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Grasping Roots and Control Bonus

kaiserschmarrnkaiserschmarrn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 390
edited August 2014 in The Wilds
Has anyone tried the +control bonus companions and artifacts in combination with a trapper ranger ? Does the bonus from them apply to these skills ?
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  • krolk8888krolk8888 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    It does,as its the same control bonus that is granted by trapper's capstone and the capstone does work on grasping roots,so no need to test it.

    Companions control bonus is inactive in pvp though so keep it in mind.
  • kaiserschmarrnkaiserschmarrn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 390
    edited August 2014
    krolk8888 wrote: »
    It does,as its the same control bonus that is granted by trapper's capstone and the capstone does work on grasping roots,so no need to test it.

    Companions control bonus is inactive in pvp though so keep it in mind.

    Thanks. I want to build a Ranger alt centered around all the Grasping Roots CC skills with Thorned Roots for damage and all the +control items/companions will be essential to this build.

    However - no testing necessary is a bit optimistic and I need to be 100% sure before I bind several artifacts and companions to the character. In the past there often were issues with mechanics which "should" work.
  • aderonzaderonz Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    as a trapper PVE wise , you will not realy need any control bonus, with the cooldown reduction feat you should be able to keep a group of monsters rooted with constricted arrow + Hindering strike, a bit of recovery might help a bit and the dot is nice.My dps in skirmishes (dread legion and master of the hunt) actualy went from 800k as combat HR before Mod4 to more than 1,5M as a trapper now.

    Pvp wise , Thorned roots seems useless vs players , not only it rarely roots someone for at most 1 second but the dot is laughable at since it scales on weapon damage not power. But i am not experienced and only has 12.5 k gs, maybe i'm doing it wrong.
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