Post#8 » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:02 pm
Having recently been in the lower tiers as a WH myself, here are some of my thoughts on this. Got a bit lengthy, apologies for that. I hope it is helpful to you.
Judging by the combat log, you had no bullets active during the fight. Bullet damage is spirit based and thus is mitigated by spirit resistance rather than armour, which is obviously good for you when going up against a def tank. Now you were fighting a chosen, who can buff his own resistances (vs spirit, corporeal, elemental damage) via aura, but even so they would still be capped at 40% mitigation (vs the 75% armor gives against physical damage when at cap).
Due to this, abso spam (or really any finisher, as they all proc bullets) can be quite effective in t1 and t2/t3 when you find yourself locked in a battle against a meat shield who keeps you permasnared and prevents you from getting into his back. Aside from that, tank gear in the lower tiers is very low on initiative, which means they have a very high base "to be critically hit" rate. Capitalize on that by using the Fanatical Cleansing tactic. You should have that anyway, as Judgement is at your level the only mastery path worthwhile imo.
To complement this further, you can specifically run Blessed Bullets of Purity when engaging tanks or mdps, which debuff initiative even more and thus give you extra crit as well as lower your own chance to be critically hit. You are able to switch between bullets while incognito, so you can pick the appropriate ones for whomever you are about to attack.
Another thing: This may be because this is just a partial log and the ability was on cooldown, but it looks like you did not use the disarm, even though you got several parries. 4 seconds of stopping the incoming damage is not a huge factor in a lengthy fight against a defensive tank (it definitely is against mpds though), but still would have given you a bit of an advantage.
I would also stress the usefulness of FP especially for tank fights, because, as mentioned above, tanks will typically keep you snared during fights, making it more difficult to get to their back. Even with FP you should still try to though, because you'll want to get out ouf their parry/block arc as much as possible. Smart tanks will try to shut you down during your FP period, because the damage you apply during that time will often decide the outcome of the fight. Prepare to be knocked down or punted away by those guys when you pop FP. Luckily they are relatively rare and dealing with them comes down to experience.
However, even with all of this in mind, you may still very well have lost simply due to the bolster effect, as was pointed out by the others. What you essentially need to understand about lower tier pvp: Your level does not matter that much, even considering the additional tactic slots you get at 20/30 and additional abilities. What really matters is the quality of your gear relative to your current level. If you wear Obliterator at rank 17, when it's still brand new and shiny, you get amazing stats thanks to the bolster, especially because low levels get bolstered to rank 33 IIRC, whereas at 24 you will probably only get bolstered to 31 or even 30? It does make a difference, especially with regards to mitigation. So don't beat yourself up too much about losing to lowies. If you still wear Obliterator at 24, and you probably will, as the next best set is only available at 26-29, you will not get as strong a stat boost. So if your 24 and only wear greens from level 17, that Chosen probably did indeed have a massive stat advantage over you. On the other hand, if you use this system to your advantage, you will be absolutely competitive at any level in the lower tiers, and to some degree even in T4 at sub 40.
Try to get Devastator and maybe some RvR influence stuff if you can, other than that make sure that you at least always wear the most recent pieces from the regular renown gear vendor in Altdorf (and get the jewels from him too!) and slot strength talismans. Don't need to be the super expensive ones, greens, which you can get for a bit of silver on the auction house, will suffice. If those from your level range are still too expensive, buy some T1 level green talismans instead. They usually give them away for basically nothing, and having 7 +8 str pieces in your stuff is still way better then having none.
Stat and Armor Pots are nice to have, but not necessary. If gold is an issue, don't waste your coins on low tier alchemy stuff, because it's insanely expensive on order AH. You'll be fine without it. Healing potions in my experience also only become really relevant in T4, when people get serious about double potting.
Also: Take Razor Strike and Trial by Pain from your hotbar and forget that they even exist. Slight exaggeration, but really only a slight one. Back on live I did use them every once in a while for very specific pve tricks, but that was all the utility I personally ever got out of them.
Hexenschreck - WH 40/51
