Stamina Costs in 1.6, previous build no longer effective?

Cazic · March 2015

Hey guys,

So I'm aware that a lot has changed in 1.6, and that this may be a time to restructure builds we've used in the past. I took a shot in the dark anyway and just copied my old build. So far it seems reasonable, but I'm definitely noticing that I'm running out of stamina quicker than before. I play a DK tank so most of my stamina is used for blocking, taunting, and interrupts.

Has anyone else had a similar experience and if so, have you been able to make minor adjustments to compensate, or just totally rebuild from the ground up?

Thanks,
C

Fatalyis · March 2015

I've been playing around with various builds, and last night I was toying around with Sword/Shield + DW on my NB. I have quite a bit of Stamina, but I was burning through it trying to block, dodge roll, etc. So I switched out a couple pieces of armor to get my regen up and once it hit the 1300 mark I started seeing much better sustainability. Aim for boosting your regen up and see if that helps any.

Cazic · March 2015

Sounds good, thanks. I'll give that a shot.

I've been able to sustain more stam but doing more heavy attacks (which replenish some stam) but of course you have to stop blocking to do a heavy attack, and they take time. That seems to work well enough when soloing in PvE but I dunno about more intense situations.

cyclonus11 · March 2015

I'm finding this out pretty quickly. I adjusted my attributes with increases in stamina, but it looks like I'm going to have to respec again and switch my items to stamina boost instead of health boost. I've been quaffing stamina pots like there's no tomorrow. (NB)