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Zerk vs Slayer mobility?

VeikenVeiken
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Which class is most mobile? Trying to decide which to main
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  • StarbuzzStarbuzz ✭✭✭
    Hmm slayers only due to backstab but zerks over the recent years have gotten a lot more mobile. So both are good choices. I personally want to pick up zerk again with the recent changes.
  • YunnFangYunnFang ✭✭
    Slayers are by far the most mobile. Even though Zerkers have some mobility, slayers have A LOT more. As you can see, slayers have dodge, while the dodge of zerkers is only for tank mode (but i think this will change in the future). Slayers have more skills with mobility, like the rush, or even Backstab skill.
  • StarbuzzStarbuzz ✭✭✭
    Zerks already got the changes for the roll this patch without having to go to tank stance.
  • MehbahMehbah ✭✭
    Slayers have two rolls (iframes), a rush skill, a leaping skill, a backflip skill, a skill that increases your movement speed for a while, and a teleporting backstab (iframe). They are honestly one of the most mobile classes in the game.
  • VeikenVeiken ✭
    Mehbah wrote: »
    Slayers have two rolls (iframes), a rush skill, a leaping skill, a backflip skill, a skill that increases your movement speed for a while, and a teleporting backstab (iframe). They are honestly one of the most mobile classes in the game.

    Im not sure, I find zerks really fun, not tried slayer tho
  • JasonGenerixJasonGenerix ✭✭✭
    Zerkers have their roll out of intimidation stance already .. and we have a dashing just like slayer's Headlong rush (or w/e it's called). The Only thing zerks dont have that slayers have is an extra roll and Backstab.
  • UltemeciaUltemecia ✭✭✭
    Mehbah wrote: »
    Slayers have two rolls (iframes), a rush skill, a leaping skill, a backflip skill, a skill that increases your movement speed for a while, and a teleporting backstab (iframe). They are honestly one of the most mobile classes in the game.

    Zerk has all of these except the second rolls, backstab and backflip.
  • MehbahMehbah ✭✭
    Veiken wrote: »
    Im not sure, I find zerks really fun, not tried slayer tho

    That has nothing to do with what I said though. I'm saying slayers are more mobile, not that they're more fun.
    Ultemecia wrote: »
    Zerk has all of these except the second rolls, backstab and backflip.

    The second roll and especially backstab makes a big difference. Being able to teleport right behind the boss can save you a lot of seconds.
  • UltemeciaUltemecia ✭✭✭
    While I will say that generally slayers are more mobile than zerks. That doesn't make zerks immobile. If you have an issue staying at someone or somethings back as a zerk then you need to step back and evaluate what you're doing wrong.

    Zerks aren't a garbage class anymore. With the buffs we just got, plus the ones coming, the class will be relevant again. Hell I can already outdps 90% of the people I run with, and now with the roll I'm even more mobile than I already was previously. Plus without the talent system, alot of the things Slayers were going to rely on won't get here. I'm a little biased since I love zerks, but I'd say zerk is your way to go as far as main. :D
  • VeikenVeiken ✭
    Ultemecia wrote: »
    While I will say that generally slayers are more mobile than zerks. That doesn't make zerks immobile. If you have an issue staying at someone or somethings back as a zerk then you need to step back and evaluate what you're doing wrong.

    Zerks aren't a garbage class anymore. With the buffs we just got, plus the ones coming, the class will be relevant again. Hell I can already outdps 90% of the people I run with, and now with the roll I'm even more mobile than I already was previously. Plus without the talent system, alot of the things Slayers were going to rely on won't get here. I'm a little biased since I love zerks, but I'd say zerk is your way to go as far as main. :D

    Yeah I started a zerk yesterday, love it a lot. Plus first time on TR
  • BanimBanim ✭✭✭
    edited May 2016
    Well, I don't know if this counts, but I'd say it does... your top DPS contributing skills are both charging skills that allow you to move around and reposition, plus you have evasive smash in case you need to dodge something in the middle of your charging and still not waste it, or to last second get on the boss's back. I'd say that makes up for the lack of backstab or back flip because it still allows you to stick to the boss's back very, very well.
  • LoyalLoyal ✭✭
    Slayers by far are more mobile than zerks, I main a slayer and I feel like one of the most mobile classes besides a ninja. We have 2 rolls, headlong rush, leaping strike, backstab, and dash.
  • SylvietteSylviette ✭✭✭
    Zerker is slightly less mobile since while they can keep up with boss moving around, in order to maximize dps they still have to rely on both thunder strike and cyclone at max charge. However cyclone has no movement glyph thus if boss turn or jump away right after a TS you have no choice but to chase his back before charging up again, while slayer can instantly backstab into position. Same reason, sometime you will have to cut charge time/cyclone time to block/iframe as zerker and lost dps, but slayer can just cut off their combo early and get back to it after iframing without any big dps lost. Even if you're very experienced there're boss that you have to rely on quick reaction (read "nightmare imperator"), so losing dps this way is unavoidable.
  • dinnersdinners ✭✭✭
    YunnFang wrote: »
    Slayers are by far the most mobile. Even though Zerkers have some mobility, slayers have A LOT more. As you can see, slayers have dodge, while the dodge of zerkers is only for tank mode (but i think this will change in the future). Slayers have more skills with mobility, like the rush, or even Backstab skill.

    without slayer's backstabb, zerker got more mobility than slayer now. zerker have 2x glyphs for dashing skill. Dashing CD is not even half of slayer. Overwhelm and zerker also got leaping jump and delay can be cancel with weapon block.
  • EllieChuEllieChu ✭✭✭
    If zerkers had backstab they would be just as mobile as slayers.

    Both have dash, both have a form of headlong rush, both have roll, both have leaping strike. slayer's kick can be used as a mobility skill, and zerkers have lethal strike for that
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