Shockwave yes or no?

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thread starter mickyfresh Sep 22 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Im a lvl 71 marauder and I was wondering if I should max shockwave and transform first. Would this be a faster leveling build at say himes than just the traditional build?

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iTouchYu 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

No. At least from my own experiences... it's a horrible idea .. ish

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PlayThatMelody + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If Big Bang wasn't announced so early, I would've said no flat out. Though I don't suggest you go Transformation+Shockwave first, you can if you feel that would be effective. Just know that energy skills are what a Marauder's main training skills are while Shockwave seems to be an amplifier for maximal training speed only after the energy skills are maxed.

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SirCandyCane 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ok well i did trans build and i regret it so much i stopped adding at lv 20 and realized it sucked blast u use almost whole time your training at gallops and himes for examples and its fast and powerful so i would highly recomend charge and blast

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Jslep19 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Im not sure if anything changed, but I just got 1 shockwave. It seems pretty fast...its spammable... Anyways, is EB really better? Shockwave at level 1 makes me mob better than I did with SSK, thanks to the flat platforms..

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Kojo 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Jslep19 : Im not sure if anything changed, but I just got 1 shockwave. It seems pretty fast...its spammable... Anyways, is EB really better? Shockwave at level 1 makes me mob better than I did with SSK, thanks to the flat platforms.. [/quote] 700% damage on 6 monsters that's 1980ms and only works on flat platforms and is only available 1/3rd of the time 420% on 4 monsters that's 750ms and works everywhere, available nearly all the time if you're in a mobby place with decent level Energy Charge Shockwave sure looks better to me /sarcasm

azimuth457 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Traditional build? that WAS the traditional build. (Edit: to explain, Energy Blast wasn't always so fast) If you mean Energy Blast over Shockwave, it's much better. Allow me to explain why. The transformation ability has that cooldown and all, meanwhile energy is based off of non-miss hits on monsters. I remember being able to charge energy from empty to full in around 7 seconds spamming Sommersault Kick on a mob(while hitting 6 monsters with every one). 7 seconds of downtime>minutes. The energy bubble is also great because of it's attack increase for this and other situations. That and it's much faster than Shockwave. You have to understand that if you ever wanted to train somewhere besides Himes, Shockwave would be useless if the map wasn't just as flat.

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Estasy123 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

While using Shockwave, you almost always get hit near the end of the animation which usually knocks you back. At places like Lower Ascent, it knocks you off platforms a lot and its really annoying. I went the energy build and its amazing. I just got 3 hit Energy Blast and it kills a lot faster then spamming SSK.

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Dackarac 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo. no no no no no. max out energy charge and blast first, trust me. it's super fast training once energy charge is maxed.

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lwapoison 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I only went transform first because I wanted to have fun. I didnt and still dont care about training speed. However, if you are the type that needs to be 100% accurate on their skill build, energy blast would be better to have.

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AznQuincy666 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Shockwave is useless, I didn't use it as a marauder or as a bucc. Transformation is only used for the haste effect.

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RolyPolyJoey 09/22/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Post bb and pre bb shockwave are still terrible. Even though it's sped up, you still have to wait for transform to cooldown which is still terrible. If you go energy build first, you can use blast/drain a majority of the time more than sw and transform.

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Starblitzkrieg 09/23/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

With max energy charge, you will be in your bubble about 90% of the time. Also, the energy bubble gives w.atk. Blast is fast and stuns, which gives even more damage with stun mastery. Blast's range isn't as fantastic as SW and only hits 4, but you probably won't notice that. SW is platform restricted and has a long cast time. Transform has a long cooldown at the moment.

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