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Control Wizard as Striker viable?
zeruin
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So... Is it viable to play CW as a primary striker in end game Epic Dungeons? I'm only level 40, and everything has been a cake walk so far. I'm always getting the most damage in dungeons and skirmishes, most of the time by fairly substantial amounts. I've decided to focus on solely AoE skills and it's working out pretty well for me, even with the Elites mobs after the trash has been cleared out.
The only problem I can foresee with playing CW in this way, is that may offer slightly less group synergy than alternative builds.. I'm leaning towards Thaumaturge vs Renegade because I rarely have to stop between Encounters to cast Magic Missle, and Thaumaturge seems to offer some good damage enhancements and debuffs to my primary encounters.
By focusing on max damage through feated AoE spells the CW, my goal is to play the Striker role through clearing up all the trash mobs quickly and effectively so that we can focus down the Elite monsters with fewer distractions. It also makes for extremely easy solo play, as my Spell Mastery Chill Strike seems to 1 shot most trash packs of mobs.
Thus far, for encounters I've decided on Spell Mastery Chill Strike, Conduit of Ice, Sudden Storm, and Shield. Shield seems to do an impressive amount of damage when I trigger it and offers the utility of an AoE knockback, but I think I'm likely going to swap it for Steal Time if it proves to be as awesome as everyone as says.
So yea, I know we're not all level 60 yet, but how do you guys think this will all play out? Would you mind being group with a CW that could consistently top the damage leader boards, even if it came from mostly AoE damage?
The only problem I can foresee with playing CW in this way, is that may offer slightly less group synergy than alternative builds.. I'm leaning towards Thaumaturge vs Renegade because I rarely have to stop between Encounters to cast Magic Missle, and Thaumaturge seems to offer some good damage enhancements and debuffs to my primary encounters.
By focusing on max damage through feated AoE spells the CW, my goal is to play the Striker role through clearing up all the trash mobs quickly and effectively so that we can focus down the Elite monsters with fewer distractions. It also makes for extremely easy solo play, as my Spell Mastery Chill Strike seems to 1 shot most trash packs of mobs.
Thus far, for encounters I've decided on Spell Mastery Chill Strike, Conduit of Ice, Sudden Storm, and Shield. Shield seems to do an impressive amount of damage when I trigger it and offers the utility of an AoE knockback, but I think I'm likely going to swap it for Steal Time if it proves to be as awesome as everyone as says.
So yea, I know we're not all level 60 yet, but how do you guys think this will all play out? Would you mind being group with a CW that could consistently top the damage leader boards, even if it came from mostly AoE damage?
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However, avoid knockback abilities unless you are the only one dealing with ads (which you never should be, same for cleric). The cleric may put down a flaming strike or daunting light or the rogue would be trying to gib that elite and you just sent it flying to gawd knows where. Not cool.
Steal Time is awesome.
I'd welcome you! Just please don't die twice in a row to red circles, pretty please? :P
I wonder though if the control you're giving up really gives you that much more hitting power. For example chill strike slotted in tab will kill weak packs for me too, and I'm a 49 renegade.
In dungeons I roll chill strike / alter time / sudden storm / conduit of ice. I use the 15% aoe passive, have 4-6% aoe damage + from heroic feats, and then the 20% frost buff to those not affected by chill. Haven't lost the damage meter race yet. There are solo times where more control helps so switching things around is a good idea.
Current lvl is 46 so this isn't an endgame discussion.
Snap Freeze is the Paragon Feat that gives you up to 20% damage on your Cold Powers on targets that aren't affected by Chill, which would seem to work awesome with Chill Strike and even Conduit of Ice, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working as intended. I've sent out a bug report and posted on the Bugs discussion forum. I tested it out multiple times on the same monster and the training dummies and measured specifically looked for the max damage done, ignoring crits and combat advantage. Then I pumped all 5 points into Snap Freeze and saw NO increase to my damage done.
I'm bummed that it's not working the way it should, but hopefully they will address this sooner than later.