Cabalist spec

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Xeanor

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I'm working on a cabalist (yes another caster) an I'm still not sure what to spec, there are a few things that interest me:

-AOE Disease (main thing of importance)
-AOE Snare
-Body/Spirit Debuff
-Nearsight (gets nerfed soon though)

(I'm not interested in DoT)

Now There's a few specs to choose of:

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> 34 Body
> 19 Matter
> 37 Spirit


-2m 30s AOE Disease, high level. (not many resists)
-35% Nearsight, at least better than the 1st one.
-1m 22s AOE Snare, nice alternate CC.
-30% Body/Spirit debuff, can be boosted with Wild Arcana.
-No variance on Debuff + Baseline lifedrain, which is good.
-Not the best debuffs.
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or

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> 24 Body
> 11 Matter
> 47 Spirit

-2m AOE Disease, only Radius 300 and low level, so a lot of resists.
-25% Nearsight, nearly worthless as it's a very low level spell and has little effect.
-1m 36s AOE Snare, very good alternate CC.
-50% Body/Spirit Debuff, uber damage if i get some Wild Arcana too.
-Some variance on Debuff + Baseline lifedrain.
-Crappy disease.
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or

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> 45 Body
> 11 Matter
> 27 Spirit

-3m AOE Disease, 400 Radius, only 1 out of 10 enemies will resist it, best disease you can get.
-Very good nukes, can do a 15% debuff too although it's most likely resisted.
-25% Nearsight, nearly worthless as it's a very low level spell and has little effect.
-No good debuffs.
-No alternate CC.
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I personally am most interested in the 1st one, as it gives a usable Nearsight and a decent AOE Disease, and i'll still have a good debuff for body nukes and AOE Snare. But I'm not sure if it's worth lowering the lvl 34 disease to a lvl 24 one just to get the highest debuff. And full Body spec doesn't seem really good, you give up a lot of features then just for the highest disease.

All feedback appreciated. :)
 
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klavrynd

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the first one does look the most appealing i must say
 
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old.windforce

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1st one looks cool, altough the spirit line is very strong next patch, buffed caba pet will be very strong

i noticed that buffed pets seem to lack a stat cap. they are much stronger then you expect
 
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old.linnet

Guest
Bear in mind that Mythic is going to look at resistance buffs/debuffs, so no guarantees on the top debuff continuing to be significant in RvR (ie. if they stop debuffs stripping resists below 0, and an upper cap on buffs then there won't be many people running around with 50% resist buffs).

Also not sure the lowest level nearsight is worth bothering with. Bolt casters & archers could still be out of range, assuming you can land it.

1st spec looks strong on paper, although I'd be tempted to try a spirit spec (but dropping nearsight to reduce variance on lifetaps) out of curiousity.


(Does this mean cabbies are about to become FoM, by the way? ;) )
 
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civy

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I’d say the low level nearsight still has value. Most casters know their range instinctively. Change it even a little and you make their life a lot more difficult.

Edit: And remember they are changing debuffs so you cant debuff below 0% which will lower the damage output on all who use this cheesy exploit.
 
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speshneeds

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most runies have only the lowest Nearsight and its enough to make scout fairly useless (apart from volley not being affected ofc!)
 
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old.linnet

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Originally posted by speshneeds
most runies have only the lowest Nearsight and its enough to make scout fairly useless (apart from volley not being affected ofc!)
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Thought they tended to spec for lowest PBT?
 
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old.linnet

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Originally posted by speshneeds
which gives them low nearsight :)
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Lowest nearsight would be 11 suppression. At 26, you'd get the 3rd nearsight, so :p
 
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old.SadonTheGrey

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> 34 Body
> 19 Matter
> 37 Spirit

The 50% spirit/body debuff won't be much use when you can no longer get + dmg... go for the 30% debuff and more baseline dmg :) That's why this spec will be the best ><
 
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Xeanor

Guest
Well first spec gives my a better nearsight than the 2 others too. :)

And FotM, hell yeah, everyone wants that pet walk speed buff don't they? :D

And problem with low lvl nearsight is that it's a low level spell and you might have to cast it 1-3 times before it hits. :)
 
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old.SadonTheGrey

Guest
It has a 2.0 sec CT, the amount of times you need to cast it matters not :p

And OMG, am I retarded or has anyone else realised ur Teador? :p
 
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Xeanor

Guest
Originally posted by old.SadonTheGrey
It has a 2.0 sec CT, the amount of times you need to cast it matters not :p

And OMG, am I retarded or has anyone else realised ur Teador? :p
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You're slow :p
 
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old.linnet

Guest
On the first spec, I wouldn't bother with the energy debuff in matter. Try 35 body, 36 spirit, 19 matter instead for a more efficient spec lifetap.

Good luck.
 
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Xeanor

Guest
Originally posted by old.linnet
On the first spec, I wouldn't bother with the energy debuff in matter. Try 35 body, 36 spirit, 19 matter instead for a more efficient spec lifetap.

Good luck.
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It does less damage than the baseline lifedrain and is a lower level spell, which leads to more resists. :(
 
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old.linnet

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A bit less damage (delves at 136 as opposed to 140) but returns 90% of damage done to you as the lifetap, compared with 60% from baseline.

I'd just figure it was maybe better than a useless debuff. I know sorcerer mez is on energy, is any other spell line in Albion?
 
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Xeanor

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It's Energy.

And yes there's no other Energy spell in Albion, so your spec is better.

Thx Linnet :p
 
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Balbor

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Give Cabalists AOE Disease on the baseline some were like Shamen.
 
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cHodAX

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Originally posted by Balbor
Give Cabalists AOE Disease on the baseline some were like Shamen.
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Hardly any utility in any of Albions caster baselines :(
 
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