Hatoreehanzo wrote: »5 Meridias (Body)
5 Desert Rose (SnB/Jewelry)
2 Swarm Mother
Tristat glyphs
Just walk in front of your zerglings, rip people out of other zergs and have your shooters burn them down.
How does Shields, blocking and desert rose interact together?
How does Shields, blocking and desert rose interact together?
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Trollplars are already magicka intensive. Blocking with the Frost Staff is going to drain your magicka for when you need it. You basically can spam your Blazing Shield or block with the staff, but not both. Switching to your 1h/shield bar will give you time to get back magicka unless you're casting your shield, and when you do switch back you will either cast Blazing Shield or block with the Frost Staff, not both.
The current builds are already like this, except the magicka portion is used to cast shields instead of block. By adding a Frost Staff, you're just adding another huge drain of your magicka - blocking and losing magicka regen when on that bar.
I think the Frost Staff and 1h/shield build is better suited to a permablock Templar rather than a Blazing Shield one, IMO.
Hatoreehanzo wrote: »5 Meridias (Body)
5 Desert Rose (SnB/Jewelry)
2 Swarm Mother
Tristat glyphs
Just walk in front of your zerglings, rip people out of other zergs and have your shooters burn them down.
It definitely procs with shields up. A long time ago it didn't, but they fixed it when they made the changes to sets that weren't proccing when hitting shields.
Trollplars are already magicka intensive. Blocking with the Frost Staff is going to drain your magicka for when you need it. You basically can spam your Blazing Shield or block with the staff, but not both. Switching to your 1h/shield bar will give you time to get back magicka unless you're casting your shield, and when you do switch back you will either cast Blazing Shield or block with the Frost Staff, not both.
The current builds are already like this, except the magicka portion is used to cast shields instead of block. By adding a Frost Staff, you're just adding another huge drain of your magicka - blocking and losing magicka regen when on that bar.
I think the Frost Staff and 1h/shield build is better suited to a permablock Templar rather than a Blazing Shield one, IMO.
Uh yeah it's definitely not a blazing shield build that I'm theorizing here lol. It's a support/healer/troll build. Don't forget the new minor magicka steal stuff. I have a feeling our magicka regen is going to feel very different.
Trollplars are already magicka intensive. Blocking with the Frost Staff is going to drain your magicka for when you need it. You basically can spam your Blazing Shield or block with the staff, but not both. Switching to your 1h/shield bar will give you time to get back magicka unless you're casting your shield, and when you do switch back you will either cast Blazing Shield or block with the Frost Staff, not both.
The current builds are already like this, except the magicka portion is used to cast shields instead of block. By adding a Frost Staff, you're just adding another huge drain of your magicka - blocking and losing magicka regen when on that bar.
I think the Frost Staff and 1h/shield build is better suited to a permablock Templar rather than a Blazing Shield one, IMO.
Uh yeah it's definitely not a blazing shield build that I'm theorizing here lol. It's a support/healer/troll build. Don't forget the new minor magicka steal stuff. I have a feeling our magicka regen is going to feel very different.
Minor magicka is going to be interesting. It requires you to actively be attacking/damaging the person to get the magicka, so it might be better in combat than Restoring Focus, but not as good during those times you're retreating (unless you have a DoT on them). Definitely going to give it a try on my build.
Created a new debuff category, Minor Magickasteal. This is a debuff applied to enemies that restores a flat value of Magicka to the attacker every second (400 Magicka every second at CP160).
Trollplars are already magicka intensive. Blocking with the Frost Staff is going to drain your magicka for when you need it. You basically can spam your Blazing Shield or block with the staff, but not both. Switching to your 1h/shield bar will give you time to get back magicka unless you're casting your shield, and when you do switch back you will either cast Blazing Shield or block with the Frost Staff, not both.
The current builds are already like this, except the magicka portion is used to cast shields instead of block. By adding a Frost Staff, you're just adding another huge drain of your magicka - blocking and losing magicka regen when on that bar.
I think the Frost Staff and 1h/shield build is better suited to a permablock Templar rather than a Blazing Shield one, IMO.
Uh yeah it's definitely not a blazing shield build that I'm theorizing here lol. It's a support/healer/troll build. Don't forget the new minor magicka steal stuff. I have a feeling our magicka regen is going to feel very different.
Minor magicka is going to be interesting. It requires you to actively be attacking/damaging the person to get the magicka, so it might be better in combat than Restoring Focus, but not as good during those times you're retreating (unless you have a DoT on them). Definitely going to give it a try on my build.
I haven't tested it on the PTS yet, but what you're describing doesn't match the patch notes:Created a new debuff category, Minor Magickasteal. This is a debuff applied to enemies that restores a flat value of Magicka to the attacker every second (400 Magicka every second at CP160).
From what this says, the expectation I have is that you merely need to keep the debuff applied and you will keep getting the magicka.
Trollplars are already magicka intensive. Blocking with the Frost Staff is going to drain your magicka for when you need it. You basically can spam your Blazing Shield or block with the staff, but not both. Switching to your 1h/shield bar will give you time to get back magicka unless you're casting your shield, and when you do switch back you will either cast Blazing Shield or block with the Frost Staff, not both.
The current builds are already like this, except the magicka portion is used to cast shields instead of block. By adding a Frost Staff, you're just adding another huge drain of your magicka - blocking and losing magicka regen when on that bar.
I think the Frost Staff and 1h/shield build is better suited to a permablock Templar rather than a Blazing Shield one, IMO.
Uh yeah it's definitely not a blazing shield build that I'm theorizing here lol. It's a support/healer/troll build. Don't forget the new minor magicka steal stuff. I have a feeling our magicka regen is going to feel very different.
Minor magicka is going to be interesting. It requires you to actively be attacking/damaging the person to get the magicka, so it might be better in combat than Restoring Focus, but not as good during those times you're retreating (unless you have a DoT on them). Definitely going to give it a try on my build.
I haven't tested it on the PTS yet, but what you're describing doesn't match the patch notes:Created a new debuff category, Minor Magickasteal. This is a debuff applied to enemies that restores a flat value of Magicka to the attacker every second (400 Magicka every second at CP160).
From what this says, the expectation I have is that you merely need to keep the debuff applied and you will keep getting the magicka.
Its been tested, you need to have the debuff active and have a damage tick every 1 second to proc it. All friendly players can proc it on enemies effected by the debuff, but it only procs once per second regardless of how many you debuff/hit.
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Stam already has cheesy permablock build options - have you not seen all the trolltank DK videos of late? My issue is that these people don't support their team very much unless enemies are dumb enough to attack them.
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Stam already has cheesy permablock build options - have you not seen all the trolltank DK videos of late? My issue is that these people don't support their team very much unless enemies are dumb enough to attack them.
I wasn't talking troll set ups..
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Stam already has cheesy permablock build options - have you not seen all the trolltank DK videos of late? My issue is that these people don't support their team very much unless enemies are dumb enough to attack them.
I wasn't talking troll set ups..
Ok so you're giving up your 2h or bow back bar in order to use a frost staff on a non trolltank stamina build. That's a significant tradeoff IMO. Especially the classic SnB+2h or DW+2h build that uses 2h bar for gap closing and executing, and the front bar for brawling/pressure. I don't see it as a worthwhile trade off.
Also considering if you're a DK you want to use that magicka for igneous for the stam sustain and major mending. Stamsorc is going to want it for dark deals and streaks... nightblade for the cloaks and fears. Stamplar, cleanse and focus. It seems like they already have powerful and necessary drains of their small magicka pools.
Go ahead and pitch your idea? I am not yet seeing the huge benefits. Maybe I'm missing something.
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Stam already has cheesy permablock build options - have you not seen all the trolltank DK videos of late? My issue is that these people don't support their team very much unless enemies are dumb enough to attack them.
I wasn't talking troll set ups..
Ok so you're giving up your 2h or bow back bar in order to use a frost staff on a non trolltank stamina build. That's a significant tradeoff IMO. Especially the classic SnB+2h or DW+2h build that uses 2h bar for gap closing and executing, and the front bar for brawling/pressure. I don't see it as a worthwhile trade off.
Also considering if you're a DK you want to use that magicka for igneous for the stam sustain and major mending. Stamsorc is going to want it for dark deals and streaks... nightblade for the cloaks and fears. Stamplar, cleanse and focus. It seems like they already have powerful and necessary drains of their small magicka pools.
Go ahead and pitch your idea? I am not yet seeing the huge benefits. Maybe I'm missing something.
Already know 1vxing hybrid builds , you're definitely missing a lot. I'd never spread builds like that though, I'm just saying this could be way more broken on stamina builds in the right hands.
CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »CatchMeTrolling wrote: »I'm surprised no one has realized how stupid this could be for stamina builds lol if there was more theory crafters this would screw the game up even more
Stam already has cheesy permablock build options - have you not seen all the trolltank DK videos of late? My issue is that these people don't support their team very much unless enemies are dumb enough to attack them.
I wasn't talking troll set ups..
Ok so you're giving up your 2h or bow back bar in order to use a frost staff on a non trolltank stamina build. That's a significant tradeoff IMO. Especially the classic SnB+2h or DW+2h build that uses 2h bar for gap closing and executing, and the front bar for brawling/pressure. I don't see it as a worthwhile trade off.
Also considering if you're a DK you want to use that magicka for igneous for the stam sustain and major mending. Stamsorc is going to want it for dark deals and streaks... nightblade for the cloaks and fears. Stamplar, cleanse and focus. It seems like they already have powerful and necessary drains of their small magicka pools.
Go ahead and pitch your idea? I am not yet seeing the huge benefits. Maybe I'm missing something.
Already know 1vxing hybrid builds , you're definitely missing a lot. I'd never spread builds like that though, I'm just saying this could be way more broken on stamina builds in the right hands.
I'm familiar with the stam-heavy templar hybrids, and some niche hybrid sorc/DK builds. Pretty neat builds. I suppose you could run 2h+frost staff for it.
But what you seem to be referencing is that being able to block with magicka using a frost staff will be broken on pure stamina builds. I mentioned what you would be giving up by dropping one of two stamina bars for a frost staff. Why don't you post what you're theorycrafting? Otherwise you just come across as the usual "Oh there's a super broken build nobody knows about but I do because I'm a genius" troll post. Obviously I notice your username.