Need a little help

[ShinyaKat]

<p>So I rolled an Inquis and was not happy about the healing ability I had (coming from a warden at the time) so I betrayed at about level 35 or so.  I was happy for a good while with the ability I had to heal as a Templar, but the more I played my Fury the harder time I was having on my Templar.  (Don't worry, I know play styles are different)</p><p>So last night I decided to roll back to Inquis (at lvl 71) and try my hand at being an Inquis again since I am very unlikely to raid as a Templar and trying to level as a Templar is a little rough.  After betraying last night I went out to KP just to try out the Inquis.  Here is what I ran into:</p><p>I attack several different mobs (all single target) and after about 3 fights my power was way down (below 30%).  Even as my Templar I never used so much power in easy little fights.  Becasue I am not familiar with any of the new spells and buffs and such that I have, I am curious as what I should be looking for as the main drain on my power. </p><p>I used all my debuffs, then used all my melee attacks.  My current AA spec, with 106 AA"'s (I know, no that much) is:</p><p>Str: 8, 4, 10, 2</p><p>Agi: 4, 10</p><p>Sta: 2</p><p>Wis: 0</p><p>Int: 4, 8, 10, 2</p><p>Battle Cleric (first four melee attacks with 5 each and battle cleric at bottom)</p><p>Shadows is irrelevent for this so no need to post. (not enough AA"s for it to matter at this point)</p><p>Any info would be helpful.  Thank you!!</p>

[LardLord]

<p>Fanaticism is most likely to blame for draining your power.  Without the 50% reduction you can pick up in the EoF tree, the continual cost of the spell is pretty large. </p><p>Dogma will also drain your power really fast, but it's usually not a big deal solo'ing (group heals/cures cost a ton in groups with it up), and, as you probably know, Yaulp costs some power too. </p><p>Inquest is our power proc on attacks.  It can be placed on yourself while solo'ing or on a group friend if you have one.</p>

[Calain80]

For soloing I would move from Int to Sta. 4-10-10 and if you want to do some heroic content also the damage immunity is worth far more then the Int line for a Inq. Also I hope you use a two handed weapon? Thanks to spells like Vengeance and Repentance we actually want to be hit. You also don't need all debuffs for every fight. Just open up with Condemn to soften the mob and then use your damage abilities. As already mentioned Fanaticism without it's AA option is a huge power drain. Try to get that as fast as possible and use Inquest on yourself while soloing and on a fast hitting target while grouping. You might also think about Litany of Combat (for it's melee buff) out of the shadow tree. it costs 15 points to get (one more then the double attack out of the AGI line), but will give you far more DPS then the double attack out of the AGI line. At the end I must say that, even if you use all your build in resources, an Inq burns through power much faster then a Templar. You can counter that if you get some power procing items. (from attacks for soloing) The charm for completing all Lavastorm collections is still a good power item at your level.

[TheSpin]

<p>This is just my opinion, but I personally don't like steadfast all that much.  I'd rather max out the wisdom line, like 4-10-10.  The bonus auto attack damage, plus crit chance will benefit you more than anything else in the strength line.   I have a 90 inquis and I honestly never have problems without steadfast.  At low levels, yeah your group reactive and single target big heal have a good chance of getting interupted, but I never relied on those much when soloing.  Even against heroics I didn't cast it other than at the beginning of a fight.</p>

[Calain80]

<p><cite>TheSpin wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This is just my opinion, but I personally don't like steadfast all that much.  I'd rather max out the wisdom line, like 4-10-10.  The bonus auto attack damage, plus crit chance will benefit you more than anything else in the strength line.   I have a 90 inquis and I honestly never have problems without steadfast.  At low levels, yeah your group reactive and single target big heal have a good chance of getting interupted, but I never relied on those much when soloing.  Even against heroics I didn't cast it other than at the beginning of a fight.</p></blockquote><p>You probably meant the STA line. WIS would be the undead line no one uses. For leveling it might be OK to put one point into the damage spell as it is nice vs undead and only costs one point, but everything behind that is a waste.</p>

[tomdykins]

<p>Does anyone know of any t9 power proc items available to someone who does not raid? At the moment I've got bangle of the mysterious sea dragon (which is not a power proc item but helps with power), and then two t8 items which I'm looking to upgrade (pond wash belt and gussets of the spectral general).</p>

[Calain80]

At T9 I highly recommend to pick Inquest as Gandmaster choice. Currently I don't remember any good non raid power proc items. But all healer power procs (including procs from raid loot) are actually underwhelming since the nerf to healer power procs that hit with SF. So if you look for an item that really helps with your power look for scout items as some of them will proc much power for you from just auto attack than any healer power proc ever will.

[ShinyaKat]

<p>Thank you all for your responses. It has helped a lot.  Another questionm I have, which I knew the answer before SF caem out, is if I want to increase the amount of damage my CA's do do I need to up my Str?  I know Wis is the biggest stat to worry about, but if I were to get experts or masters of my spell attacks my CA's seem rather insignificant.  Thanks in advance!!</p>

[LardLord]

<p>WIS increases all priest damage (CAs, spells, auto-attack...all of it).  It does not affect heals (no attributes do).</p>

[Pyra Shineflame]

<p>Haste adorns for yourself, and then putting a mastered or grandmastered Inquest on yourself should take care of all power problems when soloing...I have no power procing items but it takes me forever to run out of power if not being actively drained with Yaulp, Fanaticism and Dogma running. So I think haste, making sure you are hitting stuff enough, seems to be the main difference.</p>