The PvP Build I'm Using

your weakness is that you only have 2 attacks that both suck and you are using a ranger defensive stance when you can't have expertise.

so you have 5 skills for heal and defense? Why? and convictions armour dosent stack with avatar of balth's.


in conclusion. learn2play Owow stop trolling people who are asking for advice dude.

Anyways OT, if you want to run a Dervish, you probably want to run an elite like Wounding Strike to start out since it's the most newplayer-friendly elite. Then, bring two more attack skills like Mystic Sweep or Eremite's Attack. Then your other 4 skills (since you NEED res sig) should have an IAS, at least one enchant, then whatever you like

After you get used to that bar, it should be pretty easy to figure out what skills would work and what skills won't so you can make your own bar.

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Since you have quite a bit of defense from AoB + conviction, i'd drop real impurities for maybe [chilling victory] for more damage.

Whirling Defense can be useful for block and an IAS, but with it's short duration and long recharge it's not too useful as a secondary profession skill. If it's the IAS you're looking for i'd go with [Tiger Stance] or another warrior IAS, at least those have less of a recharge time although not too long of a duration. Maybe even [whirling charge] if you want to drop a few points into Wind Prayers.

</end non-elitiest newbie friendly reply> you're advising against a skill from one class' primary attribute and suggesting a skill from another class' primary attribute. being unable to spec in strength, he will have a 4 second IAS with a 20 second recharge if he uses [[tiger stance]. that doesn't make much sense at all. using [[whirling charge] is a decent option though, as it's both an IAS and IMS.

@OP. a dervish's weapon has the highest potential damage output of any weapon in the game and as an added bonus can hit multiple targets. your mission as a dervish is to kill stuff so put as many att points as you can in scythe but don't use a sup rune. leave healing for monks and rits. keep mysticism att points at a multiple of 3 (3's are the breakpoints for energy and health return from myst). use attacks which do extra damage or cause conditions, an IMS or snare, an IAS, a damage enhancer, and a res. you can never go wrong with these combos.

skill bar should be something like
[ attack][ attack][ attack][IAS][IMS/snare][damage enh.][option][res]

scythe: 12+1+1
myst: 8+1 or 11+1
option: the rest

damage enhancers can be something like [[conjure flame], [[conjure frost], [[conjure lig], [[avatar of lyss], [[strength of hon] etc..

if you want to use a self healing skill, only use one and put it in the optional slot. generally though this should still be something to help you kill quicker or easier. something like [[attack] would work well there.