So I was interested to see what you guys thought on dmg RAs. What do you believe will give you the best overall damage increase when talking mastery of arms, mastery of pain, aug str, etc.

I wasnt sure how effective mastery of arms was supposed to be? I would like to hear some opinions on what you guys believe is optimal for damage.

Thanks!

why are you asking for dmg RAs on hero, are you RR 7+ ?

Just interested in the discussion , the RR of my hero is irrelevant.

These are the realm abilities to increase damage for a Hero. (Did I miss anything?)

1. Mastery of Arms (requires Augmented Strength 3) to increase your swing speed. (passive skill)
2. Mastery of Pain (requires Augmented Dexterity 2) to increase your frequency of critical hits. (passive skill)
3. Hail of Blows (requires Augmented Dexterity 3) to increase your swing speed. (active 15 min re-use)
4. Second Wind (requires Augmented Constitution 3) to refill your Endurance pool. (active 15 min re-use)
5. Rain of Fire for a damage add. (active 15 min re-use)
6. Rain of Ice for a damage add. (active 15 min re-use)
7. Rain of Annihilation for a damage add. (active 15 min re-use)

MoPain and damage adds are the best of this list?

MoPain
Aug Str
MoArms

in that order, rest is garbage.... but nobody is even close if you're going to spec for RvR. The base level of RA's you'll want take you to 7L4

Thunderer (R7 L4)
Total Points: 64 Unused Points: 0

(2) Augmented Dexterity +12 dex
(3) Mastery of Pain +15 % chance of critical hit
(3) Mastery of Blocking +9 % chance to block
(5) Determination -75 % mez/stun/root duration
(1) Purge Dispel Negative Effects, 30min timer
(1) Prevent Flight 35% chance to 50% snare for 10secs


Then I would suggest it's better to focus on survivability, so you can tank more in rvr:


Tiarna (R9 L9)
Total Points: 89 Unused Points: 0

(2) Augmented Dexterity +12 dex
(3) Mastery of Pain +15 % chance of critical hit
(3) Mastery of Blocking +9 % chance to block
(2) Toughness +6 % max hp
(2) Avoidance of Magic +6 % to all magic resists
(5) Determination -75 % mez/stun/root duration
(2) First Aid +60 % heal, 15min timer, not in combat
(1) Ignore Pain 100 100% heal, 30min timer, any time
(1) Purge Dispel Negative Effects, 30min timer
(1) Prevent Flight 35% chance to 50% snare for 10secs


At this point you're almost rr10 before MoArms make any sort of sense

Appreciate the responses guys. I wasnt around when MoArms was a thing and wasnt sure if it would be as effective as MoPain thats why I was asking. I dont plan on speccing damage yet was just interested in the discussion is all.

Thanks again!

Shouldn't long wind 1 be considered early on?