@Ceit.7619 said:
Power Scourge has to compete with Power Reaper though for comparison. Does it really match up in any significant way? Just taken for the range on F-skills?
@Ceit.7619 said:
Power Scourge has to compete with Power Reaper though for comparison. Does it really match up in any significant way? Just taken for the range on F-skills?
@DeadlySynz.3471 said:
I left scourge and jumped back on my SB. Heaven forbid, any scourge (or reaper for that matter) starts dumping toughness and/or vitality in favor of power/precision/ferocity. Your pretty much at the mercy of any ranged class (especially SB) if they decide to single you out.It's like Anet doesn't think these changes through and the consequences that might follow. On paper a power necro class of any sort sounds interesting, but in reality they are sitting ducks against range class that decides to target them. I could get behind the change (maybe), if we were given more mobility.
@Threather.9354 said:@Ceit.7619 said:
Power Scourge has to compete with Power Reaper though for comparison. Does it really match up in any significant way? Just taken for the range on F-skills?The shade skills and shroud has 10-man target cap, also you have support, more range + better elite skill available.
@Egorum.9506 said:@Threather.9354 said:@Ceit.7619 said:
Power Scourge has to compete with Power Reaper though for comparison. Does it really match up in any significant way? Just taken for the range on F-skills?The shade skills and shroud has 10-man target cap, also you have support, more range + better elite skill available.10 target cap is nice, but the hits are less than half reaper's 5 target cap aoes. f1-5 finger roll does less damage than one RS4. reaper has unblockable tooi'd say CTTB is better than ghastly breach, as breach requires you to be on top of the enemy zerg to use and has low damage.the only thing power scourge brings over reaper is a little cleansing, barrier, and range
@starlinvf.1358 said:
Barrier is also immune to Crits, so that further solidifies this damage soaking functionality.
@Meetshield.1756 said:
I agree reaper is the dmg choice for necro atm. Mobility, escape, damage reduction, better stability, better mobility removal.
@Nimon.7840 said:@Meetshield.1756 said:
I agree reaper is the dmg choice for necro atm. Mobility, escape, damage reduction, better stability, better mobility removal.Do you play on another path than we do?
Mobility and escape on reaper? Every other class has more
Dmg reduction? Spectral armor? Scourge has that as well (rise sux btw, as dmg reduce only works while minions attack or are alive)It's super hard to pull of a decent reaper in wvw. Scourge is just much easier and doesn't die as fast as reaper as you don't have to go melee with that light armor class without no real defenses.Reaper only works if your zerg is already winning but not if it's zerg a slightly ahead, then zerg b slightly ahead. Back and forth.
@Egorum.9506 said:@Nimon.7840 said:@Meetshield.1756 said:
I agree reaper is the dmg choice for necro atm. Mobility, escape, damage reduction, better stability, better mobility removal.Do you play on another path than we do?
Mobility and escape on reaper? Every other class has more
Dmg reduction? Spectral armor? Scourge has that as well (rise sux btw, as dmg reduce only works while minions attack or are alive)It's super hard to pull of a decent reaper in wvw. Scourge is just much easier and doesn't die as fast as reaper as you don't have to go melee with that light armor class without no real defenses.Reaper only works if your zerg is already winning but not if it's zerg a slightly ahead, then zerg b slightly ahead. Back and forth.I mean..
@Meetshield.1756 said:
If you decide that you need to keep Soul Reaping for the 20% cooldown reduction on your F abilities, then the logical choice would be to take Death Perception instead of Dhumfire.Taking Death Perception means that you have access to essentially free crits during desert shroud, and thus you will have more damage if you increase your power and ferocity.Some players may decide to take a different trait line than Soul Reaping all together.If you were running Curses + Soul Reaping, then you will either pickup 50% more crit in shroud, or you will pickup spite and take a huge boost in Axe and power damage. But however you slice it, scourges are headed towards power builds.The Necro mains have likely already switched to power long before this nerf, but this will bring power scourge to the masses, in my opinion.It should be noted that there appears to have been a stealth nerf to Scourge Power damage already. The manifest sand shade no longer is tied to weapon damage, and uses unequipped weapon for power, this was a 30-40% nerf to scourge power damage without being mentioned in the patch notes.
@Nimon.7840 said:@Egorum.9506 said:@Nimon.7840 said:@Meetshield.1756 said:
I agree reaper is the dmg choice for necro atm. Mobility, escape, damage reduction, better stability, better mobility removal.Do you play on another path than we do?
Mobility and escape on reaper? Every other class has more
Dmg reduction? Spectral armor? Scourge has that as well (rise sux btw, as dmg reduce only works while minions attack or are alive)It's super hard to pull of a decent reaper in wvw. Scourge is just much easier and doesn't die as fast as reaper as you don't have to go melee with that light armor class without no real defenses.Reaper only works if your zerg is already winning but not if it's zerg a slightly ahead, then zerg b slightly ahead. Back and forth.I mean..Well i just watched the first minute or so. Bad mobile internet -.-But there wasn't any zergfights.
40vs40 that's where reaper gets useless (maybe even at smaller numbers)Power scourge is just much more safe, has more corrupts
And does insane ae bombs when combined with any sort of cc.
Sure reaper can do his dmg while moving (RS4)
But if you don't kill people with it you will most likely die.I played my power scourge yesterday. We were greatly outnumbered all the time. And still it was way better than when i played reaper yesterday
I was like always top dmg dealer. Sure arc isn't functioning well in wvw. I know that