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Def or lifesteal..?
jonkoca
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Currently I have 370 defence stacked in enchants, thinking of swapping out for darks and 370 lifesteal..?
Good idea, bad idea..? It'll take my def down to about 900.
Good idea, bad idea..? It'll take my def down to about 900.
No idea what my toon is now.
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CW need at least 1000 defense to protect themselves.
Besides, I can't do high DPS quickly.
If you can attack mobs with huge damage/high dps, choose lifesteal. It will make your HP fast in regaining.
You can use Barkshield in your armor enchant to increase the defence (lvl 60).
Or Lifedrinker is useful too for weapon enchant to steal life from mobs (lvl 60).
I did not find life stealing very useful until it reached 7%. At 7% did it become noticeable and started taking some pressure of the clerics when in a party. It also allowed me to drop my healer companion in exchange for a damage dealer when doing my dailies.
1. If you run in the front defense. Mob jump you at first you and defense protect you from their burst damage.
2. If you run in the back lifesteal is enough.
If you have lifesteal exclusively you can die if you miss targets with shard or your Oppressive Force damage was lamely nullified by others singu...
Maybe worth getting some lifesteal in the 1st case though.
HP is a better use of your enchantments slots. It gives better bang for your buck than defense. I have my defense enchantments split between HP and lifesteal. I like lifesteal because I mainly PvE and do high damage. Hitting any mob with shard of avalanche, sudden storm, or oppressive force can take my health from near death to full. Combined with my high health (~28k) lifesteal makes me pretty tough to kill. Well, for a CW anyway. No matter what we do we're still going to be squishy compared to every other class.
Back to nuclear dps, hope, and lifesteal.
They were 2 shotting me before I upped my defence, so no real win involved.
Next burning question for the day:
Thinking of losing 200pts of arpen in exchange for 185 lifesteal, 80 tenacity, and 120 power. I've read in an old thread (nov 2013) that arpen doesn't effect shard, coi, as, ik, or of. In my rotation only cs and ts would benefit from that 200arpen, so I'm kinda pff... screw arpen.
The difference would probably be about 2% damage on cs and ts, and in return maybe a few points extra damage from pow, and an increased lifespan in battle.
Whaddya think..?
Seems like a no-brainer to me. Unless you already have oodles of lifesteal, it's always good to have more, and as you noted: arpen is of limited use anyway,
Nightmares on my CW.. its funny before I rolled one , I just did this on my DC, never even thought about them honestly, or much of any of the mobs, I just buffed, debuffed, healed and damaged stuff. Stood around mostly...
Sometimes I do love my DC.
Aye, however, it'll take my arpen down to near non existant... I've only got about 8% defence ignored as it is, though I do have plague fire, which prolly maks up the difference, arpen wise.
Yep, the curse of the CW is that the better you get at dealing damage the more unpleasant trying to stay alive can be. I hate that every time I throw out a Daily it's like a giant neon arrow points at me from the sky with the words "COME BEAT THE TAR OUT OF THIS ONE" on top of it. I know if Oppressive Force doesn't kill the blademasters I better get the shift key ready for a workout and be ready to use potions and my crystal raven artifact.
I just started playing a GWF as a second character and am just stunned by how easy it is to stay alive. Unstoppable, for the win! It's a nice change of pace to getting clubbed like a baby seal on my CW.