SoS Build with rt as secondary?

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Tolmos
Ascalonian Squire
#1
My primary is currently an elementalist. I really wanted to be able to keep playing this character but was trying to give an SoS rt a try. That being the case, I was curious whether an SoS build using E/Rt would work as well as a pure SoS rt/*.

Whatcha think?
Olle
Olle
Furnace Stoker
#2
it does indeed, the onlly thing that changes is the armor/health for the spirits, and some damage due to runes(with cons its no diffrence)
heck ive done UW double Spiritspammer with my warrior a few times, it worked good actually (the other rit was /N with blood ritual..)
and with your high energy, you can spam the "better" but higher costing ones, as disenchant,Argony, etc
gl!
N
Nubarus
Academy Page
#3
I have seen many hidden spirit spammers like this so I guess it works on any class. Rangers, Assassins, Elementalists, Warriors, Mesmers, Necromancers and Monks are the ones I seen.

Personally I find it rediculous that people lower themselves to this play style but it's their choice, I from my end choose not to party with people who feel the need to spam spirits with a different class then a Ritualist.
TalanRoarer
TalanRoarer
Krytan Explorer
#6
Sure it works, but Rt/x will do a FAR better job at it that x/Rt.

Also, every proffesion has more interesting/fun builds to play than SoS, why would you want to spirit spam on a non-ritualist?
mathiastemplar
mathiastemplar
Wilds Pathfinder
#8
It's not even that powerful.. Only heroes should run it imo.
Lots of stronger builds for you as a human player.
T
Tolmos
Ascalonian Squire
#9
Quote: Originally Posted by Neith View Post Completely agree here. We won't take rit secondaries if they want to spirit spam, we prefer the spirits to have more health due to spawning power because the rits spirits will last longer, if you want to play rit make a rit if you want to play ele use ele skills. My reasoning:
A) The elementalist I am using I made 2 days after release and am quite fond of. I'd like to try the ritualist play style but without making a new character and redoing everything I've already done
B) The animation for ritualists casting spells is the stuff nightmares are made of


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Originally Posted by mathiastemplar View Post
It's not even that powerful.. Only heroes should run it imo.
Lots of stronger builds for you as a human player. Definitely open to suggestion. I saw an SoS rt in action and thought "Wow, I wanna try that. Looks awesome". But if there is something better I'd be happy to go for it.
Neith
Neith
Krytan Explorer
#10
try it on a vanquish, but don't try it in a party. if your ele is your main i would assume you are going for titles which means you are probably going for skill hunter. We had a guildie use that for her vanquishes but when she was in a party she would switch to mesmer skills. If you like it that much when you do a vanquish buy a character slot and create a rit to use in parties. use your ele as a rit secondary to farm feathers also but please don't use it in a party for a group. there are already too many SoS spammers out there we don't need to add another one.
Lord Dagon
Lord Dagon
Desert Nomad
#11
it most deffinatly works. Personally i do it on my ele for MQVQ till my ritualist gets there. It's even listed under the "meta" section of PvX.(not that that means much)
cosyfiep
cosyfiep
are we there yet?
#18
I have a me/rt as well as a n/rt both of whom run sos....with NO problems (though I dont do pugs and my guild is ME)....I have no problems with it in hm either. If you wish to play your e/rt do as your heart desires, though from the posts above, understand you will probably NOT find a group that is willing to allow that build---- (so keep that ele primary build handy)

I have also seen a w/rt who was very effective (we finished arachni HM together when our runner died too many times--leaving just him and me --smiter)....
RedDog91
RedDog91
Desert Nomad
#19
Quote: Originally Posted by I Hate Chips View Post
Spiritspammers are pretty noob imo if u use it on another character... Because spirit spamming doesnt need any skill or what so ever. The only thing u need are the skills, and press on the skills. That's really it. It's boring, skilless but good, and thats why noobs use it the bolded part can be said for 99.9% of builds on every profession.
Only 1 out of a thousand builds require thought.

And I wouldn't say its noob to play as an SoS. Its useful for farming in most areas, particularly for your 5 Nick-gifts each week. And the fact that it can be used on any profession with rit secondary just makes it even more useful, as you don't need to make a rit solely for the purpose of farming a certain area (like how all the people who made sins solely to farm a certain area)