I've always enjoyed stam sorc. There's just something about its raw power that drew me in. It's also arguably one of the most versatile of classes. Though upon returning to the game I obviously had to try out Necromancer. 20k blastbones with major defile, 10% free mitigation + HoT from Spirit Guardian, Major Protection on tap from siphoning corpses left behind from your skeleton bomb squad as well as a hefty free 10 ultimate, 2 optional spammables at your disposal (Flame Skull and Scythe).. I thought to myself, why would I play my stam sorc when I have this kind of kit on a Necromancer?
Crit Surge is a shadow of its former self, and barely even functional in no cp campaigns/battlegrounds. Apart from looking fancy and blowing any element of surprise, Hurricane is actually trash. Dark Deal was nerfed to return a bunch of your resources over 20 seconds, which made it worse. I don't know, I just look at its toolkit and ask myself why bother when there's better things out there. Granted Bound Armaments is looking a lot better than last time I saw it, though still feels a little weird to use. Sometimes when I'm at 4 shards and hit the button it just resets it.
I feel like stam sorc could benefit from some more utility, and 15 seconds is just not long enough for Hurricane.
Seriously, look at the other options:
- Bone Armor = 20s
- Restoring Focus = 17s and only 980 stamina cost, restores 240 stam/sec and boosts physical+spell pen by 50% when inside the rune
- Frost Cloak = 24s / AOE and minor protection available
I'm sorry, but Hurricane is just awful.
And that's how you turn a harmless question into a rant. Sorry about that.