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Colossus smash when tanking?
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Post by
skumbananer
Yes or no? I usually only switch stances to acess retalliation and recklessness, use them, then switch back to def stance, but this skill has a shorter cd and ignoring all armor for six secs is kinda sweet, so im thinking about maybe using it more or work it into the rotation somehow.
Ill lose rage by switching stances, and will get hit 10% harder, so maybe not the best skill to use all the time if healers are hard pressed, but if things are going smooth and im not dipping in health will it do any good?
First step is learning to use it in combination with recklessness and retaliation, since im swapping stance anyway i might as well spend another gcd applying it, switch to battle stance-colossus smash-retalliation-switch to def stance, or switch to zerker-colossus smash-recklessness-def stance-shield block-shieldslam...kapooow massive crit.
Opinions?
Post by
daihe
Ill lose rage by switching stances, and
will get hit 10% harder, so maybe not the best skill to use all the time if healers are hard pressed
, but if things are going smooth and im not dipping in health will it do any good?
It is certainly better than using Recklessness :P
But really, you should only do this (and/or pop
Retaliation
/
Recklessness
) if you are surviving really well and you need that last bit of DPS to down the boss before an enrage timer, otherwise you should just use shield block instead of Recklessness (same effect minus DW if you specced it) and skip Retaliation (may be worth it on many adds, but not on bosses who have 2.00 swing time).
Remember that
Colossus smash
duration is 6 sec which is 2 or 3 auto attacks and 3 or 4 skills. More often than not you should not want to leave Defensive Stance.
If you are unlucky you may get crit for 100%(
Berserker Stance
)*120%(Recklessness)*200%(no crit immunity from
Bastion of Defense
) which equals to 140% extra dmg. That isn't worth it, especially not on a boss.
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367590
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Post by
Anarchy
It is really not worth it, it won't make or break a fight, you won't do more DPS or threat, any gains you get will be offset by switching stance.
It might be worth considering if the buff affected all physical DPS but it only affects yours.
Post by
Lands
I'm okay with my 17000 ap buff to leave CS along
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