Counterblade

Gummby8 · 07-30-2007, 11:59 AM

I have heard that counterblade can be extreemly usefull on certain named and their special moves IE the two named in MMIS with the death ae at 10% hp, apparently counterblade works on that.
Has any coercer actualy taken the str line for counterblade to mess around with it ? All all the rumors i hear about it come from illusionists

Pinski · 07-30-2007, 12:06 PM

There's no point in taking counterblade just for those mobs. Why? Because you can stun/stifle it to delay it long enough for people to use stakes or burst DPS to kill it before it goes off.

Orodina · 07-30-2007, 12:37 PM

Aye, even if it was a superior method of defeating those mobs, it certainly isn't worth devoting 24 AA to it.

Senelin · 07-30-2007, 08:25 PM

That indeed used to work. They ninja nerfed it at some point though, so now it's almost completely useless. I had CB for about a month, at the end it wouldn't counter anything but profession abilities, aka nothing.

Orodina · 08-02-2007, 11:52 AM

From what I've read elsewhere, the Str line, including CB, is popular on PvP. I guess that makes sense, since you would be encountering a lot of profession spells from other players, and getting into melee with stunned players could up your dps against them.

Pinski · 08-02-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Orodina

From what I've read elsewhere, the Str line, including CB, is popular on PvP. I guess that makes sense, since you would be encountering a lot of profession spells from other players, and getting into melee with stunned players could up your dps against them.

Also having Parry/Riposte would help out too.

Fooflehag · 08-03-2007, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Orodina

From what I've read elsewhere, the Str line, including CB, is popular on PvP. I guess that makes sense, since you would be encountering a lot of profession spells from other players, and getting into melee with stunned players could up your dps against them.

It is, but I don't think alot is running around with it, since most coercers are in "above average" raid guilds.
During my summervacation, I (luckily) got bumped from MT group to OT/scout group (lovin' it), which allowed me to dump all the deaggro/crit heals crap.

As Exur from Venekor said, it's awesome to slam counterblade in the face of a ice nova'ing mage or some dumb ranger. I wouldn't go STR on PVE server though.
As for epics, it seems pretty damn random, what it counters and what not.