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mappam

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2011

Central Florida USA

14 Jan 2011 at 16:17 - 1

I am (as some of you have already read

) and have a couple of "old" characters that I would like to Make-Over.

Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right?

Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer.

I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY?

Thanks! This will be a Big Help to me.

djemonk

Guest

Join Date: Nov 2010

New York City

Guildasaurus Rex

W/N

14 Jan 2011 at 16:26 - 2

I find the opposite. Monk is my most successful second class. I tend to play a lot of tanks, so I find myself in the middle of "the crazy" pretty frequently and it helps to have a protection or healing spell in my back pocket.

drunknzelda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Time For Plan B [RUN]

E/Me

14 Jan 2011 at 16:27 - 3

I like E/Me, my first character created back in 2005 was an E/Me and I still use it very often.
Having the power of elementalist skills combined with utility from mesmer skills is awesome.

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

14 Jan 2011 at 16:47 - 4

Ranger/Mesmer is pretty fun. Rangers have a lot of attacks that cause conditions, and Epidemic spreads them to other enemies that are near your original target. Since I generally use Barrage with Poison Tip Signet, or Burning Arrow with Apply Poison, and have a Jagged Bones minion bomber hero, that's mass poison, burning, and bleeding spread all over. Massive degen FTW.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

14 Jan 2011 at 16:52 - 5

I found the secret was to create one character of every class and over time you mix and match secondaries till your happy.

Not that there is a perfect secondary My assassin has been /Monk /Mesmer /Ranger /Warrior /Dervish and /ritualist

All of those classes worked in pve some better than others but they all worked.

Forgot to mention my favourite combo doh
Mesmer is my favourite class and the secondary doesn't matter much to me but I am trying to get a mesmer necro build working atm.

Other than that I like Necro/Mesmer and Ritualist/Necro

I find in many cases you don't need a secondary for skills as you have so many title skills that fill in nicely.

Bright Star Shine

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2009

Belgium

Club of a Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

E/

14 Jan 2011 at 16:54 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by mappam

I am (as some of you have already read

) and have a couple of "old" characters that I would like to Make-Over.

Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right?

Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer.

I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY?

Thanks! This will be a Big Help to me.

Are you saying you're running an A/Mo healer? Because if you do, you're doing it wrong..

And, of course you can run A/P or A/D, you just have to unlock nightfall and go to a profession changer..

Favorite Combo's:

A/D: Critscythe rapes, seriously
E/A: gogo AP nuker
Mo/x: hate monk :P
N/Me: SS gogo
Me/A: gogo AP domination spike
R/x: don't play my ranger..

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

14 Jan 2011 at 16:55 - 7

As I am a PvE player now:

Elementalist secondary provides access to an energy management skill that returns 5 to 15 energy every 31 seconds without any attribute commitment. (Glyph of Lesser Energy)

Dervish secondary provides access to an outstanding defensive stance that can be maintained constantly for 6 Earth Prayers points. (Conviction)

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

14 Jan 2011 at 17:02 - 8

Rt/W, Rt/A, Rt/D, and Rt/P were all fun until they became too much glass and not enough cannon.

Casshern

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2008

[Roll]

Rt/A

14 Jan 2011 at 17:44 - 9

A/W, W/P, W/E, R/Mo, R/Me, N/A, Mo/W

mappam

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2011

Central Florida USA

14 Jan 2011 at 17:47 - 10

Thanks for the info - I only play PvE so the combo would be for that and that only.

There is soo much to re-learn and learn when you have taken a break from a game that has been updated - with time and expansion packs etc.

NerfHerder

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2010

14 Jan 2011 at 18:04 - 11

@OP

A/W- My most used secondary for my Assassin. "Save Yourselves!" in PvE. And for a few builds in PvP.

A/Mo- Veattir Farm with smite skills. Can also be used for other types of Shadow Form farms as well. A/P and A/Me are also popular secondaries for Shadow Form and SCs.

A/E- Also for some SF builds and SCs. Or, AP Nuker.

A/D- Use a Scythe better than a Dervish.

A/R- Use Barrage better than a Ranger. Or be a Runner.

A/Rt- Norn Tourny Farm, or use SoS in general PvE and make people laugh at you.

I dont really have a favorite combo. Exploiting secondary skills with primary attributes provides too many OP builds to choose just one. But if I had to choose I would say E/Mo, because I like to contribute to my team in HM.

Bandwagon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2010

D/

14 Jan 2011 at 18:09 - 12

When I first got Nightfall and rolled a dervish, I thought /W was, how shall we say it? Just what the doctor ordered

in my mind of a good complimentary secondary (access to stance removal and utility on an otherwise utility-less class).

Of course, when I discovered Zealous Vow spam, SY! and Protector's Strike I never could find a reason to switch to any other secondary

.

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

14 Jan 2011 at 18:09 - 13

I would have to say Monk and sec. is originally Warrior as for the defenses it provides.I would of chose Mesmer for e-management as well as interrupts and ele provides good e-man.

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

14 Jan 2011 at 18:50 - 14

Out of several diff sin builds ive tried over the few yrs i ended up liking crit scythe sin ( a/d ) - compared to other sin builds with daggers which i really dislike due to skill chains ( why the hell is sin the only skill chained profession i dont know ) which soon as blocked your chains dead. Crit scythe is gd because theres no chain and you do a gd amount of dmg without having to spread attributes to much - i did nf/factions and eotn as crit scythe sin and its never really failed me yet.
What you have to remember is - at lvl 20 you can switch 2ndry prof as many times as you like so in a way your only expanding yourself rather than a "makeover" - if you had a fav a/mo build saved then you can always switch back with no problems.
You have to ensure tho that you have nightfall for eg to unlock the derv and para ( easy to get to from kaineng ) .
Btw please please never use the words SOLO and heros or hench together as a lot of us players regard solo as just being you in party alone ( eg solo farmers ) and anything else just use h/h - a lot of arguements arise from solo players claiming to be solo but using h/h ( seen a few 55 monks trying to use h/h and wondering why it fails ).

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

14 Jan 2011 at 19:27 - 15

I like /rt for 2ndary professions.....I use it for most of my heroes.
My monk did all that elite skill capping so he has tried all the 2ndaries...think he has /p right now (some signet).....
my first character is a e/mo and still is (she did get a few /me skills but never used them)....
my mesmer likes ranger as 2ndary since she is an interupter (and uses a bow, yes flame me all you wish)....lots of good interrupts that way (hubby has the opposite r/me for the same reason).
I guess I like having a pet since my 2nd monk uses /r

so /rt or /r are my 2ndary favorites....

Lasai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2009

R/

14 Jan 2011 at 19:27 - 16

I will always be partial to R/Me because I finished proph with it (prot of Tyria) ..back when that was all I had.. hench, no PVE skills, no heros.

For PvE as you progress through EotN and pick up the PvE skills I found that I use those far more than secondary skills.. choice of secondary became less important most of the time.

You will always end up tweaking Secondaries for certain missions. Rt secondary is great always to put Magni in his place. I always use Ranger secondary for Glacial Griff and Augery Z mish. I switch to cap elites for my heroes a lot as well.

Also your own playstyle matters a lot. I tend to go slow and methodical, pulling and controlling. My best friend.. omg.. she runs para second mainly for fallback
and runs everything..zooom past everything to the goal. No matter how good a skillset is for others.. anything you do has to work for you and has to be fun.

Right now I have a N/R that is a ranger for the sole reason that I happen to think a Black Raven pet named Cassandra is cool. It is a dumb reason, having a pet in a lot of places is dumb.. but I have fun with her and her good heroes pull the slack.

Haggis of Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2009

TGB

W/

14 Jan 2011 at 19:47 - 17

Just wanted to point out that after a certain point in the storyline, you can change your secondary profession at will.

Seems obvious to most of us, but I'm not sure OP knows this due to the wording in the first post

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

14 Jan 2011 at 21:16 - 18

N/Me or Me/N. Having hex spam is hilariously imbalanced when the only counter is Deny hexes, convert hexes and Divert hexes . Expel hexes only removes two hexes, so 2 cover hexes is all you need.

E/Mo comes a close second. Old school Ether Prodigy, new Ether Renewal.

A/D for sin scythe.

A/W and D/W for Wild Blow and Save Yourselves! + Whirlwind attack. Shove on A/W also.

Bad Company Sin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2010

Texas

Embrace Annihilation [?????????]

A/

14 Jan 2011 at 21:52 - 19

Really liking A/P for Critical Spear builds..

other than that, W/Any

Roen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2010

GMT-5

[Nite]

R/

14 Jan 2011 at 21:59 - 20

As a primary R/ I've been playing R/Rt a lot lately. (SoS if I'm lazy, SW/Barrage, Spirit Siphon is great e-mgmt, etc.)

R/D pet scythe is fun too, imho.

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

14 Jan 2011 at 22:00 - 21

I run A/W (when I use my sin) for "Save Yourselves".

Corpus Vitalis

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2010

CARE

N/

14 Jan 2011 at 23:27 - 22

N/A for some nice conditions with Virulence and Norn shouts, then hit 'em with Sig of Toxic Shock and Sig of Deadly corruption, then spam some more Necrosis. Armor ignoring N/A spikes ftw!

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

14 Jan 2011 at 23:51 - 23

i like my E/A for caller nuker

i also like E/Me for vaettir farming

and lastly E/Mo for ER bonding

dagrdagaz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2010

NL

E/N

15 Jan 2011 at 00:15 - 24

my 3 main char's are atm E/N, Me/N and E/Rt
oh yeah, i also have a (sofar permanent) N/R in pre

Am still not a fan of playing Monk and melee char's in this game.

Zebideedee

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2007

55?? 57' 0" N / 3?? 12' 0" W

N/Me

15 Jan 2011 at 12:44 - 25

N/Me they're like evil twin sister professions

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

15 Jan 2011 at 15:40 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by mappam

Example I have an assasin/monk - I don't like the monk as a 2nd. But what would be a good 2nd to switch to? She is a Faction Character so I don't think I can do Paragon (example) as this is Nightfall??? Right?

If you own Nightfall, you can use the Nightfall secondaries. You may need to travel to Nightfall to do it (not sure atm.)

Quote:

Same example - A/M - I am a SOLO player and always take a healer hench with me and find I am a Terrible Terrible Healer! So I do Not need the skills of a healer.

It's definitely true that you shouldn't try to be a healer as an Assassin, but there are other reasons for using /Mo besides healing. In many, many cases people don't actually use any skills from their secondary and just use /Mo for the rez skills. For example, my A/Mo (non-perma) build uses all Assassin skills (plus "You Move Like A Dwarf") and only has Rebirth from the /Mo. Some Sin builds may use Monk protection skills or Smiting skills, etc.

Quote:

I have other "old" characters that need a revamp and thought I would ask here What Is Your Favorite Combo and WHY?

Now that you mention it, most of my characters only use skills from their primary. They are mostly /Mo just for the rez, and some don't even use that. One exception is my Monks which, when used as damage dealers (RoJ), are M/Me or M/N
In my case, this is partly because most of my current builds use some of the PvE-only skills which aren't class specific.

So basically, for a secondary, use whatever floats your boat, or none at all.

myths of fury

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2009

17 Jan 2011 at 07:25 - 27

Play around with secondary professions. as an assassin, your critical strikes attributes is very useful in making nice martial weapon builds, often reffered as "crit scythe, crit bow, etc." switching secondary isn't too costly, and will help you a lot in exploring the great stuff from all skills available to you. Some caster possibilities are also viable, i.e. with Assassin's promise and the use of PvE skills. I like using "cores" for my build, then play around with the rest of it ^^

I personally play A/N a lot, and just for 1 single skill :P (I chain you move like a dwarf, fetid ground, and signet of toxic shock and some more skills for a neat spike)