DB is terrible for PvP.
"the reason there are so many sarcastic pvpers is we already had a better version of pvp taken away from us to appease bad players. Back then we chuckled at how bad players came here and whined. If we knew that was the actual voice devs would listen to instead of informed, educated players we probably would have been bigger dicks back then." -ConFlict
How about Nin/nin?
Stalker DB is better than any other DB for PvP thanks to Build Up (which the other DBs lack). That said, DB ends up as a crappy version of Stalker Claws (Focus gets you so many kills it's ridiculous).
I've faced off against many Ninja Blade Stalkers in PvP, they are one of my least-feared opponents in PvP. Very subpar.
If you want a Stalker that brings the pain in PvP, go with the #1 kid: Energy Melee. Rumors of EM's death have been greatly exaggerated. It's still king of single target burst damage, and that's what Stalkers specialize in. EM effectively has two "assassin strikes". If your real AS misses or is ineffective for whatever reason, go right into Energy Transfer/Total Focus and do almost as much damage. No doubt abut it: it's a killer set in PvP.
Spines can be good in PvP as well. I'll include Claws at this level, too. They have ranged attacks, and this has much utility in PvP. These sets can get kills even EM can only dream of due to that range.
Honorable mention goes to Dark Melee. Stalker DM has Build Up, so the cruddiness of the Tanker/Scrapper/Brute version is a non-factor, and let's admit it: hitting people with a big skull is just plain cool. In theory, it should be nearly as effective as Energy Melee, but it is almost never played in PvP for some reason. Perhaps someone can explain why this is. (Perhaps it's due to it's "also ran" status compared to EM? If you roll DM, why not just go all the way and roll EM instead?)
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Electric Melee for Stalkers works fairly well also - Thunder Strike hits for a base 193.48 in PvP with a guaranteed critical from Hide of 290.22 and 50% chance for 386.96. Note that an Assassin's Strike critical is 398.28 base in PvP.
Note that ET doesn't critical (it does 228.73) and TF has a lower critical value than the guaranteed TS critical (253.61). TS also has a 50% chance for stun and a 40% chance for a 4-sec -recovery, costs less endurance than TF and the same as ET, and has a 2 second shorter base recharge.
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Stalker DB is better than any other DB for PvP thanks to Build Up (which the other DBs lack). That said, DB ends up as a crappy version of Stalker Claws (Focus gets you so many kills it's ridiculous).
I've faced off against many Ninja Blade Stalkers in PvP, they are one of my least-feared opponents in PvP. Very subpar.
If you want a Stalker that brings the pain in PvP, go with the #1 kid: Energy Melee. Rumors of EM's death have been greatly exaggerated. It's still king of single target burst damage, and that's what Stalkers specialize in. EM effectively has two "assassin strikes". If your real AS misses or is ineffective for whatever reason, go right into Energy Transfer/Total Focus and do almost as much damage. No doubt abut it: it's a killer set in PvP.
Spines can be good in PvP as well. I'll include Claws at this level, too. They have ranged attacks, and this has much utility in PvP. These sets can get kills even EM can only dream of due to that range.
Honorable mention goes to Dark Melee. Stalker DM has Build Up, so the cruddiness of the Tanker/Scrapper/Brute version is a non-factor, and let's admit it: hitting people with a big skull is just plain cool. In theory, it should be nearly as effective as Energy Melee, but it is almost never played in PvP for some reason. Perhaps someone can explain why this is. (Perhaps it's due to it's "also ran" status compared to EM? If you roll DM, why not just go all the way and roll EM instead?)
[/ QUOTE ] Most people probally roll it because it looks cool or fits their concept. I'm most likely rolling it also for the same reasons hopefully its viable in PvP though.
I been reading a few post, mainly I've seen people putting DB down the list for PvP is this true?