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daswooly
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Is there a preferred way to keep a 3 stack of HV up near 100% of the time vs. a single target? Curious how others do it if they can, and is it worth it slotting more control to keep the buff up for the party?
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Alternatively, if not in range for Steal Time, Chill Strike + Repel.
Chill Strike and Repel both have 7 second cooldowns and Chill strike on SM automaticly adds 3 stacks. after 3.5-4 seconds i use repel to refresh it. Whenever i have Oppresive force, i use it on boss to because it adds 4 more stacks of HV (3 max stacks + 4 from Oppresive = 7 stacks of HV, if you can keep it alive through next daily 7+4=11 HV stacks then 15 then 19).[This can go higher with avalancheshard, adding 1 charge each time it passes boss which i do not prefer to use it on draco]
Shield also adds/refreshes HV stacks and also saves you from hand dmg and i use it to refresh stacks sometimes when i missclicked or had to dodge and lost the last seconds of refresh together with casting time of the chillstrike.
Ray of Enfeeblement on tab for x2 stacks
CoI if you are Thaum spec for the debuff
Chill Strike because it adds 2 stacks, has a short cool down, plus it's the hardest hitting single target encounter.
Repel. Not for it's damage (which isn't bad) but for it's short cooldown. Adds one stack.
Like Kerrov said. All you need is Chill Strike and Repel to maintain stacks.
Start off with your chill strike and when there is 4 seconds left on it's CD, hit repel. When Chill Strike is up, hit it immediately. Repel should have 4 seconds left on it's CD. All you really need to do is make sure there is roughly 4 seconds left on each spell when you use the other. High Vizier stacks only last 6.
It's very simple once you get it down. Should only take you a minute or two to figure out.
Has any of this changed since the Feywild update and recent patches? Not sure if I'm doing things as effectively as I could be with my HV set. I'm using CoI on tab, Icy Terrain, Sudden Storm, Steal Time in most situations.
Single Target is CoI on tab, Chill Strike, icy rays, ray of enfeeblement.
Is that sufficient for maintaining stacks of HV? Has anything even changed since the Feywild & subsequent patches?
Thanks.
I personally dont use repel its a waste of slot imho, seal time is my choice here.
This thread http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?339781-High-Vizier-Set-BIS-Next-Patch/page7
seems out of date? Thanks in advance.
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Btw an amazing encounter design when the whole game is build around dodging red stuff!
+1 for correctness.
HV stacks very quickly so even if stacks fall off, they are back soon. It's not the end of the world :cool:
Well, if we will be really going for instant 3 HV stacks in an instant try using Entangling Force on mob groups. You gain +1350 def.
Although its seldom you see arcane builds with EF on tab after feywild.
You can go with Chill Strike on tab as others have said.
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repost soon - had incorrect info
Almost every single line in that post is incorrect.
The only change made to High Vizier debuffs on current live release shards, i.e. Dragon, Beholder and Mindflayer, is Icy Rays now applies ONE stack per enemy target in total.
Even the most ignorant of CW's would realise something seriously strange is going on when either Storm Spell or Ray of Enfeeblement (which is already a debuff) could EVER be considered a "Control Power"!
That's quite interesting since I just tested them maybe 3 hours ago on Live... Maybe I am mistaken and I will go over it again, thanks for pointing it out. I may have confused a debuff icon. I'll try it again soon and re-post.
An ignorant CW would not realize any thing because they are ignorant, just saying.
Edit: removed the info until I try them all again.
Thanks mate. I may have a bit of incorrect info there, though. I'll re-post again with the proper info once I sort it out.
Good luck on your FH runs :cool:
Encounters and dailies that I have tested on live and their interaction with the High Vizier's debuff:
Chill Strike - 2 stacks on the primary target.
Chill Strike Mastery - 3 stacks on the primary target and 1 stack on each additional target.
Icy Rays Mastery - 1 stack on the primary target, (requires double cast.)
Icy Terrain - 1 stack per cast on each target.
Repel - 1 stack on the primary target.
Repel Mastery - 1 stack on the primary target and 1 stack on each additional target.
Shield - 1 stack on each target affected.
Steal Time - 1 stack per tick on each target.
Arcane Singularity - No stacks.
Ice Knife - 3 stacks on the primary target.
Oppressive Force - 1 stack per tick on each target affected. (Can stack more than three times. Four stacks per full cast.)
Sorry for the confusion and as always feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Source: Here
One thing worth adding [for less experienced/new CW's] - Steal Time will always add 3 stacks to target. The tics are always masive i never had a situation whre i aded less than 3 stacks with it.
As for the buff - Entagling force ads up to 3 stacks with 3 affected targets, steal time ads 1 stack, shiled ads 3 stacks for 3 affected targets, repel ads 3 stacks for 3 affected targets.
I have yet to check the Ice Knife since i didnt checked it [never really cared much about the fact it ads the HV buff/debuff.. thou im preatty sure it didnt stacked debuff thou, same goes for opressing force]
Entangling Force?
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You shouldn't say that on the forums, the lazy devs may stumble on it and decide it needs patching. 3x High Vizier with OF make draco fight laughable.
TBH it does need patching... 3 stacks from every Wizard is plenty.
The difference in crit chance between someone in HV set and another in SW is 2-3% at best. And the less crit you have, the more effective EoTS is.