Spellweaver (SW) (General Rune Set): Fire, Life, Water.Here are the best rune set bonuses for Esper PVP:
This is both bad and good: bad, because prior to the patch, most gear pieces already had good rune colors for Esper DPS, and good, because if you’re willing to grind Prestige you can keep buying a PVP gear piece until it has the exact mix of rune colors you want.Īs everyone’s gear no longer has the same rune colors, I can give general guidance on how to slot runes, but YMMV based on your rune colors. Ever.Īs of the PVP Drop 2 patch, runes on PVP gear are RNG.
That being said, in PVP you won’t have full uptime of those AMPs, and for all rune set runes, you don’t have the choice between Moxie and AP – the choice is already made for you In Vijaya’s thread on Moxie vs AP maths, he concluded that below 1449 AP, Moxie outperforms AP, when you factor in Moxie-boosting AMPs (Superiority, The Power) and the the Moxie milestone bumps.See my YouTube video and video description for details I did some testing of Power versus AP/Moxie for 4 rune slots on my 1500 gear and came to the same conclusion. My guildee Unindel modeled PVP Power compared to AP, and his conclusion was that for DPS Esper, PVP Power is the best stat to stack.– damage dealing requires near-range ( Assault Power (AP) = Moxie > Armor = PVP Defense > HP > Crit Hit Rating > Finesse + good sustain via lifesteal, HoTs, and charge ability + lots of CC: up to 4 active abilities (knockdown, root, disarm, and knockback) and 1 passive proc (snare) 7: added video for PVP Drop 2, lifesteal mechanics, and upcoming PVP gear system changes.Added notes about Empower refresh mechanics 1: swapped out AMP points from Strikethrough and Dash to take The Power.5: major updates throughout the guide.8: tweaks made to build links and to content in general.Thanks Zyoxo, vanisha, Centricity, and other Espers for sharing your knowledge :) This guide reflects my perspective as an Esper with extensive endgame PVP experience – I’ve reached 1800 rating in 2v2 Arena and soloed RBGs up to 1791 rating – and feedback from (credible) veteran Espers on the discussion thread for this guide on the official forum. In many cases, control is more important than your individual sustain, for both solo play and team play. In PVP, control + burst is what matters, especially when your opponents are skilled. The Melee Mage build differs from other melee lifesteal Esper builds in that it heavily emphasizes control and meaningful damage. This guide covers the “Melee Mage” melee DPS build for the Esper class in WildStar for Battleground, Arena, and World PVP.