11-26-2020, 06:20 PM
It's hard to justify any kind of super niche counter gear that isn't a weapon since you can freely swap those. It's even harder to justify one that loses its niche both after a duration and by taking certain damage. I guess it's good if you keep it on standby to hotswap for pvp against someone you know relies heavily on melee basics. But that's pretty scummy.
The thing is, even if you could refresh Phantom Cloak's buff, why would you use it over a more generally useful armor? Ninja armor's evade will always be there, against both melee and ranged. Same for Sarasha Gi. I don't think 20-15ish more evade against a specific type of basic attack that vanishes at any point is worth having consistent 30ish evade.
Thus, I think the item could use a rework entirely. Maybe something like, when you evade a basic attack or trigger evasion, you release a Styx Shout around you in its usual aoe range from the Spectre mob with damage based on armor UL.
The thing is, even if you could refresh Phantom Cloak's buff, why would you use it over a more generally useful armor? Ninja armor's evade will always be there, against both melee and ranged. Same for Sarasha Gi. I don't think 20-15ish more evade against a specific type of basic attack that vanishes at any point is worth having consistent 30ish evade.
Thus, I think the item could use a rework entirely. Maybe something like, when you evade a basic attack or trigger evasion, you release a Styx Shout around you in its usual aoe range from the Spectre mob with damage based on armor UL.