new pve build for me.

canto

canto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Bay Area, California "WEST SIDE!"

Archangels of Tormented Minds

E/Mo

Hi, I've had my derv for not too long. I've been using my own made-up build that has worked in beating nf, which isnt that hard. Before I use him in HM or other harder PvE, I was thinking I should get a new build. If you have one that works for general PvE'ing, please leave it. I have most derv elites and can get any others. (if you could, refrain from a Ebon Dust build).

TY

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

Melandru iz gud.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Me in some other thread
Gogo Mel?

12+1+1 Scythe
12+1 Mysticism

[skill]victorious sweep[/skill] or some other vanilla attack skill
[skill]wearying strike[/skill]
[skill]mystic sweep[/skill]


[skill]heart of fury[/skill] or [skill]flail[/skill] or

[skill]avatar of melandru[/skill]
[skill]resurrection signet[/skill] or [skill]death pact signet[/skill] or [skill]draw conditions[/skill] or [skill]imbue health[/skill] or [skill]wild blow[/skill] or... whatever really

blockkiller

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2007

empty

D/Me

there are many builds you can use some examples:
avatar of lyssa works great
ebon dust aura is usefull with volley
Vow of Strength can also be good

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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

Purple Lingerie - :D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
Melandru iz gud. Isn't that you in about every "DERVISH LOOKING FOR BUILD" thread?

But yeah it rocks .

WarKaster

WarKaster

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Los Angeles

SlingBlades

D/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by blockkiller
there are many builds you can use some examples:
avatar of lyssa works great
ebon dust aura is usefull with volley
Vow of Strength can also be good just out of sheer morbid curiosity, why would you be using volley on a dervish?

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

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowstring Badass
Isn't that you in about every "DERVISH LOOKING FOR BUILD" thread?

But yeah it rocks .
Lyssa's good too, but with the fast-activation of skills in HM PvE, Lyssa becomes less attractive and the sturdiness + silly damage/DW spam of Mel wins through.

Quote:
Originally Posted by WarKaster
just out of sheer morbid curiosity, why would you be using volley on a dervish? Because it's easier to peg people with Blind as a ranged attacker, than having to run around blinding melee with a scythe. Essentially, guys with ranged weapons are more effective blindbots that guys with melee weapons. I prefer spear myself because spear damage owns the crap outta bow damage, but Volley's AoE can be handy in PvE.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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

Purple Lingerie - :D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
Lyssa's good too, but with the fast-activation of skills in HM PvE, Lyssa becomes less attractive and the sturdiness + silly damage/DW spam of Mel wins through.
Well Wounding Strike is good (especially with the *buff*) in NM when your bored and have 3 MM heroes.

Sirius-NZ

Sirius-NZ

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

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

Xen of Onslaught

D/

Probably won't be re-nerfed either since it's still not terribly popular in PvP.

cellardweller

cellardweller

Likes naked dance offs

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Older Gamers [TOG]

Having played the avatars for a while, I've drifted towards the VoS D/R build. It has comparable dps to lyssa, but it is more condusive to c-spacing while I kick all the contestant's butts on Jeapordy.

[skill]Vow of Strength[/skill][skill]Heket's Rampage[/skill][skill]Charm Animal[/skill][skill]Comfort Animal[/skill][skill]Edge of Extinction[/skill]


Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
Because it's easier to peg people with Blind as a ranged attacker, than having to run around blinding melee with a scythe. Essentially, guys with ranged weapons are more effective blindbots that guys with melee weapons. I prefer spear myself because spear damage owns the crap outta bow damage, but Volley's AoE can be handy in PvE. I think the question was more "why would you run it on a D/R instead of an R/D?"

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by cellardweller
I think the question was more "why would you run it on a D/R instead of an R/D?" D/R gets more energy and longer blind.