Black Voodoo vs. White Voodoo

emorythewhite

ok. i was wondering. do you have to choice like the path of skills you want to take? im guessing you do cuz it says white voodoo overwrites black voodoo. i have black voodoo right now. and i didnt want to just take the chance and waste spirit points to find out that it erases my black voodoo skills if i get the white voodoo skill.

Anemone_ - Harshlands

Black Voodoo and White Voodoo are two separate skills that can be learned.
The text is only stating that you can only have one active on yourself at a time.

Max black Voodoo as soon as you can. I would level white voodoo to 5 then leave it alone till about 80, then max it. (Your gonna activate this voodoo when you think you may be in trouble, so you'll take less damage.)
Or if you feel like the barb isn't that great/lower level you may use white voodoo so you don't pull aggro.


Hope this helps, there both 2 very important, very separate skills.

emorythewhite

ok. thank you so much

ryukage

Anemone_ - Harshlands wrote: »

Black Voodoo and White Voodoo are two separate skills that can be learned.
The text is only stating that you can only have one active on yourself at a time.

Max black Voodoo as soon as you can. I would level white voodoo to 5 then leave it alone till about 80, then max it. (Your gonna activate this voodoo when you think you may be in trouble, so you'll take less damage.)
Or if you feel like the barb isn't that great/lower level you may use white voodoo so you don't pull aggro.


Hope this helps, there both 2 very important, very separate skills.

80 my fishy behind. b:chuckle

I'd say have it maxed by 6x. b:surrender

Kwon - Raging Tide

i rarely used wv, but when i did it saved my behind. bw is on almost all the time , the mobs don't get close enough to feel the downside of the skill. only bad thing about it is the massive aggro u get when using black voodoo. but all in all they are both very usefull if used when supposed to

Maikole - Raging Tide

White voodoo IMO is as important (if not even more than black voodoo) because in pvp you are going to spend more time in this state. Remember that unlike a wizard a psy will rely on DoT skills (and you need to stay alive in order to work) and taking damage in order to reflect it. Rather than popping black voodoo and hammering at the opponent hoping he won't 1shoot you (and they WILL if you are on b.voodoo) stack torren, sandtrap, red tide, soulburn and soul of retaliation while on white voodoo and watch your opponent curse the day he attacked you.

Both voodoos are important.

Tidebornpsyc - Dreamweaver

personally,I don't think DoT and White Voodoo spells are important for psychics.Against a physical opponent you can use psychic will and finish him.In case of wizzards or magic attacks it's about who hits the hardest and the fastest.Also,using your stuns/cast curse is important.I didn't feel like lvling sand trap or torrent past lvl 1 atm.

ryukage

Tidebornpsyc - Dreamweaver wrote: »

personally,I don't think DoT and White Voodoo spells are important for psychics.

You might think that but... you'd be wrong. They aren't high priorities, but they are important.

Tidebornpsyc - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Against a physical opponent you can use psychic will and finish him.In case of wizzards or magic attacks it's about who hits the hardest and the fastest.

The problem is that you're assuming every fight you get into will be a 1v1. In a 1v1 fight, yes that will be the case usually. However, for those of us who have any experience on PvP servers with guilds that love to gank... (Seriously, some guilds I've seen refuse to make any attempt to PK without having a backup person hidden nearby).

Not to mention TW, or just outright PK wars. You can't have a purely 1v1 mentality when fighting in group PvP, and that is where White Voodoo is most useful. Put Black Voodoo on at the wrong time when dealing with multiple people and you will die, plain and simple. In situations like those, it comes down to opportunity and timing, not just blindly spamming attacks and hoping the other guy dies first. Sometimes you need those +66 defense levels to make sure you actually accomplish something before you drop dead, and preferably to not drop dead at all.

Even besides PvP; in PvE a Psychic who has his White Voodoo and DoTs at considerable levels is capable of soloing a far greater number of situations, while still having a decent kill speed.

A decent Psychic is good at using one Voodoo. A good Psychic knows how (and when) to use both.

That being said, the vast majority of our fighting and training still revolves around Black Voodoo, so there's nothing wrong with waiting until a little later to max White Voodoo and DoTs. But to say they aren't important is rather foolish if you ask me.

Hypnos - Raging Tide

ryukage, plz marry me :x


yea wat he said, also the later the game, the more hp and resistance your opponent have reagardless of physical and magical. Against Physical, the 8 sec provide by psychic will won't be enough to kill your opponent if they are barbarian or blademaster and there are times when you need to use white voodoo to stall the opponent.

But, at your level, and provide it's a pve server, there is no need to rush >:}