Deaths_Avenger Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 I am a returning player from a long time ago and wanted to try the Shadow class. With the new 5.0 update, what is a good role and rotation for the shadow. I mainly play PvE. I have seen a lot of people say tank but not sure. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also if anyone has any advice on which modifications are good for each class that would help a lot too. http://www.swtor.com/r/CJnwr4
LudhaninRolgge Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Tanks were in a good spot during 4.0 and are totally OP for the moment thanks to a bug link to the change they made to stance (becoming a passive instead of an active). This will likely be fixed for the next patch, but even then tank will still be on a good spot. For DPS, Infiltration is currently in an amazing spot due to the same stance bug which will likely be fixed aswell. When it's be done, it's going back to be a subpar melee. The spec is fine for everything up to HM and even some NiM, but when you're going to harder bosses there's better option than Infiltration so the spec is ofter overlooked. Serenity is not in a great spot, doing less damage than Infiltration albeit being a dot spec hinders the spec quite a lot. All in all and even if I really love Infiltration, If you want to be part of any HL PVE guild (if there's any left) and run harder content on a regular basis, I'd strongly advice going tank. Now, if your goal is only to run content on a more "casual" manner, every spec is more than capable of doing the job and it mostly depends on what you wanna do and your preferences. If you're more prone to tanking, you can't go wrong with Kinetic Combat (it has a steeper learning curve than the 2 other tanks, but I find it more rewarding). If you're more of a DPS, do you prefer burst or DoT ? If you don't care and just want something that looks pleasing to you, Infiltration is more of a saber based spec (Darth Maulish I'd say) where Serenity is more of a force based. In the end, the choice is up to you and what you like the most.
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