User talk:Soqed hozi/Build archives/Build:R/P Pack Hunter

These rock &mdash; Skuld 12:23, 28 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Agreed. No self-healing, but the damage output is ridiculous. I smell a nerf in the wind for Spear of Lightning, and maybe spears in general. Shattered Self 10:33, 29 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Ridiculously powerful. I now hate spears. Good build though, the new batch seems incredibly potent. As for any and all nerfs - well, that's one of the reasons Anet implements these preview-weekends, for the sake of skill-balancing. Even though I hate spears because they really hurt, I hope Anet won't actually change the damage-range on the new weapons, they open up a world of possibilities by themselves and in combination with the existing classes. Maybe they can "nerf" spears by giving melee-classes better armour (+24 armour against Spears). That's right Anet, I went there. What are you going to do about it? --Black Ark 05:24, 30 July 2006 (CDT)
 * While I do think it is a strong and efficient build at its purpose, I fail to see why a nerf is necessary. Can this build decimate the whole opposing team on its own? No. Can it stand against multiple foes? No. Besides, it can be shut down very easily using hexes or conditions. It is efficient at dealing a relatively high amount of damage at one target at a time, but that is about it. - Florimond 02:39, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I agree. This is a nice, fun, strong build, but it is reasonably easy to counter, and it is in no way as cheesy as, say, D/Mo w. CoP. -- [[Image:Bishop_icon2.png]] Bishop [ rap|con ] 04:06, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I... wasn't serious, you know. +armour against spears? Come on. --Black Ark 04:54, 31 July 2006 (CDT)

Variations
Not exactly sure if this is novel enough to warrant an article of its own, so I'll just put it here. After I decided the only really cheesy bit of being Paragon was Spear of Lightning, I got rid of the rest of the spear skills and after some experimenting in the RA, I ended up with this (I needed a bit more defense):

Obviously, this requires raising BM to 12+3+1 and dropping a few points of spear, but SoL is still cheese at 10 skill, and the survivability of this variant compared to the original is not to be underestimated. -- Bishop [ rap|con ] 04:59, 30 July 2006 (CDT)

This build looks an awful lot like the R/W Bunny Thumper... Obviously Paragon spear skills to replace the Warrior hammer skills. Other than that, same idea, same execution.

Replace Ferocious Strike with Rampage as One. it would also help adding another adrenaline skill-X H K