Quote Originally Posted by AniCelestine View Post
As far as I knew how to play pld at 50 for aoe enmity it was just, spam flash and then riotblade mp back up, so after flash spam till no MP I would had assumed he's doing it right, guess not then. Do educate me how it could had been different

ok, this marks the 2nd time in as many days that I have seen this mentioned as an appropriate method for aoe emnity generation on PLD. PLEASE tell me this is not an actual thing.


Use Flash, yes, but spamming until you have no more mana?????? Please, for anyone reading this, if you see someone doing this, HELP THEM. There are many better ways to generate emnity... and spamming a skill that does no damage (and has very weak emnity generation) is a poor way to play your class.

Quote Originally Posted by Februs View Post
Flash has one of the lowest enmity generations out of all of Pld's enmity moves. It scales with Str, but it is very weak. So, a Pld can lose enmity if he/she is purely relying on Flash to hold hate, especially if they are out-geared by any significant margin. Flash does not scale with attack power (it's not considered a physical attack), so the weapon makes no difference, only the amount of Str they have.

Before HW came out, a full-spec'd Pld (ilvl 130) who was running with an average party could hold hate by rotating Shield Lob > FoF > CoS > Flash > Fast Blade > Flash > Riot Blade > Flash > etc. However, if the Dps know what they are doing, spamming flash would not be sufficient. A proper Pld rotation involved using the RoH combo in tandem with Flash.

Both Savage Blade and RoH secure a much higher amount of enmity than Flash can alone, so the proper Pld AoE rotation was: Shield Lob > FoF > CoS > Fast Blade > Flash > Savage Blade (new target) > RoH (new target, priority on physical dmg debuff) > Flash (re-apply blind debuff) > Fast Blade > Savage Blade > RoH > Flash > etc. …...

For anyone who thinks mana draining flash is good, please re-read Februs' statement