Leadership vs. Presence


Chelsea

 

Posted

i have a stalker i use only for PvP. i play it as an assassin more than a scrapper.
i currently look a way to complete my arsenal and i wonder what would be the more effective (for Pvp) between a fear(presence) and a boost of accuracy(tactic)?

i dont talk in term of playing style but in term of effectiveness of the power.
-is fear easily resisted in PvP? does the fear of the presence pool work well?

-on the other hand, what boost tactic would give me? would it be enough to allow me to slot one acc less all my power and to put damage instead?

to sum up, which would be the best quality/price power? ^^


 

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Depending on my secondary, I'd nearly always go for Intimidate/Invoke Panic (Presence) over Leadership. Tactics won't give you that great an acc boost, as the modifiers are set quite low for Stalkers - however, only /Nin and /SR have +Perception toggles, so you might want it for that purpose if you're /Regen or /EA, or possibly for the Confuse Res. Assault will also give some protection against Taunts in PvP - however, if you're staying around long enough to have status effects like Confuse and Taunt put on you, you've stuck around too long.

Fear, however, is a pretty powerful tool - not many sets resist it, although some buffs and BFs will negate it. In the main though, it should give you an edge in combat, especially if you need to waylay your target's teammates - it won't last a massively long time, but should be long enough to get the kill, and get out.


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Posted

ok but does intimidate and invoke panic have the same hum... magnitude?
i mean for dominator for exemple single root seems stronger than the mass one so is it the same for thesingleand the mass fear?


 

Posted

I've toyed with Intimidate and theres acouple of problems. the animation is such that you don't actualy know if its hit or not untill your enemy start cowering.
The ACC with 2 ACC enh is only 66% ..duration with 3 fear enh is only 13 seconds.
Every man and his dog now has tactics which resists fear.


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Posted

hum.. so tactic is the best euh.. tactical choice? ^^'


 

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I'm not so sure. I'm considering taking Presence on my brute, but I think I single taunt, single fear could be insanely useful in situations that could involve say, two hero players in Siren's Call - fear one, taunt and placate the other.


 

Posted

i was thinking of this kind of thing too ^^

but if the fear is not hum.. strong instead of helps it could bring me in bad situation : /


 

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..duration with 3 fear enh is only 13 seconds.

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If you're playing an assassin-style Stalker, you shouldn't need much more than 13 seconds.


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"Here, take some more bees with you. You may need them."
Union: FU//LoUD

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Just sodding try it!

Blaster motto, it never fails


 

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Just sodding try it!

Blaster motto, it never fails

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Blasters have the advantage of trying it at a safe distance though.


 

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Presence definitely, remember stalkers are squishy and need protection, making your enemies wet themselves will really help. And leadership is for dominators and masterminds anyway.