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I need to increase my guard rate:v

Discussion in 'Mage' started by Hanamaru~chan, Mar 14, 2017.

  1. Hanamaru~chan

    Hanamaru~chan New Member

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    is heavy armor mastery lv 6+lv10 advanced heavy armor worth taking?:v
    cuz ofc I need to get gud at guarding:v
    #SHIELDMAGES4LYFE
     
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    mayam Elite Member Elite Member Epic Member

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    Theres better skills out there worth taking than those two.
    If you just want guard rate just get lvl1 guardian with a good shield like marble shield it gives same guard boost (2x) on all lvl
     
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    SirEgg cancerous breakfast Elite Member

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    The aggro per sec was removed but it still gives you huge aggro for being a 600mp skill.
     
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    SirEgg cancerous breakfast Elite Member

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    If you trully wanna get more survivability then use protection or aegis rather than relying on guard rate. Helps you and your whole pt as well.
     
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    the basic and advanced armor mastery give 1% per level each, so 20% at max.
    if you use priest skills, you can also add Gloria - it increases the guard rate of shields and triples defences.
    =(^.^)=
     
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    Ya but Gloria only lasts 30sec and only boost by 5% isnt worth imo
     
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    Does it's still increase ur aggro for each hit you deal while it's active???
     
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    Yea at level 10 Heavy Armor Mastery you really start Guarding a lot more.
    Just Use Shock Absorbing Cream, and Guard Potion(rate+5%), to guard...if u really wanna guard, get Guardian. without it, 25/50, with it 40/50,

    But i wonder what will you guard? if u dont take aggro?
     
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    mayam Elite Member Elite Member Epic Member

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    A bit difficult to aggro test for me since my net cant handle 2 devices at once.
    But yeah if we consider mercs, high aggro mercs would need 1more attack for a 2mp skill with guardian on.
    And also guardian itself has aggro worth 4 smoke shots at lvl10
     
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    But Tank are the only people who don't die in battle, i cannot see in anyway, a Tanker not being able to hold the boss, then that person isn't a tanker, really tanker not being able to hold anymore? can you imagine how useless is this tanker (just replace him), don't waste on guard rate, i have a Tanker, even with lvl 10 heavy armor, is literaly useless if i dont have guard xtal's. You need 70% guard rate, to even guard, a bit, and without guardian you won't guard that much, investing in guard rate for u is a waste, just get some support skills, or something usefull,

    And if you dont have Guard Power, it's useless.///Guarding is reducing Damage.
    In the end you will be the MEAT SHIELD,
     
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    Tanks do die , though rarely. But maybe his point is , when the tanks loses aggro (through bad internet connection or death). But i do agree with your point , not unless a shield mage invest on some aggro equipments, shield mages wouldnt be able to sustain the aggro most of the time especially with a party full of spamming fus and snipers. Without aggro , youre just another beefy char in a party.
     
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    Exactly,and relying on those 1 in a million moment's that u get aggro, is a pure waste of point's and gears, this person should set his/her head straight, Tank or Dps,
     
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    My mage has 12k hp o_O and can still take atker, its good to have some type of survival because the bosses are gradually hitting harder and the attacks are either targetting everyone or the aoe is huge
     
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    SirEgg cancerous breakfast Elite Member

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    "live by the dps, die by the dps" is a common thing here toram. Though beefy mages looks good, but in truth they are suffering from the reality of rankings , pure dps mages would most of the time always out-dps them. I PERSONALLY want both mages to prosper but as of yet with the sudden boost of numbers of tanks , the meta is currently in favour of pure-dps atm.
    I do believe the meta is slowly changing with the boss targeting people outside of aggro , it will serve as a good reality check for dps class to invest in their survivability.
     

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