To Roshan or not to Roshan...

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  1. silverseas

    silverseas Count Count

    I've had the Roshan set sitting around unused for a few months now, and one friend has been absolutely badgering me to use it even though I don't think it's worth it. Defensively, Roshan wins hands down compared to my current gear. However, I rarely pvp, and for pve, what I have for defense is more than sufficient. So it boils down to the gains (or is it losses?) offensively.

    My current gear has:
    • belt: almost half my total crit (912, or a 13% loss)
    • gloves: 30% CD
    • boots: 18.7% speed
    There is also one other fact to keep in mind. I have no speed (1.17), so mana regeneration is actually an issue. The additional +3 mana regen from the full set bonus would enable me to strike 5 lightning strikes with my current 203 mana. On the other hand, I could wait till I farm another 6.8m gop and upgrade some gear and I will strike 5 lightning strikes without Roshan anyways.

    What are your thoughts on this tradeoff?
     
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  2. Heaven

    Heaven Junior Expert

    Well, you kind of answered your own question. You have enough defences without Roshan, it would make no sense to switch to it. In PvP though, that set is a game changer.
     
  3. sebastian_fl

    sebastian_fl Count Count

    I am using speed gloves (2 pairs, 15.2%+450armor; or 17.1% + 230 armor) and speed boots (2 pairs: 19% +150armor, 11%+420 armor), and my belt is 81 dmg and 208 crit. Roshan is no use for me for neither PVP or PVE. melted.

    Edit: my use cases are the following: 1) m2 5k run with DK. Roshan's are too slow to run with those I run assuming you also have dragan cloak and 5% travel speed pet. 2) mortis/khalys - need pure dmg, so switch to essence boots and keep speed gloves to maintain 2.02 speed with the 3K staff. 3) 5v5 - 10% boost is no enough in the league I play. everyone else is faster, so I will need jester gems and use dragan cloak with Roshan.

    so they are no use for me personally, I think you need to write down all your use cases, not here, but just for yourself to think about.
     
    Last edited: Jul 1, 2015
  4. Novadude

    Novadude Commander of the Forum

    Roshan/Keens/Yachak/Sparks makes a big difference for pvp due to balance of improvements to hp, armor, crit and travel speed. For pve its usually better to just get your damage output up at the expense of hp and armor and travel speed, so these sets, while still useful, take a back seat to other gear.
     
  5. silverseas

    silverseas Count Count

    Thank you all for your replies.

    I have a few different setups depending on what I am doing, and one that is kind of my "default." While none of the setups would give me the level "tankiness" Roshan's would, they are all sufficient, and let me have far more damage. I'll put the set back in bank as gem holders, haha.
     
  6. Mario_Boss

    Mario_Boss Regular

    Just one advice if isn't too late.
    If you go pvp use gloves and belt from roshan and you'll get that 500 hp boost from bonus...will use you well with those beautiful super fast boots

    Good luck ;)
     
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  7. silverseas

    silverseas Count Count

    I prefer being a killing machine in pvp. :3 I need the crit from my belt to do that. Thank you for the thoughts though.
     
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