You could take your attribute points out of health and move them over to magicka. Run max magicka glyphs/some tri glyphs with tri stat food (looks like you are) or witch mothers for regen. Having undaunted passives and rocking one or two heavy would help make up for some of the lost health then too. Gold out your staff, make sure you have a source of major sorcery (entropy, sap essence, pots). If you really want the will proc to hit hard you could max out mages guild and do entropy then bow proc for an empowered hit.
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
Stoopid_Nwah wrote: »You could take your attribute points out of health and move them over to magicka. Run max magicka glyphs/some tri glyphs with tri stat food (looks like you are) or witch mothers for regen. Having undaunted passives and rocking one or two heavy would help make up for some of the lost health then too. Gold out your staff, make sure you have a source of major sorcery (entropy, sap essence, pots). If you really want the will proc to hit hard you could max out mages guild and do entropy then bow proc for an empowered hit.
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
In cp content, pumping up master-at-arms, elemental expert, and spell erosion (against non shielding targets at least) will help will hit harder too.
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
@Stratiss , you are not built for defense & your opponents are, that's why they melt you but you can't melt them. Also get better at using cloak + shade to get away & keep your shields up if you use them.
@Lexxypwns even with bloodspawn resto ult isnt up 100%, pirate & chudan is giving you survivability when it's not up. With your playstyle it probably doesn't matter though.
Yeah, that makes sense, if you're brawling then bloodspawn is kinda just up and I'll have all my defensive buffs and HoTs running so if I take 3 seconds of damage without the proc then so what. I guess if you're a bit more of a kite spec then there's long periods of downtime on bloodspawn.
On a side note, I'm working on a no cloak 2h build for cwc that I'm pretty excited to test out!
I might be wrong but Innate Axiom seems made for 2H magblade... but maybe not so good for a no cloak build
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
I faced a magicka nb tonight in a battleground who did over 1 mil damage and about 40 kills. His assassin's will hit me for 14k and his swallow soul hit me for 6k. How does someone get numbers like that? I'm lucky to even reach an 8k hit with my bow proc, that is if it even hits. I mentioned before that I'm running Julianos/Wizards/Skoria and I feel like my damage is terrible and I die instantly, what am I doing wrong with magicka nb? I love this class but can't seem to make it work.
@Stratiss , you are not built for defense & your opponents are, that's why they melt you but you can't melt them. Also get better at using cloak + shade to get away & keep your shields up if you use them.
@Lexxypwns even with bloodspawn resto ult isnt up 100%, pirate & chudan is giving you survivability when it's not up. With your playstyle it probably doesn't matter though.
Yeah, that makes sense, if you're brawling then bloodspawn is kinda just up and I'll have all my defensive buffs and HoTs running so if I take 3 seconds of damage without the proc then so what. I guess if you're a bit more of a kite spec then there's long periods of downtime on bloodspawn.
On a side note, I'm working on a no cloak 2h build for cwc that I'm pretty excited to test out!
I might be wrong but Innate Axiom seems made for 2H magblade... but maybe not so good for a no cloak build
Last I heard axiom was bugged. I'm trying to pack more punch than axiom alone is going to give though, I'm trying to figure out what damage set though, maybe heavy alchemist
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
Gold weapons? What trait? I'm assuming it's either that or bad cp spread
@Stratiss , you are not built for defense & your opponents are, that's why they melt you but you can't melt them. Also get better at using cloak + shade to get away & keep your shields up if you use them.
@Lexxypwns even with bloodspawn resto ult isnt up 100%, pirate & chudan is giving you survivability when it's not up. With your playstyle it probably doesn't matter though.
Yeah, that makes sense, if you're brawling then bloodspawn is kinda just up and I'll have all my defensive buffs and HoTs running so if I take 3 seconds of damage without the proc then so what. I guess if you're a bit more of a kite spec then there's long periods of downtime on bloodspawn.
On a side note, I'm working on a no cloak 2h build for cwc that I'm pretty excited to test out!
I might be wrong but Innate Axiom seems made for 2H magblade... but maybe not so good for a no cloak build
Last I heard axiom was bugged. I'm trying to pack more punch than axiom alone is going to give though, I'm trying to figure out what damage set though, maybe heavy alchemist
This is my War Maiden + Lich + Troll King with all SD glyphs. I took the screen on the backbar so my crit is really 47%.
So here is what I am working with. My swallow soul was actually fairly high this fight and its still mid 2000's. But look at that Assassins Will....3k?? I fought a BG where some guy is hitting me with jabs for 4k...
Gold weapons? What trait? I'm assuming it's either that or bad cp spread
Purple weap in precise. I'll check my cp tonight.
I faced a magicka nb tonight in a battleground who did over 1 mil damage and about 40 kills. His assassin's will hit me for 14k and his swallow soul hit me for 6k. How does someone get numbers like that? I'm lucky to even reach an 8k hit with my bow proc, that is if it even hits. I mentioned before that I'm running Julianos/Wizards/Skoria and I feel like my damage is terrible and I die instantly, what am I doing wrong with magicka nb? I love this class but can't seem to make it work.
Just use 5 shackle 4 necro 2 valk. Shields are huge. Dmg is huge. I constantly hit 15k plus wills. Openworld ill put 5 necro and 1 domi. Drop valk.
Ive played alot of mag nb. Thats by far the best setup.
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I faced a magicka nb tonight in a battleground who did over 1 mil damage and about 40 kills. His assassin's will hit me for 14k and his swallow soul hit me for 6k. How does someone get numbers like that? I'm lucky to even reach an 8k hit with my bow proc, that is if it even hits. I mentioned before that I'm running Julianos/Wizards/Skoria and I feel like my damage is terrible and I die instantly, what am I doing wrong with magicka nb? I love this class but can't seem to make it work.
Just use 5 shackle 4 necro 2 valk. Shields are huge. Dmg is huge. I constantly hit 15k plus wills. Openworld ill put 5 necro and 1 domi. Drop valk.
Ive played alot of mag nb. Thats by far the best setup.
How come people recommend shackle, isn't the weapon damage just a waste of stats? I mean I guess everything else is really good but wouldn't something like Julianos be better for damage or amber plasm for the recovery?
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
Thank you. A lot of people describe this class that way and its simply not true in my experience. TTK in a fight with a lot of these burst classes is FAST. When you size up your target, you better be ready to get in and kill them in a hurry bc their friend is just around the corner, and the majority of the time there just isnt enough time to like up all three abilities especially when our bread and butter takes 5 light attacks to line up while trying to survive enemy burst or cc. I hate having my playstyle revolve around a single ability that 5/10 times doesnt even proc in a fight. You are also praying your skoria procs or they are going to just laugh off that 5k assassins will (if they dont dodge or you arent cc'ed before it goes off and have to rebuff and start the cycle all over again).
I would love to see more builds get away from this style and come out with some meaningful burst not surrounding such a fickle ability.
I faced a magicka nb tonight in a battleground who did over 1 mil damage and about 40 kills. His assassin's will hit me for 14k and his swallow soul hit me for 6k. How does someone get numbers like that? I'm lucky to even reach an 8k hit with my bow proc, that is if it even hits. I mentioned before that I'm running Julianos/Wizards/Skoria and I feel like my damage is terrible and I die instantly, what am I doing wrong with magicka nb? I love this class but can't seem to make it work.
Just use 5 shackle 4 necro 2 valk. Shields are huge. Dmg is huge. I constantly hit 15k plus wills. Openworld ill put 5 necro and 1 domi. Drop valk.
Ive played alot of mag nb. Thats by far the best setup.
How come people recommend shackle, isn't the weapon damage just a waste of stats? I mean I guess everything else is really good but wouldn't something like Julianos be better for damage or amber plasm for the recovery?
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
Thank you. A lot of people describe this class that way and its simply not true in my experience. TTK in a fight with a lot of these burst classes is FAST. When you size up your target, you better be ready to get in and kill them in a hurry bc their friend is just around the corner, and the majority of the time there just isnt enough time to like up all three abilities especially when our bread and butter takes 5 light attacks to line up while trying to survive enemy burst or cc. I hate having my playstyle revolve around a single ability that 5/10 times doesnt even proc in a fight. You are also praying your skoria procs or they are going to just laugh off that 5k assassins will (if they dont dodge or you arent cc'ed before it goes off and have to rebuff and start the cycle all over again).
I would love to see more builds get away from this style and come out with some meaningful burst not surrounding such a fickle ability.
I want to build a mnb like a bruiser. Am I out of my mind?
Thinking between heavy or light shackle with maiden. Sword and board with resto back or dual weild with resto back?
Any success stories?
I want to build a mnb like a bruiser. Am I out of my mind?
Thinking between heavy or light shackle with maiden. Sword and board with resto back or dual weild with resto back?
Any success stories?
The duration of "how long the assassins will proc is up/available for" always seems way too low. Meaning 1 or two bar swaps & you can no longer use the proc.
Good luck with needing 5 light attacks to proc & needing your enemy to not have CC immunity due to pot & having ult or something ready to combo once it's proc'd!
Occasionally I've even had it proc but not seen the animation fire. So if I'm not looking at combat metrics or talking to the enemy, I don't even know if it worked or glitches out.
I don't have any problem with the proc due to the addon, however I have to agree that it's really tedious class to play. Magblade is not an easy class to play effectively because everything you do has to revolve around 5 light attacks and a bow proc. Im not saying we don't have burst, I hit pretty hard when I line up and incap with a bow and skoria proc. But its very tedious to actually achieve this combo in a real fight, everything seems easy on a test dummy It's not like warden where you hit with bugs and crit rush to a dawn breaker and they dead or under 25% hp.
I don't agree at all with people that say it's some overpowered 1v1 masterclass. If it was then all these guys you see dueling wouldn't be on wardens, sorcs and stamblades.
Ummm, not all magblades rely on that skill. i do just fine and I don't use it (I actually hate it lol)
I want to build a mnb like a bruiser. Am I out of my mind?
Thinking between heavy or light shackle with maiden. Sword and board with resto back or dual weild with resto back?
Any success stories?