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Dec 26 2007 12:27am
v/t is superior against barbs, sorcs, necros
for druids... the aura helps vs wolves, but w/ practice the wolves are easily manageable
smiting past wolves is fairly easy
v/t better average percentage of victory vs all
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Dec 26 2007 12:31am
Quote (inst4nt @ Wed, Dec 26 2007, 01:27am)
v/t is superior against barbs, sorcs, necros
for druids... the aura helps vs wolves, but w/ practice the wolves are easily manageable
smiting past wolves is fairly easy
v/t better average percentage of victory vs all


A good v/t is one of the harder matchups for this build, it requires fast hotkeying and you have to be careful with the face to face smite, since they usually have maxed smite skills and full pcomb inventory. With practice though, and working on a tactic similar to the one I laid out, it's very winnable. If your conviction sticks then you're pretty set. I'm using a few offensive lifers to keep mine around lvl 30 right now.
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Dec 26 2007 12:45am
tbh the only place iv seen this build work is if auradin stacks wich is highly bm or has tap but still tappers got stomped by my pure smite.
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Quote (cazac08 @ Wed, Dec 26 2007, 01:45am)
tbh the only place iv seen this build work is if auradin stacks wich is highly bm or has tap but still tappers got stomped by my pure smite.


Pm if you're on east ladder, I can show you it's not just for bm duels. I think using the auradin glitch is pretty pathetic and delight in taking down other auradins that do. You can use dracs for tap but you really don't need it, and it's hard to hit ias breakpoint if you're using a zerk grief (which is much better). Also, as I mentioned in matchups, smiters are a tough matchup and require some finesse to take down.
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Dec 26 2007 01:05am
This build looks fun imo, got me thinking about making this biggrin.gif
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Quote (inst4nt @ Wed, Dec 26 2007, 01:27am)
v/t is superior against barbs, sorcs, necros
for druids... the aura helps vs wolves, but w/ practice the wolves are easily manageable
smiting past wolves is fairly easy
v/t better average percentage of victory vs all


Actually this build rapes sorcs and other casters a little more than v/t imo.

Aura helps most for oak. Insta-oak death. Not saying v/t sucks vs druid, but it's not as good for them as this build.
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Dec 26 2007 01:14am
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Actually this build rapes sorcs and other casters a little more than v/t imo. 

Aura helps most for oak.  Insta-oak death. Not saying v/t sucks vs druid, but it's not as good for them as this build.


Very true. The only thing they have that won't fall to pulses is the bear. The bear is annoying, but sooner or later it'll wander off when they spam wind.

@WWI, pm if you have any questions. Happy to help with the build if you decide to go there.
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Dec 26 2007 01:42am
Quote (letmypeopleho69 @ Wed, Dec 26 2007, 07:09am)
Actually this build rapes sorcs and other casters a little more than v/t imo. 

Aura helps most for oak.  Insta-oak death. Not saying v/t sucks vs druid, but it's not as good for them as this build.


oak stacks on top of druid so it is very easy to foh to death in my opinion

just still difference in opinon and comfort of whether using aura or foh switch

but id say v/t works just as well and would not make this char over it
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Dec 26 2007 01:49am
Quote (inst4nt @ Wed, Dec 26 2007, 02:42am)
oak stacks on top of druid so it is very easy to foh to death in my opinion

just still difference in opinon and comfort of whether using aura or foh switch

but id say v/t works just as well and would not make this char over it


The mechanics of this build are more fit to duel a druid than v/t. That's all I'm saying.
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Dec 26 2007 01:06pm
I like this build/guide, hope to do some GM duels against it soon smile.gif
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