So with all the debate between 30/0 and 30/25, I have a new favorite build in the patch- 30/30/0/10/0. It mains GS and on swap is the rifle (obviously taking that 5 points and getting rifle mastery). The reason is that I just love the warrior’s rifle skills- it’s incredibly handy to be able to back off and ranged down a foe and though my volleys don’t hit for 30k I have seen them do 20k.
All that aside I have a mathematical question. Per the title, when using a rifle and with 3 bars of adrenaline for 15% higher damage, is it worth it to kill shot? Kill shot has a moderately long cast of 1&3/4 seconds but I have seen it hit for upwards of 20k. To further complicate matters is it worth it to kill shot at 1 bar of adrenaline, 2 bars? There might not be easy answers but I’ll be happy with any feedback, thanks
To mathematically show you the decrease in effective power when you expend your adrenaline, we’d need your entire build. Traits, gear, food. Everything. I can only use this build site.
As far as my opinion without math, I only use Killshot on runners, distracted targets, or thieves in anticipation of stealth. It’s a strong skill if you can get it to land, but against solid players who are still “in the fight”(not distracted or overwhelmed), you’ll commonly see it avoided or even reflected; in which case you could have used that time to DPS and move into better position to use your GS. So, to answer your question directly, I wouldn’t use it as a part of a damage rotation. I would only use it on targets of opportunity and never below level 3 unless I know the shot has a legitimate chance of downing the enemy.
The one exception to not using it in a rotation comes against D/D serker thieves. If I see them doing their “thief” thing to another player, I SoF -> Volley -> as soon as he starts to break off his attack -> que Killshot in anticipation of Hide in Shadows.
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So with all the debate between 30/0 and 30/25, I have a new favorite build in the patch- 30/30/0/10/0. It mains GS and on swap is the rifle (obviously taking that 5 points and getting rifle mastery). The reason is that I just love the warrior’s rifle skills- it’s incredibly handy to be able to back off and ranged down a foe and though my volleys don’t hit for 30k I have seen them do 20k.
All that aside I have a mathematical question. Per the title, when using a rifle and with 3 bars of adrenaline for 15% higher damage, is it worth it to kill shot? Kill shot has a moderately long cast of 1&3/4 seconds but I have seen it hit for upwards of 20k. To further complicate matters is it worth it to kill shot at 1 bar of adrenaline, 2 bars? There might not be easy answers but I’ll be happy with any feedback, thanks
