[cornoratu]

protean is anything BUT useless

i mean , think about it with the bonuses you get , it had to be gimped a little and the dev`s decided to gimp it by lowering the attack speed. that doesn`t consist a problem for me at all. there are some bosses that i killed without breaking a sweat ( sometimes without even taking any damage at all and when i was taking damage , i had fortitude turned on so it wasn`t too bad )

you just have to know how to use it :

first of all , never use it in fights with more than one opponent , especially if they are pretty fast ( like the fang and claw brothers ) go for the usual katana ( or any other blade available to you at that point in the game )

second of all an opponent with celerity ( like brother vick ) can make a pretty short work of you if you use protean because at that point in the game , the bonuses from protean aren`t too awesome and you won`t get too many hits in brother vick unless you catch him in a corner

third : time your combos right if you want maximum efficience from the protean ability... for example , do whatever you can to knock-down an opponent and from that point the fight is won.... you just have to get a little back from him and then press S+left click so you can make that attack that knocks him down again but the timing is crucial if you try to do this

i`ve experienced the gangrel a lot and all in all i can say three things about protean :
1) pretty useless at ranks 1-3
2) you need pretty much skill to play in the protean form so that you know when to attack and how ( not go rushing into them and spamming the click button like you would do when playing a brujah )
3) never use it when there are more than 2 enemies attacking you because it won`t end up too good unless they are weak enemies that can be taken out with a single hit ( if you must , make use of the nightwhisp ravens to incapacitate one of them so that you have a little more space )