holy avenger for castle ravenloft?

thefiresidecat · September 2018

so I had an instance where someone called out double dreads and it made me think I should have a second enchant so looking thru I saw the holy avenger offered some pretty decent damage resistance so I bought one. I'm thinking that might have been a stupid move.. but was it? the stupid part is I didn't realize that this is/was considered bis for gwf and now with the new prominence hitting prices will probably plummet on it. lol I shouldn't have bought it on whim.

rjc9000 · September 2018

thefiresidecat said:
so I had an instance where someone called out double dreads

Why is this a problem?

The regular Dread debuff will not stack, but the debuff from Critical hits will stack.

And if you're running DPS DO alongside Trapper HR/Soulbinder SW/gimmick GWF/3 (4) hit GF ... all of these setups run Dread for the encounter power Critical Severity rather than the debuff.

thefiresidecat said:
holy avenger offered some pretty decent damage resistance so I bought one.

Not that great compared to Shepherd's and/or Hallowed Ground, with the bonus being:

20% dr * (1-your dr).

(DR bonus formula found by Sharpedgelord)

thefiresidecat said:
I'm thinking that might have been a stupid move.. but was it?

Yes.

thefiresidecat said:
the stupid part is I didn't realize that this is/was considered bis for gwf and now with the new prominence hitting prices will probably plummet on it. lol I shouldn't have bought it on whim.

You probably should not have.

thefiresidecat · September 2018

rjc9000 said:

thefiresidecat said:
so I had an instance where someone called out double dreads
Why is this a problem?

The regular Dread debuff will not stack, but the debuff from Critical hits will stack.

And if you're running DPS DO alongside Trapper HR/Soulbinder SW/gimmick GWF/3 (4) hit GF ... all of these setups run Dread for the encounter power Critical Severity rather than the debuff.
thefiresidecat said:
holy avenger offered some pretty decent damage resistance so I bought one.
Not that great compared to Shepherd's and/or Hallowed Ground, with the bonus being:

20% dr * (1-your dr).

(DR bonus formula found by Sharpedgelord)
thefiresidecat said:
I'm thinking that might have been a stupid move.. but was it?
Yes.
thefiresidecat said:
the stupid part is I didn't realize that this is/was considered bis for gwf and now with the new prominence hitting prices will probably plummet on it. lol I shouldn't have bought it on whim.
You probably should not have.

Doh! ah well. I'll see if I can sell it quick for basically the same I paid for it. I didn't really think thru the dread someoen else changed because of mine. so I was like oh noes! I hadn't been checking that.

vorphied · September 2018

Not to mention that HA’s defensive proc has downtime and isn’t guaranteed to be active when you might most benefit from it.

thefiresidecat · September 2018

hah! I made 50k on it so win

mebengalsfan · September 2018

I use a terror or dread, mostly stick with a terror as rarely do I see other players using one.

rapo973 · September 2018

I met some DCs slotting the HA. I'm too lazy to investigate why (but I don't expect a great answer...).
I have U-Frost, U-Plaguefire, U-Terror and a T-Bronzewood: curiosity is killing me.

vorphied · September 2018

rapo973 said:
I met some DCs slotting the HA. I'm too lazy to investigate why (but I don't expect a great answer...).
I have U-Frost, U-Plaguefire, U-Terror and a T-Bronzewood: curiosity is killing me.

There isn't a great answer for "why HA?"

The answer is typically that they thought it looked cool or that it must be a good choice for DC since it has a defensive proc, and a lot of players seem to view their DCs as primary healers, evidence to the contrary.

holy avenger for castle ravenloft?

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