So, time to do it. Time to make inner rage go head to head with frost clench for the best ranged taunt for tanks! Ready? FIGHT!
Someone open my eyes should I oversee what benefits clench has.
compare of the two:
inner rage:
28m range
damage of 50~% psijic spammable (after orbs proc is counted)
cost of a magicka spammable~
no extra elemetnal passives
special thing - adds a synergy that hits as hard as force pulse single target, and then again in an aoe (strong).
bonus positive: can be converted int o a stamina ability for a better magicka stamina balance on mag heavy tanks.
frost clench:
15m range
damage of 27~% psijic spammable (after orbs proc is counted)
cost of a magicka spammable~ (exactly the same as inner rage)
has 20% to proc minor brittle (32% with gold charged staff)
special thing - immobilizes the enemy (usually not a benefit, but a drawback, since you want enemies to come to the aoe's to burn in them)
so ye. the only "benefit" is low chance to proc brittle.
I doubt the frost staff will ever be a serious tanking weapon. By choosing to retrofit an existing weapon line for tanking while also keeping it for DPS Zos is limited in what they can do. While there may be some niche situations where a serious tank would use a frost staff I expect we will still see S&B with a shock staff back bar.
Since damage is no concern for most tanks, because our offensive stats are too low to make an impact with abilities like this. Thus I never considered their damage as any benefit.
For strictly minor brittle, I would not use clench but reach, because the dot has more chances to proc it. A disgraceful shame that light and heavy destruction attacks can still not proc elemental effects. This is what the line is all about.
I feel the new brittle is futile to be used by anyone but warden tanks/supports.
But it has been a serious tanking weapon for quite some time now? For those encounters where you can need the extra block mitigation, you are pugging and one of your stubborn DD's brings a lightning backbar, or the heal has no inferno?
Or did they also change the block mitigation passive of the ice staff?
The taunt though, useless.
I am not seeing top tanks using that frost staff. I have yet to see a group form up for a challenging vet trial, not even talking about HM, and put up with a player using an rStaff. They should be kicked in a heart beat. Pugin unskilled players does not make the tanking serious.
Frost Clench is pointless and a poor idea. 15 meters range? A root that can prevent them from coming to you, hence making aoes worse?
And no radiate synergy for allies for sustain, ult regen and deal some damage. There is not a single benefit in using clench.
I was a big fan of frost staff heavy attack taunts. Frost staff is not a desirable dps weapon. They should have just left the taunt as it is. That was actually useful. Someone open my eyes should I oversee what benefits clench has.
I am not seeing top tanks using that frost staff. I have yet to see a group form up for a challenging vet trial, not even talking about HM, and put up with a player using an rStaff. They should be kicked in a heart beat. Pugin unskilled players does not make the tanking serious.