Potions and Miracles

[Hodgeka]

<p>Ok, for a raiding assassin, I have a couple questions.. </p><p>1) Typically for a raid, which potions should I be using, Strength or Melee Crit? </p><p>2) Miracle choice for following Rallos Zek is pretty obvious, but what blessing would you use? The 2 that stick out to me is the one with 10% melee crit, and the one with 10% off all combat art's reuse timers and 10% more damage.</p>

[Jayad]

1) I would use STR unless you're at 850+ already. Crit might actually be a little better than either but it has a short timer. gets very expensive to use GM crit boost for a whole raid 2) Those are the two I use. I think you mean the 100% crit timer. That thing is a beast for a minute, especially if you have gear that favors high crit like the GDoH

[judged_one]

<cite>Hodgeka wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Ok, for a raiding assassin, I have a couple questions.. </p><p>1) Typically for a raid, which potions should I be using, Strength or Melee Crit? </p><p>2) Miracle choice for following Rallos Zek is pretty obvious, but what blessing would you use? The 2 that stick out to me is the one with 10% melee crit, and the one with 10% off all combat art's reuse timers and 10% more damage.</p></blockquote> You can stack the str + Crit (Make sure you take the Str potion before Crit) I use 3 potions mainly. Str, Int and Crit.You can't be cheap, there is nothing better than the Crit potion atm. With my Crit gear and Dirge you can get close to 40% and that's a big help. Edit: Str and int dont stack, I usually use str if I am below 650str, and int if I am above 650 str

[grish]

Anyone verify that str / crit stack. Ive always thought that putting the crit on cancels str buff but never paid much attention.

[Craien]

<cite>grish wrote:</cite><blockquote>Anyone verify that str / crit stack. Ive always thought that putting the crit on cancels str buff but never paid much attention. </blockquote> I just tested this a few minutes ago and it does cancel the previous buff.

[Jayad]

They don't stack. I don't know why he thinks they do. I tested it when they first came out. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (I wish they stacked!) I do believe the crit is better unless your str is really low, but I already spend a gazillion on poisons. Even if you get it on the cheap it adds up.

[-=Hoss=-]

<p>You lost me.  I follow rallos zek, but which miracle is a no brainer?  And which one gives you 100% crit chance for a minute?</p><p> The 2 i use are, i think, rallos devestation, which is a pretty big aoe attack, and the one that gives me increased crit chance and something else for 10 min.  I can't remember which of those is the blessing and which is the miracle.  </p><p>For the record, I tried using the one that caused massive damage when you were killed, but it didn't seem to work.  Anyone else play with that?</p><p>-t</p>

[Jayad]

I use "BattleGod's Furor" (100% crit, 20% double attack, 20% aoe attack), and Zek's Rending (10% recast reduce, 10% more damage). The BattleGod one is amazing. I've pulled some sick DPS with it. Usually I end up dying after I use it because I almost always peel the mobs.