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| 2. Crowd Control
| 8/22/2004 00:00:00 PM GMTST |
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Crowd Control:
Every class has different ways to help them deal with groups of critters. With some it is mostly to just do tons of damage to multiple targets so they won't live long enough to be a much of a problem then some can summon minions to help them, cast curses, use auras, etc... With assassins they can summon a shadow to help out, do some pretty decent area of effect damage with some skills, move very quickly to avoid attackers with Burst of Speed and then there's the two big ones, Cloak of Shadows and Mind Blast.
Cloak of Shadows
This skill will increase your defence level by a percentage for the duration of the skill then against regular critters and minions it will reduce their defence level by a percentage and greatly reduces their sight range. This is especially helpful to range builds as then those critters will just stand or wander around a bit while you attack from a safe distance. For melee builds and so you can help your merc, shadow and/or other players it will still help keep at least some of the critters from seeing you or them so means there's less to deal with at once or lets you easily get away from those you want to avoid. With melee builds this skill would be especially helpful when fighting critters that attack from range, run away a lot and when dealing with most of the critters that raise their minions from the dead. While this skill will not work on those stronger than regular critters it will still boost your defence while active which is always helpful. Cloak of Shadows is good at just one point but for some builds you may want to put more points in, this is up to you. One thing to take note of is that you can't recast this skill until the duration of the last casting wears off, so at higher skill levels you may need to stand around for a while after a fight so if you run into some more critters soon after you will be able to recast it at that time also if some out of range critters wander in after you cast it you'd have to wait longer before you can get them with this skill at a higher level as well.
Mind Blast
What this will do is knock back stun and even could turn some critters to your side for a time making them a target for other critters so that they then would not be attacking you or those with you. Turned critters will benefit and suffer from all the buffs you and your party are under so if you happen to get nailed by Amplify Damage turning some then could be more useful than at other times. Some stronger critters you will still be able to knock back and perhaps stun a little but for even stronger ones like act bosses this skill will be of no effect. Although if you want to avoid those stronger critters while Cloak of Shadows will have no effect on them either you can Mind Blast some of the minions to tie up the group for a while. Stunning and turning critters will take the pressure off of you and works well with both melee and range assassins. More points will lengthen the stun duration and chances to convert but like with Cloak of Shadows it works well with just one actual point in it so it's up to you if you want to put more in.
Last Edit: Jan., 22/2004 |
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