Try to predict Nerf/Buff/QoL of 4.2 Tank Edition

[Zarkovitch]

it time of year where ppl like to speculate stuff before live letter who gonna get Buff or Nerf or QoL come boys/girls/neutrals genders lets have some fun & try to predict what SE Devs are planning for us The Tanks. no one is right or wrong it just to see if we can be on there heads.

Here my prediction.

Nerf:Nothing
Buff: DRK DMG/Defense toolkit drk is lackluster class compare to 2 others i mean it easy to see by fflogs,forums,personal experience so i hope gonna get buff all department.WAR DMG they might buff abit fell cleave like 50 pot.
QoL: DRK Kit less double weaving more MP gain!

[347SPECTRE]

Considering that they think "DRK is fine, they got world first" I doubt we'll see much of anything for DRK.

[SummerScorcher]

My prediction: much hope held together, know they said they think DRK is fine but still hanging on the tiniest sliver of hope...
Nerf: Nothing
Buff: Nothing
QoL: Nothing

but then, at the end of the liveletter, the entire balance team jumps out of the closet yelling PRAAAANKED and give us many of the awesome suggestions. Jokes aside I'd like to see:


Old Reprisal that proccs off Parry + TBN break,
Delirium 3rd combo ender magic damage debuff/DA enhanced attacks are now unaspected magic damage to synergize,
Dark Passenger usable in single target,
Sole Survivor HP/MP leech (and recast reduction),
TBN duration extension.

[347SPECTRE]

I'm keeping my expectations low, that way I'm not going to be disappointed when we get little to nothing. Pessimism aside, it would be awesome if we did get a buff/gameplay changes to break up the DA + SE spam and bring DRK up to the level of WAR and PLD.

[FallenWings]

Dark Knight

Nerf:
The Blackest Night
25 second cooldown.

Buff:
Shadow Wall
120 second cooldown. For 10 seconds reduces incoming damage by 30%. Grants the effects of Blood Price for its duration(Ignores Grit Restriction). Restores MP(1 Dark Arts Equivalent).

Delirium
No Blood Cost. Extends the duration of Blood Weapon and Blood Price by 9 seconds/15 seconds. Doubles the effects granted by Blood Weapon and Blood Price for their duration.

The Blackest Night.
6 second duration. When broken for the full amount of shielding, grants 50 Blood and gain the effects of Black Arts(Black Arts is used as a Dark Arts effect when Dark Arts is not active, 6 seconds duration).

Dark Passenger
150 potency. Costs a full/half Dark Arts.

Dark Mind
Reduces incoming damage by 15%. Dark Arts effect: Reduces incoming damage by 15% for allies within range. 90 second cooldown.

Bloodspiller
Delivers an attack with a potency of 500.
Dark Arts Potency: 700
Dark Arts effect: Restores 20 Blood.
Ignores the damage penalty of Grit.

"New" Dark Dance
120 second cooldown. Gain 100% Parry chance.

QoL:
Plunge
Removed animation lock. Increases Blood Gauge by 10.

Carve and Spit
Removed Dark Arts effect.
Deals 450 Potency baseline.
Costs MP(1 Dark Arts Worth.)

Living Dead
Swap current HP and MP percentages at the end of Walking Dead.
Removed Healing requirements.

Warrior

Nerf:
Defiance/Deliverance
Switching stances now costs 20 Beast Gauge. (Activating Stances from No stance costs nothing, Turning off Stances puts them into cooldown for 10 seconds.)

Maim
No longer applies Slash Resist Down.

Buff:
Shake it Off
Grants up to 10% of the Warrior's current HP as a shield to nearby allies.


... I guess this is just another wishlist rather than a prediction.

Prediction > Unsatisfactory buffs, if any, to hype up 5.0 Dark Knight revamp.
> Random Fell Cleave Buff.
> Holy Spirit nerfed by 10 potency.

[konpachizaraki]

buff
dark knight:blood weapon give 15% damage increase and can be used regardless of stances,reduce shadow wall cooldown to 90 seconds,give shadowskin back
warrior:reduce inner release cooldown to 60 seconds,double fell cleave damage during that duration but erase the "halves the beast gauge cost" effect, increase fell cleave damage to 600,change raw intuition so it blocks damage instead of parry,give bloodbath back
paladin:reduce sentinel cooldown to 120 seconds and hallowed ground to 180 but reduce the duration to 6 seconds,increase holy spirit damage to 500
gameplay changes: erase damage penalty from tank stance and mix it together with dps stance and make it a traits for tanks

[Jxnibbles]

I have a stramge feeling about Tanks I just have this weird feeling War is going to get buffed. Paladin and Dark will be left alone..

[Rubytoe]

Nerf: none
Buff:
Dark knight:
Bloodspiller = 500
DA + Bloodspiller = 640
Grit + Bloodspiller = 575
DA + Grit Bloodspiller = 750

The Blackest Night's duration increased to 10.

Delirium's cooldown reduced to 90s.

Warrior:
Berzerk's damage buff increased to 35%.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Take away Slashing from Warrior and you've made Ninja more or less a guaranteed lock in every group.

[GoneEnigma]

Dark KnightUi

Buff:
Dark Mind
Reduces incoming damage by 15%. Dark Arts effect: Reduces incoming damage by 15% for allies within range. 90 second cooldown.

Bloodspiller
Delivers an attack with a potency of 500.
Dark Arts Potency: 700
Dark Arts effect: Restores 20 Blood.
Ignores the damage penalty of Grit.

QoL:
Plunge
Removed animation lock. Increases Blood Gauge by 10.

Carve and Spit
Removed Dark Arts effect.
Deals 450 Potency baseline.
Costs MP(1 Dark Arts Worth.)

Living Dead
Swap current HP and MP percentages at the end of Walking Dead.
Removed Healing requirements.

These are genius. Mainly the LD change is something I never thought about. I like the C&S change too. Maybe even MP back or HP back on a crit (a more DRK feel). Also the Bloodspiller pot rework is A1. Thank you