liloe
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I still have some weeks on my classic friar (US servers) and it seems I'm often enough getting bashed down by the same classes over and over, so I thought I might ask for some ideas to improve my chances.
First of all the information about my char.
My equipment is top notch with omnis all over the place, using a dragon staff (3.3 speed for fast procs) with 1646 WS buffed (all buffs capped with s/c charge). I also carry a staff with a 56 d/q debuff proc, but that one doesn't seem to get off that often.
Basically my problem seems to be, that I can either smash down my enemies or lose hard after some time. I can nuke down some ppl easily, other ppl with the same class take me down within seconds (…like Maulers or Vamps for instance. Some die in under 20s, some take me down v. quickly). I wouldn't even say that shields are the problem. Thanks to dex3 and the new shield cap, I can hit through defense quite well. It's just that sometimes I seem to miss a LOT of styles or I just can't put out enough dmg with healprocs to keep myself alive.
Another problem is the lack of a good stun style, as the only "anytime" stun has no bonus to hit and is thus near to impossible to land. On the other hand, the HoT-anytimer uses up too much endo when facing end-drain classes like vamps/maulers.
Would it be a good idea to let go ST for something else?
Use a slower staff, even if that wouldn't cap my attack speed anymore? (and besides, the stats/procs on the dragon staff are awesome )
Or any general advice on how to best face Maulers/Champs/Wardens?
No idea how many people used to solo on a friar or how many still do, but I'm glad for every single input that can push me forward =)
First of all the information about my char.
Spec:
R4L1 with:
- Staff: 50
- Enhancement: 46
- Rejuvenation: 25
- Parry: 2
R4L1 with:
- Static Tempest 1 [5]
- Wild Healing 2 [4]
- Augmented Dexterity 3 [10]
- Mastery of Pain 3 [10]
- Long Wind 1 [1]
My equipment is top notch with omnis all over the place, using a dragon staff (3.3 speed for fast procs) with 1646 WS buffed (all buffs capped with s/c charge). I also carry a staff with a 56 d/q debuff proc, but that one doesn't seem to get off that often.
Basically my problem seems to be, that I can either smash down my enemies or lose hard after some time. I can nuke down some ppl easily, other ppl with the same class take me down within seconds (…like Maulers or Vamps for instance. Some die in under 20s, some take me down v. quickly). I wouldn't even say that shields are the problem. Thanks to dex3 and the new shield cap, I can hit through defense quite well. It's just that sometimes I seem to miss a LOT of styles or I just can't put out enough dmg with healprocs to keep myself alive.
Another problem is the lack of a good stun style, as the only "anytime" stun has no bonus to hit and is thus near to impossible to land. On the other hand, the HoT-anytimer uses up too much endo when facing end-drain classes like vamps/maulers.
Would it be a good idea to let go ST for something else?
Use a slower staff, even if that wouldn't cap my attack speed anymore? (and besides, the stats/procs on the dragon staff are awesome )
Or any general advice on how to best face Maulers/Champs/Wardens?
No idea how many people used to solo on a friar or how many still do, but I'm glad for every single input that can push me forward =)