Combat Maneuvers as a pure pre-cap

[Azerik]

I am sure this has been asked before but doing a search and reading through a lot of information here and on the officials I keep debating with myself on this issue:

Is it worth my time to invest training into Combat Maneuvers (like 1x past level 70) at the expensive of picking up additional wizard ranks pre-cap or just try to cap my spells first (MjE 100/MiE 75/Wiz 100) before even bothering with this?


Side note:

I actively avoid creatures that can disarm via CM. Most of the time I am getting hit with CMs is during bandits/Reim and I can solo both of those fine so far. My thought process leads me to believe picking up CM is a waste of my time until way post cap but I don't have experience beyond my current level (70). The other part of my mind says what are the extra wizard ranks really doing besides adding 1-2 DS at times (I don't really care much about enchanting hard things like fusion).

Any opinions are welcome. Thank you for reading!

[Maerit]

It's not a "waste" of time, but the ROI for investing into spells would be higher than CM most likely. Unless you have a specific niche where the CM training is a major boon, then you're better off investing TPs into spells and buying some padded (temp or perm) armor to help mitigate the critical effects of various cmans.

[Askip]

Askip waited until he had 3x spells before getting CM. Disarm was annoying but not usually fatal because I carried a spare stave.

I always relied more on scrolls for defense than my gear, so using 4x vs 7x was no biggie.

:D

[Whirlin]

Agree with Maerit. 1x Perception, 1x Physical Fitness, Haste/Celerity are all good enough to deal with like, 50% of RT stackers/disarm mechanics. Being quick on disablers, etc helps further increase your own protection. And I'd say that it'll take a lot of CMAN training to further mitigate the remaining 50%, likely more than you'd accumulate in 30 levels.

If you're looking for a more defensive build, consider Air & Earth lores before Fire for the RT Implications of 55 Air Lore Ranks and the proc-RNG for 25+ ranks of Earth Lore.

[Azerik]

Awesome! Thanks folks!