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Outlander Rebalance (v.33)

Outlander is the least popular class by a large margin. This is not because they are less adept at killing enemies, it is because they lack certain standout defensive and utility skills, which forces them into a small number of functional builds. We've all heard of the Glaivelander.

This mod is not ambitious enough to claim to 'fix' outlanders, it only aims to shore up some holes in the design of the class and maybe allow some people to break the mold and try some different approaches.

I'm sure that many people will consider these changes overpowered. I may be inclined to agree, but they have made my outlander far more fun to play and that's what I consider important.


Features:

Chaos Burst:
*Now builds charge

Reasoning: Convenience

Shattering Glaive:
*Now builds charge
*Tier bonuses now each give a 15% chance to shatter shields.

Reasoning: Convenience and to give builds that do not use Venomous Hail a shield break effect.

Glaive Sweep:
*Final tier bonus now shatters shields

Reasoning: To give builds that do not use Venomous Hail a shield break effect.

Stone Pact:
*Added absorb shield. Shield strength is half that of an un-charged Forcefield but will be re-applied every time you re-enter the field, like the heal.
*Changed tier bonus. Reflect damage was replaced with 5% less damage taken per tier. 3 second duration.

Reasoning: Outlanders active defensive options were paltry at best, and a small heal over time was a drop in the bucket, now it actually feels like a real defensive skill. The damage taken buff was inspired by the Embermage skill 'Immolation Aura', with which they gain the same damage reduction and has 100% uptime.

Blade Pact:
*Increased duration of the debuff to 9 seconds.
*Debuff now reduces all armor, not just physical.

Reasoning: Convenience and added utility.

Repulsion Hex:
*Duration scaling increased. Will last about 30% longer at all ranks.
*Each hit has a 5% chance to shatter shields

Reasoning: Convenience and to give builds that do not use Venomous Hail a shield break effect.
(The shield break chance may seem small, but the hex fires faster with more points invested, capping at 3 times per second at 15/15.)

Shadowmantle:
*Increased Duration to 5 minutes, cooldown unchanged.
*Severely reduced damage reflected to compensate.
*Reduced reflect and blind chance from 72% to 53%.

Reasoning: With a 16 second cooldown and 10 second duration, this was just a pain to use. With an uptime of 62% and 72% chance to reflect, you have an effective ranged defense of 44% (Only if you remembered to recast it every 16 seconds). The new version has an uptime of 100% and to compensate it's reflect percent was decreased, resulting in an effective ranged defense of 53%. A small buff, but much more convenient.

Shadowling Brute:
*Increased movement speed
*Increased Duration
*Removed cooldown
*Mana cost increased by almost 50% to compensate.

Reasoning:
I never really found a use for this guy with his 10 second duration and 30 second cooldown. By the time he actually got going, he was gone. Now he's a good temporary summon/damage skill.