Current 'winning' Alb FG setup(s)

[Konah]

yeh solo icewiz doesnt really work we found. its tempting to try beat hibs at their own game (grapple+pb) but ice faces much higher resists and more importantly insta-cc counters.

a toa'd fire wiz nukes for 4-500+ without debuff and can bolt enemy casters for 1k+
no pbaoe is a slight drawback vs multiple tanks ofc but as above, 1 icewiz just doesn't kill very well or very fast, especially not vs +20% healing (hello hibs)

 

[katt!]

Why people going to use ice wizzies if you going to beat enemies from range?(fire wiz can instant kill a caster basically at start of fight, i found ice baseline nuke very bad compared to fire after debuffs...) and most good groups you can't pbaoe anyway, fire wiz can do insane nuke damage with toa sc+body sorc, probably 1k+ crits often since nuke cap can be around 800 with mom 3.(haven't completed my toa sc but without +11 fire i was doing 600-1k a nuke after 50% heat debuff so with toa sc be a lot better)

I think:

Cleric
Cleric
Friar/Pala/mins
Caba
Theurg
Fire wiz/Caba/Banelord merc
Body sorc
Mind sorc

because 2x baseline nukers > 1 specline nuker. pbae is nice for pets, zergs & if you got 2 grapplers it can actually be useful.

 

[Vasconcelos]

Imo pbaoe gives u slightly more utility than fire wizzs:

- u can use it against zergs, where lots of ppl wont receive a heal while in pb range.

- is a more defensive specc against tanks, bg'ed ice wizz near ur supports uses to make tanks fly. Also kill pets.

- despite the lower damage than fire DDs, snaring ice DDs are very usefull


However, fire wizzs got their advantages. Its a pbcage killer, those aoe nukes with resists pierce charges from artis active are really nasty.