee range to actually execute those attacks. It's even harder for Stalkers, who have to deal with both getting the attacks in, and the weirdness of the combos on the Stalker AT.


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"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."

 

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Tru w4RRI0rz Fite


 

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The points you have made make sense. Thank you all very much for your input.