Legend
CE: Combined Effort
MH: Marrow Harvest
SV: Siphon Vitality
Vex: Vex
PT: Pain Transmission
SD: Somatic Desecration
BoP: Bond of Pain
Beacon: Beacon of despair
Three things to take from this thread
Do not die to mechanics.
Do not die.
You are nothing but a link.
Now, as for general "How-To"
ST Priorities:
***Marrow Harvest every single target*** (5% Magic Debuff - Tenebrious Distortion lasts 30 seconds)
Beacon**>MH>CE>BoP>PT>Vex>SV>SD
**Never put your beacon in scary places. It is a dps gain via PT but be aware of its locus (Think Crucia Platforms, Breaths, and things of such a nature)
Your beacon will spawn in the center of your target's hitbox.
Link Priorities
30% on tank taking most damage
20% on tank taking 2nd most damage, etc.
5/10% links on pets>melee for dps
*5/10% links on people who prefer death over life more often than the rest.
*Cancel and apply the 5/10% links on raid members targeted with damage mechanics, standing in bad, running through bad, etc. actively, as needed (Ideally preemptively).
Specs:
A spec for those who die:
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=00...quR.xMz.xb.-11
Best all-around build(entirely imo, there are a plethora of perfectly viable defiler builds):
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=10...uquR.VMc.V.-11
Best dps: **Must be in melee**
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=10...fuquR.V.VV.-11
I use the middle build for crucia, and the last build in EE.
Stat weights:
Defiler prefers gear with:
sp/wis>cp>>>>int>>>>>>>>>>>sc
As Needed: Endurance > everything!
(Raid buffed, in full endurance gear, (seal,core,stellar rugged crafted pieces) I am around 25k health in the non-survival type defiler builds. I generally start progression fights with full endurance items, but begin adding dps gear as much as possible once I evaluate how much my green bar is dipping.)
As far as what Im actually doing during any given fight, some things im always aware of:
Are 30% and 25% links up on tanks?
Do I need 10/5% links on anyone who is about to take extra damage? if no, are they on pets/melee?
5% debuff on everything?
DPS rotation
Tank health looking scary? Trigger Foul Growth!... Still scary? Pop CD!
Anyone below ~30%? If so, spot heal!
Anyone about to be targeted with mechanic? if so, HoT them and 10/5% link them!
Laser beams of death approaching? Move!
Spores? ****!
^ These are just some of the things that you should have in your head to perform optimally.
Macros:
Spam
#show Marrow Harvest
suppressmacrofailures
cast Marrow Harvest
cast sanction heretic (If in an inq build)
cast Somatic Desecration
cast Bolt of Radiance (If In a Justicar build)
cast Vex
Cooldown (Visual Indicator that your target is safe for 10 seconds)
#show Unstable Transformation
cast Unstable Transformation
say 10 Second CD on %t
*Cancel Minor Links
#show Link of Misery
suppressmacrofailures
cancelbuff Link of Misery (Cancels 10% Link)
cancelbuff Link of Distress (Cancels 5% Link)
Cancel Beacon
#Show Beacon of Despair
suppressmacrofailures
cancelbuff Beacon of Despair (Cancels Beacon)
*Your links are Off GCD meaning link swapping can be done without hindering dps/healing.
Sometimes it's fine to leave your links alone on tanks+2pets/melee for max dps, yet oft times active swapping of the 5/10% links, in addition to 1 GCD heal via explosive growth+Ghastly Restoration, prevents deaths. (Defilers are excellent spot healers)
Foul Growth Trigger(A spot heal)
suppressmacrofailures
cast Ghastly Restoration
cast Loathsome Restoration
Spot Heal* (seperate buttons if using defiler raid crystal)
cast Healing Breath
cast Hideous Reconstruction
*It is your job to spot heal as a defiler, do not ignore low health bars for dps ever. ever.
Concerning Explosive Growth: If your raid wipes because it oom'd you, then you were likely wiped to begin with. I never cast foul growth, always explosive growth+trigger if not targeting a linked tank.
Cleanse
Code:
#show Jealous Intervention
cast @mouseover Jealous Intervention
cast @group03 Jealous Intervention
cast @group02 Jealous Intervention
cast @group01 Jealous Intervention
cast @group10 Jealous Intervention
cast @group09 Jealous Intervention
cast @group08 Jealous Intervention
cast @group07 Jealous Intervention
cast @group06 Jealous Intervention
cast @group05 Jealous Intervention
cast @group04 Jealous Intervention
cast @group11 Jealous Intervention
cast @group12 Jealous Intervention
cast @group13 Jealous Intervention
cast @group14 Jealous Intervention
cast @group15 Jealous Intervention
cast @group16 Jealous Intervention
cast @group17 Jealous Intervention
cast @group18 Jealous Intervention
cast @group19 Jealous Intervention
cast @group20 Jealous Intervention
Helpful Kalerts:
Dot Timers on target, Chimera's gift missing from self, Health sub 90% self, Tenebrious Distortion missing from target.[i]
Any questions/criticisms/anger/etc is certainly welcome.
It is my intent that this be helpful and not another superfluous defiler guide.
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