1.3 The Community's Molten Strike, Face Melting Build!! 1h+shield and 2h variants available

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Falcyon wrote:

I have to say that since I respeced my Amlify to Avatar of Fire, the build was ruined. Totaly weaker character. Are we sure that AoF does not have serious drawbacks? Is it possible that Life Leech works worse with Aof? Is it really good to only deal fire damage? And finally, why do I get the feeling that without Amplify, I gained a huge disadvantage against mid-ranged attackers?

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Kartikdon wrote:

Hey Falcyon,

I don't think AoF is your problem, I have not noticed much of a difference at all with or without it. I have completed through 78 maps as AoF with really no problem. It seems like Amplify is a personal preference of yours, pick it back up. The community does not need to be followed 100% to the T. Amplify will be a plus for clearing speed but you will loose boss kill speed in exchange (assuming you aren't fighting one with the the hit box of a house).

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kompaniet wrote:

What's the most important stat to look for when purchasing a doryani sceptre? It has 4 variable stats.

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Falcyon wrote:

About those +20% AoE nodes near Templar (or any Aoe bonus).
Lets say our MS does 100 projectile damage.
We know MS projectiles spread within 5 to 20 area points and this 100 damage will be the same throughout 5 to 20.
With 20% more Aoe, those projectiles will spread in an area within 5 to 24 (5 is standard for MS balls).
Point Blank will give +50% = 150 damage in the 5 to 10 area and then will get as low as 120 at area 24 (according to PB mechanics PB only degrades original dmg after 35 distance points).
And the Amplify node even gives a small boost of 8% more area dmg.
This sounds like a damage boost right now.
The drawback would be the less -concentrated- spreading of the projectiles. More spreading might mean less enemies hit near the player and more misses for small groups or for bosses. But then again, one projectile's damage gets more AoE too... so this might even things up and in the and, AoE IS a boost for MS projectile damage.

(when I started following this build I had it wrong about Point Blank, thinking its upgrade/degrade effect was relative to skill's distance. But since the node has fixed area effects, small Aoe damaging skills like Molten Strike (5-20points), seems to only gain while a Fireball would have its boost in the 1-34 area but then at 34 to 120 it would only loose power)

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Abelos wrote:

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kompaniet wrote:

What's the most important stat to look for when purchasing a doryani sceptre? It has 4 variable stats.

That's a good question but I'm not sure if there is a right answer. I would only worry about Phys Dmg, Elemental Dmg and Atk speed probably in that order.

Honestly, I didn't even consider any of the variable stats before getting mine, I was just happy I was able to find someone that would do an even trade for a 5L Marohi. This is what I got. I could always use a couple divines on it to see if i get better, but it does the job.

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Abelos wrote:

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Kartikdon wrote:

I dropped AoF for Faster Attacks + Carnage Heart - much better DPS (duh) and better sustain (from the maps i have done).

Though with the IAS I am noticing reflect maps a bit now. Not sure if this is due to throwing out 2x the fireballs or simply because its not leeching as much. I think I am still hitting my 25% / sec cap and I am just dealing to much damage AoE wise.

Yeah, your earlier post about carnage got me thinking about dropping AoF and getting a little mana leech to see if I could drop LL and BM and replace with Faster Attacks and Concentrated effect.