hell fire formation

[kyoukoku]

okay heres the deal..
im really tired with all these conventional builds so i want to try smthing i tad bit new so here goes my build for my staff main .... just need yall help on working out the kinks, wat weakness it has..yadda yadda

:swm: :swm: :swm:
:malehero: :witc: :bst:
:sha: :exo: :mnk:

thats the early form of the build... i kno theres nothing special to it at a glance...but its difference really shines thru in the skill specs....

2 of the swords man would have max dark seed and one would have a 20 fire swrd/ 40 dark seed spec

the staff main is really up to ur preference (mine right now is really spread out in terms of skills)..but a high lvl hex is a must...

and the back up sham would have 40 dark hex/ 15 heal / 5 noble sac
(not sure about this )

the idea for this build is to well dot as early as possibly then pound away with ur swrds and sprinkle in some aoe attacks from the witch and bt...
the bt can be used to switch out a swrd if he takes to much dmg


at later lvls the formation could change to


:swm: :lak: :swm:
:malehero: :witc: :bst:
:ora: :exo: :mnk:


the same strat as above would apply but this time u would get in some nice combos with divine slash...
as u can see this is a very combo oriented build ...and in theory should be very viable...i just need some ppl who've had experience in a lot of pvp matches for ideas on it.....


also as a side note this is my current build ..i ask u for ur opinions on this one versus the build(s) i stated above....(im lvl 52 btw)

:spm: :swm: :spm:
:bst: :witc: :gun:
:sha: :malehero: :mnk:

ty guys in advance....

[Demon]

Someone used this "dark seed" build on me earlier in FL today

Basically he had

:swm::swm::swm:
:arc::arc::arc:
:mnk::sha::exo:

he would mana seal me first
than activate dark seed combo on my main + archer my main
it wasnt too bad.

[kyoukoku]

hmm ...by not too bad u mean...??? i just need some input here...so as to fix up this build..before i actually attempt it

[Balathorn]

Combo builds aren't worth it under today's metagame because defense shoots up sky high while skill damage remains about the same after 80 (with slight increases from charms). Divine slash is a particular crap combo.

The only semi-decent combo is, true, hellflame but you need some way of preventing its dispel to get the most mileage out of it.

[kyoukoku]

i got some advice on the build from the offical forums.....i apparently need some other distraction so as to force my opponent to make a choice between dispelling the hellfire or itself ..so im either gonna need some stun ability in this nuild or some other more noticeble dot(eg: freezing)

[jesada89237]

This is a pretty interesting formation...does hellfire do moderately good damage in PvP?

[kyoukoku]

yeh ..modertae damage...

[Kelnari]

Yeah, I would recommend a viking for diversion tactics. Just wondering, does your spear tank better than your BT?

[kyoukoku]

well the thing is most ppl i fight dont focus fire on the spear...bt in terms of raw stats bt obviously tanks way better