Discordway post 6th jan patch

[Gabs88]

Just came back to the game and started looking over the different changes and builds. Has anyone tried implenting a more nuke focused Discordway post patch? It should be a quite significant improvement as far as Deathly Swarm goes

[chullster]

no, mainly because discordway team builds are too slow and outdated.

[Venganza]

Originally Posted by chullster

no, mainly because discordway team builds are too slow and outdated.

Yeah, I don't know of anyone who uses Discord since 3h limit was sorted.

[turbo234]

pretty sure a lot of people use something close to what i use:
soul twisting rit
n/rt healer w/ icy veins
panic mesmer
ineptitude mesmer
AotL mm
fire ele
and last depends on area.
when i vq or do anything hard mode related, i barely have to pay attention most of the time and can aggro several groups and walk away.
still able to kill quick + good protection.

[HigherMinion]

Originally Posted by Venganza

Yeah, I don't know of anyone who uses Discord since 3h limit was sorted.

To be honest, I think it's funny how people attribute the downfall of Discord to the introduction of 7H. Discord is actually stronger since the acquirement of seven heroes.

You have your three single-target, hybrid Discord heroes dealing single-target spike damage with hybrid stuff, like heals and command skills/prot, etc. then you bring AoE stuff on the other characters, it's obvious. You don't have to take two monks, etc.

People are jumping at the chance to say they dislike Discord because it makes them look less stupid, when it's having the opposite effect. Or rather, it would have the opposite effect if everyone wasn't following suit.

[Venganza]

Originally Posted by HigherMinion

People are jumping at the chance to say they dislike Discord because it makes them look less stupid,

Go do Gloom HM no cons and Mallyx no cons and see how you go? Painful with discord (if you can do it), I have little trouble, so I know what setups I will continue to use.

Like the previous poster commented, discord simply isn't as effective as combos with mesmers, no shutdowns and way too slow.

Oh also 7h? Where on earth did you get that from? I said 3h... aka now Razzha prof can be change + mercs, thus 3 mes is a no brainer now.

Why would I want more than one single MM running 19 points death magic = 11 x level 21 minions, more than enough meat shield and no exhaustion of corpses

[Andemius]

To be honest, I think it's funny how people attribute the downfall of Discord to the introduction of 7H. Discord is actually stronger since the acquirement of seven heroes.

Gonna have to agree with this tbh. Ive used discord with the 7h for ages and only very recently bothered changing it.

[tenderpoison]

You people would be amazed of how many people still use Discord nowadays. I won't say it's bad or good, I guess it just depends on everyone's playstyle and everything. I (on my elementalist) personally use a Healing Burst monk, a N/Rt healer, an MM, 1 Panic / E-Surge, 1 Shared Burden, 1 Ineptitude and one VoS derv. It takes like literally just a few seconds for a group to die. Never tried it in Elite areas, but in all the other areas and so far it works great for me. And as a personal note : for me, it works faster than Discord.

[aspi]

Originally Posted by Venganza

Go do Gloom HM no cons and Mallyx no cons and see how you go? Painful with discord (if you can do it), I have little trouble, so I know what setups I will continue to use.

Like the previous poster commented, discord simply isn't as effective as combos with mesmers, no shutdowns and way too slow.

Oh also 7h? Where on earth did you get that from? I said 3h... aka now Razzha prof can be change + mercs, thus 3 mes is a no brainer now.

Why would I want more than one single MM running 19 points death magic = 11 x level 21 minions, more than enough meat shield and no exhaustion of corpses

Yes, because GLOOM HM is the only thing to do in guild wars.

[Spiritz]

I was never a fan of discordway and sadly now i do tend to use 7h dway but i will still say that dway has quite a few drawbacks.Yes it can fly thru most zones but because of that you will get a seriously huge drop in any drops you get.Also blasting thru things may sound really gd but as many will agree - its just button mashing and you lose the ability to think of own builds etc.
Ive played gw for 5 yrs now and done campaigns multiple times so using dway isnt really an issue - theres plenty of better builds out there.

Also the only reason dway works is because of the ar ignoring dmg - something that eles dont have atm.Before anyone says "oh but eles can nuke" - in hm any aoe will cause foes to split and thats not what you want.Why take an ele when you could easily add another discord necro ?

[Jeydra]

Originally Posted by Venganza

Yeah, I don't know of anyone who uses Discord since 3h limit was sorted.

*raises hand*

I'm not yet certain I'll settle into Discord, but it's certainly an option. The problem is that with Invoke nerfed, there is no replacement template that's as good and as effective in all areas of the game. Fire Eles work to some extent, but against monsters with huge armour vs. Fire (Destroyers, Burning Spirits, etc) they're clearly subpar. What's going to take the place? Discord stands out as one of the few options around. I'm not convinced it's ideal yet, but I won't say it's weak either (I never did). Incidentally I'll also say that I find Discord considerably weaker than pre-nerf Invoke Lightning even after change to HM, so this is scraping the bottom of the barrel.

As for Gloom HM, Discord clearly does not work well there because of the massive number of foes. Fire clearly dominates in an AoE contest.

[Gabs88]

You use it with Deathly Swarm or without?

[Jeydra]

With, obviously. If you were to put together a Discord bar carrying Fall Back, what else would you use?

[Gabs88]

Well prepatch you wouldnt bother bringing it at all really, armor levels and all.

[Kunder]

2x Deathly Swarm
4x Searing Flame

Macro all 6 to one key, AoE Discord on steroids. Make mobs explode instantly.

Rest of group throw in imba defense from ST rit/SY player/Emo/whatever. Make sure player carries EBSoH.

[Xenomortis]

How do you manage to bind skills from six heroes when the option only exists to bind skills on the first three?

[Dzjudz]

Originally Posted by Jeydra

The problem is that with Invoke nerfed, there is no replacement template that's as good and as effective in all areas of the game. Fire Eles work to some extent, but against monsters with huge armour vs. Fire (Destroyers, Burning Spirits, etc) they're clearly subpar. What's going to take the place? Discord stands out as one of the few options around.

7HPS and RoJway were around long before the update and don't use Discord.

[Yuna Matsumarui]

Originally Posted by Kunder

2x Deathly Swarm
4x Searing Flame

Macro all 6 to one key, AoE Discord on steroids. Make mobs explode instantly.

Rest of group throw in imba defense from ST rit/SY player/Emo/whatever. Make sure player carries EBSoH.

I don't think it's possible to macro them to one key, let alone force skills that are not on heroes 1-3 by buttons.

[Xenomortis]

External macros can achieve that.

[Gabs88]

Originally Posted by Dzjudz

7HPS and RoJway were around long before the update and don't use Discord.

RoJ heroway is far superior for a good melee character, but for a caster it's not a good option. And 7 HPS was never superior to SDM in the first place. Just dumbed down