What is Carve and Spit for?

[Kienkarajo]

So I got to lvl 60 yesterday and I got Carve and Spit for my DRK however I dont get how this skill is useful. 1 MIN cooldown and with potency of 100, you get back a little mp really bad and with dark arts increases only the potency but you dont get mana back. Of course I used it as much as I can but it seems like a pretty bad skill. Am I missing something or maybe I should use it on a different way?

[Rhaja]

Just a bunch of damage off the GCD, or a way to get back some MP.

Welcome to the complete kit of DRK, where we have a bunch of stuff that just doesn't seem to have a common theme.

[ManaKing]

I use it for damage if you have to burn an add/objective, or use it for MP to sustain DPS with DA Soul Eaters.

[Kienkarajo]

I see, just as I thought another useless skill, well honestly I think that all the other ones can be used on specific situations but the only good thing about this one is the animation -_-

[Razzorn]

Honestly, it's not a bad skill. It regenerates a nice chunk of mana, and the burst with DA is nothing to sneeze at. But, it should be on something like a 30 sec cooldown instead of 1 min though.

[Rover1983]

1 min cooldown, low dmg unless used with DA, no attachment/combo with any other abilities. Its off the GCD. It seems like it was just thrown into our arsenal as a meaningless ability really. Just something extra to have. I'm confused by the ability as well. Nothing spectacular for THE lvl 60 ability...

[Xenosan]

It is a higher potency WS than Souleater when buffed - when unbuffed it's only half the MP return of a Dark Arts.

IMO the only time not buffing it is valued is AoE situations where the extra MP covers the cost of Dark Passenger, and you can Dark Arts buff Passenger to 250 potency AoE per mob (3+ minimum).

Trading a DA buffed CnS for a DA buffed Souleater doesn't seem right to me.

[Martin_Arcainess]

So your saying that a instant skill that restores your MP and is not on GCD and not a combo breaker useless? Na if anything if anything it's one of DRK's great openers.

I use it as part of my opener, Do the DA+ Aggro Combo, Carve and Spit and it's made it like your not even used MP at all! And if you think about 1 min aint really that long of a CD com paired like 5-8 mins so there's a good 5-8 usages there.

[Rover1983]

So your saying that a instant skill that restores your MP and is not on GCD and not a combo breaker useless? Na if anything if anything it's one of DRK's great openers.

I use it as part of my opener, Do the DA+ Aggro Combo, Carve and Spit and it's made it like your not even used MP at all! And if you think about 1 min aint really that long of a CD com paired like 5-8 mins so there's a good 5-8 usages there.

Not saying its useless, just saying it was implemented in an odd way. No ties to any abilities, off GCD(Which is welcome) but it just seems like a "random" ability for the lvl 60 skill.

[OliviaBadger]

What is Carve and Spit for?

Carving and spitting...duh