StiickerZ Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I currently have 3 points in exploitive strikes and 27 points in Darkness. I can respec and get wither, but does it improve the leveling experience that much or should I just save it for when I get to 50 and put more points in madness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrifKaylon Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Personally, I'd have to say so. I might be biased (I've played each spec at some point, but primarily leveled full darkness). Once I hit 40, I tried each spec again so see how the top-tier talents felt, and I came right back to Darkness, largely because I liked Wither so much. It is monstrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasheria Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I am currently leveling a darkness assassin and I think wither is something to consider taking. It is AOE taunt, aoe slow and damage reduction upto 5 target. Kinda nice to have With threat being so finicky, I will take any skill that will help me to cause more threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterCinders Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wither is pretty awesome. With the coming addition to the power where it will add a stack of Harnessed Darkness, Wither will be even better. AoE Threat Damage Slow Accuracy Debuff and a tick towards your self-heal. What's not to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claavin Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Wither is pretty awesome. With the coming addition to the power where it will add a stack of Harnessed Darkness, Wither will be even better. AoE Threat Damage Slow Accuracy Debuff and a tick towards your self-heal. What's not to love. They're buffing Wither?! /boggle /faint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabbathius Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'm leveling with Wither too. Though I'm thinking of trying Deception or Madness until 1.1.2 hits. It's nice when you get it, but it's not the same order of magnitude like Marauder getting Annihilate, for example, where the difference is HUGE because Anni will have 66% chance to also reset Rupture cooldown. Wither is an OK AoE, and damage reduction is great, but slow is largely meaningless for leveling. Personally I'd just take HD and go for Madness points, you'll get more bang for your buck. And fill out the rest of the Darkness tree in high 40s, if you are just questing/leveling without tanking instances or PvP. For PvP though, Wither is pretty awesome, even the way it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battilea Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 They're buffing Wither?! /boggle /faint Sort of. It is more along the lines of them fixing something and adjusting something else to compensate, to keep assassins roughly where they are. Wither gets a bit of a boost, but Energize gets nerfed from a 50% to 30% chance of doing what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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