ichor of the deep?

[nuky]

have just started to Rvr a little with my shammy and was wondering if i could get some advice on this RA.

Have asked a few middies ingame about wha they think of it and opinions are pretty mixed - from the yeah its great, get it, to no way in hell is it with 14 realm skill points.

So my questions are:

Is it worth getting?

if so, should i take it before, or after purge.

any idea on how long the 'root' lasts for?

what kinda of dmg comes off it?

and last but not least - Does cave spec effect the dmg?


any input appreciated





Thanks for ur time
nuky

 

[klavrynd]

sod the damage, it's insta ae root and you need it


read : i don't know most of the answers but you need it

 

[old.Theorin]

Is it worth getting?

Definitely, it gives a shaman insta cc useable every 15 minutes. Very versatile spell as well, you can use it in 1fg vs 1fg fights if your groups healers insta ae mezz is down and if you open up a fight against hibs with the spell, they may waste group purge over it at which point the healer can then cast their ae mezz. Also, in keep defences, you can use ichor then ae poison/disease to great effect. Usually a good tactic when the attackers are starting to back off the keep a little. It is also a great escape spell. If you get ambushed by an infil/ns, use ichor + pbae disease and you can either escape or kill them (bolt, dd, poison) providing the rooted enemy doesn't purge.

if so, should i take it before, or after purge.

Before imo for the reasons listed above. Purge is useful but Ichor is more so

any idea on how long the 'root' lasts for?

30 seconds I think although when you use this against high RR enemies it tends to last for a lot less...

what kinda of dmg comes off it?

Varies a lot. It can do anything from 50-500. Typically around the 100-200 range.

and last but not least - Does cave spec effect the dmg?

I don't think so.

The only bad thing I can say about ichor is that at the moment, it does seem to be bugged. If you use this ona group with pets, it doesn't root the pets so they will head straight for you so be careful where you use it.

 

[mavericky]

Ichor has bolt range (1850)

is instant

15 min timer,

area it affects appears to be 450

The damage on even cons goes from about 200 on main target to almost nothing at edges,

Root doesnt last very long, maybe 20 seconds, BUT it doesnt make them immune to your other root so you can reroot them for the full duration of the spec'd root.

It makes no difference if you are spec'd in cave

It is worth it? Yes, its your only available instant, great battle opener or to stop ppl running, I would get it before purge as when i had purge it seemed to be the kill me first button, where as ichor has i believe can change the couse of a battle more often

 

[majingas]

yes get it before purge if you use it in half decent situations it will also ern you lots of RP's.

Its most effective as a battle opener causing ppl to wast their purges and giving a few seconds for tanks and ae mezzers to close in.

O and if you can get 3-4 shamen to use it at together you can wipe out whole armies with the dot/desiese follow up.

 

[Cush]

get enough rp's to buy it all

 

[Madonion Slicer]

Have it, love it, get it, use it.

 

[nuky]

thanks for the info folks

ichor here i come