Useful new dervish build in PVE.

Blast, as in more fun - perhaps.
But you lose AoMH, you lose Asuran and BoH (as do other physicals). You lose those faster attacks (Eremite, Mystic). This is a huge amount of damage lost. Yes - My warrior dervish misses the ridiculous 200+ damage from a single swing he used to get...

Removing asuran scan+boh+aohm was a good thing. It was ridiculous, and buffing just interrupted the flow of a fight.

No - that ONE setup isn't available anymore, and therefore, the offensive power is less - compared to that one setup. Overall, though I believe builds can put out more damage - not just comparing to the one build where you stack up on +% enhancements.

Scythe speed is overall faster. skills come with aoe effects and they can happen fairly often - e.g. pious every 3 seconds. This is your power attack.

Quick example build.
avatar of grenth
aura of holy might
pious assault
Heart of holy flame

So what's the damage like? lets say we went with avatar of grenth
You're buffing scythe damage with life steal.
pop heart of holy flame for 30 damage and tear down with pious.
That's another 50+ damage easily. 80 armor ignoring damage - and it's done while attacking. No pause. Recharge is quick too - especially under avatar of lyssa. Assuming we went Grenth though, we've got burning and disease on enemies for 20 dps for 3 seconds, 14dps for another 2 seconds.
That's another 88 damage.
On the enemies you actually hit, you've done scythe damage + life steal (say about 12 + bonus attack damage(assuming 20).

i.e. You're in avatar form with aohm active, walk up and in 2 buttons have done 200 armor ignoring damage to up to 3 enemies + raw scythe damage + aoe damage and degen to enemies around you (which weren't affected before).

It's not immediate, and of course, it may not affect all enemies, and same-conditions wont stack from other party members, but I still prefer this.

Im hard-pressed to find a build better than pious Renewal builds though. Strength of Honor wont affect dervs in forms. lyssa isnt all that great in my eyes. Could be a bit better if it affected all dervish spells. SoH will affect a dervish using an avatar. These forms change the damage type from physical to some other type; they don't change the fact that the scythe is still a melee attack thereby meeting the SoH requirement. There is a tremendous amount of synergy lost by going with the avatars, don't get me wrong (barbs, mop, oop), but you can still pack SoH.

I'm currently trying this one out;
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It works out pretty well for larger groups, with Zealous Vow as energy management and Sand Shards and Armor of Sanctity for dmg around you.

Any comments on this? Or improvements? No Mysticism?

Pay full price for enchants while continuing to be shatter bait? (if zealous is stripped your SOL) No IAS? This looks like a build from pre update. There are much better options, both for dealing damage and managing your energy as a Dervish.

No Mysticism?

Pay full price for enchants while continuing to be shatter bait? (if zealous is stripped your SOL) No IAS? This looks like a build from pre update. There are much better options, both for dealing damage and managing your energy as a Dervish. Okay, thanks for the comment. It's true what you say..

Yep, Banishing is that overpowered. That's one skill that's really flown under the radar. Have you some deep insight or did you miss that it replaces your base damage, including all buffs? (Don't worry, I did the same...)

Have you some deep insight or did you miss that it replaces your base damage, including all buffs? (Don't worry, I did the same...) Nope. It sets the base damage to "X". It is still affected by Strength of Honor.