Whats everyone's favorite underused/underrated skill?
I would have to go with: [skill]Auspicious Incantation[/skill] or [skill]Extend Enchantments[/skill]. theses two skills can be so powerful, but they are very complicated to use so most players avoid them.
Favorite Underused skill
Coloneh
ensoriki
[card]Wastrel's Collapse[/card] not >.>
umm [card]Marksman's Wager[/card]
umm [card]Marksman's Wager[/card]
Div
Auspicious, underused? Hmmmm
Stormlord Alex
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Originally Posted by holymasamune
Auspicious, underused? Hmmmm
You stole my line.
Damn you.
Anyho...
[skill]lightning bolt[/skill]
Use it all the time in AB, and it stings like a bitch.
Damn you.
Anyho...
[skill]lightning bolt[/skill]
Use it all the time in AB, and it stings like a bitch.
Tyla
since i NEVER see this skill being used....[skill]temple strike[/skill]
so...much....fun
so...much....fun
Diddy bow
[skill]enraged lunge[/skill]
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. Marksmans wager is also pretty cool, spamming concussion shot ftw xD.
[skill]Critical Strike[/skill]
Even before it got buffed a few times i loved this
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. Marksmans wager is also pretty cool, spamming concussion shot ftw xD.
[skill]Critical Strike[/skill]
Even before it got buffed a few times i loved this
Coloneh
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Originally Posted by holymasamune
Auspicious, underused? Hmmmm
yes, underused. as in not used as much as it could be. am i missing the auspicious-incantation-using-builds party?
xDusT II
Would Ward Against Harm be considered underused?
Omniclasm
[skill]Siphon Strength[/skill]
Sun Fired Blank
Auspicious Incantation isn't used that often because it's really only decent with 25E spells that don't suck and for which use doesn't automatically provide a superior form of energy management exists. When you grind that list down, it leaves you with pretty much one spell: Panic.
My underused skill is:
[skill=big]Strike As One[/skill]
There are some very amazing things you can do with it, and in my opinion, it's much better than Enraged Lunge. Enraged Lunge is, in my opinion, a very unwieldly skill. That is, they both suck unless you invest in a structured bar to improve both, but my opinion is that you end up using a lot of rather mediocre skills to solely improve Enraged Lunge, while you can use many decent skills that synergize with Strike As One.
My underused skill is:
[skill=big]Strike As One[/skill]
There are some very amazing things you can do with it, and in my opinion, it's much better than Enraged Lunge. Enraged Lunge is, in my opinion, a very unwieldly skill. That is, they both suck unless you invest in a structured bar to improve both, but my opinion is that you end up using a lot of rather mediocre skills to solely improve Enraged Lunge, while you can use many decent skills that synergize with Strike As One.
makosi
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Originally Posted by Diddy bow
[skill]enraged lunge[/skill]
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. I got my pet Dire status with this skill by farming Tusked Holwers in Marga Coast.
My bar was filled with those long-recharging pet protection skills and I spammed Enraged Lunge. Level 8 pets doing 80 damage to lvl 25 HM monkeys is great fun.
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. I got my pet Dire status with this skill by farming Tusked Holwers in Marga Coast.
My bar was filled with those long-recharging pet protection skills and I spammed Enraged Lunge. Level 8 pets doing 80 damage to lvl 25 HM monkeys is great fun.
Coloneh
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Originally Posted by Sun Fired Blank
Auspicious Incantation isn't used that often because it's really only decent with 25E spells that don't suck and for which use doesn't automatically provide a superior form of energy management exists. When you grind that list down, it leaves you with pretty much one spell: Panic.
not true. AI is useful in many situations that people dont realize. you can se this skill on any bar with arcane echo for some extra energy managment. any bar with glyph of renewal can also benefit. then there are skills with high energy costs like mark of rodgort that have a short recharge and arent effected to much by the recharge time. im lazy, but there are more!
Div
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Originally Posted by Coloneh
yes, underused. as in not used as much as it could be. am i missing the auspicious-incantation-using-builds party?
Yes you are. It's just run in about, well, 100% of sineptitudes, which was pretty much half of last month's monthly AT.
Smart mesmers use it for energy management in PvE as well, but who uses a mesmer in PvE :P
Smart mesmers use it for energy management in PvE as well, but who uses a mesmer in PvE :P
Turbobusa
[skill]Malign Intervention[/skill]
don't see much use (was used in thumpway and discordway if i rembember right), even see some hate. I love personally.
don't see much use (was used in thumpway and discordway if i rembember right), even see some hate. I love personally.
odly
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Originally Posted by Diddy bow
[skill]enraged lunge[/skill]
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. Marksmans wager is also pretty cool, spamming concussion shot ftw xD.
[skill]Critical Strike[/skill]
Even before it got buffed a few times i loved this
I love those two. 
I used critical almost all the time.
+80 dmg 5 sec recharge tyvm, favorite build is based around this beauty. Marksmans wager is also pretty cool, spamming concussion shot ftw xD.
[skill]Critical Strike[/skill]
Even before it got buffed a few times i loved this
I love those two. I used critical almost all the time.
Draginvry
[skill]Spear of Light[/skill]
Great spiking potential with this skill, but I almost never see it used because not many classes can afford to spec smiting. The only time I remember using it was on my FC smiter and on my necro.
Great spiking potential with this skill, but I almost never see it used because not many classes can afford to spec smiting. The only time I remember using it was on my FC smiter and on my necro.
Sister Rosette
[skill]Auspicious Parry[/skill]
Doesn't get nearly the amount of love it should. Shit blocks Meteor son!
Doesn't get nearly the amount of love it should. Shit blocks Meteor son!
yesitsrob
Reverse Hex, it doesn't see a great deal of use but I kinda like it. :\
Cebe
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Originally Posted by holymasamune
but who uses a mesmer in PvE :P
*cautiously raises hand*
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Hmm, my favourite underused skill is quite possibly [wiki]Mind Shock[/wiki], [wiki]Ride The Lightning[/wiki] coming in a close second. Thing with underused skills is that there is usually a reason they are underused.
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Hmm, my favourite underused skill is quite possibly [wiki]Mind Shock[/wiki], [wiki]Ride The Lightning[/wiki] coming in a close second. Thing with underused skills is that there is usually a reason they are underused.
Abedeus
Reverse is really often used in HB and sometimes GvG.
My favorite non-elite is Mystic Sandstorm. D/A with Aura of Displacement is great ;o
My favorite elite is Weapon of Fury. Ursan blessing is much easier to maintain with that spell.
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Originally Posted by holymasamune
My favorite non-elite is Mystic Sandstorm. D/A with Aura of Displacement is great ;o
My favorite elite is Weapon of Fury. Ursan blessing is much easier to maintain with that spell.
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Smart mesmers use it for energy management in PvE as well, but who uses a mesmer in PvE :P
DIE!!!
Wakka
[skill]lightning bolt[/skill] rocks so much. So thumbs up to the guy who said that ^^
Mine would be [skill]Pure Was Li Ming[/skill]
EDIT: Its not picking up that skill? Its the right spelling tho.
Mine would be [skill]Pure Was Li Ming[/skill]
EDIT: Its not picking up that skill? Its the right spelling tho.
chowmein69
ill have to say litghning bolt also :P
XiaoTheBlade
[skill]resurrection signet[/skill]
Underused skill in RA
Underused skill in RA
Zil
Bull's Charge. Now that's fun, especially with 'On You're Knees!'.
Coloneh
I forgot Signet of Recall. I use it on all my heroes.
ensoriki
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Originally Posted by Omniclasm
[skill]Siphon Strength[/skill]
Eek I forgot siphon was under used >.> maybe since I use it alot =P
LightningHell
[skill]Blackout[/skill]?
Gotta agree, though, that underused skills are underused for a reason.
Gotta agree, though, that underused skills are underused for a reason.
Coloneh
some of them are underused for a reason. but there a quite a few skills that (I believe) are underused simply because they are to complicated for most players to bother with. those were the skills i was looking to find uses for with this thread.
N E D M
[skill]auspicious parry[/skill] i used this in fow group before with success
[skill]dwarven battle stance[/skill]If I am using a hammer it is on my bar 90% of the time (even before they buffed recharge to 20)
[skill]dwarven battle stance[/skill]If I am using a hammer it is on my bar 90% of the time (even before they buffed recharge to 20)
Coloneh
I forgot [skill]Weapon of Shadow[/skill]
Snow Bunny
Shield Guardian
placebo overdose
i gotta agree with alot of these my fav skill has gotta be
[skill]Quick Shot[/skill]
[skill]Quick Shot[/skill]
I Phoenix I
[skill]Throw Dirt[/skill] is nice in PvE with a decent spec in Expertise...
[skill]"You're All Alone!"[/skill] is also nice in casual PvP...
[skill]"You're All Alone!"[/skill] is also nice in casual PvP...
blakecraw
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Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
Shield Guardian
Amen to that, it never leaves my bar in pve where the henches all clump up nicely into its area of effect, and it's a great party heal (if you party clumps like ai...) for a hybrid. But, I would never use it outside of pve really.
LightningHell
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Originally Posted by Coloneh
some of them are underused for a reason. but there a quite a few skills that (I believe) are underused simply because they are to complicated for most players to bother with. those were the skills i was looking to find uses for with this thread.
When a skill is "too complicated for most players to bother with", it generally means it's so conditional and/or has such a specific effect that it's pretty much limited to gimmicks.
Psychology
@Coloneh, i dont use Extend Enchantments as i am abit shaken by the idea of losing all my enhcnamtnets.
Could you post a build for using it in or some skills that go well with it.
A explanation of how to use it properly/effectively would help.
TY
Could you post a build for using it in or some skills that go well with it.
A explanation of how to use it properly/effectively would help.
TY
NJudson
I don't do Beastmaster all that often, but when I do I usually run with Enraged Lunge like other person said...it rocks!
While I don't really use it on myself, I recently discovered how awesome Margrid the hero is using [skill]Incendiary Arrows[/skill]. In addition to the usual Distracting Shot and Savage Shot that everyone loves I found the inclussion of Incendiary Arrows to be absolutely awesome. Nothing like fighting an Terrorweb or something like that and seeing it nearly constantly interrupted.
On my warrior one of my favorite underused skills is [skill]Warrior's Endurance[/skill].
While I don't really use it on myself, I recently discovered how awesome Margrid the hero is using [skill]Incendiary Arrows[/skill]. In addition to the usual Distracting Shot and Savage Shot that everyone loves I found the inclussion of Incendiary Arrows to be absolutely awesome. Nothing like fighting an Terrorweb or something like that and seeing it nearly constantly interrupted.
On my warrior one of my favorite underused skills is [skill]Warrior's Endurance[/skill].
glountz
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Originally Posted by Coloneh
I forgot [skill]Weapon of Shadow[/skill]
Used quite a bit on Rit splits.
Sakura Az
[skill]contemplation of purity[/skill]
ever since boon prot died.. but i run in on my smiters boon build.
ever since boon prot died.. but i run in on my smiters boon build.
Beeb beeb
[wiki]Expunge Enchantments[/wiki]