Flavor of Next Month

Fire Lord

Fire Lord

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

California

Legion of Losers

What do you think the next flavor of the month build will be after iway dies down. I know theres a posibility of the N/Me spike build. I've run HoH spike builds for a while now and a spike build is very fragile and not for a beginner. Let me know what you think is coming up next.

Sentao Nugra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Grenths Rejects [GR]

my best guess, earth-ball spiking

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sentao Nugra
my best guess, earth-ball spiking
Shhh... No one needs to know about that

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

earth ball spiking doesnt work that well, its super-noticeable and once you recognize it just stay away.

Arathorn5000

Arathorn5000

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Xen of Onslaught Ladder [XoO]

It's pretty hard to predict flavor of the month Air Bender...

Allmightybob

Allmightybob

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Team Monk

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

8 W/mo build.

Billiard

Billiard

Doctor of Philosophy

Join Date: May 2005

Pacific Northwest

Team Love [kiSu] www.teamlove.us

Pet Smiting R/Mo build

The undead Mesmer

The undead Mesmer

Delphian Scribe

Join Date: May 2005

Holland

No guild ;_;

N/Me

Nah it whill be hmmmmm twin smiters plus sacri necros ^^

and im not gonna tell this UBER build

Bast

Bast

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

5 W/Mo Paladins and 3 DW Healers

OrangeArrow

Flame Bait

Join Date: Mar 2005

Mass

Mo/Me

I want to say an heavy hex build with some sort of spiking (wheter it be air, warrior, or some other type of spike)

The nerfing of NR Opens up this possibilty, it pales in comparison to Smiting but if you look at most of the fad builds going around they are light on hex removal. You usually get 1 or 2 hex removal on healing monks, maybe a smiter that carry smite hex. But with the nerfing of NR, convert hexes becomes the really only effective mass hex removal. Considering that 90% of the prot monks out there dont use Convert Hex only means that with the right players and a flexible build that isnt dependent on any one single hex would be hard to counter by the majority of the teams out there.

Legendary Battousai

Legendary Battousai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

CA

[Ryuk]

W/A

water spike

Hanuman li Tosh

Hanuman li Tosh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

garden of the gods, CO

Over Powered

N/

lol who know. whatever the flavor of the month is dont really matter. we'll just run the counter of the month and go fame farming.

ManadartheHealer

ManadartheHealer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Awaiting GW2

W/

FOTM for September is IWAY right?

FOTM for october is a build that counters IWAY (I.e. some sort of heal/smite ball)

papercut

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dunno, both IWAY and Smite are pretty popular right now, but you are getting more and more teams that are mixed.

Kampfkeks

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

I'd also say it will be something hex heavy. Those have just been taken out of the game by NR for too long as well as the enchantments. And as those have allready done moo in the halls it is now time for the hexes to do so.
But then again, all the flavors did not use much brainpower to apply so far... it has been the easy things and once someone worked those out everyone copied it. So probably i'd guess it won't be hexes as many of them are just heavy conditional and require atleast one active braincell to use.

Rhuric

Rhuric

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ontario,Canada

Hells Revolutionaries

W/Mo

Condition causing maby? Either that or lots of hex's.

Wa$d

Wa$d

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

W/Mo

cherry sunday

Dead Panda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

N/Me

Dark Aura Spike + Smite?

No way. Hell, I dunno.

Brother Andicus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Scotland

The Illuminati

Expect healing ball and putrid to reappear. Im sure in not the only one getting tired of wells of suffering/profane.

And yes, an easy hex build may well be a new fotm. Its suprising how effective 4 monks and 4 me/n's carrying degen hexes can be - Healing seed doesnt work against degen.

Tigris Of Gaul

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

A mass hex build.

cookiehoarder

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Melbourne, Florida.

[HTR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigris Of Gaul
A mass hex build.
They are already out there

And to the water spike build...I doubt it'll ever come, water can't really spike.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Invinci-necro.

Lord Bentam

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Around the corner.

Muffins of Wrath (MoW)

Mo/Me

Degen with Hex's, Conditions

Tactical-Dillusions

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

Minion armies with death nova on each one.

Super minion with all monk enchantments on. "Go get em boy!"

tomcruisejr

tomcruisejr

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bast
5 W/Mo Paladins and 3 DW Healers
agreed

Tigris Of Gaul

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by cookiehoarder
They are already out there

And to the water spike build...I doubt it'll ever come, water can't really spike.
Of course they're already out there, but I can see it becoming really popular. Of course, 90% of it would be Empathy on monks, or some crap like that, but it can be very good.

Da Cebuano

Da Cebuano

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Virginia born in Cebu

Jelly Toast[jT]

W/

It will be a mending + healing hands team.

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Wish someone would come up with a Ranger/??? Build... we rangers have trouble getting into groups these days

Wa$d

Wa$d

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by RTSFirebat
Wish someone would come up with a Ranger/??? Build... we rangers have trouble getting into groups these days
remebering the days of spirits good times, good times

Sunman222

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Moa Birds

W/E

i've noticed the less ranked groups running iway and smite mostly. the better groups and guilds all run their own builds.

smurfhunter

smurfhunter

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

my w/mo uses mending, orison, and healing breeze. you cant kill him.

Sand Scorpions [SS]

W/Mo

why are rangers so good i just love all those people that deleted theirs after spirit spam was nerfed. wahahah savage shot FTW

ranger builds are so much fun nowrdays

Alathys Tylderaan

Alathys Tylderaan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Uk

Check Out My [Mark]

Me/

Interrupt teams are getting popular... just be glad warriors cunning is melee attacks only.

Como Fort

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Reading, England

[mB] Mental Block

Mo/Me

Me thinks Ranger teams will come back BIG TIME!!!

Alathys Tylderaan

Alathys Tylderaan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Uk

Check Out My [Mark]

Me/

*cries*

brute blake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

NSW, Australia

International Moa Society [Moa]

E/

ele (fire) / nec (minion) i dunno y just think there time will come .. lol

Spartan2

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

The Intarweb

Wrath of Nature [WoN]

E/Mo

Shutdown and Energy denial will be the new flavor. Do I get a cookie if I win?

smurfhunter

smurfhunter

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

my w/mo uses mending, orison, and healing breeze. you cant kill him.

Sand Scorpions [SS]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Como Fort
Me thinks Ranger teams will come back BIG TIME!!!
methinks they already came back bigtime.

how exactly do you stop 3 rangers from using savage shot on your ghost when hes about to cap?

brute blake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

NSW, Australia

International Moa Society [Moa]

E/

ummm.. u cant..

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

you kill the rangers? Usually you take down people shooting your hero.