Blind or Weak?

Arzock

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2009

The Guardians of flame

N/Me

I've got a pretty good derv. But I was wondering whether I should be blinding or weakening my enemies? Which is more effective?

Kosar The Cruel

Kosar The Cruel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2010

Ontario, Canada

D/

if your PvP'ing, Your best friends are Wounding Strike + Armor of Sanctity.
So, I would take weakness. What skill are you using to blind on your derv?

FireWhale

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2009

W/E

blind is much more effective, but harder to apply. Weakness is, easier to apply but less effective.

Giro

Giro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Sorrow's Furnace

Twilight Knight Brigade [HACK]

W/

If he's playing PvE, Sneak Attack is good for blind. But there's also Dust Cloak (blind) and Staggering Force (weakness).

Malchior Devenholm

Malchior Devenholm

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dragon Arena!!!

Pshycho Ninjas [oGod] | Vent Rage [vR] | Zealots of Shiverpeak [ZoS]

Armor of Sanctity is the best! It weakens foes around you, and from foes suffering from a condition (e.g. the ones you just weakened) you take even LESS damage.

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

Weakness is overall better. It lowers the attributes of foes by 1 and reduces melee dmg by 66%. Blind only would help against melee.

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

N/

Also to note, warriors and monks in RA are usually terrible, and neither will care about weakness.

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

Tea Powered

Join Date: May 2008

UK

N/

You shouldn't really care about either in PvE. Death is a much better condition to inflict upon your foes than Blind or Weakness.
Leave such menial tasks to your midliners, that's what they're for.

If you really want to though, you can easily stick Armour of Sanctity on you skill bar with little cost (on demand AoE weakness and damage reduction can be helpful if things get unpleasant).
Ebon Dust Aura makes blind application easy, but costs your elite. Other blind skills are less useful.

PvP is more or less the same in this respect. Don't overload on defense - physicals kill things, casters make it easier for you to kill things or stop you from being killed.
Armour of Sanctity can give you some nice durability (especially when Warriors have a go at you) but I don't recommend anything more.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

blind to prevent total dmg but it genrally wont last as long as weakness. really depends on where ur playing and what u are trying to do. weakness would prolly be the easiest choice.

ac1inferno

ac1inferno

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Boston

We D Shot Your Stances [GODS]

A/W

In PvE, you kill it. If you must have one, [[Sneak Attack] is good for blind. In PvP, leave it to your midline to blind or weaken. You can cripple instead if you want.