Seeing the 'rage' part of 'Enhanced Blood Rage' reminded me of something else I wanted to ask everyone.
I occasionally see Paladin builds that use Rage.
Do people use Rage? I tried acquiring and using Rage with Fury, but found it difficult to utilize due to the post-battle healing being cumbersome, so I gave up on using Rage.
While it's supposed to be used to increase STR or damage, it didn't suit my playstyle, as I mostly play solo, so I ended up quitting.
However, like with the Falchion, I've been debating whether to adjust my playstyle to incorporate the use of Rage.
So yes Rage is good for maximizing your DPS, but as you’ve noticed it has some limitations especially when you’re soloing. For Pally in particular, refreshing Prayer becomes pretty annoying.
In general when talking about rage, you’re deciding between rage or Stalwart/Sacred Defense since those 2 aren’t compatible. Although now with Dlord you might need to pick between rage or Str Trance (I have no idea how the mechanics interact and if you can trance then rage)
The big positives from Rage are:
+10 Str/+4 Con (assuming 4/4 base, a raging strength item swap, and the +3 from the adrenaline line)
1200 Temp HP from a Bloodrage sentient swap
And the ability to use Madstone Clickies for another +2Str/+4Con and +5% Attack Speed. (But obviously you need to have enough of these to make it worthwhile)
Depending on your Race or class split you might get other benefits as well, for example Welf needs to be raging to get that sweet sweet 5% double strike on Falchions.
All that said, if you solo a lot Sacred Defense might be better. I use Defense instead of rage on my main since I need to self heal a lot.
did my Welf racials on a warlock I think and never went back so I hav ent taken a close look recently
