Lets nerf WAR :D

[Syzygian]

Reprisal should be changed to a 5/10 second 10% Damage with the same cooldown but does not need a parry to be activated. You could attach a manacost to it or even a Dark Arts effect like: Also reduce the target's Intelligence Stat by 10%. Stacks with Delirium and Dragon Kick.

Google the definition of the word "reprisal" and you'll learn why this idea and all others like it that want to make Reprisal a non-parry proc are moronic. Tired of seeing them.


As a lvl 60 DRK progressing in A3S, I can tell you that you use Reprisal in a fashion much more akin to Inner Beast than to Storm's Path.

-WAR builds Wrath and then hits IB in advance of a tank buster.
-DRK pops Dark Dance to proc and then hits Reprisal in advance of a tank buster or raid-wide nuke. It lasts longer and is raid wide at the expense of potency.

Reprisal is not Path, nor does it need to be. It is there as it is to make up for the fact that Delirium is magic only, and they have no other raid mitigation utility like PLD (in spite of the current raid tier rendering most of those utilities useless).

WAR has 100% uptime on -10% phys and mag
DRK has 100% uptime on -10% mag, and an additional 66% theoretical uptime on -10% phys and mag so -10 to 20% magical and -0 to 10% physical. Its more or less an equal amount of total mitigation on fights with a mix of physical and magical damage. And lets be honest, an overwhelming majority of raid-wide damage is not physical, so it doesn't even matter that much.

And again as a DRK in endgame content right now, I can tell you that regardless of your investment in your parry stat it is VERY easy to get a Reprisal when you want one. It simply requires planning. And if you're popping Dark Dance 20s in advance of a TB or raidwide nuke on any fight where a boss autoattacks with any degree of frequency, the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor to parry inside DDs duration, and get the Reprisal proc that you want. So an rng argument doesn't hold water.

Also its hilarious that this thread is turning into another buff PLD thread.
DRK does not need a buff. It is fine where it is. Every change I've seen people suggest for it is either nonsensical, based on a fundamental lack of understanding on how the job plays when maximized, or a subjective nitpick rather than an actual mechanical issue.

Hypothetical nerfs to Warriors? It isn't happening (that we know of), so there's no need to get upset

This is a hypothetical, devil's advocate thread. Just because we're entertaining the idea of WAR nerfs doesn't mean anyone posting here actually thinks they should be nerfed (though some of us probably do).

This guy gets it.