Pro's & Cons

Pro's

* Easy to play hard to master
* Insane damage output
* Good mobility
* Lots of gap closers
* Instant abilities (If you use a build like this ofcourse)
* Plenty of viable builds and styles

Cons:

* Hard to outplay tanks who know what they're doing
* Squishy
* Not very effective in big group/raid PvP
* Can easily be CC'd

Openers and spell tricks

Activate buffs before combat:

- This can stack up to 3 times, you might want to try hit 2/3 stacks before combat.




1 versus 1 against Cloth & Leather DPS classes

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1 versus 1 against Tanks

Same rotation.
But they aren't dead yet? That will most likely be the case this is what you can do after the rotation to make sure you get your cooldowns back.

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When you have bleeding effects or other debuffs on you make sure to get as much distance as you can and try to get into

Examples:

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What to look out for?

Redoubt - Try bait opponents to make them use it and just keep distance until it runs out.
- You don't want to kill yourself ;)
Invincebility - Make sure to not waste valuable spells on him.

Equipment

Leveling (1-50)

Use the quest plate sets for leveling, mobs will deal physical damage to you most of the time and the strenght is quite good.

(GHA) Greater Howling Abyss

Once you hit level 50 and you've obtained the last Hasla/Karkasse play quest set you should aim for the GHA Leather set.

Set: http://archeagedatabase.net/us/item/26928/


From now on you can do the following:

1) Get the Leather set from Serpentis (Instance located in Auroria)
2) Buy or Craft gear either Magnificent, Epherium or better. You want to for either Desert or Typhoon.

Desert Example: http://archeagedatabase.net/us/item/20787/

Typhoon Example: http://archeagedatabase.net/us/item/20782/

(Don't go for Illustrious the set bonus is worse as from the GHA set)