Rampage as One Build

I've been taking a look at [wiki]Rampage as One[/wiki] and trying to find an effective build to accomodate it.
Why?
It's an IAS and speed buff in one that is neither a shout nor a stance. Pretty heady stuff.

One major downside of course is the energy requirement. A cost of 25 means that basically, it can be the only energy-cost skill on your bar aside from Comfort Animal.

And there's the next negative: you have to have a pet, and that pet has to be alive for Rampage as One to work.
The high energy requirement dictates that any build using it MUST use a zealous weapon. 2 pips just ain't enough to keep it up.

With that in mind, equipment is an important consideration too.
I'm lucky enough to have access to the Chimeric Prism, which at Strength 8 and above, gives me 16 armour and +5 energy.
This means I don't have to run a +5 energy weapon, but that I lose out on 30 health from my shield.
For people without the Prism, I'd suggest a zealous +5e weapon of fortitude +30HP and a +30HP, -5/20% shield, req. 9 strength.

Armour HAS to be radiant, no argument.

So straight away we have 3 skillbar slots taken up, 2 of which are pretty bloody redundant. Add a res sig for half the skillbar gone :|
So you're left with 4 slots, probably best filled with either 4 attacks or 3 attacks and a utility.

As Rampage as One lends itself to anti-kiting, I'd suggest an axe build like this:

[card]rampage as one[/card][card]dismember[/card][card]agonizing chop[/card][card]axe rake[/card][card]executioner's strike[/card][card]comfort animal[/card][card]charm animal[/card][card]resurrection signet[/card]

For stats:
9 Strength
15 Axe
11 Beast Mastery

The Prism opens up the possibility of running an effective self heal in the form of Lion's Comfort too. Dumping strength to 8 allows you to pump tactics to 8, giving you a 97 point heal. Almost as much as Heal Sig at 8 (100), but faster and safer (although no usage outside of combat, natch).
Ditching either Agonizing Chop or Axe Rake is probably the best bet if you're thinking of doing this.

In practice, the major consideration is energy.
Blocks and evades will dent energy gain from Zealous, as will blinds.
E-denial cripples such a build, and because the requirement is so high, even a small amount of e-denial could piss on this build's chips.
Damage output isn't the highest due to lack of slots and no weapon elite.
If your pet dies, you're up the creek, and keeping your pet alive can be expensive at 10e per use of Comfort Animal. This will effectively kill Rampage as One if you have to use it often.

On the plus side, your IAS and speed boost can't be stripped. Sure, you can be hexed and crippled, but they will still be there.
You also don't open yourself up to double damage a la Frenzy, and you don't have to choose between a speed boost OR an IAS. If someone starts kiting, you can give chase whilst keeping attack speed high.
At 11 Beast Mastery, the pet's extra damage output when added to your own will be a welcome addition.

I'm not claiming this to be an uber-build, just something for consideration; and naturally, it's more PvP focussed than PvE.
Thoughts and ideas?
I'm guessing one major change would be to use a Ranger primary instead, and I will have a look at that. Straight away, with high expertise Rampage as One becomes a LOT more viable.

It looks like a fun build, but I really don't think it'll be better than anything there already is. In fact I think it'll be quite a bit worse than most of the common PvP and PvE builds.

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