Are any elite skills better than an avatar?

blurmedia

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]

Running mel without a zealous scythe? No wonder they're all complaining about "horrible e-management" on the dscussion page :\

Draginvry

Draginvry

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Underground PvP Society (PVPS)

N/Mo

As far as non-Form elites, I'm really fond of [skill]Reaper's Sweep[/skill]

In fact, I use it on several builds.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

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Join Date: Apr 2007

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Angels Of Strife

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i had a hard time letting go of my reapers but now I use wounding strike since it is a better deep wound causer

Utaku

Utaku

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Join Date: Nov 2006

Paris, France

We eat pancakes [Yumy]

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I have every single Dervish skill on my pve toon, but all I really run is a melandru build with a channeling/restau rit hero back up. Wearying Strike + splinter + rage kill mobs so fast it's scary.

Darkside

Darkside

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Chantry of Secrets

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[skill]Wounding Strike[/skill], [skill]Vow of Strength[/skill], and [skill]Reaper's Sweep[/skill] are all great elites but I think that [skill]Avatar of Lyssa[/skill] and
[skill]Avatar of Melandru[/skill] are probably the two best general purpose elites the dervish has available. In PvP i'd be more inclined to use a non avatar elite to avoid the downtime since Eternal Aura is a PvE only.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

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Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

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The non-avatars don't see any play at all in PvP. It's better to have a really good skill for half the time than a mediocre skill all the time.

Coloneh

Coloneh

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Join Date: Nov 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
The non-avatars don't see any play at all in PvP. It's better to have a really good skill for half the time than a mediocre skill all the time. wounding sees some play in HA, at least it used to. I havent played in a month

blue.rellik

blue.rellik

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Melbourne, Australia

None

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I personally like Reaper's but it's just a personal choice, I typically play with an avatar

Sirius-NZ

Sirius-NZ

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

Bellevue, WA (I know ... but I moved out of NZ)

Xen of Onslaught

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I've taken Wounding Strike on a silly Wind Prayers build I made just for the sake of using Wind Prayers for once. It's fun, but it's not really better than Melandru.

Or in PvE, Lyssa, obviously.

Draginvry

Draginvry

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Join Date: Oct 2007

The Underground PvP Society (PVPS)

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by blue.rellik
I personally like Reaper's but it's just a personal choice, I typically play with an avatar I love to use Reaper's, but avatars usually have a higher general payoff in PvE.

Trax Reborn

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Michigan

wgk

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Vow of Silence+pious assult>all the torment missions.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

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Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Draginvry
I love to use Reaper's, but avatars usually have a higher general payoff in PvE. It's hard to justify the non-avatar skills when eternal aura completely removes the drawback from the avatars.

On heroes though, I prefer reaper's sweep.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

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Join Date: Apr 2007

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Angels Of Strife

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In HA recently I ran with a guild group using reapers sweep and actually did very well with it.

~ Dan ~

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Join Date: Dec 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Pandra Pierva
In HA recently I ran with a guild group using reapers sweep and actually did very well with it. Get past Underworld?