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Poll: Best Artifact Cloak variant for SW
shadevp
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Hi fellow warlocks,
I wonder what would you name the best artifact cloak choice for a SW (provided the set bonus is not needed - legendary Constitution belt is in place).
If not difficult, give your comments on why you believe the one is the best.
Thanks everyone in advance.
I wonder what would you name the best artifact cloak choice for a SW (provided the set bonus is not needed - legendary Constitution belt is in place).
If not difficult, give your comments on why you believe the one is the best.
Thanks everyone in advance.
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you may want to wear an imperial one.
What a way to enter your suggestion, seems like someone has a sore butt.
I cant recall what the stats were, but i think i liked both the Black ice and the Dragon Cloak to go with CON belt.
the buggest ones are CW, spamming storm pillar with that cloak refills you AP again
Thank you for the response. Is SW OK in PvE without additional DR?
Right now I am finishing leveling a SW (55 lv) and though I have damage enough I sometimes feel squishy (even with the relatively high HP pool).
So if u are unable to get enough defense, which really isnt hard depending on the gear u choose, the extra AC is only a helpful thing.
But! Please remember, More Daily = More Brood = More guaranteed Kills
Rebuke -> Brood -> Curse+Bargain -> Harrowstorm -> Killing Flames. this will kill 90% of the people you run into when solo queue pvp. This will not work on the extremely high end Pay2Winners but to beat them it is best you learn for yourself ;p
The point is that I am not interested in PvP at all. And in PvE more survivability is really a tempting option, though I quite agree that +AP gain is really an excellent bonus.
I built my Fury spec as a Tank DPS, and i still out dps 21k + pay 2 winners.
Could you explain a bit what do you mean by tank DPS in case of a SW?
Well i hold pretty much all the aggro unless im with a good GF. even with a good GF I can still pull aggro and get myself killed if I were playing a cookie cutter SW build.
So i stack HP, lightly stack Def and Life steal and some regen. I also stack Incoming Healing, combat advantage bonus and crit % up to 40%.
With 38k HP in my PVE set, im at something like 2k Def, 1.8k Lifesteal (been lowering it as i gain more Power/HP) I fight in Melee Range with Warlocks Bargain, Blades of Vanquished Armies and Dreadtheft to make 100% usage of my Creeping Death damage. Hellish rebuke and Warlocks Bargain allow me to deal more damage and heal myself more often by taking Damage, and Hand of Bligh in melee range provides fast AP gain, Damage Debuffs, and lets face it, pretty nice DPS.
So i tested this build for a month before deciding on it for the live server, and I don't regret it. there isn't a boss I cant face tank not includign Tiamat, and the recent changes to Well of Dragons, I cant solo the dragons fast enough any more =(
and then when im bored of being the top dps in dungeons, I change my abilities a little bit and then kick some *** in pve where i have 3 specific playstyles, and 2 gear sets to utilize depending on my enemies quality and teamwork.
1. 38k HP - does it mean that you are slotting rads in all defense slots? If yes, how the over 2k defense is achieved?
2. Blades of VA - is it really that good to be used constantly. I found it rather disappointing from the damage point of view. Am I missing smth?
3. About the Hand of the Blight - I also quite liked this At Will (Hellish Rebuke is OK but for me it is too slow to allocate (especially on multiple targets - may be it's just an impression after my DC (Brand of the Sun is way faster))). I am now thinking about the Main Hand artifact and (off topic though it is but) could you recommend the Hand of Blight one or the Hellish Rebuke? Both seem appealing, but...
well i have all boons unlocked (not the 6th and 7th from tiamat though)
I use Golden Dragons Pride at legendary (Thank you 2 x RP weekend!) and recently added COn Belt at only rank 44 (replaced the IWD belt with HP).
Defense Slots are mostly HP, a friend who quit the game gave me a rank 10 radiant so i have that in my Pants ;p
Blades of Vanquished, ive just always loved this ability. It procs creeping death and does lots of fast damage. it makes things pretty easy for me, run into the center of a group of mobs, vanquishes armies and a few curses and everythings dead.
I liek to use it vs dragons and bosses too, because its fast damage that procs more Creepign death. also when my cooldowns are down, I can hit my Blades, then reapply Curse, Hellish Rebuke, and get in a good 4 or 5 Hand of BLights at melee range before my Warlocks Bargain and Dreadtheft are ready to go.
I went with Golden Dragons Pride for hte hP and the fact that I use Hand of LBight so much i felt like it was the best choice.
I love Hellish rebuke but i wont ever be able to lvl a second arty weapon to even a ttept to play with it
It's what I use, and honestly I do not regret the decision.
The lack of DR can easily be circumvented by an adjustment of playstyle.
I've only got 24k HP in PvE and I can safely say I almost never die.
The key is to adjust to never standing still.
Constantly keep on the move.
You don't even have to use your shift mechanic.
You should easily be able to casually jog out of most attacks with little worry.
It just takes time to get use to.
But once you do, you won't even need the extra DR.
And the extra Tyrannical Threat casts are well worth it.