My Apprentice

He was once my apprentice too.

WARNING: 1 CURSE WORD AT THE END. Not that anyone cares.
Kiyl is a Disciple of Khaine that plays on Gorfang. For a week now he wanted me to post how pro he is. But, if you haven't guessed by now the only one I listen to is my warband leader(and Kiyl isn't one of them). So, here it is a post for you Kiyl.

Where can you find this DoK named Kiyl?
Well, you can find him dead in the frontlines of your scenerio.
He can do mediocre heals as he's challenged my zealot, many of times.
But, fails by 100 000 each time.
He was so distraught,
he seemed to give up his healing career and worry about himself.
He used to wear a sword and chalice,
as he healed the group quite well.
But, whenever he sees me in his group.
He switches to his damage gear.
I don't blame him.
As I've crushed many a soul.
But, this special DoK.
Was once in my guild.
So, I challenged him again.
As he and I healed away.
Only I stood ontop.
So, I turned to Kiyl and said.
"Kiyl you are but a young padawan."
"I will never be able to defeat you." He replied sadly.
"I know." I paused with a victorious smile on my lips.
"But do not worry. as I will teach you to dps and heal and you'll be second only to me" I assured.
"Oh great Verras. I am humbly your bitch." said Kiyl.

That is how Kiyl became the DoK he is today.

Last Resort

He was staggered for a reason!

Stagger the lovable CC of many, including my zealot. Sure, stagger is used to tackle larger groups and even the odds by disabling a key member of a group or the whole group in itself. However, 9 seconds for the aoe stagger that Knights of the Blazing Stun and Chosens have are to long. The aoe stagger should last for around 4 -5 seconds would be fair. The zealot and runepriests single target stagger is ok at 9 seconds since it's our only real CC.

Staggering may be your only move able to let you survive. It's fun to watch a Witch Hunter about to kill you but then you stagger him, heal then mount up and run away. If you have time making a taunting gesture like /wave. So fun. Until a renown seeking whore comes up and sees a Witch Hunter just standing there, thinking "Oh AFK WH all mine HAHAHAHAHA. I like freenown" and attacks him. Setting the recently raging beast free to seek it's revenge on you for not dying beforehand. Since it was before you could mount up he usually takes his revenge on you and attacks the rank 32 and kills him. Making you mad at him for about a week.

Or, when you're in a sc and you try to stagger a key player i.e. a Warrior Priest or a Sorcerer or something along the lines. Then a pugger comes up and starts attacking it immediately not caring about the stagger notification above his head. Usually messing up your premades strategies.

So, if you see the stagger symbol above someones head don't attack them. Who knows you may just save someones life.

How To: Punt

They're gonna find who punted that archmage!

Punt - The art of knocking back. Sure, you get an ability to knock people back. It seems fun at first, especially in the scenario, Tor Anroc. Knocking people back and watching them inevitably die in the lava as they try to jump out is so satisfying. But, admit it you rage when someone does it to you, even might call it cheap.

Enjoy your punts while they laugh because in Tier 4 you might as well take it right off your hotbar. If you use a punt in Tier 4 you're public enemy #1 because as soon as you use it, you're chat will be flooded with "OMG nub used KB I could of killed him", "WOOOOWWW The noob knocked him back when I was about to kill him", "Aren't you on our side? Why are you saving the order?", and so on.

Sure the enemy might be at full health, or you were getting 9 guys off of the healer, it doesn't matter. You used a punt, you're a noob. But, have no fear good ole Verras here will tell you how to sue your punts correctly, so you're chat wont be flooded.

Scenario 1: You're in city, this is punt kingdom. Punt someone off the edge of the cliff in IC or in the water in Altdorf and noone will complain. In fact some may congratulate you. "Mission Complete!"

Scenario 2: Punting off of the dragonwake bridge. If you encounter enemies on the bridge, just punt them off and watch them drop hundreds of feet below you. No one will blame you because they'll be laughing at the falling order/destruction. "Continued Success!"

Scenario 3: When you're alone or in a huge group of people. This will confuse the masses as they try to figure out who did it with a high probability they won't and let it pass. "MONSTER KILL!"

Scenerio 4: When you're about to die. This is one of the few acceptable time people can actually watch you punt an enemy. They'll let it off as a CC and trying to save your own life. However, if the enemy you punted had low hp this could back fire. "YOU ARE THE PUNT MASTER"

Those my friends are the only times punt could be viable. Follow these and you can leave your punt on your hotbar!

My Squig Can Tank

Planes aren't Tanks either.

Hunters Vale. A T1 dungeon filled with gloom effect. Axe and I decided we'd try doing a run today to get the almighty powerful stag cloak! But, the hard part was to come. Finding a group willing to fight along side the best destro. Well, after about an hour we found 2 healers, a dps, and a tank [The other 2 dps were Axe and I]. We hopped in that shiny glowing portal and prepared our eyes for the gloom ahead.

We entered the dungeon all fine pulled the first couple of mobs to find out that our tank is offline. It didn't seem to matter since we kited the champs around till they were dead. After that we kicked our tank and went to find a new tank.

In T1 it seems everyone is a tank. We got messages from squigherders, shamans, zealots, and every class you can be except for an actual tank class. The messages varied from "I can tank good." to "You need a squig?" We laughed the comments away as we tried to pass each mob without a tank. Needless to say we failed and gave up.

Let me put this out there, you aren't a tank unless you picked the tank archetype. No matter what anyone says. When I'm looking for a tank I don't want a dps dok who said he solo tanked a wb of order, or a squigherder who claimes to have 5000 armor. Sure they might be great feats but you lack the tank skills. So, when someone is looking for a tank don't message them saying "My squigs can tank."