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The Lightning Hammer PvP build focuses on the stance renewing
ability of "On Your Knees!" combined with a powerful ranger stance
that increases attack speed and evades attacks. With high elemental
armor and near constant physical evasion, this build is highly
resistant to most damage.
Attributes and Skills
Variants
- For the Optional Slot:
- For Alliance Battles, Storm Chaser is a
must, but the res signet can be replaced with any of the above
option skills, Dodge for
running to capture control points, or Healing Spring
for large, concentrated battles.
Equipment
Armor:
Weapons:
- Any max damage customized hammer with either +15% damage while
in a stance or +15% damage always, energy -5. Energy will likely
never be a problem with either build unless you encounter very
heavy energy denial.
Suggested Weapon Mods:
- Sundering
Hammer of Fortitude for the Lightning Hammer build.
- Furious Hammer of
Fortitude for
the Crazed Carpenter/Shakey Tanker builds.
- It's often beneficial to bring along an extra hammer with an
elemental damage mod such as an icy hammer haft to help damage Warriors.
Similar Green/Unique Hammers:
Usage
- Open with Lightning Reflexes only after you are in
melee range, as its duration is short.
- Spam Irresistible Blow whenever it's recharged.
With 13 expertise you can easily manage your energy and deal
consistent extra damage.
- If your attacks are not interfered with, you should be able to
use Devastating Hammer before Lightning
Reflexes ends.
- Immediately use Crushing Blow to cause deep wound and extra
damage.
- Immediately use "On Your Knees!" to recharge
Lightning Reflexes. Then reactivate it as soon as it times
out.
- Use Troll
Unguent only as necessary, as the 3 second delay will cause
your stance to end before you can renew it.
Counters
- On hit hexes such as Empathy or Spiteful Spirit work, but are less useful
than they seem. The high damage and slow attack speed of hammers
allow the Lightning Hammer build to out damage any individual hex
of that type though this may have a greater impact on the Crazed
Carpenter build as it tends to hit multiple enemies with Crude
Swing.
- Blindness and Weakness
- Heavy life degeneration.
- Adrenaline drain or prevention.
- Defensive stances, though Irresistible Blow can cause damage
through them for the Lightning Hammer build and the AoE damage from
Earth Shaker and Yeti Smash will still connect with adjacent
targets for the Crazed Carpenter.
- Damage reducing hexes such as Faintheartedness or Spirit of
Failure
- Anti-evasion skills such as Rigor Mortis, Griffon's Sweep, Warrior's
Cunning, or Unseen Fury.