SM Help

[Archeon]

Hi, I'm thinking of rolling an SM - but i'm having trouble picking between Supp or Summ. Obviously i'd be taking him all the way to 50 but they both bring a fair deal to a group (my prefered play-style).

So anyway, i was wondering if any current SM's would give me a few examples of what its like being either (e.g. How much does the dmg shield/pbae hit for? Etc,Etc).

Also, don't tell me to roll a chanter - i love my healer too much to delete him

 

[spankya]

roll a chanter!

 

[Urme the Legend]

Go Supp... Summ isn't that group friendly, not even in 1.62.

 

[Whisperess]

If you want to go RvR with your SM there are ( pre-patch atleast ) 2 valid specs.

One is the pbae-nuker:

49-50 suppression
rest darkness ( for better baseline variance )

And the other is the single-nuker:

48 darkness ( 47 needed, 48 a bit better )
23 summoning ( rezz )
9 suppression


Both are valid specs depending on playstyles - but if you have a good group with good pac-healers and 1-2 more supp SM's, then you have a nice pbae-group ( also the most valid keep defence spec ).

 

[jessman]

If going darkness I would recommend:

47dark, 26 suppr, rest summ

With 26 suppr you will NOT spam lots of kill-messages in RvR. Allso the situations where it can be used is even more situational than with the full suppr spec -but the damage is decent enough to be of value -especially in a group containing another full suppr SM.

Same for keep defences -not uber damage -but decent enough to actually kill once in a while.

For PvE the damage is (in my opinion) nearly as good as if you where full suppr -again not same massive damage in an instant -however you can keep going much longer since the mana consumption is much less.

 

[Vell]

If you want group play, I recommend going Dark/Supp split. With the life drain in Dark, and the Transfer life in Supp, you can:
Transfer life to hurt realm mate.
Nuke mob and regain your lost health.
Transfer life again.
Nuke again

etc etc...

So you can be a healer and damage dealer at the same time! Which obviously you can't do when playing Archeon since he's a gimp


Fun to play, and you also get a nice selection of luberly debuffs to play with in addition.

Imo, Summoning is the spec line for soloers mainly.

 

[Archeon]

Originally posted by Vell
So you can be a healer and damage dealer at the same time! Which obviously you can't do when playing Archeon since he's a gimp

I'd resent that if it wasn't true

 

[Urme the Legend]

I tried the new summ line spells last night.. I liked the new haste buff alot .. and the snare would help a summ SM in RvR too, but it isn't the best spec for RvR though.. even though it's better now.
The dmg shield you can cast on realm mates is 8dps but it only lasts for 60seconds!

Ah well... I respecced to supp again