User talk:Gordon Ecker/W/D Primal Scythe

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I'm not going to pretend to be the first person who thought of this, it's a pretty obvious build. Black Ark and user:Silk Weaver mentionid it in talk:scythe and everyone was using it on Friday. -- Gordon Ecker 20:07, 29 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Crippling Sweep? you dont use eany eanchantments, so whats the point of this? Gredinus

Could use Aura of Thorns instead of crippling strike, left over attribute points can go into Earth Prayers for this. There's your synergy for Wounding Strike and a quick snare.


 * Yeah, I only checked Strength and Scythe Mastery skills, and the ability to cripple if someone else enchants you looked better than a complete lack of snaring capability. I completely forgot about Aura of Thorns, which looks a lot more useful. -- Gordon Ecker 21:10, 4 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Warriors should always take a superior run in a weapon mastery. In this case Strength should take the rune.  Drop your strength by 1 or 2 making it 14-15 (with a sup rune) so that you can bring Earth Prayers up to 6-8 and your cripple will last 'most' of a Primal Rage or all of it with a cripple Mod on your scythe. Absolutely take Gladiator's Armor, all but two skills are energy based.  Also is this for RA, TA or PvE? --Amokk 11:58, 10 August 2006 (CDT)
 * I don't know if I would say always take superior. -75 health to add a couple seconds of cripple from Aura? Having no shield, no self-heal, and no defensive stance, that health might be needed. --Thervold 12:21, 10 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Let me clarify then. If you possess a Sup Vigor, and plan on using a warrior build in TA/RA/Halls/GvG with any two-handed weapon (scythe or hammer), 1 superior rune will give you 485 health with a +30 fortitude mod on your weapon.  This should be sufficient for "most" PvP Warriors that are capable of minimalizing damage from hexes(clumsiness, price of failure ect) and spikes against them through observation of their surroundings/kiting. --Amokk 15:07, 10 August 2006 (CDT)

"I Will Avenge You!" is the only way for a Primal Rage build to increase attack speed (IAS). Not saying it should be in the build, but should at least be listed as an optional skill for the bar. Other listable skills that add 'Survivability' to the build include "I will Survive", Endure Pain. Warriors Cunning can be used before PR, long recharge, but worth it when pushing for a Monk. Protector's Strike with 14-15 Strength is a nice Damage spike when chasing opponents do to the .5 second cast. Sprint->Wild Blow->Protector's Strike (probably a 250 damage combo with a scythe on a kiting opponent and its in less then a second)...again just a mentionable, personally wouldn't replace Bulls Strike with Protector's Strike, but it would give the build a form of Spike capability rather then purely raw DPS. --Amokk 15:07, 10 August 2006 (CDT)