cannoneer
01-01-2009, 09:35 PM
(Lets not discuss ranged mercs for this thread plz).
I'm either going to do a melee heavy build, or a Dot/AOE heavy build...and I want to know which is better for PVP, in the late game, in your opinions?....
If I were melee I would do something like Xargr, except I would use axes instead, and BT, until I can get a lady Knight, it would look something like this (hero axe of course):
:exo::malehero::witc:
:vik::vik::bst: ///// :lak:
:mnk::pro::ora::
(and even later, maybe get spartan and pirate, or northern vikings).
I'd seths will my axe line after using beast summon, use exo to deny heals/support, and watch them get torn up, executioner style.
I'm pretty confident I would do very well...and using a purification scroll I may be able to take out dot builds easily.
But what worries me is the other build I'm considering trying, a fortified Dot build, where you can keep reapplying dots/Aoe dmg behind a strong front line, even if someone uses a purification. It would be with a cannon main using Chaos wind, and it'd look something like this:
:swm::swm::witc: ...One or both swords could eventually be:lak: //// :spt:
:art::exo::bst:
:mnk::malehero::ora:
You'd have Beast Summon, Meteor, Deep Insight, and Chaos Wind. You could even have the swordies use Dark Seed for a little extra Dot Dmg (just an idea to throw out there). Because you have a strong front line you could sustain dots for a long time, healing as needed, casting AOE's and DOT's as they come up, and preventing them from healing with your EXO. I could, and heck probably would have my Oracle take Vortex to combo with my eventual LK, at high levels.
Both builds have merits, but which would be more effective in PVP, what do you guys think?
I'm either going to do a melee heavy build, or a Dot/AOE heavy build...and I want to know which is better for PVP, in the late game, in your opinions?....
If I were melee I would do something like Xargr, except I would use axes instead, and BT, until I can get a lady Knight, it would look something like this (hero axe of course):
:exo::malehero::witc:
:vik::vik::bst: ///// :lak:
:mnk::pro::ora::
(and even later, maybe get spartan and pirate, or northern vikings).
I'd seths will my axe line after using beast summon, use exo to deny heals/support, and watch them get torn up, executioner style.
I'm pretty confident I would do very well...and using a purification scroll I may be able to take out dot builds easily.
But what worries me is the other build I'm considering trying, a fortified Dot build, where you can keep reapplying dots/Aoe dmg behind a strong front line, even if someone uses a purification. It would be with a cannon main using Chaos wind, and it'd look something like this:
:swm::swm::witc: ...One or both swords could eventually be:lak: //// :spt:
:art::exo::bst:
:mnk::malehero::ora:
You'd have Beast Summon, Meteor, Deep Insight, and Chaos Wind. You could even have the swordies use Dark Seed for a little extra Dot Dmg (just an idea to throw out there). Because you have a strong front line you could sustain dots for a long time, healing as needed, casting AOE's and DOT's as they come up, and preventing them from healing with your EXO. I could, and heck probably would have my Oracle take Vortex to combo with my eventual LK, at high levels.
Both builds have merits, but which would be more effective in PVP, what do you guys think?