The Splintering Nightmare alternates splinter weapon and nightmare weapon to deal high level of damage while providing a means of a self heal.
Attributes and Skills
Optional Elite:
- When survivability is an issue, use Flashing Blades instead of Moebius Strike to provide extra defenses
- Altenatively, Critical Eye can be replaced by Critical Defenses at the cost of some energy gain
Equipment
- Either armor with blessed insignia or a mix of nightstalkers and blessed Armor can be used.
- Any Zealous Daggers.
Usage
- Use Splinter Weapon before a combo (Jagged -> Wild strike -> Death Blossom) to deal a lot of AoE damage. Remember to target clusters of enemies for maximum effectiveness.
- Use Moebius Strike strike to reset the combo, and allow a second application of Death Blossom immediatly afterwards
- Use Nightmare Weapon before a combo for a self heal while still dealing a lot of damage.
- Use Flashing Blades or Critical Defenses for extra defense if selected just before you engage
- Remember to kite around to avoid enemy spells or to allow a more heavily armored character take the majority of damage.
- Sins are not a tank. Don't play like one in PvE.
Counters
- Blindness
- Cripple
- Anti-melee hexes
- E-denial
- Blocking stances and abilities
Variants
- Flashing Blades instead of Moebius for more defense.