List of Marauder's / Sentinel's Defensive abilites - No More Misinformation!

he's a Merc mate......

Precisely - and the fact that it costs 50% current HP makes UR's usage THE MOST PREDICTABLE defensive cooldown in the game as to when it will get used, which makes it the EASIEST defensive ability to counter or bypass completely.

Merc heals are strong (if heal-specced). 2.2k crits on the long heal is very low (so he is likely undergeared/stacking wrong stats/lacking passive companion affection buffs).

yes, if your lovely pugs haven't fulled his bar before that...

As a juggernaut main, reading that marauders have 5 defensive cooldowns is pretty distasteful when juggernauts have 3 (4 if they go tank spec, at wich point they will hit like wet noodles).

I'm not selfish to the point to ask more, but i do think maras/sents have too many. I think the damage they make would be a fair trade-off if some of those went away.

Jump generates 3 rage - root (if carnage) will either cost you 3 rage or a full ravage cycle. Spammed slows, eh? Those cost 2 rage to use. Also seems as though you're referring to a 31/31/31 build. Carnage marauders (the only spec with roots) cannot jump to you if you're outside melee range, but within 10m. Carnage marauders rely on roots (only) to keep players in melee range due to being rage-starved - if they are using their slow, they are wasting precious rage and missing out on a lot of their dps. Also, carnage marauder roots get removed easily/often.

Ranged charcters also USUALLY have at least 1 knockback (exception being powertechs/vanguards - but they can face-tank marauders and burst them dead in a dps race) and every ranged class has a hard stun (at LEAST one - though not all of them happen to be from range, i.e. sniper/slinger).

You're neglecting to factor in taunts. Roll with another taunt-tosser and you'll both have MUCH more survivability than maras/sents have.

Power Adrenals and Relics help kill opponents quickly. Dead opponents do no damage, so Adrenals and Relics can be used defensively and are therefore defensive cooldowns. There's a reason people buy guns for "self defense."


It's stupid to start listing off every form of utility and ability that can possibly be used in a defensive manner and calling them defensive cooldowns.

For example, Force Speed is a mobility cooldown. Everyone knows mobility can be used defensively in addition to serving many other purposes ranging from scoring a huttball to reaching a target to simple getting across a map slightly quicker. Trying to call Force Speed a defensive cooldown instead of what it really is, a mobility cooldown, is just silly. It can't make someone tank damage better.

Force Charge
Instant
Cooldown: 15s
Range: 30 m
Jumps to a distant target, dealing 1325 - 1414 damage with the main-hand weapon, immoblizing the target for 2 seconds and interrupting the target's current action. Builds 3 rage. Cannot be used against targets in cover.


The time it requires for Purge CD to wear off, you'll already have more than enough Rage to cast slow again. I have a Mara lvl 18, I know the basics about its mechanics and resource management

Ridiculous stance is ridiculous. There should be almost no circumstances at all where a mara/sent is more durable than a guard/jugg. I don't care WHAT is going on. Your class can do VASTLY more damage than a jugg/guard, in return juggs/guards are ALSO more squishy? Really? Sounds like a pretty crap deal to me.