SWTOR Marauder / Sentinel Changes in 5.9 5y6916

Marauders /Sentinels are the only Classes in 5.9 that are receiving slightly different changes than the other Classes this patch so I wanted to call them out separately. Here are the changes: 131nz

Maurader

  • The Ruthless Aggressor utility has been changed so that activating Obfuscate temporarily yields a 75% increase in damage reduction for Force and tech attacks instead of a 75% chance to resist all Force and tech attacks.

Fury

  • Reduced the damage done by Bloody Slashes by 18.5%

Sentinel

  • The Zealous Judgment utility has been changed so that activating Pacify temporarily yields a 75% increase in damage reduction for Force and tech attacks instead of a 75% chance to resist all Force and tech attacks.

Concentration

  • Reduced the damage done by Burning Slices by 18.5%

We are making two changes. First, following last year’s balance , these Classes are still slightly overperforming. The change to Bloody Slashes / Burning Slices is looking to address this.

The second change is more of a functionality change. Ruthless Aggressor / Zealous Judgment would create a situation where there was very little counterplay against a Marauder or Sentinel can be crowd controlled during the effect, but it will still allow them to take greatly reduced damage.