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santralafax
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I could use some help picking a new companion. I think I'd like to get a debuff and run it up to legendary, replacing my current legendary. What would make the best choice for a GF? I know the Sellsword is very common right now, and have heard good things about Rust Monster. I'd like it to be something I wouldn't mind running summoned. Thanks for any help!
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I am Took.
"Full plate and packing steel" in NW since 2013.
For the former, Dancing Shield is the best there is for a GF, followed by the sword trio, Ambush Drake, and Harper Bard.
I doubt anybody specifically looks for the latter, but the Dedicated Squire and Rust Monster are good for that purpose.
Because Dancing Shield practically rekts the Rust Monster's summoned damage increasing debuff.
Dancing Shield works all teams, regardless of how good your team is at applying debuffs. Rust Monster's summoned damage increasing debuff can be rendered useless due to the debuff cap.
Rust monster is better for a more defensive focused GF, whereas the Dancing Shield is better for a more offensive focused GF.
Orange Dancing Shield as my main (debuff)
Purple Rust Monster (debuff)
Purple Chicken (debuff)
Purple (duh!) Energon (+HP)
Last spot is reserved for Air Archon used for DPS. I'm too lazy to swap it out for another comp and removing this one makes him loose his gear which is a pure (insert bad word here) thing all the way !
Thought about swapping the Energon for yet another debuff comp, but for now, I'm happy with 10k HP.
A proud member of "mythical horde of DPS GFs"
1). Is SW more dps or tank based?
2). Yes. I am panzer!
3). Get ACT if you want to celebrate your epeen.
4). Horniness will not stand between me and what I believe - "MM"
I like mine because it fits the theme
A proud member of "mythical horde of DPS GFs"
1). Is SW more dps or tank based?
2). Yes. I am panzer!
3). Get ACT if you want to celebrate your epeen.
4). Horniness will not stand between me and what I believe - "MM"
I also run Energon, Frozen Galeb Duhr and Air Archon. I perhaps made Sellsword orange too quickly, so I'm still using her, though not summoned. Would love a Siege Master if I just had a sixth slot.
My GF is the Jack-of-all-trades variety. Can't seem to give up DPS, but keeping a solid DR for tanking.
I do believe it's shown as "WEAK" when it's applied upon hitting the enemy.
As for the Rust Monster and Chicken companions, they do not need to be summoned to apply the debuff.
A proud member of "mythical horde of DPS GFs"
1). Is SW more dps or tank based?
2). Yes. I am panzer!
3). Get ACT if you want to celebrate your epeen.
4). Horniness will not stand between me and what I believe - "MM"
Harper Bard(legendary)
Bear Cub(purple)
Rust Monster(purple)
Chicken(purple)
Trying to figure out the 5th. Maybe Dread Warrior for the threat, but I read something about black ice prospector actually giving you threat, so would he be better than dread warrior? Don't really see another debuff companion if I keep Harper Bard as active. Would it be worth getting dancing shield and keeping him active over harper bard? Also saw jagged dancing sword? Wasn't sure if it was actually worth building up. Or Energon for HP? Have Blacksmith, but don't think he's very good due to cap. Have Yeti also, but he'll be for my DPS crew.
Yeti is broken (as mentioned) and doesn't give damage bonus.
Jagged dancing sword is junk because the active debuff only applies to the companion (and not you)
For a 5th I'd probably decide based on what you need. You could add an archon if you want an easier time soloing. Energon is probably best defensive choice. Sylph or Will 'o Wisp for control resistance can be helpful. Or sprites for action points if you could use more dailies.
Elemental Air Cultist: A damage debuff comp like Rust Monster or Chicken.
Slyph: +50% CC resist, very useful if you find yourself getting backed into CC effects.
As others have said, the Harper Bard isn't "amazing", but I can tolerate it on the basis of being team oriented and having respectable slots.
The idea of using a chicken on a GF is to reduce enemy damage so you/your teammates survive. This will only occur at low health and isn't that great for GFs who are able to keep their HP topped off, but it's not like much else will help a GF in personal/team survival (yeah, I totally need that Skeletal Dog and its barely 1% Lifesteal increase! /sarcasm).
Paranoid Delusion puts a nice exclamation-point onto anyone trying to max CC-triggered damage (crushing pin, trample the fallen, battle trample, Cockatrice, etc.).
http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Paranoid_Delusion
Just hate all the "only one way, all the rest objectively suck" cookie cutter assumptions.
Completely fine to pick a companion that matches your playstyle, even if it isn't BiS or the FotM.
I am Took.
"Full plate and packing steel" in NW since 2013.
Also Iron Guard!
I had a link on my phone; trying to find it on the pc now. The quote from a Redditor is as follows:
If it was, say, 25% for 5 seconds, that's a different story...
> Welp. looks like the Yeti is getting a fix when 11b drops on consoles.
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> Also Iron Guard!
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> I had a link on my phone; trying to find it on the pc now. The quote from a Redditor is as follows: Classes and Balance Guardian Fighter: Iron Guard: This feat's effects now properly provide 5% reduced damage per stack, rather than 5% reduced damage regardless of stacks.
Testing to confirm Iron Guard fix at this moment.
"Suddenly, two glowing eyes blaze from the darkness inside the spiked turtle shell..."
I am Took.
"Full plate and packing steel" in NW since 2013.
Black Dragon Ioun Stone is nice for 10% crit increase, Augments can't be stomped in oPvP, 3 ring slots, easy to gear, also always comes at Epic rank.
I like Rust Monster personally, Damage Debuff 8% and a Debuff 5% which has a 30 second uptime regardless of whether it is killed or not. It's active is total trash, even with KV you will rarely see 2 let alone 3 stacks.
Dedicated Squire: His Cleansing Touch is completely broken, Smite has 100% uptime.
Air Cultist, as summoned, will pull Powries from WoD given the chance, it's AoEs look great but they are bloody massive.
Yeti got nerfed so badly it's never going to be impressed ever again, wouldn't be surprised if it just disappears from your inventory and crawls back to it's cage in Caer Coenig.
Ioun Stone of Allure, the Slow active has NEVER worked, knowing Cryptic, Never will. (Can you say perma Crushing Pin?).
Slyph amazing pet, whether summond or not, poor man's Elven Battle Enchantment (once you've bought the pack that is), heard it's active is non functional in oPvP.
Preistess of Sehanine, can boost party members crit by up to 20% and debuffs enemey crit chance by 40%, useless if you are ranged as it's range is only 15 feet. Leader Pet though, boosts Recovery which is nice, 3 defense slots.
Purple Bulette pup is very nice, even just for active, at 200k hit points I heal roughly 9k Hit Points a tic and tics several times.