Zealous - what's the point?

I fail to understand why would someone want to have a Zealous weapon.

If I understood this right - basically a Zealous weapon means while I'm wielding it my energy regen rate goes down by 1 and with every hit I land I only gain 1 energy.

Correct?

So I'd imagine for most playes this is not a good deal. The only way I can see how would someone want a Zealous weapon would be a player with a warrior profession since there's ways to increase one's attacking speed such as frenzy. But warriors don't really use energy that much, right? I wouldn't know - I deleted my warrior at level 8 and made a monk instead.

Anyway I'm curious why would people want a Zealous weapon.

well in my line of buisness, farming, you need it. I will have up to 30 forest minatours on me at once. I spend 5 energy using cyclone axe to get 30 energy in return getting 1 energy from a hit. Zealous is the bestest

Zealous is mostly for Rangers.

Beleive it or not, a ranger can get more energy from Zealous than that pip of energy..and the energy is given on a per hit basis, not per second, so its much more controlable.

It really is hard to understand the benefits until you put it in your bow and try it..

Lets take an example w/o Zealous:

32 Energy to start.
uses Dual Shot at full expertise decrease -4 energy.
28 energy.
Your energy regen gives you +2 energy back dudring this process.

30 energy is your final count.

With Zealous:
32 to start.
Dual shot is -4 and +2 at once, so a net of -2.
30 energy,
and you gain ~1 (1.something actually) energy back from regen.

31, almost 32, energy is your final count.


If you count that over several shots - your saving major energy.

Ahh! I didn't think of attacks that do group attacks such as those you named - cyclone axe and dual shot.

Thanks for clarifying this up

Suppose I was using dual shot with kindle arrow (forgot whether if its that or ignite, the one that does damage to nearby foes), would I get energy from kindle's damage or only dual shot's damage?

only dual shot

barrage + zealous shortbow = Fun

Because of Adrenaline, Warriors start with less energy, so you have to use your energy skills to get your adrenaline skills going. That`s why warriors uses Gladiator armor for the extra energy. I only use Zealous xxx of Fortitudes.

Heh, Hundred Blades is another way to gain energy... It strikes each enemy twice as compared to the one time Cyclone hits. (I'm also looking for a zealous sword hilt if anyone has one. Whisper me please. Sorry for the semi-hijack)

I like my zealous axe for farming because of cyclone and everything, but there are alot of -1 energy regen skills I want to stack with mending, and I have to take different things instead :P

Is zealous at all good with a sword (no hundred blades). Im a w/mo that uses healing breeze for health regen.

I think it's a great mod. Unlike vampiric, you're actually gaining energy. If you look at it like this: Each pip of regeneration means 1 energy every 3 seconds. (.33 per second) Average, swords and axes swing every 1.5 seconds. Add a speed buff and you're practically gaining three times more energy.

zealous gives energy in the mere act of attacking, you don't have to land a hit (eg through blind)
also good for the spirit shackles mind wrack combo, as long as you don't use an energy skill you never hit 0 energy so the wrack doesn't hurt.

its exelent for some griffon farming builds

I only gain 1 energy per actual HIT (like the mod says ingame) - So I wanna know where you are getting these super-zealous mods o_O

Axes and swords swing at 1/1.33seconds., so you sacrifice .33 energy per second to get .75 energy per second, a gain of .42 energy per second, or 1.26 pips. If you use a speed buff to hit every .888 seconds it is even better, but you need to pay off the speed buff too.

All math aside, all extra hits aside..why would someone want it? More simply, while two pips IS steady, people are greedy and want more mana, faster, when it matters. It's not that hard to understand! ^_^

--The Shim

A Zealous mod mixed with any attack increasing abbility (Tiger's Fury, Flurry, Frenzy, Lightning Reflexes, etc.) will dramaticly boost your energy recovery. You don't need a melee area attack for the energy boost, just boost your attack speed. 2 birds with 1 stone!

dont forget the overflowing adrenaline to ... 3 birds !

how could I forget! :O

Sweet. I definitely will have to experiment with Zealous stuff when I get the opportunity. However what about caster types? Examples has been given for warriors and rangers. What about a healing monk? An elementalist? Mesmer?

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