AzureRogue
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In Topic: Ouch my Everything: The 80% (potential) Amplified Damage Build, with Sustain,...
27 April 2013 - 06:52 AM
Nikephoros, on 26 April 2013 - 07:06 PM, said:
We have been testing a variant of this build (25/25/0/20/0) in speed runs, and the general consensus is that the DPS is definitely top tier with warrior and bs thief but the build is a leech. Whereas warriors do roughly similar dps, they ALSO provide amazing team utility (as Kitsune mentioned) whereas this ele is a DPS machine but provides no noteworthy utility unless you build around blast finishers, and the only truly good combo field (fire) isn't convenient for a DPS group to make.
So my personal conclusion is that in a typical 3 war/1guard/1mes group replacing one of the warriors with this you might actually raise team DPS, but once you replace the second warrior with a second ele the team DPS actually drops considerably. Much the same way using a thief in lieu of a 3rd warrior is perfectly acceptable but once you add a 2nd Thief team dps takes a hit.
Bottom line, great build but don't go crazy with multiple eles in your party.
So my personal conclusion is that in a typical 3 war/1guard/1mes group replacing one of the warriors with this you might actually raise team DPS, but once you replace the second warrior with a second ele the team DPS actually drops considerably. Much the same way using a thief in lieu of a 3rd warrior is perfectly acceptable but once you add a 2nd Thief team dps takes a hit.
Bottom line, great build but don't go crazy with multiple eles in your party.
Interestingly, this seems to support the idea that a diverse party is better (not saying you argued against that, but MOST players seem to feel that a 3or4 war/1or0 guard/1 mes group is fastest. It seems like that MAY not be the case
