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Savage Melee to shred or not to shred


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Posted this in Tank by accident and got some info I needed.  
I got a lvl 26 SM/bio that I took hemo and shred on.  I’m now pretty confident I can get by without hemo but wondering if I should drop shred too?

 

Savage leap is my only other Aoe so I don’t really know if there is a viable rotation for aoe without shred, but if I do keep it I’m not sure if I should pop it before max stacks to prevent exhaustion or if it’s only worth popping at 5 stacks

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Skip Shred, get Rending Flurry, man! 

 

It's not terrible to lose your stacks for a time. They grant recharge and end reduction, not damage. Flurry is a great AoE that can cover a lot of area when unleashed at full Fury. When you get more global recharge Leap/Rending/Epic aoe if you have it is dandy for aoe.

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I had originally taken shred instead of savage strike. But if I drop hemo for savage flurry, I also assume I need to replace shred with savage strike to give me another quick hit and way to get stacks. 
 

I can open with leap for 3 stacks then maiming for one more.  But I would have to AS to get to 5 to pop a fully loaded Rending Flurry so my guess is savage strike would need to be weaved in when AS or Leap were charging.

 

When I have a snipe to fill in gaps I may not need it as much but feel like recharge to get Leap back up is the name of the game

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I took Shred for my "BAMPF Melee" stalker, because another AoE is always useful, especially once I've hopped into the center of another group.  I don't use it all the time, but often enough that I don't regret it.

 

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