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HackingHippie89
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Recently in gvg i've been seeing WT or icy shackles eles replacing b-surge's which lead me to think...instead of running rc/woh might it be more beneficial to run 1 blight 1 rc, i know blights pretty heavy on energy but it would help alot more against snares because when my guild comes up against an icy shackles rit, 2 veils cant keep up with the hexes from the ele and div/shame from the mes
just an idea but what do you guys think
edit: also, with everyone running AT LEAST 1 copy of mirror of disenchant is an aegis chain even worth running, with 1-2 cof and 1-2 mirror aegis is either stripped immediately, or interupted, leaving your monks with 15 wasted energy, perhaps monks should start packing whirlwind in that spot, the little bit ive played with it, ive seen its a GREAT anti-spike skill on the monk and it would also help against the a/d spikes(its still around using guided hands/aod) and most balanced spikes using dervs/warriors
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| 03/21/08 16:20 |
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Personally, I prefer SoD to both blight and rc. RC is a close second, followed by blight. Making the choice between the three, however, really doesn't change effectiveness due to this change in meta. BLight won't be able to be spammed that excessively as a hex removal (granted it is better than the other two for that purpose for obvious reasons).
To the question of "is it worth it?" IMO it's all about what you are comfortable playing. If you believe you can play a blight as well as rc or sod or whatever you are used to and would rather play with that, go ahead. If it doesn't work out, it's not that big of a deal. Just switch back the next round.
Blight's extra hex removal may grant you a boost you may have missed, but is often harder on energy management. Also, RC would be much better versus a cripshot. And finally, SoD, although not really that helpful in capping aside from blocking off the warriors/rangers/etc (which guardian can do to a slightly lesser effect) - but it does help a lot during the rest of the time as the other two do.
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| 03/21/08 17:27 |
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HackingHippie89
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im going to get flamed for this but....i've never really seen a point in SoD when you can have guardian(granted the 25% extra block and armor are nice) but it seems a wasted elite slot imo
another plus of blight is if you run up against hexway (while it wont help you a ton) it will give you a bit more of a chance than 2 veils
i guess the only way to find out for sure is to let the prot monk play around and see which elite he likes best
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| 03/21/08 17:51 |
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EliteOwner
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| QUOTE | im going to get flamed for this but....i've never really seen a point in SoD when you can have guardian(granted the 25% extra block and armor are nice) but it seems a wasted elite slot imo
another plus of blight is if you run up against hexway (while it wont help you a ton) it will give you a bit more of a chance than 2 veils
i guess the only way to find out for sure is to let the prot monk play around and see which elite he likes best |
BLight really requires you to have experience playing with it or you will have trouble with energy (esp vs hexway in which requires people to be very vocal about when a hex comes on or you will just hit a parasitic with it).
Don't worry about the whole SoD comment. I used to feel the exact same way until I played it more. Sure I missed the cheaper guardian, but there really is a difference between the 25% and that extra armor. It's especially noticeable versus spikes (and there is so much damage that can be blocked/the armor helps so much) ~ also very nice if you get SB diverted (although that really shouldn't happen very often :P).
Also, with SoD... if you are really unlucky like me and never get FC on guardians, it's a pain to be spamming 1 second casts and just be bait for any mesmer.
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| 03/21/08 18:53 |
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I dont really see the point in running a blight, a mes/para with expel hexes would work fine, the 10 energy used on blight is a total waste imo, there are so many substitutes, empathic removal, purge sig ect, monks arent the only ones who can remove hexes
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| 03/23/08 10:30 |
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HackingHippie89
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| QUOTE | | I dont really see the point in running a blight, a mes/para with expel hexes would work fine, the 10 energy used on blight is a total waste imo, there are so many substitutes, empathic removal, purge sig ect, monks arent the only ones who can remove hexes |
honestly i have never before seen expel hexes on a mesmer and personally if you're only running one mesmer the elite would be better suited for e-surge or glyph of renewal
did you perhaps mean a p/me with expel? those are a bit more common :-p
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| 03/23/08 10:38 |
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| QUOTE | im going to get flamed for this but....i've never really seen a point in SoD when you can have guardian(granted the 25% extra block and armor are nice) but it seems a wasted elite slot imo
another plus of blight is if you run up against hexway (while it wont help you a ton) it will give you a bit more of a chance than 2 veils
i guess the only way to find out for sure is to let the prot monk play around and see which elite he likes best |
An experienced ranger and mesmer can interrupt Guardian with ease. The fact that it has a short casting time makes it worth taking over guardian.
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| 03/23/08 10:57 |
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Ye, i ment para/mes lol, my bad
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| 03/24/08 11:00 |
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