Skills - Shelter

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Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

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Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Ooooo an anti-spike spirt

General Typhus

General Typhus

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

Behind the bush once again

Guillotine Tactics [GanK] ~ Leader

W/E

Catapults have just been obsoleted.

shadex

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Black Sun Templars

W/R

And there is the end to spike groups.... Thank god.

Tarot Ribos

Tarot Ribos

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/E

...Until they kill the spirit. Which isn't hard, from the playing I've done with it.

It'll be effective as anti-spike for a little while, but it shouldn't be long before the spike groups adjust. At least the good ones, anyways.

And with a 60 second recharge, it may slow down one spike salvo, but the next couple will be unaffected. The recharge can be shortened, yes, but it'll still be too long to be continuously active against a decent team.

zoozoc

zoozoc

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Beaverton/OR

Disciples of Birkler [BIR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarot Ribos
...Until they kill the spirit. Which isn't hard, from the playing I've done with it.

It'll be effective as anti-spike for a little while, but it shouldn't be long before the spike groups adjust. At least the good ones, anyways.

And with a 60 second recharge, it may slow down one spike salvo, but the next couple will be unaffected. The recharge can be shortened, yes, but it'll still be too long to be continuously active against a decent team. oath shot ftw.

But ya i do get your point, i have a very bad feeling that spirits will not play an overwhelming roll in factions, what with all of the easy spirit killing tools available (such as unnatural sig) it can easily be killed, of course the fact that you pretty much have to kill it is in of itself defense enough.

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Still you forget in all the time it takes to destoy the spirt and the second one (if you use oath shot) you can kill the spikers.

In other words this buys you time.

rii

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

UK

You can also put up ward against foes to 'buy you time' against another team as spike. The entire concept of this and all other spirits is to work under their effect. Otherwise... you NEED oath shot. The entire existence of elite spirits (which there are several being introduced) is plain crap for any kind of organised combat. Make them all unelite, and they still wont get used by 90% of teams, since you have to dedicate an entire character to get what is often a utility effect, which isnt that hot under fast moving battles, where you can be out of the range of a spirit in no time via opposing/your own pressure.

zoozoc

zoozoc

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Beaverton/OR

Disciples of Birkler [BIR]

ya having a dedicated spirit spammer dosnt seem to be that useful, plus the fact that these spirits take dmg doing what they do, but who knows.

Aran

Aran

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Venatio Illuminata [VEIL] - formerly [EVIL]

W/N

With ritual lord (-63% to spirit recharge), 36/36 equipment and boon of creation, one rit can keep this and other spirits up for quite a while I believe.

Soul twisting allied spirits (such as restoration against spike teams, heh) also works wonders. Heck restoration works in general.

Peewee

Peewee

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

London, England

I Uprising I [RAGE]

R/

the fact that spirts tend to die pretty quick can be countered. Serpents Quickness+Ritual Lord is very effective, and Soul Twisting is great as it allows u to effectively spam one ritual over and over with very little down time.

Shelter completely hurts spike in anyway, and Union does brilliantly against pressure.

Rajamic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

IA

Chronicles of Heroes [CoH]

R/Me

Rspike still has plenty of room to get around this. Spirit summons are easy to hit with a Distracting Shot.

d3kst3r

d3kst3r

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Brisbane, Australia

Throw in union and you got a surefire antispike.