05-15-2004, 01:23 PM
Quote:h, but while Zealing you're uninterruptible. That's a significant issue for sorc whose hit recovery can be measured in interglacial epochs.
This is known and noted, but it is not clear from your post wether you quote this as a good thing or a bad thing?
Experience shows, (that is, MY experience shows), that the uninterruptability of zeal is the greatest drawback to a Passion blade. I don't know what kind og equipment are you all using, but my sorc did not manage to stay toe-to-toe with, say, a group of balrogs in hell for a complete Zeal-cycle. I ended up removig zeal from my hotkeys, since it got me killed so many times.
HotW charges could also be useful, in case one was doing physical damage. Alas, that is not the case.
I seriously believe that nearly any fast-swinging one hander outperforms a passion phase blade for an enchantress.
If I were to pick an eitem for my Melee Enchantress, it would be Djinni Slayer. It has a base speed of -20, can have 2 sockets, and with 70% ias (2 shaels and sigons) you're at 10 frame (the fastest a phase blade can get you). It also has a huge fire damage that gets multiplied by your maxed mastery. They are relatively cheap to trade for, too.
Of course, the IDEAL weapon would be an azurewrath... but who has one?