What elite should I use for a warder? Shockwave or Sandstorm?

The one Casey Squid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Northeast

Knights Of Thulcandra [KoT]

W/E

Im going to make a geomancer and ill be running wards to buff up my heroes/henchies.

Id like to run some damage in so I plan on running the wards,OF, and either shockwave or sandstorm.

What elite would you recommend?

Thom Bangalter

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

Um...it's pve. Play whatever you like more. I'd probably go with sandstorm, but that's just a personal preference.

-.-

-.-

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

Sandstorm gets my vote.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Sandstorm has an immensly greater damage threat, and can be cast at range. Doesn't seem like too hard a decision.

wilebill

wilebill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mt Vernon, Ohio

Band of the Hawk

W/Mo

I run Zhed with Sandstorm and Wards in PvE, works very well.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Scatter isn't so bad and PBAoE isn't very useful in non-farming PvE.

So I vote for Sandstorm too.

But another option is to take an energy elite, split your attribute points, and blast away with fire damage.

Neither Earth Magic nor Energy Storage needs to be maxed out for warding, so you can put as many points as you like into a third attribute.

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

I'm partial to fire with an earth splash for wards as well. If you insist on going pure geomancer, Sandstorm is an order of magnitude better than Shockwave (in a team environment at least).

Peace,
-CxE

The one Casey Squid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Northeast

Knights Of Thulcandra [KoT]

W/E

Just capped Sandstorm today and owned Gates of Madness with Norgu, MoW, and the henchies!

Thanks all.

Dutch Masterr

Dutch Masterr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Long Island, NY

Elite Knights [SWAT]

W/

depends what youre going to do. if your in pvp i would use shockwave (especially if youre running one of those e/d stoneflesh tanks). for pve however, AoE is always needed and sandstorm works very well for that.

Ozric

Ozric

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

Phoolz Like Us

E/Me

For myself, it's Sandstorm, but because I don't like Zhed to use scattering spells, and because I usually set him up as a Ward/Meleer, he gets Shockwave/Crystal Wave.