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anthotis
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Hello,
Just started playing a Control Wizard, and whilst i enjoy the class overall, i can't help being aggravated by the way teleport works.
Aside from the fact it can only be used a few times in quick succession and has poor range, there is a delay from after the teleport is complete to when you can perform your next attack. What i've found, is that even after you have teleported, by the time you are able to attack, your enemies are already upon you. Along with the delay between when you finish teleporting and when you can attack, your enemies appear to continue pursuing you even while you are phased out of reality, which means they arrive at the location you teleported to at the same time you do. Add the delay to your ability to attack, and teleport becomes a hindrance, and you may as well not bother teleporting in the first place.
Am i doing something wrong here? Or is this an issue for other users of this class?
Just started playing a Control Wizard, and whilst i enjoy the class overall, i can't help being aggravated by the way teleport works.
Aside from the fact it can only be used a few times in quick succession and has poor range, there is a delay from after the teleport is complete to when you can perform your next attack. What i've found, is that even after you have teleported, by the time you are able to attack, your enemies are already upon you. Along with the delay between when you finish teleporting and when you can attack, your enemies appear to continue pursuing you even while you are phased out of reality, which means they arrive at the location you teleported to at the same time you do. Add the delay to your ability to attack, and teleport becomes a hindrance, and you may as well not bother teleporting in the first place.
Am i doing something wrong here? Or is this an issue for other users of this class?
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Teleporting is extremely powerful, but timing is important. A few notes:
1. Don't burn your stamina teleporting just to outrun things. Use your teleport as they begin their attack animations or begin a big, telegraphed hit (e.g. red circle or cone appears, slow wind-up of huge axe, etc.). Enemies tend to have exaggerated attack animations that root them in place long enough that you will avoid damage and create distance by teleporting at the correct moment.
2. Remember that you remain in a "Dodged" state for a split second after you execute a teleport. Very few attacks in the game are able to hit players while they are dodging, so that moment you spend recovering from your teleport before you can move again doesn't leave you as vulnerable is it might appear.
3. Save your teleports for strategic use. If one kobold is whacking you for negligible damage, you can facetank it no problem. If 10 kobols run up, stop, and are about to swing, that's when you teleport and attack while most of them are still finishing their animations.
Hope that helps.
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That's because its not really "Teleport".
Its actually based on an old D&D spell called "Blink". Which would randomly teleport the Wizard or "Magic User" as it was called then, 20 feet in random directions each round. It would do this until the spell expired. So the Wizard would Blink to one location, cast a spell, then Blink to another location completely different and cast another spell. This made them hard to hit, as you couldn't get to them fast enough before they were in another location.
The difference is, the original spell was random. The version in this game is controlled.
Its not about Teleporting, its about avoiding getting hit.
What everyone else here is telling you is exactly how it should be used.
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Of course, if you are talking about fighting permastealth TRs in PVP, then yes it is useless as are most classes against it
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