The "Useless {Elites} Challenge!!" - Escape

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

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Constant Stance Slasher
12 Swordsmanship
16 (12+3+1) Expertise

Sever Artery
Gash
Galrath Slash (or Seeking Blade)
Savage Slash
Lightening Reflexes
Whirling Defence
Escape {E}

(This build is mainly designed for Random Areana)

Get a heads up on your enemy by using Escape to get up close on them (be careful not to over extend). When this stance runs out, switch to Lightening Reflexes. After this is out, Escape should be ready again. When of these stances are down use Whirling Defence.

Escape is a very useful Meele skill, to tell you the truth. Those pesky runners or kiting monks can do nothing about you, even when there is a warrior on your tail.

I haven't actually gotten in a group without a monk with this build yet, so you might want to consider sacrificing a stance for Troll Ugent. Otherwise, when you are with monks, it is unlikely you will die from Physical damage with this build.

Edit: Yes, its fine with NO healing. Yeah, it does enough damage.

LordMahal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Germany

R/Mo

2 words.... wild blow.

And escape is hardly useless.

LaserLight

LaserLight

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

La La Land

[NOVA]

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Okay...who says Escape is useless now?

Aside from Distortion, it's the longest-coverage defense stance I know of (50% coverage time at lvl 12), plus it gives you a speed boost as well. Might be underused, byt most anyone with five minutes experience with it will tell ye it's most assuredly not useless.

Worked awesome with that R/A Fang of Melandru build in the Preview Event XP.

kais

kais

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

China

The Hatebreeders [Evil]

its not useless, but as all stances, like LordMahal said it, it has 1 weakness, wild blow. or other skills, like rigor mortis.

glountz

glountz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

Still, having more than one stance is interesting and a little counter to Wild blow.
Forget about Adrenal skills. With such high expertise, it would be interesting to invest into energy-based skills, like Harmstring and Wild blow.
You are unable to fight degen and central conditions, like cripple or blindness. To me, this build need yet severe tweaking.
My 2 cents.

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Rather than Use adrenaline skills, I'd use energy skill to take advantage of the high expertise, it'd be interesting to try this with an axe or a hammer. Only problem I can see was already mentioned, that you'd have problems versus degen/hexers.

Cirian

Cirian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

European Union

The Amazon Basin

It will be interesting to see those 3 stances on a R/A. You can always pack Throw Dirt against Wild Blow, a 16s blind might slow them down some in RA.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

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Thanks for the comentary. Alot of PvPers say Escape is useless. Appearently they have never tried it with high expertise before. Perhaps becuase it is an Elite skill, and, to them, "Elites must be g0dly".

I'm trying it with more energy skills. It does work pretty well, but I do miss Bleeding

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagius Truthbarron
.....but I do miss Bleeding Yea, Sever artery is one of the best (arguebly THE best) DoT skill in the game. There is another sword skill that causes bleeding if it's blocked...and in PvP that's a big possiblity, it'd be great to take and use against Whirling Defense Rangers.