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  Ch4mpTW

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  xbobx wrote: »

  Ch4mpTW wrote: »

  PhantomOcelot wrote: »

  Not every skill have to be useful in every single situation. All the skills youve listed have a place where they can be good.
  Arctic wind - nice self heal for a tank.
  Crystallized shield - reflect. VERY useful in PvP and have some use in a few projectile heavy bossfights in PvE.
  Sleet storm - some aoe dmg and major protection(!!!)
  Healing seed - heal is irrelevant, its used as an extra synergy for the alkosh uptime.
  Natures grasp - not much use in Pve but can be good for a PvP healer
  Falcon swiftness gives you minor berserk.

  
  Why would a tank use Arctic Wind over something like Soothing Spores or the other morph? I don’t see how Crystalized Shield would be remotely useful in PvE, when Harness Magicka exists (a ward that also returns more magicka back than Crystalized Shield. Sleet Storm is completely outclassed by either the destruction staff ultimate or bear ultimate. Healing Seed is highly questionable, and is again an extreme waste (when compared to the others). Nature’s Grasp serves 0 purpose and or uses (even in PvP). And lastly, Falcon’s Swiftness seems questionable outside of PvP (unless a magicka build). And even then, it might be passed up for something else.
  
  I again don’t quite see the uses for any of those skills.

  
  go do scalecaller peak and you will see how great crystallized shield can be.
  falcon swiftness gives 8 percent damage bonus and 20 percent stamina regen. how is that useless, to me is quite powerful, actually extremely powerful.
  Arctic wind
  sleet storm isn't about damage its about not being damage. gives you 8 percent more magic just slotted. ya i know, completely useless, it does damage, reduces movement of mobs and lowers their damage by 30 percent. Seems pretty damn good actually. fyi, not everything is about damage otherwise army tanks would have massive guns and be made out of wicker.
  it seems like you are one of those people that are incapable of seeing outside the box and also didn't bother to do any research before posting

  
  Okay... Once again, why would you use Crystalized Shield over Harness Magicka? Harness shields you from ALL forms of damage, regardless of whether or it is projectile-based or not. It also returns way more magicka, than that it Crystalized Shield. The only benefits I see for it are PvP-based, and that it synergizes with the passive that boosts resistances for being slotted. Outside of the strict application of PvP, it’s outclassed by a ward accessible to all classes.
  
  Falcon Swiftness is cool in that it does provide the berserk buff, but dude. That’s a slot you’d have to give up, in an already very tight series of skills. And while 8% more damage is nice and all, is it REALLY worth picking over the other options that are more standardized on your bars? I don’t think so. And that’s: In dungeons, VMA, and or trials. I don’t see why you’d sacrifice a slot for it. You’d lose something way more important.
  
  Sleet Storm is about mitigation, and not damage...? Fair point (it grants Major Protection after all). But, who is slotting that? Even if for the max magicka buff (which is cool and definitely well-received if magicka-based), I don’t see why you’d use it over the destruction staff ultimate. Or bear for that matter, being as the bear has a pseudo-execute thing going on (it actually can hit pretty hard lol). And if you wanted an “oh crap” ultimate, why not use Enchanted Forest? It’s both cheap and extremely powerful. Plus, it synergizes wonderfully with the passives in that skill line.
  
  As for Arctic Wind, it’s a terrible skill. Seriously. It’s horrible. Maybe if it was on par to the “Cloak” skills in Skyrim, where said wrappings of the element in question did decent damage. Then it’d be looked at. Because as it is, it’s a joke. And even from a stamina build perspective, why would you use that over the DW skill that reduced AoE damage? Or another skill of solid usefulness. Again, it would serve no purpose, but to gain 500 resistances from the passive within its skill line.
  
  Edit:
  Think about all of those skills I listed, and ask yourself if you’d really consider those skills when doing end-game content. Considering this thread after all is based upon said skills from a PvE perspective. And not a PvP 1. And even then, I’m not talking about veteran trials. As they’d definitely be cast aside. I’m talking about just doing veteran dailies and their respective difficult modes. Why would you use those skills, when vastly superior alternatives exist? Unless you’re roleplaying or something of the sort.
  
  Case and point, you’re doing a daily for VCoH2 or VCoA2 or something. And your healer has on Nature’s Grasp and Healing Seed, over Combat Prayer and Healing Springs. See what I mean?

  Edited by Ch4mpTW on April 2, 2018 4:13AM

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