Monster Masks the new Meta and how to combat them

Icarus42

This unfortunate decision to implement a series of these "proc sets"/monster masks, was a very bad mistake. I have been trying to beat these guys and gals with these sets and I have had minimal success.
I am a maxed character been pvping for over a year and i can handle my business when it comes to dueling and pvp.
I am just wondering how you Zenimax thought it was a good idea to allow anyone who can farm these items to be on par with a skilled combatant almost immediately and without any effort destroy anything on the field at their whim???
I digress I have been able to stop these proc set wearers from time time but at great effort and flawlessly executing my rotation, using every trick that I know...
Yet when I watch these opponents they are literally pressing maybe 3 keys and they are able to succeed. With upwards to 13k damage from a proc you cannot compete with that unless you stay away from it you join them or you fight it.
I am fighting it because it is ridiculous.
Please feel free to tear my words to shreds and dissect at your leisure.
How to combat this new meta? May i suggest protest!

Alucardo

I just rolled a Nightblade, got Veli and viper out of the bank, crafted some alchemist and started ganking. Kill them before they get a chance to fire off their proc sets and you're all good.
Do I like it? No. Do the tears of proctatos taste good? Hell yes.

Icarus42

also this is how I feel about this...


https://youtu.be/wRnSnfiUI54

Johnfred24

Alucardo wrote: »

I just rolled a Nightblade, got Veli and viper out of the bank, crafted some alchemist and started ganking. Kill them before they get a chance to fire off their proc sets and you're all good.
Do I like it? No. Do the tears of proctatos taste good? Hell yes.

So, your answer to procs is more procs? Not saying that isn't a good way to handle them, but the problem remains.

Alucardo

Johnfred24 wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

I just rolled a Nightblade, got Veli and viper out of the bank, crafted some alchemist and started ganking. Kill them before they get a chance to fire off their proc sets and you're all good.
Do I like it? No. Do the tears of proctatos taste good? Hell yes.

So, your answer to procs is more procs? Not saying that isn't a good way to handle them, but the problem remains.

It's not really an answer to them. My solution would be to just remove them from the game completely. For now I'm just fighting fire with fire until something is done.

WillhelmBlack

Fight cheese with cheese.Wear Malubeth and Reactive Armour, they won't like that.

Kutsuu

Alucardo wrote: »

Johnfred24 wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

I just rolled a Nightblade, got Veli and viper out of the bank, crafted some alchemist and started ganking. Kill them before they get a chance to fire off their proc sets and you're all good.
Do I like it? No. Do the tears of proctatos taste good? Hell yes.

So, your answer to procs is more procs? Not saying that isn't a good way to handle them, but the problem remains.

It's not really an answer to them. My solution would be to just remove them from the game completely. For now I'm just fighting fire with fire until something is done.

They get MUCH more triggered when you gank them in <1 second without proc sets all together.

susmitds

WillhelmBlack wrote: »

Fight cheese with cheese.Wear Malubeth and Reactive Armour, they won't like that.

Use even bigger cheese to counter this. Use Tremorscale/Viper/Fassalla to stop their heals and keep proccing them to death.

Alucardo

Kutsuu wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

Johnfred24 wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

I just rolled a Nightblade, got Veli and viper out of the bank, crafted some alchemist and started ganking. Kill them before they get a chance to fire off their proc sets and you're all good.
Do I like it? No. Do the tears of proctatos taste good? Hell yes.

So, your answer to procs is more procs? Not saying that isn't a good way to handle them, but the problem remains.

It's not really an answer to them. My solution would be to just remove them from the game completely. For now I'm just fighting fire with fire until something is done.

They get MUCH more triggered when you gank them in <1 second without proc sets all together.

Aye, I'm currently working on farming Spriggan's to replace Viper, but I'm not having much luck. Not sure what I'll replace Velidreth with yet.. maybe 1pc Veli/Kena.