Disrupting chop or Agonizing Chop?.

whufc89

whufc89

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2007

UK

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i am currently running this build on my warrior for PVP.

[skill]frenzy[/skill][skill]eviscerate[/skill][skill]executioner's strike[/skill] [skill]shock[/skill][skill]bull's strike[/skill][skill]rush[/skill][skill]resurrection signet[/skill]

Strength - 12 + 1
Axe Mastery - 12 + 1 + 1

Now i know there is only 7 skills there because im not too sure which disrupt to use Some people say...

[skill]agonizing chop[/skill] - Because it deals additional damage and interrupts but its down fall is it can only interrupt while the foe is suffering from deep wound but that is eviscerates job.

And others say...

[skill]disrupting chop[/skill] - As it can interrupt even when a foe is not suffering from deep wound and it disables the skill they were using for an additional 20 seconds. but again it has down falls such as it does not do any additional damage like agonizing chop.

Which one would you suggest?

Thanks.

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

Disrupting Chop. Agonizing is nowhere near as scary after the activation-time nerf.

Disrupting lets you throw around random interrupts outside of spikes, and it can seriously cripple a monk if used well.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

Disrupting Chop = 6 adrenaline d-shot

d-shot = godly.

BTW wrong forum, this is for PvE last time I checked.

Dronte

Dronte

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Dchop since the Agonizing nerf.

kel77

kel77

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Deep South

The Arctic Marauders[TAM] Former Leader and Officer | [SMS] Alliance

W/E

Shock axe is definitely a fun build to use, hope you do well with it. I use dis chop instead of agonizing because of the nerf to agonizing.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

Disrupting lets you throw around random interrupts outside of spikes, and it can seriously cripple a monk if used well.
Or luckily if you get protective spirit or other 1/4 spells.



Quote:
Originally Posted by kel77
Shock axe is definitely a fun build to use, hope you do well with it. I use dis chop instead of agonizing because of the nerf to agonizing. It is the only old build from prophecies that works well without any other campaigns also.

whufc89

whufc89

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Join Date: Dec 2007

UK

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
It is the only old build from prophecies that works well without any other campaigns also. So do you mean to say there are better warrior PVP builds than the shock axe? if you have all the campaigns because i have all 3 bar GWEN.

Or am i right in thinking its def one of the best around.

ax mastery

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

It is one of the best around. And it also happens to consist solely of proph skills. I would recommend dchop, or if you have EotN, distracting strike works in the same way agonizing used to.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by ax mastery
It is one of the best around. And it also happens to consist solely of proph skills. I would recommend dchop, or if you have EotN, distracting strike works in the same way agonizing used to. distracting strike needs cracked armor. Cracked armor is a condition that will be removed by RC prots and other condition removals really fast in PvP (mending touch).

Full Metal X

Full Metal X

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Zomg Lasers Pew

Quote:
Originally Posted by LifeInfusion
distracting strike needs cracked armor. Cracked armor is a condition that will be removed by RC prots and other condition removals really fast in PvP (mending touch). He ment the 1/2 activation time, as that is what aganizing chop was used for before, they would use it in spikes because the 1/2 activation.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

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Quote:
Originally Posted by whufc89
So do you mean to say there are better warrior PVP builds than the shock axe? if you have all the campaigns because i have all 3 bar GWEN.

Or am i right in thinking its def one of the best around.
Well there are other PvP builds that compare to shock axe as useful but they require other then prophecies to run well.

And it is one of the best around. Kicking ass since day one and still does.

In_Flames

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Ive been using Disrupting chop for a while now. I use a old W/R Tiger Stance build. Once I can get the monk running I will hit D-Chop and 3/4 of the time I manage to get their self heal. As mentioned before Disrupting chop can be thrown around a bit more and has more of a chance to hit and "Black out a Skill".

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

My vote for Disrupting Chop. One less skill on a monk's bar has proven fatal too many times.

Skills keep people alive. Remove skills, you ain't alive no more right? ^_^

I use Agonizing for PvE since damage is of great importance and even though nerfed, I have a fearfull spike in Eviscerate, Agonizing, Critical Chop, Exe. Strike.

Only stupidly high armor foes can resist THAT kind of a spike and even so, I do run around with Barbs or Weaken Armor just for those occasions ^_^

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Absolutely disrupting chop. The disable is worth much, much more than the damage, and the disrupt isn't conditional.

nebuchanezzar

nebuchanezzar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

功夫之王

N/

Just gonna echo what has already been said.
D-Chop is FTW!!

yesitsrob

yesitsrob

Elite Guru

Join Date: Sep 2005

Manchester, England

SMS/Victrix

D Chop is fantastic i m h o

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

As everyone else here has said...D-chop is an old favorite amongst axe wars...definitely more useful than agonizing...

Turtle222

Turtle222

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

:D:D

D/W

personally i use disrupting.

Seef II

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

US

R/Mo

Dchop. The skill disable is worth its weight in money.

itsvictor

itsvictor

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

dchop + lucky vs. blinding flash or bsurge or res sig=win

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

DChop ftw.
'nuff said.

Sha Noran

Sha Noran

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Idiot Savants [iQ]

R/

Yes, Disrupting Chop is far and away a better choice in the current skill environment.

randomperson

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2007

Dchopping RoF when they get up after a bulls/shock is for the win.

Scary Raebbit

Scary Raebbit

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

KD-> Hit and Frenzy as soon as animation starts-> Hit-> D-Chop
Automatic loss of a 1/4 cast or slower as soon as the get up

Magikarp

Magikarp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2007

[HAWK]

who started this up again? dchop ftw all the way.

.Cookie.

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

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Neither. In Shock Axe builds I use distracting strike , becouse its good on spikes: Evis , Strike , Bodyblow etc. Also you can interrupt wards with it + guardians, without the need for those 6 adrenaline.