Weakness to Elements ( Destruction Staff)

vpy

Is there any usefulness for this spell ?.
What exactly it is used for and which morph is generally better for single target ?

Jamascus

Elemental drain provides you with magicka and and debuffs the target

IronCrystal

Ele drain is a core healing spell of any trial healer. It provides major breach which decreases opponent magic resist by a lot. In addition, it provides minor magicka steal to allies who attack the enemy.

You can also ele drain as many enemies as you want. It lasts 24 seconds.

AcadianPaladin

Some of the goodness of EleDrain has already been mentioned above, but include:

No cost.
Full 28M range.
Does not aggro foes so you can 'pre-paint' as many as you want before the fightin' starts.
Lasts a long time.
Debuffs foe and gives magicka to allies.

The only drawback I have with it as a healer is the lack of flexibility in slotting it - must go on destro bar.

method__01

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Some of the goodness of EleDrain has already been mentioned above, but include:

No cost.
Full 28M range.
Does not aggro foes so you can 'pre-paint' as many as you want before the fightin' starts.
Lasts a long time.
Debuffs foe and gives magicka to allies.

The only drawback I have with it as a healer is the lack of flexibility in slotting it - must go on destro bar.

this^

why dont let us use it with a resto staff completely eludes me /not all walk around with destro/destro

Morgul667

One of the key skills to have in group work

Debuff ennemy and give you magicka back

Septimus_Magna

Major breach increases dps by something like 7-8% for all magicka builds in your group. The magicka steal of Elemental Drain is also very useful if you have trouble with resources.

zaria

method__01 wrote: »

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Some of the goodness of EleDrain has already been mentioned above, but include:

No cost.
Full 28M range.
Does not aggro foes so you can 'pre-paint' as many as you want before the fightin' starts.
Lasts a long time.
Debuffs foe and gives magicka to allies.

The only drawback I have with it as a healer is the lack of flexibility in slotting it - must go on destro bar.

this^

why dont let us use it with a resto staff completely eludes me /not all walk around with destro/destro

In dungeons you will always run with restoration and destruction staff anyway.
Did not know the non agro part, has to check it and if true i will cast it before tank engages.

IronCrystal

zaria wrote: »

method__01 wrote: »

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Some of the goodness of EleDrain has already been mentioned above, but include:

No cost.
Full 28M range.
Does not aggro foes so you can 'pre-paint' as many as you want before the fightin' starts.
Lasts a long time.
Debuffs foe and gives magicka to allies.

The only drawback I have with it as a healer is the lack of flexibility in slotting it - must go on destro bar.

this^

why dont let us use it with a resto staff completely eludes me /not all walk around with destro/destro

In dungeons you will always run with restoration and destruction staff anyway.
Did not know the non agro part, has to check it and if true i will cast it before tank engages.

Non-aggro was a change in Homestead. Its great that it doesn't aggro now.

zaria

IronCrystal wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

method__01 wrote: »

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Some of the goodness of EleDrain has already been mentioned above, but include:

No cost.
Full 28M range.
Does not aggro foes so you can 'pre-paint' as many as you want before the fightin' starts.
Lasts a long time.
Debuffs foe and gives magicka to allies.

The only drawback I have with it as a healer is the lack of flexibility in slotting it - must go on destro bar.

this^

why dont let us use it with a resto staff completely eludes me /not all walk around with destro/destro

In dungeons you will always run with restoration and destruction staff anyway.
Did not know the non agro part, has to check it and if true i will cast it before tank engages.

Non-aggro was a change in Homestead. Its great that it doesn't aggro now.

Note to self, do not use animation cancelling

AcadianPaladin

Yes, I run my healer with resto/destro but prefer to have the longer buff/debuff/HoTs on the resto bar and the shorter duration stuff on destro - EleDrain is a bit awkward in that regard causing me to bar swap more than I'd like but I'm pretty used to it.

Would love to able to have the long duration EleDrain on the same bar as my long duration Rapid Regen (resto) and Extended Ritual (templar) but can't get all three on the same bar due to resto/destro considerations. As I said though, given all the goodness of EleDrain it is only a minor drawback.

For a healer, EleDrain meets that 'perfect' requirement: A spell that not only helps your team but helps you as well.

Heck, I like EleDrain so much that even my dual pet magsorc (who usually runs solo) puts it on one of her precious few available slots.