Mentalist spec

[frankeh]

hm need decent spec for rvr ment / was thinking of 46 mana - 28 mentalism seems kidna good support char if my group excists out of 2 * pbaoe

Any thoughts?

 

[Arnor]

yeah, go FULL mentalism, its the best specline in the game, only reason why it hasnt been nerfed is because it has hidden spells of uberness.

 

[old.Ailelun]

45 light 28 mana :]

 

[m4rk]

im going 48 mana, cant see the point missing out on the best/last single target dot for demezz.

 

[ilaya]

48 mana would be nice, but u should only be using it during keep defense really since it breaks mezzes and stops them from sticking.. and since u get last aoe dot at 46.. chances are u will be using that instead. For normal rvr in open.. go light/mana, if u wanna park your arse in a keep for some defense.. 46 mana/rest light OR mentalism. Mentalists are without doubt one of the most uber chars for keep defense, so i went mana for this reason (its also very handy for helping your guildies level btw ) ..but who ever listens to me?.. arf arf..

Ilaya Dasquirrelslayer - 50 Lurichamp - Raven Ardent - 1132 AC - GM Hearts of Fire
Boowen - 45 Mentalist (1000+ Tailoring)

 

[Vantros]

my ment is:
45 light - best DD.
25 mana - mr3.
16 ment - 34 second mezz and a pretty decent heal.

 

[Danya]

Originally posted by old.Ailelun
45 light 28 mana :]

28 mana is like going 41 shield...

45 light / 29 mana
45 light / 24 mana
45 light / 28 ment

are the best open field specs IMO.

For zergs / keep defence go 48 mana (it is better than 46 mana - you get a single target dot to use instead of spamming ae).

 

[i-scream]

Currently I am 46 mana, 28 light. The problem with being specced in mana is that you can't play a real active role in RVR, you're especially there because for giving MR to the group.

Mostly you'll not be able to cast your AE DOT, because of breaking mezz. If you can cast it, it's nice; you see all your enemies running arround and looking for the caster, then you run arround for 10 seconds and you die, mostly without any RP at all. If you use your base line nuke, they see where it's coming from and... same story as before.

At the next patch, I'll probably respec to light 45, mana 29 which still gives some AE DOT (good for interrupting enemy casters) and MR 3, but better AE DD, good specced DD and the possibility to charm high level mobs (at reduced mana consumption).

Btw, forget mentalism, you'll never be in a grp for your healing capacities, forget about confusion and single target mez. Was there anything else in the mentalism line ?

 

[Kobold]

well tbh mentalists sux in rvr anyways, unless u have some nice chanter debuffbot

trust me you will get tired of nuking for 220 (-300) etc...thats 10 nukes on a buffed tank....20 with IP, maybe 30-40 damn nukes with heals

sad to say but roll a mana chanter only viable mage atm ;\

 

[congin]

45 light, 29 mana, 6 mentalism imo

 

[old.chipper]

yeah warshade but on the brightside when you do have a chanter in grp and the heat debuff you just hit blab bla for 667 dmg is funny to watch there health drop about a third

 

[Calere]

Originally posted by Kobold


trust me you will get tired of nuking for 220 (-300) etc...thats 10 nukes on a buffed tank....20 with IP, maybe 30-40 damn nukes with heals

Go 48 mana. I got a light spec ment and like Kobold says the dmg on light spec isn't wot it used to be. With mana at least you'll be able to cast a few nasty dots and keep other mages batteries recharged

 

[Vantros]

wow i completely disagree on the light sucking in RvR.. i hit ALL trolls for 400+ dmg with thier full resists... and i 1 shotted a fire wizzard who has full resits thanks to a well timed crit. yes with debuffs i git for over 600dmg but when i am generally hitting for 390 - 590 anyway i'm happy enough...

 

[Kobold]

Originally posted by Vantros
wow i completely disagree on the light sucking in RvR.. i hit ALL trolls for 400+ dmg with thier full resists... and i 1 shotted a fire wizzard who has full resits thanks to a well timed crit. yes with debuffs i git for over 600dmg but when i am generally hitting for 390 - 590 anyway i'm happy enough...

u haven't tried to nuke those high rr zerkers in RG then

but yeh some you will still do good damage on, those who not got good resist buffs in grp etc.

 

[Qte Eth]

go to ench trainer at level 5 ,ments Suck TT

 

[Danya]

Originally posted by Calere
Go 48 mana. I got a light spec ment and like Kobold says the dmg on light spec isn't wot it used to be. With mana at least you'll be able to cast a few nasty dots and keep other mages batteries recharged

Yeah you can hit for 65/tick instead, WOOT!

Have to agree with qte et al = roll a chanter.

 

[Kobold]

Originally posted by Qte Eth
go to ench trainer at level 5 ,ments Suck TT

sad but true -_-