When I initially picked up the beta I figured that the WD would be the weakest and my least favorite to play since I'm not huge on pet classes.
But... as with many assumptions I was completely wrong. After diverging from whole "pet class" mentality and making a pure caster I actually saw the immense damage a WD can have. Of my naked SK runs I think a WD /w no pets was the easiest. Mostly because of all the fire and forget damage and the ability to kite was really there because of it.
In PvP when you add pets into the picture and all that DoT damage I can see a decent WD being over the top. Yes he seems to not have as many escape mechanisms but his mobile offense is incredible.
In all honesty though it will be hard to really choose. Each class is OP in the damage dept. in many senses and so everything will come down to survivability. So it is possible that although the WD has so much offensive pressure on the run he still may not have the defense to survive long enough for them to rot away.
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But... as with many assumptions I was completely wrong. After diverging from whole "pet class" mentality and making a pure caster I actually saw the immense damage a WD can have. Of my naked SK runs I think a WD /w no pets was the easiest. Mostly because of all the fire and forget damage and the ability to kite was really there because of it.
In PvP when you add pets into the picture and all that DoT damage I can see a decent WD being over the top. Yes he seems to not have as many escape mechanisms but his mobile offense is incredible.
In all honesty though it will be hard to really choose. Each class is OP in the damage dept. in many senses and so everything will come down to survivability. So it is possible that although the WD has so much offensive pressure on the run he still may not have the defense to survive long enough for them to rot away.
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