CW and General help for a newbie?

steveyyy · August 2016

Hey guys! I've got a few questions i can't seem to find answers for elsewhere (my google-fu has failed me

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I've just reached level 70 and I'm on the last quest to get my artifact wespon from the EE campaign, where should i go after that?

Where's the best way to farm seals of elements? Ive done both of the level 70 skirms at 1700 IL and it seemed like i did next to no damage -_-

How do you heal efficiently in both pvp and pve as a control wizard? This is one of my biggest problems right now

What IL would you guys recommend i start pvp at after 70? Im mainly a pvper in MMOs but i dont want to go in and just be fodder for people that are glowing,taking no damage and wrecking people in 3 hits -_-

Thank you for any advice/help you can give is sincerely appreciated! Thankyou and hope to be on the pvp battlefield soon!!

mebengalsfan · August 2016

Find a build on MMOMinds.com website. Respect your character if needed as you maybe using a build that is ineffective and that is where you are failing.

Other things to consider, enchantments, boons, etc....All of these things impact your character, so work towards completing them to make your character stronger.

As for areas to complete after EE...

Kessell Epic Dungeon, Sharundar and Dread Ring are areas to work on after completing EE campaign. I would also recommend picking up the Burning Weapon after completing EE campaign. The artifact weapon and off hand weapons in EE are only IL 115 but the Burning is 120 and burning can result in you getting AP filled up quicker.

Best of luck!

steveyyy · August 2016

Thanks for the reply! Ive since started on sharandar and dread ring so hopefully will start getting boons from them soon! As for the weapons do you mean the weapons you get from completing EE and getting to level 70? I have those and was wondering where i can get the marks to upgrade them aswell as my artifacts? I tried kessels retreat and got one shot a few times -_- i don't see how I'm going to be able to complete that dungeon atall

the dungeons/epics just feel far too hard for fresh 70s that dont know what they're doing. Bet i could solo the dungeons if i paid though am i right? xD

kali · August 2016

> @steveyyy#6265 said:
> Hey guys! I've got a few questions i can't seem to find answers for elsewhere (my google-fu has failed me :( )
>
> I've just reached level 70 and I'm on the last quest to get my artifact wespon from the EE campaign, where should i go after that?
>
> Where's the best way to farm seals of elements? Ive done both of the level 70 skirms at 1700 IL and it seemed like i did next to no damage -_-
>
> How do you heal efficiently in both pvp and pve as a control wizard? This is one of my biggest problems right now :/

I'll second the other posters advice but also add specifically

here is a build I like www.dailiesanddungeonsguild.com/#!ironzerg/c14tw

couple more ideas
- stack power and crit
- put life steal (dark enchantments) in all your defense spots

With the renegade storm mage your high dps + chaos magic you should have good self heal. Then the following makes good self heal even better

- Get the right insignias on your mounts (Barbarians Revelry is awesome for self healing, so is protectors camaraderie with three bonding big bonding stones )

armadeonx · August 2016

Renegade SS is relatively low in dps compared to Thaum SS. If you go that route you should add enough points in Oppressor to open up Icy Veins, it adds 5 stacks of chill to nearby enemies whenever you use an encounter - that freezes up most enemies almost immediately.

Put Dark enchantments in your Defence slots - higher the better so you're relying on lifesteal to keep you alive and choose lifesteal on boons whenever you get the chance - for now also have one piece of dusk so you self-heal when soloing.

Make your your Resistance Ignored is high enough - it's the most common mistake for new players. There are other threads on the subject on this board.

steveyyy · August 2016

So I've just got to IL 2000 and all your help has helped me a lot! Im currently using a cross between alliance and grim pvp gear, ive also got my self a few boons and always top DPS charts in dungeons. Also is life steal better than defence for a cw in pvp? I thought you had to have a lot of it for it to be worth it

or is defence a bad stat to stack into with defense slots? Ive been putting radiants in offense and azures in defense slots for now. My last question is about T2 dungeons, they're currently bugged so you cant see the red markers when bosses aee doing powerful attacks, what else can i do to progress my gear level and or gain protectors seals and better rings ? Thanks dor all your help guys!

armadeonx · August 2016

Well the big issue there is that pvp and pve require very different set-ups. The thing with defence is that due to the CWs low Armor Class (AC) it starts at a very low defence stat - to reflect the fact the character is wearing cloth. If your Damage Reduction (DR) % is below the Resistance Ignored (RI) of your opponent then it mitigates absolutely nothing - i.e. it's pointless, and whilst NPCs will have an RI of between zero to 15%, players aim for 60%. (more for serious pvp players)

This means that to have an effective defence stat in pvp you'll need to get your DR over 60%. To my mind the best approach for a CW is to use shield on 'tab' or Mastery to negate 4 hits, go with Elven armor enchantment to negate being controlled, get Tenacity as high as possible to generally reduce incoming damage and go with very high lifesteal so you always have incoming health.

The purpose of the Elven is that of course, if you can't attack due to control, then you can't self-heal - you just stand still and die.

In PvE you don't have to worry so much. Just get your DR to over 15% and then go full life-steal. As a CW you need to have 5 points in Spell Twisting (Thaum Feat) so your encounters recharge faster also stack Crit - couple this with a higher level Dread weapon enchantment for an extra 75% crit severity. Lifesteal gives you 100% of your dps back as health so obviously bigger hits means more lifesteal - more if you take the lifesteal severity boons.

As a goal (prob months away) you need to aim for over 20% lifesteal chance & over 55% crit chance. The lifesteal will become more available as guilds open this as a boon option.

A final point of note is if you're going to play both pvp and pve you need to have 2 sets of armor. Pve armor is offensive & pvp is defensive. If you run pve in pvp gear you will find yourself sliding down the paingiver chart as others get better geared. Look to completing Ice WInd Dale and upgrading the forge to r5 - if you're unable to get into a guild running Dragonflight then you can get Drow gear and upgrade it - check the collections window to see how this changes the stats on the Drow gear, they become much better.

armadeonx · August 2016

Re protector seals, I hope that 'red zone' bug is fixed soon as there's not a lot else you can do other that run ETOS numerous times. You'll need a good tank to help keep you alive, you may even want to consider running a defensive group setup - i.e. taking a GF, Pally AND DC plus 2 DPS. The pally can absorb most of the damage, the GF will hold aggro & can further reduce damage plus buff the DPS. The DC (depending on build) can heal & do a little de/buff or vice versa.

The de/buffing will make it easier for the 2 DPS to kill things, especially the boss.

For rings, at the moment you should be working hard at the Jewellery Crafting profession with the goal of getting 2x Gemmed Exquisite Rings of Piercing +6. Two of these will boost your power & armor pen by 792 points - you can also put them on your companion if you're still light on RI.

Once your RI is at 60% and you're able to level up artifacts etc to gain even more, you can farm the Thrones skirmish and eventually edemo for rank 4 or 5 rings for power and/or crit - don't bother with anything else, those are the stats you need and they need to be double slotted.

Regarding weapons, if you are still using the free Elemental Fire weapons you really need to (immediately) go back to Drowned Shore and farm yourself a set of water weapons.

These have the same stats as Twisted but with a different set bonus - these ones will heal you for 30 secs out of 60. The Twisted set bonus is better for DPS but you need to be over 2.5k just to get in - and you'll need keys for the chest.

steveyyy · August 2016

Thankyou for taking the time to write all of that i appreciate it! Ive reached my cap for demonic ichor this week unfortunately so i cant get anymore drow gear unless i fknd a way to make more AD

How do i go about doing that? Ill start levelling my jewelcraftong right now what level do i need to make those rings and are the required materials expensive? So i need to spam runs of temple of the spider and get seals? Will definitely try that out! Im going to switch all of my radiants to darks for my defense slots so hopefully that will work. In pvp i always use shield its an awesome abilitity and ill look into getting an elven enchant, is that a regular sefense slot enchant oe an armor enchant? Atm im using the egation armor enchant lol ive heard farming for drowned weapons is a pain also haha however i will certainly try it! What gear am i working towards for pve? The t2 elven set you get for protectors seals?

armadeonx · August 2016

You want to look at the different armor types in the Collections window and work out which ones give you the best overall offensive stats. The thing to remember with Drow is that it only offers one set of stats per piece but once you get your forge to rank 5 you're able to upgrade it (and dragonflight) to Elemental. For Drow this opens up another set of stats that are generally better for offence.

Ranking the forge to 5 takes 15 unified elements - if they are cheap atm you should stock up now as they won't be for long - you'll need another 9 for your gear if you do all 4 pieces.

Check out this link for info on what you need for those rings - it's a multi-stage thing and one stage is a 'rare task' with a 60% success chance at best (if you have purple tools).

Elven is an armor enchantment not a regular one - they are very useful in pvp but not so much in pve. Keep the negation, if you do start running with 2 sets of armor you'll find the negation better for pve.

CW and General help for a newbie?

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