HA vs LA

djrank
djrank Posts: 0 Arc User
edited December 2014 in Duskblade
Hey all i was wondering if i switch my lvl 58 duskblade from using LA to HA would it make a big difference with dmg , survivability ?
thanks
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  • Euthymius - Heavens Tear
    Euthymius - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,162 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    It'll increase your survivability to a degree (especially with refines), and the cut to your overall damage wont be too great at first, but it'll be notable down the line, as the strength requisites to maintain the build increases.

    Having a good Tome or using the stats from Reawakening can help with maintaining it if you're adamant about running that build, though (but again, thats more points that could have gone towards furthering your Dexterity). Outside of having better survivability within a hooful of situations, I don't really see a need for that build tbh.
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  • Keisari - Raging Tide
    Keisari - Raging Tide Posts: 384 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Kitty once calculated how going HA affects on LA-classes. She ended up with about 30-35% less damage taken as full T3 and 15-20% less damage done. Going HA also gives some HP(at +5-refines about 1k moar) from higher refining factor. Given LA's general squishiness Kitty finds HA quite balancing, especially in PVE-stuff, but also in PVP.

    When Kitty fought against equal-geared LA-counterparts on her HA-sin, Kitty made about triple damage compared to damage they did on Kitty's sin. But that 1 damage multiplier(equals to sage weapon mastery vs no weapon mastery) less makes it harder(or in some cases, impossible) to kill other HAs. Though it also makes it harder for them to get heavy-armored squishie down.

    In short: Going HA takes off some edge needed to win, but it's also harder to lose.
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  • djrank
    djrank Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Keisari - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Kitty once calculated how going HA affects on LA-classes. She ended up with about 30-35% less damage taken as full T3 and

    what about the damage ? would it be such a big deal ?
  • djrank
    djrank Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Euthymius - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It'll increase your survivability to a degree (especially with refines), and the cut to your overall damage wont be too great at first, but it'll be notable down the line, as the strength requisites to maintain the build increases.

    Having a good Tome or using the stats from Reawakening can help with maintaining it if you're adamant about running that build, though (but again, thats more points that could have gone towards furthering your Dexterity). Outside of having better survivability within a hooful of situations, I don't really see a need for that build tbh.

    so your saying at higher levels it would make such a big difference in damage ? or is the damage part negligible if you have higher refines on ur wep ?

    thanks
  • Euthymius - Heavens Tear
    Euthymius - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,162 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    djrank wrote: »
    so your saying at higher levels it would make such a big difference in damage ? or is the damage part negligible if you have higher refines on ur wep ?

    thanks

    Depends. YMMV for PvP, but PVE-wise, you could easily get away with it since its not hard to outgear most challenges, even with an alternative build. Refines will help, so will cards/nuema, titles, ect can help make up for any damage/survivability loss between builds (to a degree).

    There's also the question of whether you're going for Rank 9 and beyond, since you'll be capped at a NV3 set/mix otherwise.

    You can always try playing an alternative build till 100 and restatting back to LA if you don't like it with a Reawakening, anyway.
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  • djrank
    djrank Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Euthymius - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Depends. YMMV for PvP, but PVE-wise, you could easily get away with it since its not hard to outgear most challenges, even with an alternative build. Refines will help, so will cards/nuema, titles, ect can help make up for any damage/survivability loss between builds (to a degree).

    There's also the question of whether you're going for Rank 9 and beyond, since you'll be capped at a NV3 set/mix otherwise.

    You can always try playingan alternative build till 100 and restatting back to LA if you don't like it with a Reawakening, anyway.

    alright thank u for replying and helping me :)

    merry x-mas and ye :)

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