Its not possible to play pure dex builds in this meta

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only stuns work against grit.

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If you think DEX builds are going to have space on 3v3 youā€™re delusional. Even more with the ring of fire mechanic that shortens the area over time.

3v3 are going to be run by:
1- medium bruiser using GA / whatever the meta weapon is (probably still IG when it launchs)

2- healer using VG for debuff or IG for crowd control

3- any light mage to deal insane damage against targets already under CC

Unless thereā€™s significant changes to DEX in less than one month, DEX wonā€™t have any places on 3v3.

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43

i dunno im guessing its going to be at the least.

  1. healer LS/Rapier
  2. GA/IG/WH whatever the meta is.
  3. can potentially be a medium range mage or could also be a spear/x assassin. i can see that being fairly popular 3rd choice.
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Healers with Rapier arenā€™t PvP meta anymore, since the Rapier CDs increase. It was so good before that they could almost be immortal so they could heal endlessly. Now that Rapier is nerfed to the ground the meta changed to their side weapon be something that helps the group, like debuff or CC, it depends on who theyā€™re playing with

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wait was there additional nerfs i didnt hear about?

im expecting IG then if the arena is small. for self peels.

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Nah just that one where they increase all rapier cooldowns

47

its still heavily used in opr.

i guess it depends on the team, a single rapier escape face roll should get you some distance, enough for your team to come help you as they should.

peelers need to peel.

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Yes, thereā€™s still some healers using it on OPR but wars are a different breed. At least on my server, theyā€™re almost prohibited by big companies to use rapier xD

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What server? Iā€™m on Marama and almost all healers still run 100 con, light and a rapier. With so much CC in the meta there is no way a VG healer would live more than a few seconds. The changes added small windows where you can catch them on CD but it did not change the meta at all.

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SA server Devaloka, since war inside forts became a thing, most healers are using VG/IG as their side weapon for debuff and CC inside the Fort. Also, thereā€™s not ā€œassassin groupsā€ slotted for wars here anymore (which existed before and had primary role of chasing healers - they were changed to zerg and bruisers that can deal damage inside the flag), so things became easier for healers outside the fort, they just need better positioning and awareness to heal almost free the entire war.

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You donā€™t think that BB will be in there to delete the healer in 2 sec? :joy:

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Nope. Very useful to backcap and harrass.

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Well maybe, but BB isnā€™t DEX so probably GA/BB combo to counter healers.

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What server are you on because they are basically banned from using anything but rapier on mine.

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55

Rapier clearly still S+ secondary weapon for healers in war , no questions asked

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56

only because it makes you almost impossible to hit/kill when you add desync into the mix you take evade/riposte away its instantly f-tier. Itā€™s s-tier without doing any damage ā€¦

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Itā€™s a S+ tier secondary for healers, not sure where did I talk about dmg ?

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i think its the secondary ā€œweaponā€ as its not a weapon it might as well get its own tool slot imho.

not one worth learning to kill with anyway (i know some people can but that effort is not worth it at all)

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this is a thread about " pure dex builds " and I said damage not you

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Hitting rapier heavy attacks in this meta? No chance.