Disenchant Dervish - PvP

Bale_Shadowscar

Bale_Shadowscar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Manchester, England

New Dragons [NDR]

I've been messing around with a Dervish in RA, and this is what I came up with:

-Max Mysticism
-8 tactics (I think)
-Rest in Axe Mastery


Avatar of Grenth [E] - Attacks deal cold damage, whenever you use an attack skill remove an enchant from target foe.

Watchful Intervention - for 60 seconds, when you drop below 25% health, you're healed for 170.

Meditation - Lose an enchant. Gain 9 energy. if you didn't lose an enchant, you're healed for 104 instead.

CycloneAxe - 9 damage to all adjacent foes.

Penetrating Blow - +17 damage, 25% Armor Penetration.

Swift Chop - +12 damage. If blocked, Inflict Deep Wound and +12 more damage.

Healing Signet - Heal yourself.

Res Sig -

Obviously, It could use a lot of improvement, but the basic idea is this:

- Cast Watchful Intervention. It'll help heal you when you're hurt. awww.
- Cast Avatar of Grenth.
- Use the cheap, quick recharging axe skills to beat down your opponent. You will be attacking so often that you will remove enchants very fast. Cyclone axe can remove enchants from all adjacent foes, which is very handy when you're being swarmed by Wammos/Dervishes.
- Meditation can be used when you get into energy problems (if you still have watchful spirit on you), or for a quick heal alternative to heal sig.
- Heal sig for healing.
- Res Sig for Ressing.

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Obviously, the damage isn't amazing (Cyclone axe -haha!), but Penetrating chop is not too bad against low armor targets such as Sins, and if swift chop is blocked (by a ranger stance or Guardian for example), then your foe will recieve a deep wound, aiding your damage output.

The downside is the waiting whilst Avatar of Grenth recharges, you have little to do but keep chopping away.

I found this build, although it has (many) faults, such as lack of a lot of damage, is very effective in RA at the moment against all the Dervishes, Wammos and Sins. These enemies are quite severly weakend without their enchantments, and become easy prey for your teammates.

Comments/Improvements?

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

Avatar of Grenth + spinal shivers IMO, no weapon slot, use a shortbow.

ubermancer

ubermancer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yanman.be
Avatar of Grenth + spinal shivers IMO, no weapon slot, use a shortbow. ... why dont you just play a necro with an icy shortbow, then?

zenzog

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by ubermancer
... why dont you just play a necro with an icy shortbow, then? dervishes look cooler

cerb

cerb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Sept-Iles, QC, Canada

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Mo/

You'll need a damn load of cover hexes to cover shivers in NF with all that hex removal