06-10-2006, 06:54 AM
I agree with pretty much everything you say.
Yes, with the slowing effect of mind flay, not to mention the chance of a stun going off, it works really well to hit mobs with it as soon as you can (one more reason to max the shadow reach talent).
I never bothered to shield as a routine matter past clvl 40. One other situation, apart from the ones you mentioned, when PW:S does help is for double pulls or adds; hopefully you can stay shielded while you take out the first mob, though psychic scream is also a really teriffic spell for soloing.
At clvl 60, a lvl 10 PW:S is 500 mana and a lvl 6 mindflay is nominally 205 mana (though I'm pretty sure mine used less -- more like 165 -- not sure why). At lvl 36, it's nominally 250 mana for a lvl 6 PW:S and 100 mana for a lvl 3 mindflay, so you have to lose a lot of mana casting mind flay before the PW:S becomes worthwhile.
Well there are easier regular mobs and harder regular mobs. It does screw up the rythym a bit if you want to follow your mind blast with PW:S and VE and mind flay before the mob reaches you, so it depends. Against easy mobs, you might not need VE at all, or you might throw one in mid-combat, perhaps while waiting for mind blast, or you might choose to throw one in at the start agaianst an easy mob if your health is depleted from a previous fight. At a cost of 40 mana for free health recovery, VE is an absolute bargin, and there is no reason not to use it unless you are never taking significant damage.
Quote:Keep running backwards until the mob comes into flay range - immediately stop and flay.
Yes, with the slowing effect of mind flay, not to mention the chance of a stun going off, it works really well to hit mobs with it as soon as you can (one more reason to max the shadow reach talent).
Quote:I very rarely bothered to shield. I usually only used it for elites (preshield and wait for mana to regen), mobs with high attack speeds (makes it really painful to get the second MB off) or in emergency situations.
I never bothered to shield as a routine matter past clvl 40. One other situation, apart from the ones you mentioned, when PW:S does help is for double pulls or adds; hopefully you can stay shielded while you take out the first mob, though psychic scream is also a really teriffic spell for soloing.
At clvl 60, a lvl 10 PW:S is 500 mana and a lvl 6 mindflay is nominally 205 mana (though I'm pretty sure mine used less -- more like 165 -- not sure why). At lvl 36, it's nominally 250 mana for a lvl 6 PW:S and 100 mana for a lvl 3 mindflay, so you have to lose a lot of mana casting mind flay before the PW:S becomes worthwhile.
Quote:I saved VE mostly for nasty elite mobs or multi-pulls. For a regular mob, it wasn't usually worth the casting time (screws up the rythym).
Well there are easier regular mobs and harder regular mobs. It does screw up the rythym a bit if you want to follow your mind blast with PW:S and VE and mind flay before the mob reaches you, so it depends. Against easy mobs, you might not need VE at all, or you might throw one in mid-combat, perhaps while waiting for mind blast, or you might choose to throw one in at the start agaianst an easy mob if your health is depleted from a previous fight. At a cost of 40 mana for free health recovery, VE is an absolute bargin, and there is no reason not to use it unless you are never taking significant damage.