Preferred Skill of the Month - Crushing Shock

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Lava_Croft
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Anyone else notice how this cheap skill is hitting like a truck lately? I guess the raised weapon damage cap made this skill a bit too strong.
  • Tintinabula
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    yes when I reflect it it hurts the caster a lot more now :)
  • Cody
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    what is crushing shock?
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  • Domander
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    It's always been pretty decent, at least for a sorc, with the added benefit of an interrupt.

    ..and it's definitely not too strong.
    Edited by Domander on August 31, 2014 8:45AM
  • ThyIronFist
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    Out of all the issues this game has... Lets complain about Crushing Shock, lol.
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    There isnt enough whining about streak, most bs skill ever.
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  • Armitas
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    Been using it almost since release. It's stronger because of the caps, but so is everything else.
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  • Rylana
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    Crushing shock with appropriate weapon power is a very strong but single target attack.

    I can get mine to do over 700 damage, no problem. (it actually hits with three different elements at the same time, so registers for like 200(x3).

    The downside to that nice spike hit is that it can be reflected or blocked. It can also miss or be dodged.

    Unlike impulse which can hit about 600, can hit up to six people at once, is unreflectable, unblockable, procs an additional effect 40 percent of the time, either debuffs max health or adds DoT, is only marginally more expensive per cast than shock, and requires no targeting skills to use...

    Oh right, we were saying crushing shock was OP...
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  • Lorkhan
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    Rylana wrote: »
    Crushing shock with appropriate weapon power is a very strong but single target attack.

    I can get mine to do over 700 damage, no problem. (it actually hits with three different elements at the same time, so registers for like 200(x3).

    The downside to that nice spike hit is that it can be reflected or blocked. It can also miss or be dodged.

    Unlike impulse which can hit about 600, can hit up to six people at once, is unreflectable, unblockable, procs an additional effect 40 percent of the time, either debuffs max health or adds DoT, is only marginally more expensive per cast than shock, and requires no targeting skills to use...

    Oh right, we were saying crushing shock was OP...

    so this
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    Rylana wrote: »
    Crushing shock with appropriate weapon power is a very strong but single target attack.

    I can get mine to do over 700 damage, no problem. (it actually hits with three different elements at the same time, so registers for like 200(x3).

    The downside to that nice spike hit is that it can be reflected or blocked. It can also miss or be dodged.

    Unlike impulse which can hit about 600, can hit up to six people at once, is unreflectable, unblockable, procs an additional effect 40 percent of the time, either debuffs max health or adds DoT, is only marginally more expensive per cast than shock, and requires no targeting skills to use...

    Oh right, we were saying crushing shock was OP...
    Except Impulse has a crap range and while I understand that every thread here has to eventually revolve around AoE caps and Impulse, this thread wasn't exactly about that. That doesn't mean Impulse isn't a bit too strong also, but there's enough threads about Impulse already.

    'A bit too strong' can easily be translated to 'OP' by anyone bending words to his liking.
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    I've never noticed it hitting like a truck, it seems fine to me.
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    Armitas wrote: »
    Been using it almost since release. It's stronger because of the caps, but so is everything else.

    Indeed.
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  • Morticielle
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    Lava_Croft wrote: »
    Anyone else notice how this cheap skill is hitting like a truck lately? I guess the raised weapon damage cap made this skill a bit too strong.
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    Rylana wrote: »
    Crushing shock with appropriate weapon power is a very strong but single target attack.

    I can get mine to do over 700 damage, no problem. (it actually hits with three different elements at the same time, so registers for like 200(x3).

    The downside to that nice spike hit is that it can be reflected or blocked. It can also miss or be dodged.

    Unlike impulse which can hit about 600, can hit up to six people at once, is unreflectable, unblockable, procs an additional effect 40 percent of the time, either debuffs max health or adds DoT, is only marginally more expensive per cast than shock, and requires no targeting skills to use...

    Oh right, we were saying crushing shock was OP...

    Coolest post I've seen about impulse to-date!
  • Tripwyr
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    My Impulse caps out around 500 crit against vampires with no fire resist while using Flawless Dawnbreaker, a fire staff, and with Critical Surge up.

    Please though, we were circling about impulse again, please go on.
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    Destruction abilities are garbage meant for farming garbage.

    If you're using a destruction staff as a sorc you're gimping your overall damage by 10% in order to use abilities that are sub par.

    Just my thoughts on the spell and Destruction in general.
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  • Lava_Croft
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    Thanks for this whine post. It prevented this forum from dropping below 80% whine posts!
    Coming from someone who has an entire whine post as his signature...

  • Yusuf
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    Rylana wrote: »
    Crushing shock with appropriate weapon power is a very strong but single target attack.

    I can get mine to do over 700 damage, no problem. (it actually hits with three different elements at the same time, so registers for like 200(x3).

    The downside to that nice spike hit is that it can be reflected or blocked. It can also miss or be dodged.

    Unlike impulse which can hit about 600, can hit up to six people at once, is unreflectable, unblockable, procs an additional effect 40 percent of the time, either debuffs max health or adds DoT, is only marginally more expensive per cast than shock, and requires no targeting skills to use...

    Oh right, we were saying crushing shock was OP...

    I'm INSANELY overcapped with weapondamage and i only do 166per element (498). What i'm saying is i wear torug's pact, ashen grip, 3 jewelry pieces with 13 weapondamage each and the dominion-set to make up for the lost critchance.
    How do you do that? :confounded:
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    Tripwyr wrote: »
    My Impulse caps out around 500 crit against vampires with no fire resist while using Flawless Dawnbreaker, a fire staff, and with Critical Surge up.

    Please though, we were circling about impulse again, please go on.

    I think it depends on the class for those 600 impulse hits. With my banner down they hit for over 600. iirc it was somewhere around 610 and I could still take it higher with a bit more gearing. (around19 more damage if I estimate from esohead)
    Edited by Armitas on September 2, 2014 2:49PM
    Retired.
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  • Ezareth
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    Don't forget the +9% overall and +50% fire bonus to vampire when you're calculating.
    Edited by Ezareth on September 2, 2014 2:53PM
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