(edited by Gaius.2781)
Critique My Build, Please
Its basically an Auramancer build. It has a name so it must be somewhat popular right?
I had one in my group, the DPS seemed to suffer, and he was asking for feedback and received very little…ended up with a we didnt really notice. (The Auras)
I personally was interested in this build at a time so was closely watching, and it honestly didnt seem worth the DPS loss.
But so long as you run it for you and not your party, that should be your goal.
Because I doubt you are going to hear, oh wow those auras are awesome keep using that spec!!!
Thanks for the feedback, Mytheos.
To be honest: 4 seconds of auras, plus a few seconds of Swiftness, Protection, and Fury aren’t necessarily that noteworthy.
It mainly has two effects:
- Slight increase in damage output and protection
- Situational crowd control (chill or stun)
I’ve found that in small group fights against large mobs, this build acts like a force multiplier — you can generally expect to take on a somewhat larger amount of mobs with the same amount of people.
I run a similar build, but I go 0/20/10/30/10 (for sPvp)
(This is what I take that’s different from you)
Air: reduce air skills recharge by 20%
Arcane: elemental attunement only
For sigils I take the 60% chance to remove conditions (because conditions can get real nasty) and +5% crit chance
For runes I take rune of the ogre.
Soldier’s Amulet w/ Berserker’s jewel
Heal = Glyph (so that I can get permanent swiftness if I want or whatever else)
Instead of Armor of Earth I take Mist Form.
Thoughts:
I really don’t think the damage is that bad. I do over 1k damage with each hit of lightning whip when it crits.
As for aiding teammates. It seems that I have to be really close to them for the auras to proc. However, I really do think it helps them a lot from my experience (even if they don’t notice it). Note: I don’t play tournaments (because I don’t really like the super serious atmosphere and rather just play around), so I don’t know how it fares there.
(edited by Stormy O.7025)