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Which PVP artifact (banner) is any good?

vadimt83vadimt83 Member Posts: 259 Arc User
in The Wilds
I finally unlocked the artifact seal in the PVP campaign (yay). But all the 3 artifacts don't look very appealing, considering mod 6 situation.
Vanguard has a nice active but I'm already using wheel of elements for that. And the stats on all 3 of them are inferior compared to what I have equipped - the wheel(not changing, active), horn of losmouth (not changing, set), lantern and tiamats orb.
I'm actually considering getting the tactician just to use it as a feeder for my horn.

any suggestions?
thanks

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  • lirithiellirithiel Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    Imo Vanguard's Banner is one of the best on-use artifacts for party buffs in the game. Power/HP/Lifesteal are also good stats. I have one on each of my 2 HRs. I use Defender's Banner for RP to feed into my other Stability artifacts. Tactician's Banner just sux and the fact that I need to complete the majority of the IWD pvp tasks means I'll likely never get it anyway, even for refining.

    You should be aware by now that both WoE and the Lostmauth set will be nerfed in time. Once Cryptic reckon they have made enough money off the people who bought RP to level those artifacts to Mythic the nerf-hammer will drop.
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  • bwowmpbwowmp Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 81 Arc User
    lirithiel wrote: »
    Imo Vanguard's Banner is one of the best on-use artifacts for party buffs in the game. Power/HP/Lifesteal are also good stats. I have one on each of my 2 HRs. I use Defender's Banner for RP to feed into my other Stability artifacts. Tactician's Banner just sux and the fact that I need to complete the majority of the IWD pvp tasks means I'll likely never get it anyway, even for refining.

    You should be aware by now that both WoE and the Lostmauth set will be nerfed in time. Once Cryptic reckon they have made enough money off the people who bought RP to level those artifacts to Mythic the nerf-hammer will drop.

    Agree with liritihiel...I have the Vanguard as well. I pop it frequently in PvP matches and Herald runs. Hate to just repeat what's already been said, but the beneift of both the party buffs and the artifact stats seems a good deal better than the other options.

    Of course, this is totally a matter of opinion, but there's mine.
  • vadimt83vadimt83 Member Posts: 259 Arc User
    I guess I'll hold on the seal and wait till they nerf something. Funny but that's how this game is.
    I don't want to replace my WoE with anything at least at this point.
  • feanor70118feanor70118 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,170 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    The one and only use for the artifact seals is to use glory to buy artifacts, fill them to lvl 59 and feed them to other artifacts to get the 5x refinement bonus. Just spend your seals on the artifat of stability and artifact of unity - in other words don't get the Vanguard Banner because you can already buy an artifact of power (bloodcrystal raven skull) for 24k glory. Playing a trapper, I have tried to max my crit and control, so I'm running with a lantern, wizard sigil, Horn of Lostmauth (and the rest of the set) and (as soon as I've refined it to level 139 - should take about a week) Shard of Valindra's Crown. The Shard is expensive but it gives you power, lifesteal and a control bonus. The lantern and Shard are both power artifacts and therefore less expensive to refine since you can do it with raven skulls.
    The lantern is the only one I refined to lvl 140 since popping it once a minute against TRs in pvp is essential.
  • lirithiellirithiel Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    Once you have the four artifacts you want, sure but if you wanted the Vanguard's Banner (which also has good stats and amazing party buff) then you want to use the seals on that. As all my artifacts of Power are maxxed out I buy the Defender's Banner to upgrade my artifacts of Stability.
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  • kweassakweassa Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    IMO, of the three, the one that actually helps directly in combat is Tactician's. I find it the best use in terms of combat.

    The speed buff combined with the HR's natural speed buffs allow it to move around at speeds slightly slower than the default GWF sprint speed, so against melee-based mobs/players it allows extreme mobility within that effect radius.

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  • jonkocajonkoca Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,586 Arc User
    Vanguards. Without doubt. However, leave it at orange for now, mythic is bugged - only buffs to 500.
    No idea what my toon is now.
  • lirithiellirithiel Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    jonkoca said:

    Vanguards. Without doubt. However, leave it at orange for now, mythic is bugged - only buffs to 500.

    Dangnabbit. I've had mine at Mythic for months now without knowing about the bug. Oh well, not much can be done aboot that now.
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