I think it's a little unfair that this spec can completely skip a stat that every other class needs to a certain degree (correct me if I'm wrong) and stack raw damage instead. Nerfs have happened before that required people to swap gear. Also just wanted to say that warriors aren't the only ones that have it bad with gear optimization, all the classes have poorly optimized gear. You're probably better off min/maxing war hero since it's so cheap compared to EWH gear and the stat difference is so slight.

The problem with shields in PvP is that they only block white damage and the majority of attacks are yellow. I personally don't notice a difference in survivability with a shield in PvP. I find the extra DPS helps put down more pressure so I roll with a focus.

The 23/1/17 build is mainly a tank/utility/support spec. By going into lightning charge (can't get surging with this spec) you're losing the tank part and literally getting nothing in return. You will die faster, and the Energize talent (guaranteed shock crits) will do more DPS than lightning charge will do. This spec is meant to be used with dark charge, if you want to use a different charge go with a different spec.

Wow that looks awesome. What chest piece and boots are those?

This is a great spec for new/under-geared assassins. I recommend you read http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=548258 Use DPS gear and a focus for your offhand. Do NOT use tank gear or a shield, the defensive stats and shield are garbage in PvP in most scenarios.

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Pretty sure when it comes down to it Pyro just does more DPS plain and simple. Although I've heard AP can come close to Pyro in PvE in terms of DPS, it suffers in PvP for two main reasons. First, Pyro has a much bigger burst which is extremely important in PvP. Second, one of the key abilities of AP, the buffed flamethrower isn't very useful since it can be avoided/cancelled easily (not to mention you have to stand still). A lot of the talents are really good imo (such as the AoE/Stunned damage reduction or the movement speed skill) for PvP. Just needs a few buffs here and there.

It's just a bug, the Elite War Hero vendor sells the regular War Hero relics. Just go to a different class vendor and buy them from there. All the classes have the same relics anyways.

I don't think the shells carry the set bonus, I'm pretty sure you can't take out the set bonus out of the Battlemaster pieces.

I was wondering if anyone knows which relics are BiS for PvP DPS at the moment. Should I be using the Elite War Hero relics or the Dread Guard ones? I've read expertise loses a lot of it's value around 1100 - 1200 (correct me if I'm wrong) so I'm not really worried about that. The main trade off is passive power for a proc/350 power on use.

Thanks for making this, I was actually wondering the other day if something like this exists. Extremely useful!

I know some that don't get any crit/accuracy and just stack max power. However, I plan to stack both Crit and accuracy to 150 since you get very good returns up to that point. 150 accuracy give you 5% accuracy if I'm not mistaken, which would negate the default 5% defense. Railshot is pretty much our hardest hitting ability, if it misses that's a pretty big DPS loss.

So I decided to try your build and I have to say it's a lot of fun. I'm still constantly at the top of the scoreboard as I was with Rage but I can support my team much better, and the DPS is pretty solid for such a tanky build. The stuns and survivability more than make up for the loss of DPS imo. Hope to see a new build for 1.2, keep up the good work!