Jedi_Knight_Jess Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I choose to spec Anilihation....I was torn between that and Carnage tree....is there a basic build I can work from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamptin Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Roll a Jugg or Powertech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGITSJAD Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Rage, hands down. Gives you super strong Smashes which are AOE, auto-crit, and then boost the damage on the rest of the skills you use for some amount of time. Carnage is viable, and especially useful against tanks because of the 100% armor penetration, but you can be shut down pretty easily if your opponents know to avoid you/stun you while you have Gore up. I would say for a beginner spec, go with Rage. It's real easy to do well with, especially against dumb teams. Carnage can burst someone down 1v1 probably just as fast, if not faster, but against multiple enemies/stuns you won't do as well. You'll notice I didn't say anything about Annihilation because it isn't a good PvP spec. Your DOTs are the one of the biggest sources of your damage and they can be cleansed. Not only this, but you have to use Annihilate multiple times in a row before it's cooldown is low enough for you to sustain strong damage. In PVP, the best specs are generally the ones that burst down opponents the quickest, and while Annihilation provides good sustained damage in PvE, most decent players will not allow you to ramp up your stacks or keep your DOTs up, making Annihilation almost useless in PvP at the moment. Edited March 31, 2014 by OMGITSJAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Knight_Jess Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yeah I began speccing an Anni Mara, and I don't feel like I'm doing nearly enough damage as I should be doing actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodrin Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Roll a Jugg or Powertech What are you talking about? Carnage is substantially stronger than any Jugg DPS spec, just a bit tougher to get good at. And in response to the post below the one I quoted, Smash is being heavily nerfed in PvP for 2.7 and will no longer be viable for PvP in my opinion. Annihilation lacks burst so is not ideal, but is viable in PvP, and Carnage is very strong when played well. Rage will not be a good choice for PvP in 2.7 Edited April 4, 2014 by Vodrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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