I have another question...

Is there a reason nearly all pbaoe classes I see on Gaheris are Spiritmasters? Just because their the coolest or is there something else about a SM that is desirable that the others dont have. I was planning on doing a Chanter since they get the heat debuff which would help all the tics out there. But I already have a SM that I just havent really developed yet, so that would be a little easier (but not much).

People use spiritmaster's the most because the spirit champion pet has a constant intercept ability on you, so if your blocker misses a hit, the pet will take it for you if he's close enough. He only takes melee, no range or magic hits, but its still nice to have that second layer of protection on heavy hitting bosses. Some people use the enchanter because they believe it does better pbaoe damage in keeps, but the drawback is your pet doesnt take any hits for you, you have to rely solely on your blocker. Most people like the feeling of having the double protection. it's really more of personal preference.

 

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i would run an enchanter for speed, being able to debuff my own baseline nuke and focus pulling. if i had ran 4 toons instead of 3 i would have had a SM for the intercept. plus enchanter pbaoe blinds you

 

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The main advantage, to my mind, is the spiritmaster's aoe str-con debuff. It increases damage by 20%.

The way I use the spell is to set up my keyboard with four qbinds next to each other on a row of keys in this order: target nearest, face, aoe debuff, pbaoe. Then I drum four fingers on those keys in one motion. That casts the debuff and pbaoe together. It's sounds complicated but it's very easy.

 

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Both Enchanter and Spiritmaster are great classes. Personally, I use SMs for keeps and pretty much anything to do with mass pulling. For power leveling, I use warlock (endless pbae). For everything else, I highly recommend Enchanter. Enchanter has the most *useful* PvE utility for a caster, with SM in a close second. Heat debuff for yourself and heretics to small man high end encounters, focus damage shield to small man old school high end encounters, pbae to mass pull when needed, speed if you don't have a bard, ML9 pet, again for high end encounters, but also keeps and other uses. Not to mention the pet heals itself, drawing agro off others, which is very useful when you're in a sticky situation.

But like I said, both classes are amazing for pve, and I'd recommend doing Enchanter first, and when you can afford it, finish off the SM as well.

 

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I think it's actually personal preference. I run a chanter. I like the choices of pets better.

 

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I use a wizard because it's awesomeness!

 

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I like both, but for efficiency I prefer SM. They have the highest delve pbaoe, they get pet intercept, and with a frostalf you can have decent dex and really good piety (casting stat for mid). When you start casting a luri chanter may cast faster but when mobs miss you more (because of block and pet intercept) you start to see the SM shine. Plus it's spirit damage and more mobs are weak to spirit damage than any other type of damage in general.

The only big drawback is a SM has to choose between focus and pbaoe. If you want both then go chanter, otherwise I would say SM.

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and sm has to gimp its pbaoe damage if it wants to debuff its own damage type

 

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