Wing Strikes Mechanics
- Wing Strikes is a sub-skill of Arbiter Form, which is triggered from
Disciple. It benefits from all Disciple Skill Tag benefits. - Wing Strikes have a fixed Attack Speed of around 4 hits per second, with a short pause after each 4.
- Wing Strikes benefit from Critical Hit Chance
- Wing Strikes can not trigger Lucky Hit Chance
- Why are we still stacking Attack Speed then?
- Because of
Preacher (see below)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are we using
Preacher instead of
Shield Bearer as Paragon Board?
- TL;DR: It's much more damage.
Preacher gives much more damage than the description might insinuate - the tooltip is wrong.- At +0% increased Attack Speed, it is already a 65%[x] multiplier.
- The Damage Formula for
Preacher is approximated to be: - 1.65 * (1 + [Sum of AS / 100] x 0.4)
- At 100% increased Attack Speed, this results in
- 1.65 * (1 + 1 x 0.4) = 2.31 => 131%[x] multiplier.
- However, with the Attack Speed Bonus from
Fanaticism Aura being in Cap2, we can reach even higher than 100%. - "But my Block Chance from Shield Bearer! Is losing that a problem?"
- Not if you have tempered Ranks to
En Guarde on your Shield.
Why are we stacking Attack Speed even though Wing Strikes does not benefit from it?
- Because
Preacher scales absurdly well with it and it still speeds up all of your casting animations.
What about
Herald of Zakarum?
- First of all the tooltip is incorrect. It states that it multiplies your Armor by 50%[x] so a factor of 1.5. In reality, it only increases your Armor by +50%, which gets added into a pool of all other +% Armor additives. And we have plenty of those through passives like
Master Craftwork,
En Guarde and
Shining Armor plus Paragon Nodes. However, The real kicker is the 50% increase to Strength and +Ranks to Core Skills which significantly boosts our DPS and our flat armor, resulting in a decent damage gain. If a Legendary Shield will outperform Herald of Zakarum is only answerable by mathing it out. Generally, if a build had access to a good aspect via equipping a legendary shield and not caring about +Ranks to Core Skills, a legendary Shield will likely be favored. It also is able to provide other useful stats like Critical Strike Chance and Cooldown Reduction. But, if you are already capped on these stats, it's benefits are significantly diminished. As Arbiter Wing Strikes does not benefit from +Ranks to Core Skills, the Legendary Shield will pull ahead in almost all cases. - TL;DR: Wear a Legendary Shield with
En Guarde tempered.
Elixirs and Incenses
It's important to run Elixirs and Incenses at all times. Not only because they increase your Experience gain but also because they provide very strong combat boosts.
For Elixirs you want to use
Elixir of Advantage II to increase your Attack Speed. If you are already capped on Attack Speed, use
Elixir of Iron Barbs II for more Armor.
For Incenses you want to use
Spiral Morning for All Stats to reach requirements for Paragon Nodes if you do not have
Shroud of False Death, otherwise use
Ancient Times for Strength.
Song of the Mountain for Armor and
Soothing Spices for All Resistances and more Armor.