Phoenix Strike vs. Kickers

[Emeryz]

Phoenix Strike vs. Kickers

Hi everyone, I've made 2 kick/trap hybrid sins and in hell difficulty I cannot do ANY damage. I've got my dragon talon up to level 30 and various traps up to level 32. Dragon talon does a whopping (sarcastic) 1.5k damage and my traps range from 1 - 4000+ damage. That seems nice, but when i'm in 8 player games I can't seem to scratch the enemy. One thing I see lacking in these builds is crowd control. I'm trying to build a sin that can solo it in 8 player games. I'm not rich, but i've got decent gear.

So here's the question: Phoenix Strike or Dragon Talon/Tail? I see a lot of kicker/trap hybrids around, but it seems that phoenix strike or even tiger strike would be a better choice mainly due to the shear damage (tiger strike) and due to the crowd control (phoenix strike). So if you guys could drop me a line and help me out, i'd appreciate it! Thanks.

 

[Jaquiezz]

Dtalon most definitely.

The reason you can't kill things is that kickers aren't the best in huge parties. They are decent against a single monster, but the phys damage is reduced to nothing and CB is hugely nerfed. Your looking in the wrong place for a party friendly char. I pure trapper will rape PvM no matter how many people are in the game with decent gear, but a kicker is more of a solo char, as well as an excellent boss killer.

Phoenix/Tiger Strikers are no more effective in parties than a kicker. They are even less effective solo. PS just don't have the damage or the speed, and TS is just slow and is terrible crowd control.

 

[stephan]

How can any sin lack crowd control when you have CoS and MB?

If you want to play at player 8 games, you'd better get a weapon with static. In any case, you are not going to be a lightning sorc or hammerdin.