Talk:Shell Shock

Tell me nobody saw this coming. Shock Axers have a new best friend, right?

14 Axe, 13 Str? Haha, Now that I look at it, it looks like total crap. There's gotta be some way to incorporate Shell Shock/Body Blow into a shock axer. The Paintballer (T/C)
 * I doubt it, and that bar looks really really bad. Go ahead and telegraph the spike several seconds in advance, your enchantment removal/shutdown had better be good. No speed boost either. It's better to use Shell Shock on your ele as part of the spike. --Kale Ironfist 04:55, 7 August 2007 (CDT)
 * Why would a shocker axer like it? --Blue.rellik 05:10, 7 August 2007 (CDT)
 * I was saying because it's air and its an ele skill and its Cracked Armor. But as I said above, it was a completely crap idea, at least on my bar. =D > sux@bilds > [[Image:PaintballerSig.jpg]] The Paintballer (T/C) 09:15, 13 August 2007 (CDT)
 * I'm not a PvP expert but I thought the shock axers job was to target the squishes, AKA the people that would not be affected by cracked armour 95% of the time --Blue.rellik 00:56, 14 August 2007 (CDT)
 * And they use a shield with +10 armor vs X inscription, raising their armor by 18 at the very least, 80% of the time. --Kale Ironfist 01:28, 14 August 2007 (CDT)


 * Or use conviction, Armor of earth, empathy, inepitude ect ect. I find cracked armor to be useless unless used on warriors or the always plentiful "wham"mos. Paragons never seem to be very good, they've been hit 10/20 times in the head with a nerfbat. Flechette 01:39, 14 August 2007 (CDT)
 * And the funny thing Kale, is that they'll stop using those if Cracked Armour really is any good so they'll go back to being real squishes. This skill was clearly intended for warriors and paragons --Blue.rellik 02:00, 14 August 2007 (CDT)
 * Why would it? They'll switch out while under its effects, but switch back when not. While it has more effect on tankier stuff, the squishies will have it harder since most of their +armor will be negated, Basically, if it ever becomes popular (and considering the skills that cause it), it's just reducing the heavy defense metagame and making it more 'active play'. As for Paragons, they've always been powerful, why do you think they get nerfed? --Kale Ironfist 02:17, 14 August 2007 (CDT)
 * I don't get it. Are you saying that a squishe totally relies on a +18 armour to save themselves from a dervish/warrior/sin?  I always thought a prot monk was the main lifesaver for another squishy, the shield at best was to mitigate the damage as best as possible. I still fail to see how this kills casters more, it affects a frontliner 100% of the time, it doesn't always affect a squishy. I mean a squishy is rarely in the frontlines so their 60 armour is less of a worry, that's not something a frontliner has the luxory to worry about. --Blue.rellik 02:48, 14 August 2007 (CDT)

Because They had powerful elites. Those got nerfed. The rest of the non-elites are mediocre except some who everybody knows are good. Eles hit by cracked armor will not be affected at all as it means they will still have normal/above normal AL. It does not affect eles that do not rely on being invinicible. Besides, the ele's will focus on the frontliners with more AL. It will affect them as they have not alot of ways to increase their armor level, they have natural high armor and therefore have nothing to compensate them if they get cracked'd. Flechette 03:21, 14 August 2007 (CDT)