Frost staff taunt feedback

Rungar · March 2017

Ive tried out the frost staff taunt on my mag dk and while it does work I think its very underwhelming and difficult to use. I have some suggestions.

1) reduce the frost staff heavy attack cycle time by 40%-50%, with a corresponding damage reduction of 50% and shield improvement by 20%.
2) or get rid of the shield altogether and give it a 25-50% chance to root/immobilize instead.

I believe that's all that's required to make it a viable alternative to the undaunted taunt. The way this weapon is set up now it can (should) only really be used for tanking, and thus should do less dmg and have more useful utility.

Autolycus · March 2017

Remove the crummy damage shield and add Major Fracture and Breach. Or just Major Fracture, and leave Breach to Ele Drain, which the tank can run instead of the healer.

As it is now, it is slow, inefficient, and provides no meaningful utility to anyone. The damage shield is useful against maybe a wolf or mudcrab, and not much else.

Waffennacht · March 2017

I think that maybe you're onto something with the heavy attack time. I don't know if it would work but I'd love to trade the damage shield for a reduction of "cast" time. I'd even settle for a reduction in damage if it would mean a faster heavy attack.

Lynx7386 · March 2017

Frost elemental blockade/wall should root everything like Talons or encase.

Frost elemental clench should pull the target to you like chains.

Elemental drain/weakness with a frost staff should apply fracture and breach.

Force shock with a frost staff should taunt, with the taunt on heavy attack being removed entirely.

Blocking with a frost staff should have a new animation wherein you channel a magic shield in front of you with either the staff or your offhand, like the ward spell in Skyrim.