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Quote (deathwinger @ Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 15:11)
crappy anything loses to serious anything o_O
thought thats a given. But a trapper running in circles like an idiot can still be a nuisance when a dumb fire sorc is nothing but ear-duping.

But no, fissures don't keep ghosts from chasing you. They can still chase you, but if you l8z and defwhore, it will inevitably widdle them down.
Its one of those duels where you'll be trying to keep them off your screen the whole time, yes. At least until you've got them wary enough (they WILL turn wary after getting struck by a grizzly)


hell, ghost can chase blizzy down pretty well, the difference here is that you a lot less damage and tele slower too. not to mention with no block and no dr you WILL die if you get caught by dclaw even once
defwhoring wont really help vs a person with good locks


ps. a lot of theorycraft :wacko:

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Quote (tudey @ Mon, Aug 17 2009, 07:14am)
hell, ghost can chase blizzy down pretty well, the difference here is that you a lot less damage and tele slower too. not to mention with no block and no dr you WILL die if you get caught by dclaw even once
defwhoring wont really help vs a person with good locks


ah but my ancient masters l8z and archiacox have taught me the hidden kung fu secrets of dodging namelocks by teleporting like a pansy, so this bothers me not
For example, just the other day I beat both the #1 and #4 ranked SvS sorcs on ladder, using my aurasorc vs their wisps, purely by dodging chainlocks & spam for what was nearly 4 minutes straight in a single duel (mass regen and sorb is really a bitch, let me say. Plus she welled :x)
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Quote (deathwinger @ Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 15:19)
ah but my ancient masters l8z and archiacox have taught me the hidden kung fu secrets of dodging namelocks by teleporting like a pansy, so this bothers me not
For example, just the other day I beat both the #1 and #4 ranked SvS sorcs on ladder, using my aurasorc vs their wisps, purely by dodging chainlocks & spam for what was nearly 4 minutes straight in a single duel (mass regen and sorb is really a bitch, let me say. Plus she welled :x)


its 'a bit' different when you are dueling with a char that cant stun you. also sorc has a lot faster teleport

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Quote (tudey @ Mon, Aug 17 2009, 07:14am)
ps. a lot of theorycraft :wacko:


theorycraft III: the imaginary throne :cheers:
but rly, I'm just going off my experience. Honestly I'd say a perfectly played trapper or ghost/hybrid should CRUSH a shaman. However, dueling with one, I'm yet to find such a glorious opponent, even out of the best duelers on the realms. Maybe we should be able to summon theory masters that cast mind blast 100% of the time to score gozu wins :x

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its 'a bit' different when you are dueling with a char that cant stun you. also sorc has a lot faster teleport


aye but on me aurasorc i buzz peoples heads always on screen with them, whereas shaman vs trapper/ghost/hybrid, I back the fuck off and stay 2 screens distance unless I"m going in for a grizzly strike when they don't suspect it. Its actually easier to l8z and spam defwhore-style, than to buzz people nonstop while dodging fireballs. It just makes me feel dirty inside :unsure:

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gg build looks fun
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Quote (deathwinger @ Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 15:22)
theorycraft III: the imaginary throne  :cheers:
but rly, I'm just going off my experience. Honestly I'd say a perfectly played trapper or ghost/hybrid should CRUSH a shaman. However, dueling with one, I'm yet to find such a glorious opponent, even out of the best duelers on the realms. Maybe we should be able to summon theory masters that cast mind blast 100% of the time to score gozu wins :x



aye but on me aurasorc i buzz peoples heads always on screen with them, whereas shaman vs trapper/ghost/hybrid, I back the fuck off and stay 2 screens distance unless I"m going in for a grizzly strike when they don't suspect it. Its actually easier to l8z and spam defwhore-style, than to buzz people nonstop while dodging fireballs. It just makes me feel dirty inside  :unsure:


well you never need to stop on aurasorc, on shaman you do
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Quote (tudey @ Mon, Aug 17 2009, 07:32am)
well you never need to stop on aurasorc, on shaman you do


true true
but on aurasorc you need to get close. On shaman I could be off their minimap <_<
Like I said, makes ye feel dirty
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Quote (deathwinger @ Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 15:35)
true true
but on aurasorc you need to get close. On shaman I could be off their minimap  <_<
Like I said, makes ye feel dirty


well actually it can be hard to be offmap when you tele slow and are pretty easily stunned, not to mention you need to actually hit too to kill

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not rly
even slow chars could do laps between cold plains n back if they are just holdin down teleport

and in this case, sin is most likely gonna teleport at exact same speed :wacko:
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mb tele dclaw tele dclaw cu
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