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Sword and board meta

Flaaklypa
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Puncture: This ability now applies Major Breach rather than Fracture.Pierce Armor (morph): This morph now applies Minor Breach as well.

This change gives sword and shield users 9k pen from 1 skill. Making it literally impossible for people to use anything else as a backbar weapon in pvp.

This patch sword and shield is still strong, but it is completely viable to run for example a resto staff backbar, bow or even another 2H.

This change will completely ruin this backbar/off weapon diversity. And needs to be adjusted for sure.
Edited by Flaaklypa on September 22, 2020 10:11AM
  • OlumoGarbag
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    Also they nerfed impen so much that sturdy is just better. So yeah snb backbar meta all the way.
    class representative for the working class, non-cp, bwb and Trolling
  • Firstmep
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    It is a bit worrying that a defensive weapon once again gets so much offensive power.
    It actually makes power of the light basically a pointless skill.
    Even in Pve minor breach will now be provided by the tank to Templar healers have one less thing to bring to the party.
    With this much armor shred we might see more turtle builds that perma block and use s/b frontbar.
    Looking at magDK, I don't see a reason not to use this cheap skill which removes 9k resist while permablocking.

    I kinda wish they revisited pierce armor morph and left minor breach to the few sources it was on before.
  • WoppaBoem
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    Yes this aint a good change way to overpowered and removes the uniqueness of the buff on class abilities. Please don't let this change go live.
    Xbox EU & NA - PVP Only
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