Protectors in PvP

I say they are one of the top 4 pvpers.

We are all currently very low lvl, 29 is just the very very beginning. But at that early stage, Protector is the King of the Hill in 1vs1 duels.

And protector dmg low? Lol, have you tried the other classes? Only Warrior can outdamage us.

I do same (or more even) dmg as my mage, but I have twice the hp and twice the def. Oh, and more stuns. And invincibility skill.


But pvp doesnt start til lvl 30, so everything we know about duels right now is redundant since other classes get some quite good skills later on.


My guess on the subject though, is that Protectors going the Outer Crust tree will be quite decent in PvP because of another stun skill.

trevtimusprime wrote: »

Protectors actually suck 1v1 @ duels against warriors vamps and Priests.

So I really have no idea what in gods name you're talking about. My Priest just destroys other protectors in duels so far, and feel free to duel me to prove me wrong.


Protectors have ONE high damaging skill, Force or Fury, that's it. And it's not very spammable with a 15 sec cooldown, however Protectors pvp use is more so for the stunning than for dmg. So why would we have tons of damaging skills?

Never really had much trouble against Warriors.

:O

ihazcookies wrote: »

Yep, only thing protectors have a problem with right now 1 vs 1 is priest and vamp, just as every class does, because healing > everything in low lvl pvp.

1v1's suck tho because everyone will be in parties late game, its highly annoying to be any melee in pking T.T

x35ttul3 wrote: »

I don't know about you, currently with the lvl 29 cap, i can kill anyone besides a well geared, intelligent priest in a 1v1

I will bet we have a few people in RQ who could drop you, well geared ofc.

I being one of them as a priest, with nearly 6.5k hp

trevtimusprime wrote: »

IIRC, Counterstrike, actually increase def by a certain amount and also DECREASES your attack by the same given amount. It's a decent skill but more pve applicable.

Now force of fury on the other hand, with the talent points put into it **** and does so much dmg. I crit on a mob for 8k with it and a person for 2.2k

Protector has 2 good stuns, which is their 5 seconds ranged racial, and their force of fury which is 3 seconds. The later only has a 50% chance to proc but it's still quite useful if nothing else for the massive dmg.


We also get an 8 second invincibility skill.


We do overall lack in actual attack, but if you spec correctly, your dmg is very good and attack Protector is one of the best pvp classes.

Just want to mention, if you get the right talents Counter Strike can become BEASTLY, and will be quite useful in PvP.

Also, FoF's stun chance goes up by 5% for each fury point you have.

Now with lvl 30 pets Priests are a bit easier than before since everyone else got more dps now. Priests are a bish in DUELS cause ppl play "fair". But i pvp all goes including rare magic food and best crafted pots. And pets of course. And soon cash shop pots to boost


But to give a summarized answer the the question, protectors do ok in pvp

We hit slow, but hard. Cooldown isnt an issue, it's quite fast. But I dont like the casting time. Many skills with 2s casting time. Feels like playing a giant person with a hammer clubbering stuff.. oh wait, we are.


When I pvp with my Protector, the ones I think twice before engaging 1v1 are priests and other Protectors. The rest I just charge and usually win
(ok, a lie, i dont think when i pvp, i just bash whatever my TAB hits. Real life frenzy rofl)

We Protectors are pretty good in PvP at this level, so far i can win just about every fight IF i have my cool downs. (Earth Fury and Rocky Protection)


But without those skills battles are tougher, my main tactic is to stun them and pick up the orbs, after that people don't last very long because of the stuns and massive burst damage our skills do.

vratar wrote: »

ok, about that orbs... so look at this situation: u are in fight (lol everthing is burning, your heart will explode) and then u stun opponent and run to collect that stuff... -.- i mean WTF, will it make fight less intresting?? i dont know how that look, but... can smoe1 tell me who exp it on CS

I was talking about One on One PvP then.

In mass PvP i just collect orbs and kill, luckily as a tanking class we are usually the last to be targeted.

Im really curious about protectors being able to rambo in pvp. With all thier decent attacks and high def buffs will they be able to take on one after the other or even multi targets teh same lvl in pvp?

rqconvulsion wrote: »

I say they are one of the top 4 pvpers.

=P This game has what....

bard
assassin
mage
warrior
protector
vampire
priest
classes

so being in the top 4..... is that monumental?

Tank-pvping is a style, it works but you've really got to know how to do it. You can't just charge in, throw the same 5 button combo, completely unresponsive to what your enemy does, and walk away with your enemy dead. You need to know what your enemy is capable of and know how to react, it's skill and experience. What really gets you the advantage and time to do this is your endurance. I've done it in WoW, the idea is pwn the $hit out of your target by doing what you do best, which is shrug off dmg and harass the enemy with situational abilities. The low dmg just slows the whole engagement down, so if you're lacking in anything it's the ability to kill a target before your target gets help (in a team pvp situation).

I personally don't see much of a difference PvP wise between outer-crust and protect. With Red hands, either protector be devastating in PvP.