[Mara] Current state of the class?

[Xumae]

Mara is not needed at all.
İt is not the only class anymore. which have the best armor db.
There are better options.

DPS doks are just a better mara now that they have 1600 armor debuff. The only thing mara has is pull

[sundey]

Mara is not needed at all.
İt is not the only class anymore. which have the best armor db.
There are better options.

DPS doks are just a better mara now that they have 1600 armor debuff. The only thing mara has is pull

Yep, it's kind of hilarious the stuff WPs/DoKs have been given.

[Reivren27]

Mara is not needed at all.
İt is not the only class anymore. which have the best armor db.
There are better options.

DPS doks are just a better mara now that they have 1600 armor debuff. The only thing mara has is pull

+dps dok kills the target faster than Mara, and overall the damage is higher.
P.S. Marauder loses 1v1 dps wp almost without a chance.

[Xumae]

Mara is not needed at all.
İt is not the only class anymore. which have the best armor db.
There are better options.

DPS doks are just a better mara now that they have 1600 armor debuff. The only thing mara has is pull

+dps dok kills the target faster than Mara, and overall the damage is higher.
P.S. Marauder loses 1v1 dps wp almost without a chance.

Absolutely true, maras need 50% piercing bite back. And even then I think doks will still out damage them. it doesn't apply to auto attacks which is a lot of your damage. Sanguinary Extension while drowning in blood does 1600 dmg baseline btw x) also dont mention 1v1, this game is balanced around 3000vs3000 remember :^)

[leftayparxoun]

Absolutely true, maras need 50% piercing bite back. And even then I think doks will still out damage them. it doesn't apply to auto attacks which is a lot of your damage. Sanguinary Extension while drowning in blood does 1600 dmg baseline btw x) also dont mention 1v1, this game is balanced around 3000vs3000 remember :^)

Old 50% Piercing Bite was multiplicative, while new 25% Piercing Bite is additive. This means that as long as you have 50% armor penetration without it, then the new version is better (To be exact: 50% + whatever reduced armor penetration the enemy has). Essentially this was a ST Mara nerf (~38% pen) but an AOE Mara buff (~85% pen).

A few months after that change, Mara received a significant buff to his Brutality stance:

- Gift of Brutality - When affected by the buff of Gift of Brutality, your auto attacks gain 25% armor penetration in addition to its current effects.

That pretty much offset the Piercing Bite change and perhaps buffed Mara ST damage to levels higher than before.
For that claim and for comparison with current ST dwDOK I am not exactly certain since I do not play those specs and I also have not done specific calculations on it.