Sith Sorcerer PvP Builds

[frmorrison]

(04-21-2012 05:58 AM)shay Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 02:41 AM)Vioz Wrote:  Roughly what are the stat weights that people are using now for damage dealing specs in PvP?

i personally try to aim for 300 crit, 300 surge, 200 alacrity and as much power as i can get without going below 300 crit/surge

There are no real weights, but rather you need to follow rules of thumb like this one. Also you want Expertise containing gear in every slot unless the PvE piece is at least 12 item levels higher then the closest expertise-containing piece you have access too (like Rakata/Black Hole is in most cases better than Recruit).

[brothersquirrel]

(04-21-2012 07:29 AM)frmorrison Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 05:58 AM)shay Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 02:41 AM)Vioz Wrote:  Roughly what are the stat weights that people are using now for damage dealing specs in PvP?

i personally try to aim for 300 crit, 300 surge, 200 alacrity and as much power as i can get without going below 300 crit/surge

There are no real weights, but rather you need to follow rules of thumb like this one. Also you want Expertise containing gear in every slot unless the PvE piece is at least 12 item levels higher then the closest expertise-containing piece you have access too (like Rakata/Black Hole is in most cases better than Recruit).

not according to this guy...

http://mmo-mechanics.com/news.php?articl...1-2-galaxy

[madsp33d]

(04-21-2012 07:29 AM)frmorrison Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 05:58 AM)shay Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 02:41 AM)Vioz Wrote:  Roughly what are the stat weights that people are using now for damage dealing specs in PvP?

i personally try to aim for 300 crit, 300 surge, 200 alacrity and as much power as i can get without going below 300 crit/surge

There are no real weights, but rather you need to follow rules of thumb like this one. Also you want Expertise containing gear in every slot unless the PvE piece is at least 12 item levels higher then the closest expertise-containing piece you have access too (like Rakata/Black Hole is in most cases better than Recruit).

My first time posting on here, so consider me a huge noob. I saw yall didn't put anything about willpower on there. Meaning you always go for that first, correct?

[frmorrison]

(05-01-2012 06:13 AM)madsp33d Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 07:29 AM)frmorrison Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 05:58 AM)shay Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 02:41 AM)Vioz Wrote:  Roughly what are the stat weights that people are using now for damage dealing specs in PvP?

i personally try to aim for 300 crit, 300 surge, 200 alacrity and as much power as i can get without going below 300 crit/surge

There are no real weights, but rather you need to follow rules of thumb like this one. Also you want Expertise containing gear in every slot unless the PvE piece is at least 12 item levels higher then the closest expertise-containing piece you have access too (like Rakata/Black Hole is in most cases better than Recruit).

My first time posting on here, so consider me a huge noob. I saw yall didn't put anything about willpower on there. Meaning you always go for that first, correct?

Yes, but willpower is the most important stat (except for PvP, expertise is best), so all augments should be willpower. However, the other stats you can customize.

[frmorrison]

Here what I recommended for most people for the Hybrid PvP dps http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/sorce...3d-7298f23
Note the 1% HP on crits is a small benefit so can be swapped with other talents, all of the other choices are about the same in their benefit. I prefer the healing over 15% less DoT damage, 2% less damage, or -10 sec on the stun.
Here is my specific Hybrid PvP build http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/sorce...d-67298f23
Note Lightning Barrage has been recently nerfed (you can still double dip, but the tics are clipped, so you don't gain anything by double dipping), but I still think it is the top PvP dps build because of the burst damage from Death Field.

For Hybrid DPS/Heal, I think you want 22/19 http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/sorce...-e2c8d0f-0 The 10% slow on Affliction is nice to have.

[Slipstrm]

I am just curious, how many are still using the classic 18/2/21 hybrid build? At 1.2 I played around with some of the other builds and ultimately settled going back to this one with decent success. I love being able to deal damage and being a secondary healer. I have 3 pieces of war hero gear with the remainder being battlemaster. On average I end up doing 175 - 250K damage with 100-150K healing. My only real complaint is that we are virutally defenseless to stuns/knockbacks/pulls/etc.
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[shay]

currently i dont see how any real hybrid builds can work outside of healing ones. i think creeping terror is a must especially now that we know barrage force lightning only ticks 6x

[Aequitas1987]

(05-03-2012 12:19 AM)frmorrison Wrote:  Here what I recommended for most people for the Hybrid PvP dps http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/sorce...3d-7298f23
Note the 1% HP on crits is a very small benefit so can be swapped with other talents, all of the other choices are about the same in their benefit. I prefer the healing over 15% less DoT damage, 2% less damage, or -10 sec on the stun.
Here is my specific Hybrid PvP build http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/sorce...d-67298f23

Note Lightning Barrage appears to have been recently nerfed (you can still double dip, but the tics are clipped, so you don't gain anything by double dipping), but I still think it is the top PvP dps build because of the burst damage from Death Field.

So do you not recommend picking up Lightning Barrage even if statistically you have stacked a lot of crit chance? High Affliction crits = constantly translating into lightning barrage. Is it still worth the extra DPS even if its not as good as before?

[frmorrison]

I think Lightning Barrage is still worth getting. Also you can still double dip, just there is no dps gain and a slight more Force used.

[Katil]

Hey all,
Sorry, posted in wrong forum; post has been relocated to correct forum.
Regards,
Katil