So I'm making this thread to see what kinda builds people have without cloak.
After dueling in wayrest with another magblade I received some odd and rather eye opening advice.... drop cloak. So ever since outside of cyro where I will still run cloak or mist I have abandoned it from my bar.
Reason being for no cloak is its really just a crutch. I always knew this, but used it to reset fights when I was about to go down. Once I started fighting the more experienced players I found they are on to that cat and mouse game. They consistently pulled me from cloak.
So I'm making this thread for other magblades to share and discuss no cloak builds.
My build so far, I am testing 3 different gear setup atm but the bar stays the same
Bar1 - magharness, mercy, elemental drain, funnel health, flame reach, incap
Bar2 - healing ward, mirage, leeching strikes, degeneration, refreshing path.
Gear setups in testing are
5 warmaiden 3 willpower 2 skoria (oddball staffs, master inferno would be my bis)
5 Julianos 5 transmutation 2 skoria
5 wizard reposte 5 transmutation 2 skoria
Interested to see what other magblade players have to say on this topic
I see all of you kinda leaning towards heavy armor, im just not sure about this though. The passives just seem so weak for a little hp and resist, I feel I would forfeit much of my dps. But its worth a try I guess.
@Lexxypwns I do have a necro set I ran for a while, but shade is still bugged right? Idk I haven't tried since new patch. But that skill was always one of my favorite. I do really enjoy the trans/ reposte build, I feel alot more tanky but the damage just isn't the same compared to the other sets I use it when I'm running in always group in cyro mainly.
@exeeter702 yeah I know I dont have cripple on a bar atm and it disappoints me also. I just don't know what to drop for it besides elemental drain. But there goes my major breech and a big chuck of mag sustain... it's always the give and take and 1 slot short with builds I've found lol
SlowMetabolism wrote: »I see all of you kinda leaning towards heavy armor, im just not sure about this though. The passives just seem so weak for a little hp and resist, I feel I would forfeit much of my dps. But its worth a try I guess.
@Lexxypwns I do have a necro set I ran for a while, but shade is still bugged right? Idk I haven't tried since new patch. But that skill was always one of my favorite. I do really enjoy the trans/ reposte build, I feel alot more tanky but the damage just isn't the same compared to the other sets I use it when I'm running in always group in cyro mainly.
@exeeter702 yeah I know I dont have cripple on a bar atm and it disappoints me also. I just don't know what to drop for it besides elemental drain. But there goes my major breech and a big chuck of mag sustain... it's always the give and take and 1 slot short with builds I've found lol
Cripple is a must have, huge dot and spammable root (if you want to be that guy) + gives you movement speed and snares. Allows you to slow down stam builds or make them spam there shuffle which takes a toll on their rss sustain. Roots mag builds and allows you to run circles around them and apply constant pressure.
I guess I could always drop mirage for cripple, more dps and a cc at the cost of evasion. Idk lol I always just want 1 more skill slot with magblade. I could even drop degeneration and just use sp pots but I already use cc pots so then I have no cc break.
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exeeter702 wrote: »I guess I could always drop mirage for cripple, more dps and a cc at the cost of evasion. Idk lol I always just want 1 more skill slot with magblade. I could even drop degeneration and just use sp pots but I already use cc pots so then I have no cc break.
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Enter rattlecage front bar trans back bar 2pc skoria.
exeeter702 wrote: »I guess I could always drop mirage for cripple, more dps and a cc at the cost of evasion. Idk lol I always just want 1 more skill slot with magblade. I could even drop degeneration and just use sp pots but I already use cc pots so then I have no cc break.
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Enter rattlecage front bar trans back bar 2pc skoria.
I tried rattlecage and wasn't toO happy, I have to run it as 5 heavy which I'm trying to avoid because I feel the light passives are so much better. If it went jewelry then I have hp rings which really hurt my mag pool