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By AIB,
Posted on: 2012-02-14 19:51 in Kheldians

 

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Originally Posted by Redlynne View Post
Obliteration is a "solid" set ... but it piles on the Recharge with almost no Endurance Reduction to speak of. With an insane +Recharge build for either Warshade or Peacebringer, that lack of Endurance Reduction can come back to bite you (hard) on your combat longevity, particularly in situations where there's little to no time where you're NOT constantly fighting something and you haven't got an Empath/Kinetics player in your back pocket covering your Blue Bar for you. Yes, you can "chomp blue skittles" to deal with that problem ... but only for so long, and that isn't always the best option for some activities (like Mothership Raids).
I disagree. One, Stygian Circle. Two, recovery bonuses. I never place emphasis on endurance slotting in my attacks, and the +recharge from Obliteration can be very useful in something like Sunless Mire. Mine uses Armageddon and it's still a couple of seconds away from perma, so even going past ED cap can be helpful at times. I can see your point about maybe considering endurance on a Peacebringer though, their end management is yet another department where they are inferior to Warshades, and that's before you even consider the LF crash.
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So Obliteration may be a "solid" set, but it's not the Be All, End All, Hands Down, Walk Away From Mids' set either.
Of course it's not, Armageddon is. You said earlier you weren't counting purples though, so *shrug.* I'd much rather drop a Decimation set on a low budget build because it's only a level 40 set and it has the enhancement values to prove it.

 

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Well i like my hp buffs so the only place i used it was icandesant strike.. but i might replace it.. and just keep the proc

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I disagree. One, Stygian Circle. Two, recovery bonuses. ...
If I may? Three, Eclipse.

 

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You know, there are times when it's an incredibly bad idea to drop Dwarf Form so as to pull off a Stygian Eclipse move. I'm thinking mez heavy environments, where a single breakfree might not be "enough" to meet the need.

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You know, there are times when it's an incredibly bad idea to drop Dwarf Form so as to pull off a Stygian Eclipse move. I'm thinking mez heavy environments, where a single breakfree might not be "enough" to meet the need.
That's why you have a bind that drops and executes the power anyway.

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You know, there are times when it's an incredibly bad idea to drop Dwarf Form so as to pull off a Stygian Eclipse move. I'm thinking mez heavy environments, where a single breakfree might not be "enough" to meet the need.
I hope that's not your only method of mitigating mezzers, because that power doesn't exist.

I find Stygian Circle to be of use after just about everything else is dead, not the middle of a fight. Eclipse is what you open with. If you need to circle in the middle of a fight, then either you've bitten off more than you can chew or you really should've made that Sapper your priority. Come to think of it, the only time I have a problem with mezzers is when they're accompanied by a Sapper. You can break mezzes if you have endurance, but if you can't break the mez, you can't pop a blue skittle. That's why you either mez the group first or take out the Sapper first.

There's also Clarion and/or teaming with an Empath, if it gets to be a problem (and the Emp will likely appreciate the opportunity to stop a painfully slow bout of soloing).

 

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Kind of depends on what you're fighting and how though. On some maps I find it's more fun to crush most of one group, then move on to the next. In which case there's rarely a proper "end" to fights, and midfight Eclipses are often the norm.

Of course, that way of doing things is a bit situational. But I've found that almost everything I do on warshade could be called situational, compared to any of my other characters.

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That's why you don't use Dwarf Form.

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