WE situation.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:04 pm
The def regen WE with Witchbrew is as popular with order as ever, don't think I remember a day without a post asking to nerf it. However-
WE needs finishers to do dmg, without them dmg drops significantly, def or off spec. And here comes the problem- currently Witchbrew is the only finisher with a good dmg.
RA was double nerfed in abilities patch- both dmg on ability itself was nerfed, as well as armor pen tactic which it benefits from was nerfed from 50% to 25%, dropping a total dmg significantly.
Puncture is nothing to cry home about- dmg isn't great, no cd is nice but WE doesn't has WH's tactic for mechanic points gain off finishers, and doesn't has anything going off finishers. Also unlike WH, WE doesn't has a tactic for +25% crit on it.
Sacrificial Stab doesn't offers any extra dmg compared to Puncture, despite being 13 points up in tree. Heal is nice in theory, but its on top of glass cannon tree.
HRT does even less dmg than Puncture, unless someone has found some hidden use for it, don't think anyone uses it.
OYK is nice for alt KD, for morale drain, and to occasionally pump numbers with aoe, but once again single target dmg is worse than free Puncture.
Speccing around AA doesn't works- WE AA dmg isn't great, and WE no longer has abilities to increase it. AA also requires slow weapons to be good, 3 sec attack time or slower- which WE again doesn't has.
So in other words, current WE situation is nice in theory- but its fully dependent on a single ability Witchbrew. Not only not having alt builds makes class less fun, but also should eventually nerf cries end with Witchbrew nerf, WE will no longer have any working build. Probably a good time to start asking for improvements to other finishers/ for getting something going off finishers so no cd ones are actually useful.
WH btw somewhat is in this situation already- their channel got nerfed same way as WE one. They got BaL, but it got lot more requirements to use, and can be cleansed. And they got more options to build around Absolution, but with the mechanic gain nerf (https://bugs.returnofreckoning.com/view.php?id=21362), its harder to use as well. Which is why their numbers dropped lately in lakes.
WE needs finishers to do dmg, without them dmg drops significantly, def or off spec. And here comes the problem- currently Witchbrew is the only finisher with a good dmg.
RA was double nerfed in abilities patch- both dmg on ability itself was nerfed, as well as armor pen tactic which it benefits from was nerfed from 50% to 25%, dropping a total dmg significantly.
Puncture is nothing to cry home about- dmg isn't great, no cd is nice but WE doesn't has WH's tactic for mechanic points gain off finishers, and doesn't has anything going off finishers. Also unlike WH, WE doesn't has a tactic for +25% crit on it.
Sacrificial Stab doesn't offers any extra dmg compared to Puncture, despite being 13 points up in tree. Heal is nice in theory, but its on top of glass cannon tree.
HRT does even less dmg than Puncture, unless someone has found some hidden use for it, don't think anyone uses it.
OYK is nice for alt KD, for morale drain, and to occasionally pump numbers with aoe, but once again single target dmg is worse than free Puncture.
Speccing around AA doesn't works- WE AA dmg isn't great, and WE no longer has abilities to increase it. AA also requires slow weapons to be good, 3 sec attack time or slower- which WE again doesn't has.
So in other words, current WE situation is nice in theory- but its fully dependent on a single ability Witchbrew. Not only not having alt builds makes class less fun, but also should eventually nerf cries end with Witchbrew nerf, WE will no longer have any working build. Probably a good time to start asking for improvements to other finishers/ for getting something going off finishers so no cd ones are actually useful.
WH btw somewhat is in this situation already- their channel got nerfed same way as WE one. They got BaL, but it got lot more requirements to use, and can be cleansed. And they got more options to build around Absolution, but with the mechanic gain nerf (https://bugs.returnofreckoning.com/view.php?id=21362), its harder to use as well. Which is why their numbers dropped lately in lakes.