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[P/E] Thunder Thumper

P/E Primary Skills (Expand)
Icon Name Attribute Type Description Sac Up Cost Time Rech
Shell Shock Shell Shock Air Magic Spell Target foe is struck for 32 lightning damage and has Cracked Armor for 16 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 1 Recharge Time 8
Chest Thumper Chest Thumper Spear Mastery Spear Attack If this attack hits a foe with Cracked Armor, that foe suffers a Deep Wound for 18 seconds. Energy Cost 5 Recharge Time 5
Barbed Spear Barbed Spear Spear Mastery Spear Attack If this attack hits, your target begins Bleeding for 18 seconds. Adrenaline 2
Blazing Spear Blazing Spear Spear Mastery Spear Attack If this attack hits, it deals +22 damage and sets target foe on Fire for 3 seconds. Adrenaline 6
Soldier's Fury Soldier's Fury Leadership Elite Echo For 20 seconds, if you are under the effect of a Chant or Shout, you attack 33% faster and gain 33% more adrenaline, but you have -20 armor. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 1 Recharge Time 5
"Cant' Touch This!" Command Shout For 20 seconds, the next 3 touch Skills used against you fail. Energy Cost 5 Recharge Time 20
Conjure Lightning Conjure Lightning Air Magic Enchantment Spell For 60 seconds, if you're wielding a lightning weapon, your attacks strike for an additional 16 lightning damage. Energy Cost 10 Casting Time 1 Recharge Time 45
Resurrection Signet Resurrection Signet No Attribute Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. Casting Time 3
Alternate Skills (Expand)
Icon Name Attribute Type Description Up Cost Time Rech
Teinai's Wind Teinai's Wind Air Magic Spell All adjacent foes take 48 cold damage. Attacking foes struck by Teinai's Wind are knocked down. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 0.75 Recharge Time 8
Merciless Spear Merciless Spear Spear Mastery Spear Attack If this attack hits a foe with less than 50% Health, that foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 18 seconds. Adrenaline 6
Wild Throw Wild Throw Spear Mastery Spear Attack If this attack hits, it deals +18 damage, and any stance being used by your target ends. This attack cannot be blocked. Adrenaline 7
"Go for the Eyes!" Command Shout For 10 seconds, the next time each ally within earshot makes an attack, that attack has an additional 48% chance to be a critical hit. Adrenaline 4 Recharge Time 4

Build Statistics

Build Information
Profession P/E
Type PvP
Category Offensive
Added 2009-07-15 16:00:55.171564-04
Updated 2010-03-13 20:40:48.391806-05
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Attributes (Calculator)
Air Magic 11
Command 6
Leadership 6
Spear Mastery 13 (11 + 2)

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Build Description

Gear

Shocking spear of fortitude, defensive air offhand, shield swap set. Stack health mods on your armor and whatever level spear mastery rune you prefer. You do NOT need command or leadership runes.

Instructions

Precast conjure lightning and try to get some of the energy back before the fight. Maintain soldier's fury and can't touch this during battle.

Combo shell shock and chest thumper for deep wound and cracked armor even if the target is at full hp (deep wound is less effective if you have to wait halfway through the fight to use it). Use barbed spear to cover the conditions and spread bleeding to other enemies, and blazing spear for a nice chunk of damage. Get cracked armor and deep wound on multiple enemies when energy allows.

Cracked armor is very useful in pvp because even monks will use defensive sets to increase their armor enough that cracked armor will make a difference.

Energy is tight, but since it's easy to get your energy pool pretty high with paragon armor and the off-hand, you can do a lot before you have to start playing more conservative.

Assassins and other touch skill users can effectively remove your IAS, but they will have to waste 3 failed touch skills in a row to do it.

Variations

Wild throw for blazing spear.

Teinai's wind or whirlwind and merciless spear for chest thumper and blazing spear. You can only use deep wound as a finisher now, but you can easily disrupt assassins and other melee attackers (an amazing skill for linebacking).

Go for the eyes for energy.

This build is...

  • Categorized as a build suitable for PvP play styles

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