User:Zaq/Characters

Zaq The Controller
Mesmer/any (I have and, more importantly, use skills from every secondary profession except Dervish, and given the rate I'm going, that's only a matter of time).

Notable achievements: Adept Skill Hunter title, spent over 350 skill points and counting, unlocked Razah in PvE.

Favorite builds: Interrupter, no-Domination Energy Denial, Fast Casting/Mantra of Recovery Curses, Mantra of Recovery Weapon Spell Spam, Me/P Illusionary Spearchucker (laugh it up, pal, laugh it up. It works.), Shatterfiend.

Current "weird" build project: Trying to find a use for Me/D. Going slowly.

What bothers me on this character: General mesmer hate (getting groups as a mesmer is... less than easy), the assumption that Backfire and Empathy are staples on my bar (I use neither, there's no challenge).

All High King Korg
Necromancer/Monk

Notable Achievements: solo-healing UW with reasonable success

Favorite builds: Soul Reaping healer, Soul Reaping protector, Soul Reaping smiter (notice a pattern yet?), Vampiric Spirit close-range soul-sucker

Current "weird" build project: None right now; haven't taken him to Elona yet. Contemplating a revamp (yuk yuk) of my old Vamp Spirit build.

What bothers me on this character: The assumption that all necros are either "MM or SS." If I join a group and the first thing I see is "Korg, are you MM or SS?" I just leave.

Kulka Sheendo Dak
Elementalist/Ranger, considering switching to Elementalist/Assassin

Notable Achievements: Ascending at level 14 (first time I'd ascended at less than 20), solo tanking UW, completing THK without a healer.

Favorite Builds: Geotank, Ether Renewal fire user, Earth-protected Starburster

Current "weird" build project: Same as Korg, I haven't taken him through Elona yet, but I'm thinking about something using Glimmering Mark. That skill needs some love, and badly.

What bothers me on this character: Warriors who don't understand that a geotank can indeed take aggro, groups who don't let me "tune up" and cast my enchantments (attunements and otherwise) before starting a fight.

Overture Tannhauser
Ranger/Ritualist

Notable Achievements: Um, not many really.

Favorite Builds: Beastmaster, offensive spirit spammer, defensive spirit spammer, Glass Arrows pressure, Quick Shot machine-gun, Weapon Spell beastmaster.

Current "weird" build project: This guy's low on my priority list right now.

What bothers me on this character: The presumption that I use Barrage. I hate Barrage. I don't like being assigned the role of "interrupter." Rangers, in my honest opinion, make lousy interrupters compared to a halfway decent mesmer (There's no way you can defend an interrupt of 1/2s + flight time vs. one that's 1/4s - fast casting. Not to mention that mesmer interrupts are far more versatile, more devastating, and take more skill.), and I don't like abetting the notion that a ranger is any kind of substitute for a proper mesmer.

Lanyx Cadell
Assassin/Warrior

Notable Achievements: solo tanking Shiro in Gates of Madness, defeating Varesh in under five minutes by keeping her on the ground constantly, solo killing Acolyte of Dwayna and Acolyte of Lyssa.

Favorite Builds: Anything Moebius Strike (particularly with Horns; which is the only time, incidentally, I use Horns); Shattering Assault/Blades of Steel; really long, over-complex (seven or eight-step) attack chains that don't actually work but are good for a laugh.

Current "weird" build project: Tactics-wielding Assassin. I think "Fear Me!" assassins are the wave of the future. You heard it here first, folks.

What bothers me on this character: General assassin hate (not as bad as mesmer hate but it's still frustrating), enemies that die too fast for me to finish a combo, people who A) get mad when I stay in the fray but B) also get mad when I retreat.

Agram Eliwan
Ritualist/Ranger or Ritualist/Necromancer

Notable Achievements: Doing the highest damage of anyone in the group when we fought Shiro in Imperial Sanctum

Favorite Builds: Rit-with-a-bow (Spirit's Strength, bitches), offensive spirit spammer, restorer, Channeling-based weapon spell spammer.

Current "weird" build project: What, rit-with-a-bow isn't weird enough? Fine, Ritualist/Paragon, Commanding spirits. This will probably migrate over to Morgahn, though, as I think Paragon/Ritualist is a better choice.

What bothers me on this character: Being presumed to be a standard "Rit Lord" (only job more boring than life bonder or barrager), actually BEING a standard "Rit Lord," groups who don't wait for me to cast my spirits, groups who run away from my spirits.

Roger Strag
Warrior/Paragon

Notable Achievements: Survivor title (which I got as a joke. Any warrior who looks out for their own safety over the safety of the group is not the kind of guy, or girl, you want on your team. A warrior should be the first in and last out, life or death be damned. Sadly, few people seem to see the humor in my title.), getting Shiro to 20% health completely by myself at Gate of Madness.

Favorite Builds: Steady Stance user, Build:W/any Ntouka's Sword( I don't give a damn if it's unfavored. It works for me. Not saying that makes it good. Just saying it makes it good enough.), DBS interrupter, Whirling Axe spam, ridiculous Riposte-spam solo farmer.

Current "weird" build project: Motivation warrior. I do damage with my warrior skills and heal pretty consistently with Motivation skills.

What bothers me on this character: The fact that I'm not really that good at being a warrior.