Master-at-Arms

Metal10957

For the new CP perk, what exactly does "Direct Damage" encompass?

Sunah

Everything that's not an AoE.

Morgul667

Sunah wrote: »

Everything that's not an AoE.

Including DOT ?

Sunah

As long as the skill that applied the dot is not an AoE, such as wall of elements then yes I believe so.

Masel

Everything that hits immediately. Initial ticks of dots are also counted as direct damage, only the ones that follow up are not. You can test everything by using scathing mage. It doesn't have anything to do with aoe. The initial hit of damage over time effects and spammable skills (may it be aoe like deep fissure or single target like the cliffracer) are counted as direct damage.

The most prominent exception is twisting path, an aoe damage over time ability where all ticks count as direct damage AND dot at the same time.

BleuZephyr

Metal10957 wrote: »

For the new CP perk, what exactly does "Direct Damage" encompass?

Direct Damage is instantaneous damage, it does not factor over time.

Usually physical damage is direct damage while any damage which has a lingering effect like bleeding, burning, etc. is DOT

DOT (damage over time) is any damage which affects target with "x" amount of damage over "y" seconds.

So all damage that is "not DOT" is direct damage.




PS: AOE that is area of effect damage could be either direct damage or DOT or both.

Metal10957

Nice to see we all agree on this I read what Masel92 said, initial hit counts on DOT's.

blackelf74

so,spells that do direct damage,for example, are:

crystal fragment
force pulse
crushing shock


or i am wrong?

olsborg

Something that has 1 hit and 0 duration.

blackelf74

olsborg wrote: »

Something that has 1 hit and 0 duration.

ok thank you.
So for sorc i think only frag.....

Brutusmax1mus

Flare doesn't seem to be working with it