SM vs. BO

[shaggyboomboom]

What are the differences?

In which cases one is better than the second?

/discuss

[shaggyboomboom]

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[Tastemaker]

Both these careers' game play mechanic is based on chaining several attacks together, creating powerful combos. Both crowd control and the most damaging attacks are usually in perfect balance/da' Best Plan, while most buffs and debuffs are in improved balance/da' Gud Plan. (http://warhammeronline.wikia.com/wiki/Mirror_career)

[TenTonHammer]

Well the big main diffrence is that BO deals physical dmg while SM deals spirt dmg, Both are good damage tanks but because of Stab You Godder BO provides better burst/spike damage than SM but they have a much larger model and tend to draw more attention in the battle field SM

Both provide group utility but in diffrent ways SM can debuff damage with lingering intimidation and is extreamly strong in bomb group because of wispering winds and can bring a targets spirt reistance down to basically 0

BO has a spammable AoE snare with big brawlin that really messes with melee trains a st cool down increaser with Not in Da Face, and a powerful morale tactic with You sez me blok dat


The fundemental problem is that while BO is a pretty strong tank as a contender for the second tank spot in a 6 man party SM’s have to compete with KOTBS and IB who are the 2 best tanks in the game, for a spot in 6 man parties but SM’s don’t bring as much utility as them, while their stat steal may be very strong some feel it cant compete with kotb’s 20% crit and 15% heal or the innumerable number of buffs that ib brings nor can sms buff the apex mdps on order which are slayers like IB or KOTBS can