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Ozgwald wrote:

Have to see the skill to be a believer, though the leapslam combo or what it was is a nice touch and the spell looks nice.

Saying this because 2 handers with this are like bows and the damage difference between them is not that big (marginal) if you take into account what a quiver can add and the quiver will also give you life/ resist, so it will all depend on what my excel sheets will tell and how the damage effectiveness of this spell will be.

(skepticism born from weak introduced skills in the past :( and generally some still weak skills existing for a long time, till this day :( )

Damage difference between 2hander melee and bows are marginal? Have you actually seen the difference between the good ones?

You are looking at 350~ top end for slow bows. Top-end for a maul/axe/staff can hit 650+. Range and speed (imperial/thicket) was the equalizer to make up for the lack in damage, and those bows usually never go past 310~ top end or so.

The equalizer in this case is that spectral throw is a 75% (or was it 70%?) damage multiplier skill, plus being unable to support it with Melee Physical.

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Malone wrote:

why ? the fastest it is, the longest it goes.

I would use Faster Projectile on this one.

Spectral Throw works like Piety's lightning ball, it will continuously hit targets that it passes through. Slower spectral = more hits overall.

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Zealflare wrote:

Spectral Throw works like Piety's lightning ball, it will continuously hit targets that it passes through. Slower spectral = more hits overall.

There's the other part of it, the faster/slower they go, the further/nearer they spin. If you have very slow projectiles you might almost be able to make them spin in melee range.

IMO spectral throw is crap.
This is a 500 DPS Maul,5 Linked, on a 66 Dunes map.
The dmg isnt that impressiv at all. With this wpn, a Leapslam would deal way more dmg! The leapslam this guy used is only 2 linked and still deal nearly equal dmg.

Now dont come with: but the equip and the skilltree... we dont know this.
This dude use a Marohi with a attackspeed of 0.85! still throw atleast 4 wpns per second. So this will be some nice gear.

Other downside of this spell. Have 2 guys in ur grp using this... u dont see shit on ur screen and porbably lose FPS like hell.

Not impressed at all....