How much Dodger for a VW? - Phoenix Freeshard

Anyone? Evade is capped at 50% or was it 60%?

Thanks <3

Mon 22 Oct 2018 4:16 PM by Bethoc

Unless the implementation is different here, evasion in RvR is capped at 50% and the formula is adjusted based on numerous factors: "your level, your target's level, your level of evade, your QUI, your DEX, your buffs to QUI and DEX, the number of people attacking you, your target's weapon level, your target's spec in the weapon he is wielding, the kind of attack (DW, range, etc), attack radius, angle of attack, the style you used most recently, target's offensive RA, debuffs, and a few others."

Since you will most likely be facing similarly buffed enemies with high weapon skill at an equal level (50), and dual wield reduces evasion chance by 1/4, I wouldn't expect to exceed the cap even with high Dodger. A decent stopping point at RR5 would be the equivalent of Dodger 3 (5 on Phoenix, +10% evade) costing 14 realm points total with the Aug Quick 3 prerequisite.

My RR5 recommendation with 40 realm points available:

Aug Dex 3
---Mastery of Pain 3
---Mastery of Parrying 2
Aug Qui 3
---Dodger 5
Determination 7
Long Wind 1
Tireless 1

Note that scythe nuke procs use strength (weaponskill) and can't crit, so if you strongly prefer melee over ranged casting, an alternative route would be Aug Str 5 and Mastery of Arms over Aug Dex/MoPain/MoParry. You'll require slightly higher realm rank to bring MoArms up, or sacrifice of Dodger/Det levels.

Besides the higher RP investment of Aug Str 5/MoArms, you lose out on casting speed and a bit of defense, and your scythe won't crit as much. Whether or not that's worthwhile is questionable. You should not invest in MoArms if you use the 3.5 speed scythe and started as a celt or sylvan, because your self haste will push you lower than the 1.5 swing speed cap when fully buffed. If you're a firbolg, use a slower scythe, or don't apply the self haste because it overwrites the druid buff, go ahead; you won't reach the cap even with MoArms.

I also suggest experimenting with Purge while you have i50 RR5L9 available. It costs 10 points and has a 30 minute cooldown, but it's quite useful, and you may find it worth sacrificing other RAs to acquire sooner. That or reach max Det 9.

Mon 22 Oct 2018 6:13 PM by Renork

Bethoc wrote: ↑
Mon 22 Oct 2018 4:16 PM
Unless the implementation is different here, evasion in RvR is capped at 50% and the formula is adjusted based on numerous factors: "your level, your target's level, your level of evade, your QUI, your DEX, your buffs to QUI and DEX, the number of people attacking you, your target's weapon level, your target's spec in the weapon he is wielding, the kind of attack (DW, range, etc), attack radius, angle of attack, the style you used most recently, target's offensive RA, debuffs, and a few others."

Since you will most likely be facing similarly buffed enemies with high weapon skill at an equal level (50), and dual wield reduces evasion chance by 1/4, I wouldn't expect to exceed the cap even with high Dodger. A decent stopping point at RR5 would be the equivalent of Dodger 3 (5 on Phoenix, +10% evade) costing 14 realm points total with the Aug Quick 3 prerequisite.

My RR5 recommendation with 40 realm points available:

Aug Dex 3
---Mastery of Pain 3
---Mastery of Parrying 2
Aug Qui 3
---Dodger 5
Determination 7
Long Wind 1
Tireless 1

Note that scythe nuke procs use strength (weaponskill) and can't crit, so if you strongly prefer melee over ranged casting, an alternative route would be Aug Str 5 and Mastery of Arms over Aug Dex/MoPain/MoParry. You'll require slightly higher realm rank to bring MoArms up, or sacrifice of Dodger/Det levels.

Besides the higher RP investment of Aug Str 5/MoArms, you lose out on casting speed and a bit of defense, and your scythe won't crit as much. Whether or not that's worthwhile is questionable. You should not invest in MoArms if you use the 3.5 speed scythe and started as a celt or sylvan, because your self haste will push you lower than the 1.5 swing speed cap when fully buffed. If you're a firbolg, use a slower scythe, or don't apply the self haste because it overwrites the druid buff, go ahead; you won't reach the cap even with MoArms.

I also suggest experimenting with Purge while you have i50 RR5L9 available. It costs 10 points and has a 30 minute cooldown, but it's quite useful, and you may find it worth sacrificing other RAs to acquire sooner. That or reach max Det 9.

Thank you sunshine <3