Reap Wounds

reaper with no name

reaper with no name

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

FaZ

D/

I stepped away from Pious Spam just long enough to make a WS build.

[build prof=Dervish/Warrior Wind Prayers=3 Mysticism=12+1 ScytheMastery=12+1+1]["For Great Justice!"][Aura of Holy Might (Kurzick)][Rending Aura][Whirling Charge][Wounding Strike][Reap Impurities][Zealous Renewal]["Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick)][/build]

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This is essentially the opposite of the Pious Renewal approach that Bandwagon and I independently worked on during the early days of the update. Instead of one flash enchantment that you can use to fuel multiple attack skills, you have one attack skill that can strip multiple flash enchantments.

MoD tests indicate it can meet or beat what Pious Spam can do against multiple targets (mainly due to Reap Impurities). The subsequent unnecessarily-complex math I did indicates it falls short in the single-target category, however.

Hawkian

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

Is that build prof tag supposed to be doing something? Do I need a browser addon? Sorry if this is common knowledge.

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

It used to work for everyone, but it was disabled (I think after an update some of the skills descriptions weren't kept up, but I'm not 100% on that).

reaper with no name

reaper with no name

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

FaZ

D/

That's exactly the conclusion I came to.

The purpose of Pious Spam is that it is effective against both single and multiple targets, putting it smack-dab in the middle between daggers (great for single targets, not so much for multiple ones) and VoS or 100B builds (annihilates multiple targets, might as well not even bother against individual targets).

So, Reap Wounds would fit somewhere between Pious Spam and VoS/100B.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

The bigger problem is that the key skill to this build is really Reap Impurities, and Reap Impurities functions equally well on just about any build if you can convince a hero to bring Withering Aura (or any other method of condition spam in your party). So, why not scrap the entire WS build and just stick Reap Impurities on a PR bar (ex: PR, PA, TMS, RI, PF, SY!, FGJ, AoHM)?

While I'm on the topic of depressing news about dervish diversity, try calculating the AoE splash on TMS+VoS against realistic HM monster armor levels and compare to the AoE splash on Reap Impurities. Seems that VoS is never going to make sense outside of situations where it's supported by AP-MoP (or maybe EBSoH).

reaper with no name

reaper with no name

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

FaZ

D/

You said it yourself; Because you need someone else to bring a condition.

Hugh Manatee

Hugh Manatee

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Nice But Deadly[nice]

N/

Reap Impurities- Check
Sand Shards- Check
Vow of Strength- Check
Withering Aura- Check
Splinter Weapon- Check
Strength of Honor- Check
Mark of Pain- Check

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