Why isn't doom used anymore?
Why isn’t doom used anymore on d/d pvp builds and leeching is used instead? After the patch, doom got a 2 second duration buff, while leeching didn’t get any buffs but suddenly everyone wants to use leeching?
I think it still gets used, but the extra heal is nice too. This patch d/d can definitely deal out more damage so perhaps people are using that extra sigil slot for another heal.
Doom is still used. It’s just that right now sigil of Leeching is more popular.
Doom does about 536 dmg over 8 second and limit the healing capability. It’s probably a better sigil against profession with a good amount of healing like Guardian, Warrior, Engineer. But Guardian have a good amount of condi removal so.
Leeching does around 975 dmg and heal for around the same amount. It’s probably better against squishy profession like Thief and Mesmer.
Right now, you see a lot more Thief/Mesmer than Engineer/Warrior/Guardian and that’s probably why Leeching is more popular right now. But I don’t think there is a clear winner here, it all depend on how you play and what you prefer.
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on a more offensive build like fire/water/arcane you don’t need the extra doom because leeching is damage + sustain instead of only damage.
doom was also used because there were engis and warriors around and the sigil actually helped you with lowering their sustain. now that it’s basically just eles (and sometimes necros) with celestial builds it won’t help you much because ele’s cant kill ele’s if they are on equal level and know their builds and weaknesses, and condis are useless against signet necros in general. you can basically kill everything you’re supposed to kill without doom, no need to pick it.
having said that, pick what you want as there is not really a must pick for d/d ele right now, you can go with doom or battle or smoldering or even air, blood etc if you feel like it. people just like leech and energy because it adds sustain against the now higher overall damage in pvp without losing too much damage.
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