Seeing a big Trend with Solo Regen Chosen.

[tomolyons]

ill start by saying im a RR83 Ironbreaker. (2H build sometimes)

I'm seeing a big trend in the same builds that solo chosen are choosing which says to me is the meta and also the ultimate build. Full regen with grimshimmer.

Upon looking at the killboard it is always the same abilities doing the most dmg: Relentless, Dreadful agony, Backlash.

This is this clearly a build that cannot be beaten melee. Dreadful agony is dealing free damage as well as backlash. all the the player has to do is spec defensive and the fight is won. every single chosen I come across solo is using this build because clearly they know they cannot be beaten is the best build.

Regen needs a serious rework. I too use regen Items (fleshrender etc). its clear that Regen is more stronger on other classes than others. There needs to be either less regen or Healing debuff also works with regen. Now I do have a lot of time for solo classes, but its becoming boring seeing the same classes stacking the same build.

Ill finish by saying Chosen are 'One Button Heroes'

Thank you

[Stinksuit]

I have focused offense chosen video coming out this week to show that it can be played otherwise aswell.

*I am not saying its better than regen by any means but its fun and does alot of dmg

Then again while I think regen should likely be reworked (make hd affect it atleast). For tanks especially it kinda is the way to build. My chosen build for example will just pretty much insta lose to a rdps who knows how to kite.

Lastly, this is again pretty much a solo issue so likely doesn't actually deserve much attention :/

[Kylashandra]

Regen is only useful for classes who can deal damage passively / without the need of high main dmg stats. That's why it works with WEs (thanks to witchbrew), on Ironbreakers (Oathstone), on Chosens / KoTBS (dmg auras, the difference between the 2 is KoTBS can't reach 100% parry for free). Regen is an utterly broken stat that did not exist on live, and breaks the balance of small scale / dueling because it's basically down to a simple stat check : can you outdps the regen vs a heavily defensive class. Most of the time, the answer is no and that's why there is so many people in these class speccing for it. It's currently the easy way to solo roam.

[tomolyons]

totally agree with both of you. I understand that regen is kind of required for solo play. but not the the extent where you can outheal the damage being dealt to you. that is the issue. Because I know for a fact i use a sequence of abilities that should hinder the opponent just like he would be using abilities that would hinder me. Of course parry and block will make a difference which is fine but regen should not have a bigger impact than parry and block.

Ill give an example of myself fighting a blackguard that also has regen like myself. it was a very good fight. I had the higher crit chance where he had the higher parry. I can tell you the fight went over for over 2 mins. but it came down to our abilities and how we used them which would determine the outcome. not just a aura or tactic.

[eigner93]

Unfortunately in solo melee play regen and full def builds are the way to go as they are pretty broken on some classes. Some classes can muster up 800/4 regen and may have other meanings of healing or absorb while maintaining 60% or more parry and still doing ok damage. Especially classes that have high passive non physical damage like chosen, WE. However classes like mara who have lots of def tools and lot of armor reduction are also really strong. However chosen is definitely the easiest to play for sure.