Auradin Qs

[Tamer]

Wanted opinions on the best pvp auradin:

1) Dreamer
2) Torch
3) Auradin = Fire + Light

Im leaning toward a dreamer with doom weapon and pumping remaining points into charge. If I use Doom is it necessary for me to max cold resist aura for synergy? Thoughts?

Please advise
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[LordC]

I can't really say which of those three may be the best for PvP, or whether Doom is a viable weapon for PvP. I can tell you though, that since Holy Freeze aura levels cannot be stacked like Shock or Fire, its damage is going to suck. Even when fully synergized with Salvation and Resist Cold, the Holy Freeze is still only adding 473 damage to each attack.

I would assume that Grief would be a superior weapon for a Dreamer (I use one with a PvM Dreamer) due to the massive damage and added options for smiting.

[Tamer]

Problems with smite on a dreamer:
1) will be out smited by true smiters and probably beaten by good barbs still. Will only really be able to beat crappy barbs.
2) all that great aura damge does not get added to smite attacks.
3) Will pretty much need to use shafstop armor to have decent damage reduction (I like well rounded characters not having to gear swap every fight). This means no fort and that means damage output will suck even more.
4) Can only smite characters that DECIDE to stick around and melee you. You cant really chose when to attack and that blows.

Charge on the other hand works better on paper (might not in practice though):
1) You can decide when to attack your enemy (especially with holy freeze from doom)
2) does good damage and all that nifty aura damage also adds to your attacks as well. Also charge does good phys damage even without fanat aura etc.
3) Can use shaftop and still have good damage (cause you are still doing lots of ele damage bonus from the shock aura)

The only advantage i see for smite is that it always hits. Thats about it. The main thing I dont like about smite is that the only time you will ever lose to a smiter is if you decide to lose to one. IE: its easy to stay away from a smiter in the 1st place. I like characters that can bring the fight to the enemy on their own terms. Adds a lot more tactics to the encounter.

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