Magblade PvP Sets

Kumba_Ya · May 2018

Hey guys.
I’m going to try magblade in PvP for the first time and was stuck between deciding on two sets for survivability. I’m trying to decide between Transmutation and Wizards Reposte. I will be running these sets with either war maiden or Julianos. I was just wondering if anyone had an opinion on which set would be more valuable on a magblade between the 15% damage mitigation vs 1250 crit resist. To proc transmutation I would use refreshing path on my back bar. I will just have both 5pc always active.

I’d love any advice anyone has on these sets or any other sets that have worked better for them. Just don’t have enough gold to change my mind half way so wanted some opinions on the effectiveness of running war maiden / wizards or war maiden / transmutation. Thanks

GaunterODim · May 2018

atm im running war maiden / wizards and 2 1piece monster sets, working out really great for me, but with the summerset patch im really thinking of always running shade with how hes been changed so it might lower the efficiency and I might swap it out.
On the other hand though the shade will probably often be placed where he doesnt have LOS on my enemy and as it cant help me debuffing when being overwhelemed by multiple people at once. Guess Id only not run wizards if I would be using fear on top of the shade, but I usually dont do that.

Lexxypwns · May 2018

Imo, it comes down to one question. Are you stacking two shields? If you’re using Harness/Dampen in conjunction with Healing award then the already superior defensive prowess of Wizards is going to be significantly more effective than Trans.

I wouldn’t run either set on both bars, something like

2x undaunted
5 Maiden front bar (3x Body+inferno staff)
5 Wizards/Trans (Neck,2 Body, resto staff)
2x willpower rings

MrDenimChicken · May 2018

Riposte works well if you can survive initial bursts. One of my problems with it is that if you get jumped by multiple people, the effect will kick in but after they have all hit you, and often times, that can be once you are already at 30% health or lower.

I would prefer something that is more continuously active, but I haven't tried transmutation yet

geonsocal · May 2018

best defense is a good offense...and, shadowy disguise

LegacyDM · May 2018

You know funnel health procs transmutation also right? Using funnel health around other people will give you a near 100% uptime on transmutation. You could actually run both and still do decent damage.

Kumba_Ya · May 2018

Lexxypwns wrote: »

Imo, it comes down to one question. Are you stacking two shields? If you’re using Harness/Dampen in conjunction with Healing award then the already superior defensive prowess of Wizards is going to be significantly more effective than Trans.

I wouldn’t run either set on both bars, something like

2x undaunted
5 Maiden front bar (3x Body+inferno staff)
5 Wizards/Trans (Neck,2 Body, resto staff)
2x willpower rings

Thanks for the advice I’ll start with this setup with Wizards to begin.

Kumba_Ya · May 2018

LegacyDM wrote: »

You know funnel health procs transmutation also right? Using funnel health around other people will give you a near 100% uptime on transmutation. You could actually run both and still do decent damage.

I actually didn’t know that lol. I think I’m going to try wizards and save transmutation for a group healing build in the future.