Learning Mitigation

[Claire_Pendragon]

6. Reprisal can be used as a weak CD too IF you run out of CDs to use.

Slightly funny story about this.
When I was playing my alt, and was undergeared (by undergeared, I mean I was using accessories to get within iLv to do content to get more gear, such as normal mode sigmascape)
I was on WAR, and while I almost always have an inner beast, sometimes the GCD wont come off quick enough before the attack lands, so one of my backup ideas, was to see if I could survive kefkas TB with a reprisal+Shake it off+Thrill, so I tested it at the start off the fight, when i was full HP, and theres no chaos, to make sure healers wouldnt have an issue with it.
Instantly died lol. (To be fair, rampart wasnt enough either. It was vengance, Holmgang, or I had to pair a -20% with more stuff)

Got some more i340 gear, so i wasnt in all i330 stuff, and now a reprisal on its own, or a thrill on its own is enough to survive it in normal mode.

(Back in 3.x I used reprisal + foresight as my filler mitigation for physical TBs on DRK. Unless I have Dark Dance up, then I'd also pop that as well, in hopes of a parry as well. And of course if this wasnt up, and nor my other good CDs, then Living Dead was my last resort CD. But reprisal+Foresight was usually enough to survive if I was full HP before the attack. Though if I encountered a physical TB that hit as hard as Punishing Heat from A12S, I doubt it would be enough to survive at full HP and shields.)