Dark Armor choice

[Rufanatic]

Cloak of Fear or Oppressive Gloom? Or both? Right now I have Cloak of Fear is either a "better" option or is using both more optimal?

[DjOnslaught]

I always advise against both because you shouldn't run them at the same time cause OP gloom hits you hp.  What's your secondary?

[jack_nomind]

After testing it out for a while, I'm going to be dropping OG from my DA/Staff tanker.  If my secondary had stuns (mace, KM, etc), it'd probably be great -- it would push the stun magnitude over what's needed to stun bosses.  Right now it mostly just makes minions wander out of my auras.  Nothing I've tested has suggested OG's stun stacks with itself, which would also make it work well.  In response to the above comment, I've never really even noticed OG's hp drain.  It's small enough as to be practically invisible on a tanker.

 

I am planning to keep CoF.  Both CoF and OG apply a mez, which means threat.  (And they taunt, but as far as I can tell taunts don't stack from same caster.)  CoF also applies a -tohit.  Although Terror isn't the most useful mez (particularly in a kit with a damage aura), I'm ultimately content enough to keep CoF even without specific other synergies.

[marcussmythe]

Ive wondered about the toggles with the Mez Hybrid, but thats a power thats only ‘doing its thing’ half the time...

[redtwister666]

I'm running DA/Staff and CoF plus Death Shroud is sufficient at low levels, as they both taunt and CoF gives some decent control.  OP isn't that good until later, and some would say it is never actually good.

 

With Staff, I can run 6 toggles at level 28 with no END issues.

[SenkanYamato]

Has anyone tried running CoF with an Unspeakable Terror Disorient proc IO along with OP Gloom?