HM/Vanquish With Sabway?

Super Igor

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Originally Posted by Cummins Turbo Diesel View Post
If the PvXwiki build is garbage, what skills should my heros running?
Im new to discordway, so just went off what they got listed there.
Thx for any help. Nah, its not.

This myth is spread by terrible players who dont understand what the word Optional means. Don't listen to those noobs.

Applies to Discord too, they dont know whats wrong with it (because nothing is) they just repeat after eachover.

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

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Join Date: May 2008

UK

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I count a lack of BotM as a flaw.
And it used to contain Rotting Flesh, which was disgraceful

Super Igor

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Originally Posted by Cummins Turbo Diesel View Post
If the PvXwiki build is garbage, what skills should my heros running?
Im new to discordway, so just went off what they got listed there.
Thx for any help. Nothing complicated with Discord, you just have to remember the main rule that Discordway is about spamming Discord.
Common mistake is that people forget about it and flood their bars with all the crap, triple putrid biles, barbs, vile miasma, orders, splinter, physicals with over 2 pips of energy regen don't run the AP caller. End result is that instead of killing stuff with Discord their team spends 90% of time buffing melee or spamming useless shit.
Why Discord is considered superior to Sabway? Because while having less AoE damage than Sabway it takes down any mob in a second without any real downtime between kills, so you gain huge advantage against tougher mobs like Djinn bosses. Knocklock from caller > amazingly good hero AI (yes I'm serious) reacts to their Discord being primed in seconds > *poof* boss gone before he could say "Searing Flames".

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

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Oh, I thought we were talking about a human player, given that it was started from here:
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Critiques/Recommendations on my Player-ran SS build. I know it sucks, but it got me Legendary Master of the North through abusing Pain inverter, Ebon sin and Consumables.
[N/Me;OAVCY8xUewSgQjcZV1N4uzuI] Heroes are crap at hex placement, so unless you micro it, MoP will rarely produce the desired result. If you can't fit it on the bar, then don't bother bringing it.

Oh, and please stop putting the relevant quotes after your post. It can be confusing.

Super Igor

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Yes the pvx discord build used to be a lot worse than it is and it was still marked "Great". Then it went through several revisions and it is now decent (thanks mostly to the community here) for casters, still sucks for melee.

Despite what Igor said, dont worry about discord spamming. You kill much faster and you have greater control, binding your heroes's discord to keys anyway. That way, you can just bring your buffs without worrying if your heroes would spam discord or not. Discordway on pvx hasn't changed since the last time I updated it, infact community there doesn't give shit about the pve section.

Also, you dont need to bind keys if your Discord works well, if your heroes refuse to use Discord your setup is bad. Buffing melee is redundant since you should run it with an AP caller for maximum effetiency. If you wan't to make use of melee hexes Sabway is much better for you.

Also, stop shitting and post your build.

Super Igor

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Originally Posted by Xenomortis
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I count a lack of BotM as a flaw.
And it used to contain Rotting Flesh, which was disgraceful You dont really need to keep your minions alive when you bomb them so BoTM is pretty redundant methinks. :/

Why the old Discord on PvX caused so much drama on Gurus is because it first had a necro suggested for a player who had all the goodies but then the necro got replaced with the generic AP Caller but nobody bothered to update the hero bars for the change so it sat there with Rotting Flesh up until I fixed it to what it is now and all the complaints have stopped.

Xenomortis

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You dont really need to keep your minions alive when you bomb them so BoTM is pretty redundant methinks. :/ Yes, because entering every fight without minions is wonderful.

Shursh

Shursh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

KaVa

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Originally Posted by Xenomortis
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Mark of Pain is probably the most powerful spell in the Curses line from a PvE perspective.

Yes, it has a 20 second recharge and if, after you cast it, you don't get the desired affect, this really hurts. However, when it goes right, it can decimate the better part of a large mob. Placed correctly and used with a MM and some other physicals, no other skill comes close.
A 40/40 set sometimes helps the problem of a long recharge.

The scatter issue is rarely a problem. Mark of Pain is usually triggered so rapidly by minions and the like, that the mob suffers huge amounts of damage before their scatter instinct kicks in. Obviously this may not apply if you're not bringing a MM.


I would like to know what you would take in place of MoP. I'd also like to add that the scatter you might see with MoP isn't always a bad thing - in a way it is like an indirect Reckless Haste since fleeing enemies don't attack.
furthermore, if place on an AP bar, it can be spammed regardless of the 20 second recharge.

Super Igor

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Yes, because entering every fight without minions is wonderful. Having your MM kill himself with BoTM or running just one MM is even more wonderful.
Try running your Discord with one main MM and one/two Shambling Horrors on the other two necores, you exploit mobs faster and always have quite allot of minions left when entering next battle.

Xenomortis

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I've never had an issue with a hero killing themselves with BotM, especially in battle. They're far too busy spamming Discord, I've never noticed them casting BotM (although they rarely ever cast it).
I'm just aware that there can be some long delays between encounters and it's best to have a minion wall that can actually reach their targets before being nuked to death.

Cherng Butter

Cherng Butter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Maryland

The Mirror Of Reason [SNOW]

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You don't need BoTM if you don't fall asleep after each encounter. Run Shambling on the non-MM's, you'll have a fun little army that will stay alive, and the /rt is there for spot heals.

What's with all the melee hate w/ respect to discordway? I find discordway miles more effective than sabway (same defense, better offense), and running Asuran Scan on an Enduring Scythe lets me spam hexes and call just as much as AP casters. Running 3 quick-activation energy attack skills w/ a speedboost lets me contribute to the spike effectively.

It's probably not as good as a player caster, but I wouldn't say it "sucks."

Daesu

Daesu

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Join Date: Oct 2008

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Originally Posted by Super Igor View Post
Having your MM kill himself with BoTM or running just one MM is even more wonderful.
That is the most ridiculous shit I have ever seen you spew. My MM has never sacrificed himself to death with BoTM before.

Following your post trend, here is my reply to you: "If your MM sucks so much that means you have a bad setup!"

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Why the old Discord on PvX caused so much drama on Gurus is because it first had a necro suggested for a player who had all the goodies but then the necro got replaced with the generic AP Caller but nobody bothered to update the hero bars for the change so it sat there with Rotting Flesh up until I fixed it to what it is now and all the complaints have stopped. Face it, the old pvx discord just sucks crap even more and you were still happily bragging here to everyone that it was your build, I nearly laughed my socks off when I saw your posts back then. All the complaints have not stopped, you just shut your ears and refuses to listen to any of them that's all.

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Buffing melee is redundant since you should run it with an AP caller for maximum effetiency. [Asuran Scan] says hi!

Cummins Turbo Diesel

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2009

N/Me

I just changed my build to the AP shown on PvX, Wow it works even better now. I kill stuff even faster now.
I kind of like all 3 of my heros making minions. So far the build on PvX is working great.

legacyofkain85

legacyofkain85

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Lady Ainowa

for most of mi vanquishing ,when i did it with mi warrior i just used necros with discords,1 curses discord,1 resto discord and 1 mm discord.So for your 3rd necro how about something for support ,either more dmg or more healing/prot, some people already sugested a roj monk.

Super Igor

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Originally Posted by Xenomortis View Post
I've never had an issue with a hero killing themselves with BotM, especially in battle. They're far too busy spamming Discord, I've never noticed them casting BotM (although they rarely ever cast it).
I'm just aware that there can be some long delays between encounters and it's best to have a minion wall that can actually reach their targets before being nuked to death.
You misunderstood my post read it again.
You won't have any problem with BoTM with a single MM when you have more than 10 minions however, it is troublesome because the sac is large and they spam it inside battle. They won't "kill themselves" because Anet said to fix their AI with that but I see no reason to run a spell you dont need that will remove 25%+ of their hp mid-battle.
What I'm saying in my post is that I hate running single MM with Discord. You get more corpses availible than a single MM can cope with, that means that you spend time outside battle, and one of your heroes has to spend less time using Discord. If you run more than one MM BoTM's sac becomes too large and it's not worth it.

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Originally Posted by Cherng Butter You don't need BoTM if you don't fall asleep after each encounter. Run Shambling on the non-MM's, you'll have a fun little army that will stay alive, and the /rt is there for spot heals.
that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Daesu
That is the most ridiculous shit I have ever seen you spew. My MM has never sacrificed himself to death with BoTM before.

Following your post trend, here is my reply to you: "If your MM sucks so much that means you have a bad setup!" Daesu learn to read ok?

But if you run BoTM with a minion bomber, you fail.

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Originally Posted by Daesu
Face it, the old pvx discord just sucks crap even more and you were still happily bragging here to everyone that it was your build, I nearly laughed my socks off when I saw your posts back then. All the complaints have not stopped, you just shut your ears and refuses to listen to any of them that's all. LOL
Face another one of your lies?
Old pvx build wasn't my build. I wasn't happy about the article like the rest thats why I fixed it, rest of pvx didn't give shit and guru just kept fighting with each other anyway. It is easy enough to see date of revisions on the wiki and compare them to when the complaint threads have been opened and you will see that they were opened before I fixed the old Discord. So just quit making things up.

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[asuran scan] says hi! Be less of a fanboy?

[asuran scan] has longer downtime and doesn't apply a condition. Your best option to apply a condition to somewhat match the AP caller is [you move like a dwarf!] because of the speed and range but it also has a long downtime without AP for Discordway standards.
You might argue that it is better for Warriors but thats just one prof and I dont like how wars perform with Discord in the first place same goes for Paras.

Also, post your build.

Daesu

Daesu

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Join Date: Oct 2008

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Originally Posted by Super Igor View Post
But if you run BoTM with a minion bomber, you fail.
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Originally Posted by Xenomortis
I'm just aware that there can be some long delays between encounters and it's best to have a minion wall that can actually reach their targets before being nuked to death.
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[asuran scan] has longer downtime and doesn't apply a condition. Your best option to apply a condition to somewhat match the AP caller is [you move like a dwarf!] because of the speed and range but it also has a long downtime without AP for Discordway standards. Who cares about the 10s downtime? There are so many skills to inflict conditions other than YMLAD. Look harder.

It just seems silly that you would complain warriors can't use discordway well because they can't apply a condition.

Super Igor

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Who cares about the 10s downtime? There are so many skills to inflict conditions other than YMLAD. Look harder.

It just seems silly that you would complain warriors can't use discordway well because they can't apply a condition. Name a condition-inflicting skill that is ranged, non-elite, instant, can kd and deals armor ignoring damage.

How does a comment about minion wall relate to priming Discord?

Also, post you build.

Daesu

Daesu

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Join Date: Oct 2008

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Originally Posted by Super Igor View Post
Name a condition-inflicting skill that is ranged, non-elite, instant, can kd and deals armor ignoring damage.
Lol taking the exact skill description from YMLAD? If you have made up your mind to use it, go ahead.

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How does a comment about minion wall relate to priming Discord? Duh...it is a comment about BoTM.

AtomicMew

AtomicMew

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

N/A

@OP: listen to Igor, he knows what he is talking about.

BotM is not needed and is optional. Fights are close enough together that it almost never matters. Also, you can pretty much accomplish much the same effect by careful pulling and judicious usage of prot spirit. But most of the time, it'll just slow you down.

@Daesu: post your build. Stop arguing from the bleachers. Step up to the plate.

Igor has pretty much explicitly given his build as well as numerous suggestions for different professions. You keep hinting at this magical discordway variant that is for warriors and is superior to both sabway and PvX discordway for casters.

You can't hope to argue effectively against him unless you back up your words with something real. At least let other people decide for themselves.
PS alone can't replace a minion wall. We are not talking about tank and spank here.

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Of course we are talking bout tank an' spank. Just that in triple necro the minions do the tanking.

Yes PS along with good pulling CAN replace a minion wall. what I mean by "replacing a minion wall" is that: any group that would require a minion wall to defeat can always be beaten by PS and good pulling. Of course, it takes longer, but IMO, BotM slows you down more because it makes your hero lag behind (which is even more important if you're like me and always carry an IMS ;o.)

So the question isn't really "which is better" but "which is faster" since they both are fully capable. However, it is flawed logic to think that you ever NEED a minion wall (good thing no one is arguing that ;o)

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Igor could say barbs and splinter are good in discord and Daesu would probably argue it. Wrong. I would support him if he really says that. But he has never said that because he would have to agree with me if he does.

AtomicMew

AtomicMew

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

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Originally Posted by Daesu View Post
PS alone can't replace a minion wall. We are not talking about tank and spank here.
As requested, I am leaving off the Discord crap from this thread. You are thinking of the wrong thread. I think it would be a good gesture to post your build and perhaps let others better understand your arguments.