Vanguard Psionicist Review : Who ordered extra Crowd Control?

Posted by Draedus in Vanguard News, Vanguard Guides

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In my ongoing effort to review each of the classes post release/patch changes I took a stab at the Psionicist class. As I haven’t had a Mordebi character since Beta I thought it was time to give one a run - besides I thought the racial ability would come in handy (8sec mex + 100% deaggro)

The Psionicist turned out to be a lot of fun - as always I played him up to level 10, soloed and grouped for a bit to get a better idea of the classes strengths, weaknesses and overall group role. Although the Psi can punch out some decent DOT and direct damage, I’d say his best trait is some great CC. looking ahead to the spells available a few levels higher it becomes even more appearant.

Psionicist DPS
Soloing - You start out with a weak, but effective mental lance - its a quick cast that does direct damage and can be spammed on enemies as they close in on you - it has a suffecient range to make kiting a good idea, you’re definately not built for a fist fight. Grouping - Soon you’re equipped with a nice DOT which is quite effective once you have something/someone to hold the mob in place

Psionicist CC
Soloing - you’re never solo as long as you’re a Psi - your enemy becomes your best friend since you can replicate any mob and create a copy capable of holding aggro for a time - pleanty of time for you to take out the first of most 2 pulls. As you level up you can hold enough aggro in this mirror to get off a DOT with-out pulling aggro to you.
Group - the Psi is a must have in dungeons and heavy mob fighting - controlling the flow of mobs is the difference between a tough pull and a complete wipe. Even at lower levels the Psi seem perfectly adept at CCing one mob and delivering decent DPS to the others - at higher levels you can begin to control even more mobs through mind control (suggestion), mirrors, mezzes, timeshifts etc.

Psionicist Buffs & Debuffs
As a Psi you share a connection with other Psi’s around the world increasing yourmana/energy regen mana/energy rate, additionally you expand your mind and the minds of your companions adding a decent amount of intel & wisdom increasing the casters damage output and manapool.

As a Psi you should be able to solo fairly well, and be a great add to any dungeon bound group. As alwasy this is just a review of my expierience (short) with the Psi class, share your experiences with us - strengths, weaknesses, likes dislikes etc.

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