maybe you’re playing deadeye wrong, he is strong as the same way as striker
No mouvement skill ? Can WE talk about storm dragon kick that IS a mouvement skill on a 8s CD (capable of proccing rage rune 50% of the Time due to the 3hits build-in)?
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This is the good old excuse for anything in this game.
There are prolly two istances (vykas g2 and clown g2) where back attacking COULD become difficult.
Any other istance ingame entrhopy gets rewarded way too much compared to the effort needed to play back attacj.
Ful stop.
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But you also need that skill to generate orbs. You can use it as movement but then you do less dmg 
Striker is very strong indeed, some of the biggest dmg ceilings in the game. I was just saying there are also downsides to his playstyle. I’m using the powerpass this Wednesday to make a backattacker class. Thought long about making a striker (mostly because he just looks cool) but I recently watched a gameplay vid from Clown G3 and he lands his Tigerstrike with crit like three times up to showtime (not doing mario). And I’m pretty sure that’s the reality of a slow backattack class like that. Every once in a while, you get a crazy run and mvp by a mile. And just as often you miss everything and do nothing.
(I probably go for Scrapper or Deathblade as my backattacker because they seem more versatile than striker)
Anyway, most encounters in this game are not dps checks. So you don’t need to optimize for pure dmg… I personally prefer classes that can also survive/dodge etc especially for new content.
I do have a striker myself. DB is a very slow playstyle which is manageable but on top he also doesn’t have too much push immunity. Class has a high sealing but vast majority of players won’t reach that permanently or just don’t because it’s also exhausting at some point
You can drop a dmg engraving for spirit absorption as many do. That would not only make it way easier to play, but also way less seemingly op like ppl say.
Thats the whole point. If you accept to be a trunk of wood barely moving and you can make up with skills you get op dmg.
If you like an easier playstyle you ll still be dealing high dmg but wont be op due to dropping one engraving for versatility.
That said, is the extra dmg rewarded for playing without SA and full back attack a right compensation?
Imho? No, it s too much. As i said enthropy needs to be piped down or other sets need be improved. The difficulty of back attacking isnt remotely near the amount of dmg you gain for doing it. Exp when you combine level 2 sets bracelets AND the beatrice+dwarves set cards along ambush master breaking the multipliers of enthropy.
But alas, sorcs can sit out of any danger and melt stuff with 5x the dps of any other class and 20x less the risks, so i wouldnt even bother asking a nerf for db
Now we are talking about the entropy set which is overpowered atm but the topic was striker being utterly overpowered but he isn’t currently. Definitely one of the steonger classes after a huge investment but that’s it
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The point is the one i just made. It s not striker being op, but the set making him op. Period.
Set cards are unique to him and wardancer boosting not just back attack but elemental dmg (2/3 of your dmg spells Said combo, again along with ambush master and entr bonuses from lv2 up, and more when bracelets are out, makes the dmg unreal as lobg as u give up SA for full dps.
To sum up, it s not striker that needs nerfing.
If anything, ESO needs a buff
I agree with that
Just play the striker
yes you stand behind in trixion but name 1 boss were you don’t.
If you rly think you will land 100% back attack on every spender then yes. It is strong and for the utter soulcrushing reason that YOU NEED to land backattack to deal any dmg, and if you miss SINGLE spell you are down half or full spender per cycle.
Striker does about the same dmg per cycle as a sorc that cant double dooms day but instead of bursting every 30s, it bursts every 15s so DPS wise it’s significantly higher than igniter Sorc provided the target is a dummy.
And how come my friend’s Soul fist doing 50% more damage than anybody else in the guild?
Real damage like Guardians/legions not some Trixion dummy.
Oh come on this is just a toxic topic!
Trixion test is on a stationary dummy… melee back attackers, especially who needs to stay close to the target like striker or scrapper, can deal half or less that damage in a real raid.
Moreover, as melee you lose a lot of time frame for doing damage, like Valtan G2 when you are hiding behind pillars or Vykas G2 during waffles loading, and do not talk about Kakulsaydon G3 where AOE around balls keep you far from the boss. As a main DB striker, I’m happy about it, but it’s clearly not in line with top tier dps like sorceress and deathblade.
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Hes comparing his ew deadeye to db striker. Striker is piss easy to play compared to ew deadeye while doing more damage.
Ceiling for DB striker is very high but burst windows are limited and on a two spender build is very easy to miss on huge dps
I watched a video of a KR striker that explains it well
Simple. You are attacking a standing still mob from behind. Charging your orbs and hitting all your esoteric skills (which is the only purpose of DB Striker) 100% of the time.
Now go compare your damage against a mobile target. And pray 
I really don´t know what you expect asking for nerfs for classes you don´t even understand friend. Trixion is not a good testing for comparing* method.
Also, believe it or not deadeye has some of the greatest dmg potential among all the classes.
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Perfect sum up of the situation
There was a tier list made by Jiudau with the help of around 50 biggest KR players (in late october if i reckon).
What they basicly explain is that the 3 S tier classes you cant compete with them. And the C tier classes cant compete with A tier.
(A and B tier classes can compete between each others easyly).
S tier were : n°1 New Artillerist, n° 2 Surge DB, n° 3 New arcana Empress.
C tier class : only deadeye pistoleer remaining since last balance patch.
Stiker stand in beginning of A tier list.
What they conclude is that the current version of the game is one of the most balanced ever as out of 46 (if im correct) specs, only 3 are over the top and only 1 is “bad”.
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