So it’s taken me quite a while to find an offensive Sovereign build that I liked, but at last I have it… I realized that aside from killing tanks, which isn’t really a WE’s job, but is something that I enjoy; the thing I liked about defensive sovereign the most was the ability to escape. When the shit hit the fan I had enough survivability to get out of there without going down. In offensive sov you are so squishy that normally is not an option. Well, the best compromise I found is going BALLZ OUT dps with offensive sov and picking up Cleansing Wind 3. I have healed for as much as 5k on a single cast :o and the 2 minute cooldown is very nice. 30 Realm points is a lot, but cheaper than many others which cost 45 to max.

So in my last solo queue SC i pulled down 30 kbs, had 2 deaths, and nearly 300k damage which was the most for both sides… and I did it with Masterful Treachery slotted lol. My theory is this- that MT actually forces you to play more strategic, and even in a pug or solo queue situation you can make a difference bringing so much DPS so suddenly. The buff to stealth in 1.3.6 is very noticeable, and I don’t ever have issues with stealth breaking anymore unless i am close enough to be spotted and get attacked.

My spec is OYK and MT, with pierce armor, EotC, and IP. I use OYK for the knockdown rather than HS. The anti-kiting potential makes up for the lack of a second heal debuff. This build also works for ganking- but obviously is not as good as defensive sov/witchbrew for 1v3, 1v4 etc. That’s ok… I’m being more surgical with my playtime now and the rps have actually been moving fairly quickly as I focus on guild groups and playing efficiently; I’m 1/5th of the way to 87 and I’m ok with that.

Anyway, I guess the point is offensive sov certainly can work (and btw 5% dps from glyphs is worth more than 30 damage bonus according to my tests…), and it does make you squishier, but with CW3 I think you’ll find that even solo this build can work very well. I’ve seen other “big name” witches whining that without guard/mega heals they can’t go squishy but I disagree- I think MT forces you to play the crafty backstabbing sniper, and with that 30% dmg bonus from stealth I can get over 2400 PA, and 2200 AW… which so far anyway is more than I’ve been hit for with Torment, even by WHs in offensive Doomflayer ;)

In other news a RP was talking smack and he’s not one of those players who is on anyone’s radar so I called him a freenown corpse in a stack of bodies… ahem.  Anyway, i liked this WH’s response to that:

Hey, I resemble one of those freenown corpses in said stack of bodies… Since this thread is a jumbled mess of everything at this point, I thought I’d entertain… myself… with an average Joe’s fight with Taransula:  Riding along, checking my six, wondering how my shiny new free loot from a bag will work out, riding some more *POOF–DEAD* Wondering now, maybe a glitch, I never saw any destro… Now checking my combat log to see what the heck just happened. Taransula happened. Ouch.

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Naturally he is exaggerating, but I thought it was funny… and flattering of course ;)