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< Melee Lock is Surprisingly good
As a ranger, im here just to find out how to fight against it. I couldnt tell you how much this ability alone has shut me down, no other class punishes me more than a warlock with phantomize, to either escape OR close the gap while taking no damage having the 10% speed increase to get on the ranger and start swinging melee damage and ripping spells. Every time it happens to me i die, cant fight it AND cant sheathe up and run from it. It hard for ranger as the first thing i wanna do is either hit you first or run if i need to make distance, I cant do either of those. Havent tested if i can trap while they are in that form yet, but thats timing, luck, precision all need to be in my favour when the next phantomized warlock comes through a door and i have to shoot 3 arrows in the head the second they come outta form or im typically dead in 2-3 hits