Are any elite skills better than an avatar?

I had Wearying Strike, but I dropped it do to not using Melandru that often. Why not? That is, why didn't you have it up all the time in combat?

Why not? That is, why didn't you have it up all the time in combat? Wanted to try something different. See if there was something better out there worth trying.

Wanted to try something different. See if there was something better out there worth trying. I'm confused. When you say "due to not using Melandru that often", do you mean "it wasn't equipped on your skillbar very often" (in which case Wearying Strike is obviously terrible without Melandru, but is practically mandatory with AoM) or "it wasn't cast very often when equipped" (in which case your answer is nonsensical and my question still stands)?

Wanted to try something different. See if there was something better out there worth trying. Nothing is better than melandru. But variety is good.

I'm confused. When you say "due to not using Melandru that often", do you mean "it wasn't equipped on your skillbar very often" (in which case Wearying Strike is obviously terrible without Melandru, but is practically mandatory with AoM) or "it wasn't cast very often when equipped" (in which case your answer is nonsensical and my question still stands)? It's been on my bar for a long time as I've been running the AoM build that's on PvX, but I found I wasn't using AoM all that much as I didn't need it for 99% of the stuff that's out there (the only boss I remember maintaining it on was Abbadon, the rest I would let it lapse and finish the fight without it).

I found that the initial energy outlay was slowing down the beginning of the battle. After using AoM, Zealous Renewal and Conviction I'd get into battle with just enough energy to fire Wearying, Ermites Attack and Victorious sweep... then I'd be waiting to recharge. Without AoM I could spam the same barrage relentlessly until I ran out of energy... at which point Zealous Renewal would kick in and bump me back up 20-25 more energy, which was enough to finish a small battle. The problem was that in long battles the Wearying would drag me down.


Anyway, after having used this same build for a few months I clicked on the Discussion tab at the top of the Wiki page and found all kinds of people cutting that build up, saying things I didn't know, so I figured I'd educate myself a bit and found myself here.

For instance, yesterday I learned that Eternal Aura will recharge AoM... which would make AoM more useful in a long battle. I never knew that before because I never used AoM, so I never noticed that Eternal Aura recharged it. I was using it because it was an 88 dmg AOE spell.

That, and I never knew about Aura of Holy Might... which I really want now.

That post ended up longer than I expected.....